Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Wrestling Title Histories/Promotions

This is an expanded missing topics and requested articles list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Professional wrestling. It is based on the 4th and final edition of "Wrestling Title Histories" (2000) by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. It also incorporates information from various online and print sources to fill in missing information from the book and help determine which promotions are notable to include on Wikipedia. Out of 710 original entries, there are 607 left.

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Name Location Owner(s) Years active Website Covered by
CM LOW PWH Solie WD WT WTH Misc.
5-Star Wrestling   West Virginia Daniel McClung 1998-1999 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[1] [1]
Action Wrestling Alliance   Manitoba Tom Bland 1995-1997 N/A [2] [2]
All-American Wrestling   New Jersey Tito Torres 1973-1991? [3]
All-American Wrestling   Virginia Jerry Vanover
Mike Million
Denny Million
1985-1998 [4] [5]
All-California Championship Wrestling   California Joe Palumbo 1987-1989 N/A [6]
Allied Powers Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Chris Lash 1998-2011 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[7] [8] [9] [10] [3]
All-Pro Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Jim Foxx 1994-1996 [11]
All Pro Wrestling (Gary Calhoun)   Florida Gary Calhoun 1983-1984 N/A [12]
All Pro Wrestling (Mike Dugger)   Tennessee Mike Dugger 1994-1999 [13] [14]
All Pro Wrestling (Kenny Valiant)   Mississippi Kenny Valiant 1990- [15]
All South Championship Wrestling   Florida 1974 N/A [16]
All South Wrestling Alliance   Georgia Ann Gunkel 1972-1974 N/A [17] [18] [19] [20] [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
All Star Championship Wrestling   West Virginia Fred Salem 1996-1999 [21]
All-Star Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Mike Cavanaugh 1992-1993 N/A [22]
All Star Championship Wrestling   Georgia Grady Odom 1985 N/A [23]
All Star Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Bill Needham 1990-1992 N/A [24] [25]
All-Star Championship Wrestling   Wisconsin Michael Krause 1999- Yes [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]
All Star Wrestling (Greg Price)   Georgia Greg Price 1993-1998 [31] [32]
All Star Wrestling (Mark Wood)   West Virginia Mark Wood 1992-1993 N/A [33]
All Star Wrestling (Phil Golden)   Kentucky Phil Golden 1972-1974 N/A [34]
All Star Wrestling (Tony Falk)   Kentucky Tony Falk 1995-2002 [35]
All Star Wrestling Alliance   Utah 1999 [36]
All Star Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania 1997-1998 [37]
All-State Wrestling   Tennessee Jerome Muse 1993-1996 [38]
Alternative Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Brian Powell
Anthony White
Tim Woody
1994-2004 [39] [40]
Amarillo   Texas Dory Funk Sr. 1953-1981 N/A [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
American Championship Wrestling   Ohio 1998 [47]
American Championship Wrestling   Virginia Bob Ross 1978- N/A [48]
American Championship Wrestling   South Carolina Chaz Rocco
Mitch Goude
1993-1998 [49]
American Championship Wrestling   Arkansas Chris Rose
Dewayne Huckaba
1999 [50]
American Championship Wrestling   Kansas Dan Adams 1997-1998 Yes [51] [11][12]
American Classic Wrestling   South Carolina Andy McDaniel 1998-1999 [52]
American Commonwealth Wrestling   Pennsylvania Mark Bodey
Ed Zohn
Jeff Capo
1993-1995 [53] [54] [13][14]
American Federation of Wrestling   Iowa 1932-1941 N/A [55] [56] [57]
American Independent Wrestling Alliance   California Edward Ahrens
Alejandro Fregoso
1989-1998 [58] [15][16]
American Independent Wrestling Federation   North Carolina Dean Puckett 1992- Yes [59] [60] [61] [62] [15][17][18][19][20][21][22]
American International Wrestling   Kentucky Larry Bowling 1989 N/A [63]
American Pro Wrestling   South Carolina Jerry Bragg 1998- [] [64] [23][24][25][26][27]
American States Wrestling Alliance   Ohio Charlie Fulton
Mike Collins
1988- Yes [65] [66] [28][29][30]
[31][32][33]
American Wrestling Alliance (David Millican)   Tennessee David Millican 1995-1996 [67]
American Wrestling Association (Paul Bowser)   Massachusetts Paul Bowser 1922-1960 N/A [68] [69] [70] [71]
American Wrestling Association (Chicago)   Illinois Ray Fabiani
Leonard Schwartz
1951-1953 N/A [72] [73] [74]
American Wrestling Association (Puerto Rico)   Puerto Rico 1998-1999 [75]
American Wrestling Council   New Jersey AJ Sparxx 1997-1998 Yes [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [34]
American Wrestling Federation (Gordon Scozzari)   New York Gordon Scozzari 1991-1992 N/A [81] [82] [35][36][37]
American Wrestling Federation (Frank Cain)   Maryland Frank Cain 1986 N/A [83]
American Wrestling Federation (Maryland)   Maryland 1999 [84]
American Wrestling Federation (John Brammer)   Ohio John Brammer 1990-1992 N/A [85]
American Wrestling Federation (Ohio)   Ohio 1998 [86]
American Wrestling Federation (Indianapolis)   Indiana 1989-1992 N/A [87]
American Wrestling Federation (West Virginia)   West Virginia 1999 Yes [88]
American Wrestling Federation (Carolinas)   Carolinas Charlie Babb
Ron Martinez
1982-1983 N/A [89]
American Wrestling Federation (North Carolina)   North Carolina 1991 N/A [90]
American Wrestling Federation (Georgia)   Georgia 1984 N/A [91]
American Wrestling Federation (Tennessee)   Tennessee Jeff Molande
Mark Little
1997-1998 [92]
American Wrestling Federation (Leroy Cook)   Arkansas Leroy Cook 1999-2000 Yes [93]
American Wrestling Federation (Steve Catcher)   Arizona Steve Catcher 1990-2000 [94] [95] [96] [38]
American Wrestling Federation (Ric Drasin)   California Ric Drasin 1997 [97] [39]
Americas Wrestling Federation   Puerto Rico Hugo Savinovich 1991-1993 N/A [98] [99]
Apocalypse Wrestling Federation   Ontario Ron Hutchison 1998-2004
2009-2012
Yes [100] [101] [102]
Appalachian Championship Wrestling   West Virginia Mark Wood 1993 N/A [103]
Appalachian Mountain Wrestling (North Carolina)   Tennessee Allen Jarnagan
Brian Smith
1998-1999 [104] [105]
Appalachian Wrestling Alliance   West Virginia 1999 [106]
Associated Wrestlers of the Universe   Texas Danny Davis 1992-1994 [107]
Atlantic Championship Wrestling   New Jersey Barry Rothman 1999-2000 [108] [109]
Atlantic Championship Wrestling / Alternative Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Brian Powell
Anthony White
Tim Woody
1994-2004 [110]
Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling (North Carolina)   North Carolina Harold Bass
Joe Wheeler
1997-2002 Yes [111] [40]
Atlantic Coast Wrestling   North Carolina Nelson Royal 1988-1989 N/A [112]
Atlantic Coast Wrestling   North Carolina Mitch Goude 1992 N/A [113]
Atlantic Coast Wrestling   Carolinas Ira Parks 1981-1990 N/A [114]
Atlantic Coast Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania 1992 N/A [115]
Atlantic States Championship Wrestling   North Carolina John Medlin 1998-1999 [116]
Atlantic States Wrestling Alliance   Maryland Lou Martin 1989-1992 [117]
Atlantic States Wrestling Federation   Georgia Jeff Cowey
Greg Oakes
Rodney Dobson
1992-1996 N/A [118]
Atlantic Terror Championship Wrestling   West Virginia 1998-2001 [119] [120]
Atlantic Wrestling Council   Florida Michael Rapuano 1990-1994 N/A [121]
Atlantic Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Phil Livelsberger 1988-1993 N/A [122]
Atlantic Wrestling Federation   South Carolina Jorge Maldonado 1994 N/A [123]
Bad Boys of Wrestling   Texas Ed Beckley 1998-2000 [124] [125] [126] [41][11][42][43][44]
Badger State Pro Wrestling   Wisconsin Mike Thompson
William Powell
1996-2003 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[127]
Bama Extreme Wrestling   Alabama 1999 [128]
Bay Area Wrestling   California Woody Farmer 1989-1992 N/A [129]
Big Bear Promotions   Ontario Dave McKigney 1967-1988 N/A [130] [131] [132] [133] [45][46]
Big D Pro Wrestling   Texas Gary Sturdevant 1992-1994 N/A [134] [135] [136] [47]
Big Time Wrestling   Massachusetts Tony Santos
Terry Allen
1960-1975
2006-
Yes [137] [138] [139] [140] [141] [142]
Big Time Wrestling   Ohio James Hines 1992- [143]
Big Time Wrestling   California Kirk White 1996- 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes?
[144] [145] [146]
Black Diamond Pro Wrestling   West Virginia 1999 Yes [147]
Bloody Rage American Wrestling League   New Jersey Jersey Hurricane 1999-2003 Yes [148] [149] [150] [151] [48][49]
Burke County Wrestling   North Carolina Jeff Patton 1993-1994 N/A [152]
Cable Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Fred Baxter 1994-1996 [153]
Cajun Wrestling Federation   Louisiana Tony Martinelli 1997-2009 [154] [50]
California Championship Wrestling   California Charles Gibbs 1997-2001 Yes [155]
California Pro Wrestling   California Karl Lauer 1983-1990 N/A [156]
Cal-International Pro Wrestling   California Dan Farren
Larry Doyle
1994-1998 [157]
Canadian International Wrestling   Quebec Paul Vachon
Mike Vachon
1994 N/A [158]
Canadian National Wrestling Association   Alberta Fred May
Frank Sisson
1990-1991 N/A [159] [2]
Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling   Alberta Ed Langley
Darryl Harty
1992-1995 N/A [160] [161] [2]
Canadian Wrestling Alliance   British Columbia Dave Bruce
Judy Bruce
Dillon Powers
1993-1994 N/A [162] [2]
Canadian Wrestling Association / Superstars of Wrestling   Ontario
  Michigan
George Cannon 1976-1984 N/A [163] [164]
Canadian Wrestling Connection   Alberta Bob Pupetz 1989-1992 N/A [165] [2]
Canadian Wrestling Federation   Manitoba Ernie Todd 1995- Yes [166] [167] [168] [169] [170] [2]
Canadian Wrestling League   Manitoba Walter Shefchyk
Terry Tomko
1990-1992 N/A [171] [172] [2]
Can-Am Wrestling   New York Anthony Magliaro 1993 N/A [173]
Can-Am Wrestling Federation   Alberta Steve Wilde
Steve Gillespie
Otto Gentile
1997-2003 Yes [174] [175] [176] [2]
Capital City Wrestling   Ohio Al Burzynski 1999 [177]
Caribbean Championship Wrestling   Florida Rocky Johnson 1993-1994 N/A [178]
Carolina Championship Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina Glenwood Crocker
Dexter Justice-Smithfield
Jerry Kennett
Sandy Lee
Jim Massingale
1987-1997 [179] [51][52]
Central Canadian Pro Wrestling   Manitoba Ernest Rheault 1977-1995 N/A [180] [181] [182] [2]
Central Carolina Pro Wrestling   North Carolina John Medlin 1998-2000 Yes [183] [184]
Central Championship Wrestling   Missouri Carral Brown 1992-2000 [185]
Central Florida Wrestling   Florida Johnny Jackson 1994 N/A [186]
Central States Wrestling Alliance   Missouri Mark Morton
Frank Reed
Leo Schneider
1993-1998 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[187]
Central Wrestling Federation   Florida 1989-1990 N/A [188]
Central Wrestling Federation   Kentucky Chad Appling
Terry England
1997-2000 [189]
Championship International Wrestling Alliance   Indiana J.J. Bowers
Angel Gabriel
1997- [190] [191] [192]
Championship Pro Wrestling   West Virginia Michael Heimberger
Robert Heimberger
1997-2003 Yes [193] [194]
Championship Pro Wrestling   West Virginia Tyson Smith
Tommy Gibson
1998-1999 [195]
Championship Wrestling America   Indiana Jeff Cohen 1994 [196]
Championship Wrestling Association (Mississippi)   Mississippi Rodney Grimes 1998-1999 [197]
Championship Wrestling Federation   Michigan David St. Onge
Art Marshall
Thomas LaPeer
1996-1997 [198] [199]
Championship Wrestling Federation   Florida Larry Malenko 1991 N/A [200]
Championship Wrestling From Texas   Texas Bert Prentice 1992 N/A [201]
Chaotic World Wrestling   Massachusetts 1999 [202]
Circle City Wrestling   Indiana Mike Samples 1996-1997 [203] [204]
Classic Championship Wrestling   Indiana 1998-1999 [205]
Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling   Ohio J.T. Lightning 1993-1997 Yes [206] [207] [53][54][55][56]
Cleveland Wrestling Alliance   Ohio G-Moe 1996- [208] [209] [57][58][59]
Coastal Carolina Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina Carl Wilson
David Allen
Andrew Bellamy
1991-1994 N/A [210]
Coastal Championship Wrestling   Florida Bill Weaver 1997-2008 [211]
Coastal Pro Wrestling   Massachusetts Nick Castantini 1993-1994 N/A [212]
Coast to Coast Wrestling Federation   California Scott Cole
Kris Pope
1992-1994 N/A [213]
Combat Championship Wrestling   Arizona Paul Stevens 1998 [214]
Connecticut Championship Wrestling   Connecticut Barron Vangor Toth
Michael Paolini
1998-2007 [215] [60][61][62]
Connecticut Pro Wrestling   Connecticut Bob Onofrio 1998-1999 [216] [63][64][65]
Continental Wrestling Alliance (Paul Swanger)   Pennsylvania Paul Swanger 1983-1984 N/A [217]
Continental Wrestling Alliance (Pat Conners)   Virginia Pat Conners 1993-1994 N/A [218]
Confederate Wrestling Association / Continental Wrestling Alliance   Texas James Beard
Bob Meister
1995-1997 [219] [220] [221] [222]
Continental Wrestling Federation (Arkansas)   Arkansas Allen Withrow
Roger Withrow
1996-2002 [223]
Cumberland Wrestling Council   Tennessee Kevin Acres 1991-1999 [224]
Cutting Edge Wrestling   Newfoundland Gordon Glynn
Sailor White
1998-2003 [225] [226]
Deep South Wrestling (Louisiana)   Louisiana Dennis Goff
Michael Goff
1999-2001 Yes [227]
Diamond Belt Championship Wrestling   Idaho David Gould 1980-1981 N/A [228]
Diehard Championship Wrestling   Kentucky Robert Smith 1997-2000 [229]
Dominion Wrestling Association   Virginia 1994 N/A [230]
Dragon's Den (professional wrestling)   Arizona Paul Stevens 1998-2000 [231]
Dyersburg Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Dale Walker 1998-2010 [232]
East Coast Professional Wrestling   New Jersey Gino Caruso 1991- Yes [233] [234] [235] [236] [15][66][67][68]
East Coast Wrestling   North Carolina 1989-1990 N/A [237]
East Coast Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Paul Swanger 1984 N/A [238] [69]
Eastern Pro Wrestling   New Jersey 1999 Yes [239]
Eastern States Wrestling / Eastern Shores Wrestling   New York Brian Latham
Louis Reardon
1994-2000 [240] [241] [242]
Eastern Township Wrestling Association   Quebec
  Vermont
Donny Myers 1992- [243] [244]
Eastern U.S. Championship Wrestling   Kentucky Don Belt 1991-1994 [245]
Eastern Wrestling Alliance   Maine James St. Jean
Bob Staples
1998-2008 Yes [246] [247] [70][71]
Eastern Wrestling Alliance (Ted Stanley)   New Jersey Ted Stanley 1985 N/A [248]
Eastern Wrestling Association   North Carolina Johnny Hunter 1974-1989 N/A [249]
Eastern Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Paul Olesek Sr.
Paul Olesek Jr.
Jake Kemmerer
1998-2001 Yes [250] [251] [252] [253] [72][73][74][75]
Eastern Wrestling Federation   North Carolina Larry Skipper 1997-2003 Yes [254]
Empire Wrestling Association (Alliance)   New Jersey Ron Post 1997-2007
2008-
Yes [255] [256] [257]
Empire Wrestling Federation (New Jersey)   New Jersey Jack Barnett
Enzo Morabito
1983-1985 N/A [258]
Empire Wrestling Federation (Ontario)   Ontario 1998-2000 Yes [259] [260]
Eternity Wrestling Association   New Jersey 1998-1999 Yes [261]
European Wrestling Union   South Africa Roger Kohne
Sam Cohen
1974-1984 N/A [262] [263]
Exodus Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina George South 1999-2015 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[264] [265] [266] [76][77][78][79][80][81]
Extreme Coastal Championship Wrestling   North Carolina 1999 N/A [267] [82]
Extreme Pro Wrestling   Texas Calvin Knapp 1998-1999 [268]
eXtreme Pro Wrestling   California Rob Black
Kevin Kleinrock
Pat Hernandez
Darren McMillan
1999-2003 Yes [269] [270] [271] [272] [83][16]
Extreme Wrestling Alliance   South Carolina 1998 [273]
Extreme Wrestling Federation   Indiana Jason Maples 1998-2012 [274] [275] [276]
Fantasy Pro-Wrestling Federation   North Carolina Kandy Ryan 1990-1994 N/A [277]
Firepro Championship Wrestling   Illinois 1999 [278]
Five Star Wrestling   New York 1998 [279]
Florida Championship Wrestling   Florida Bill Brown
Bernie Siegel
1998-2002 Yes [280] [281] [282]
Florida Wrestling Alliance   Florida John Brody 1994-1995 [283]
Florida Wrestling Alliance   Florida Cliff Anderson 1996-2004 Yes [284] [66]
Florida Wrestling Council   Florida 1995 [285]
Florida Wrestling Federation   Florida Al Hardiman 1992-2002 [286] [287] [66]
Future Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania Mike Burns 1998-2002 [288] [289] [290] [291]
Galaxy Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Tom Cusati
Dennis Coraluzzo
1993 [292]
Garden State Wrestling Alliance   New Jersey Mike Sharpe 1993-1994 N/A [293]
Gateway City Championship Wrestling   Missouri Frank Reed 1991-1994 N/A [294]
Georgia All-Star Wrestling   Georgia Joe Pedicino 1990-1991 N/A [295]
Georgia Pro Wrestling   Georgia 1999 [296]
Georgia Superstars   Georgia Bill Dundee
Jim Cornette
1983 N/A [297]
Georgia Wrestling Alliance   Georgia Bo Oates
Ted Oates
1997-1999 [298]
Georgia Xtreme Wrestling   Georgia 1999 [299]
Global Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Henry Dean
Spanky Keane
1997-1999 [300]
Global Pro Wrestling   Arkansas Bill Ash 1999-2006 Yes [301] [302]
Global Wrestling   Florida Bob Roop
Boris Malenko
Red Roberts
1986-1988 N/A [303]
Global Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania 1982 N/A [304]
Global Wrestling Alliance   Ohio Mark Cuccia
Allen Sarven
Wayne Cryderman
1993-1999 [305] [306] [307] [308] [309]
Go Gudan   Japan Ryuma Go 1993-1995 [310] [311]
Golden State Wrestling Alliance   California Dave Touchstone
Peter Savage
1998-2000 [312]
Grande Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania Isaias Aviles 1997-1999 [313] [314] [84]
Grand Prix Wrestling (Quebec)   Quebec Paul Vachon
Gary Legault
Lucien Gregorie
1971-1975 N/A [315] [316] [317]
Great American Mat Endeavors   California Grant Miller
Kurt Brown
1995-1996 [318]
Great American Wrestling Federation   North Carolina Bill Hagan 1995-2000 [319] [320] [15][85][86]
Great Lakes Championship Wrestling   Wisconsin Dave Herro 1997- Yes [321] [322] [323] [87][88][89][90][91]
[92][93][94][95][96]
Great Lakes Wrestling   Michigan Mike Kelly 1995-2004 [324] [325] [326] [327] [97]
Great Lakes Wrestling Association   Ohio Lou Kokely
Joe Weaver
1989-1994 Yes [328]
Great South Wrestling Federation   Texas Dave Rahman 1998 [329]
Green Mountain Wrestling   Vermont Gary Langevin 1996-2003 Yes [330] [331] [70][98][99][100]
Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (Rick Garcia)   Texas Rick Garcia 1994- [332]
Hardcore Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Bud Petty
Randall Fanning
Steve Bryant
1996-1998 [333]
Hardcore Championship Wrestling   Kentucky Darrell Fugate 1996-2010 [334]
Hardcore Wrestling (Saskatchewan)   Saskatchewan Charles Pichette
Sean Dunster
John Cozman
1996-1997 [335] [336] [2]
Hardcore Wrestling Federation   Indiana Mark Vance
Mike Samples
1997-1999 [337]
Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling   California Dan Farren
Johnny Legend
Danny Wolfe
1990 N/A [338]
Impact Wrestling Federation   California Gary Key 1998-1999 Yes [339]
Independent Championship Wrestling   Ohio 1986-1992 N/A [340]
Independent Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Marcus Watkins 1992-2005 [341]
Independent Championship Wrestling   Florida Syd Breeze 1999-2002 Yes [342]
Independent Championship Wrestling   Illinois Scott Little 1996-1998 [343]
Independent International Wrestling Association   Virginia Calvin Hodge 1996-1997 [344]
Independent Professional Wrestling   Florida Ron Niemi
Mike Pescina
1998-2003 Yes [345]
Independent Pro Wrestling?   Virginia [346]
Independent Pro Wrestling Association   Florida Rusty Brooks 1988-2003 [347]
Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling   New Jersey Tommy Fierro 1999-2001
2009-2010
Yes [348] [349] [350] [101][102]
Independent Wrestling Alliance   Massachusetts 1999 [351] [352]
Independent Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania Jimmy Deo 1990-1993 N/A [353]
Independent Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina 1999 [354]
Independent Wrestling Association   Kentucky Ian Rotten 1996- [355] [356] [357]
Independent Wrestling Federation (Connecticut)   Connecticut 1991 N/A [358]
Independent Wrestling Federation   New Jersey Kevin Serio 1998-2017 Yes [359] [360]
Insane Championship Wrestling (Michigan)   Michigan Malcolm Monroe Sr. 1996-2000 Yes [361] [362] [363]
Insane Hardcore Wrestling   Texas David K. Farmer 1998-2003
2008-
[364] [365] [366]
Insane Wrestling Alliance   Florida Rick Knopf
Scott Bickley
J.R. Rhodes
1996- Yes [367]
Intense Wrestling Inc.   Ohio Tom Gyarmati 1998-2007 [368]
Inter-Continental Pro Wrestling   Arkansas Bill Ash 1995-1999 [369] [370]
International Championship Wrestling (Steve DeVito)   New York Steve DeVito 1989 N/A [371]
International Championship Wrestling (Henry Hubbard)   Missouri Henry Hubbard 1992-1995 N/A [372]
International Championship Wrestling (Tim Flowers)   British Columbia Tim Flowers 1996-2009 Yes [373] [374] [375] [376] [2][103]
International Championship Wrestling (Joe Frocklage)   Ontario Joe Frocklage
Waldo von Erich
1997-1999 Yes [377]
International Championship Wrestling Association   Florida Dan Ulrich
Billy Mack
1991-1994 N/A [378] [66]
International Fighting Network   New Jersey 1994 N/A [379]
International Pro Wrestling (Doug Flex)   Pennsylvania Doug Flex 1997-2004 [380]
International Pro-Wrestling Force   Japan Masahiko Kimura 1956 N/A [381]
International Wrestling   Nova Scotia Al Zink 1977-1984 N/A [382] [383] [384]
International Wrestling Alliance (Ohio)   Ohio 1993-1998 [385]
International Wrestling Alliance (Indiana)   Indiana 1989-1990 N/A [386] [387]
International Wrestling Alliance (North Carolina)   North Carolina Ken Spence 1979-1997 N/A [388]
International Wrestling Alliance (Chicago)   Illinois Fred Kohler
Jack Pfefer
1962-1963 N/A [389] [390]
International Wrestling Alliance (Steve Catcher)   Utah Steve Catcher [391]
International Wrestling Alliance (Australia)   Australia Jim Barnett
Johnny Doyle
1964-1974 N/A [392] [393]
International Wrestling Association (Eddie Einhorn)   Ohio Eddie Einhorn 1975-1978 N/A [394] [395]
International Wrestling Association (Eddie Quinn)   Quebec Eddie Quinn 1930-1964 N/A [396] [397] [398]
International Wrestling Association (Johnny Rougeau)   Quebec Johnny Rougeau
Bob Langevin
1964-1975 N/A [399] [400] [401]
International Wrestling Association (Ohio)   Ohio Rob Russen
Pete Lucic
1989-1998 [402] [403] [66]
International Wrestling Association (Kentucky)   Kentucky 1984 N/A [404]
International Wrestling Australia   Australia Tyrone Townsend 1998- [405] [406] [407] [408]
International Wrestling Council   Mexico Antonio Peña 1993-2007 [409] [410] [411]
International Wrestling Federation   Massachusetts Killer Kowalski 1979-2001 N/A [412] [70][66][15][104]
International Wrestling Federation (Ohio)   Ohio 1995 N/A [413]
International Wrestling Federation (Florida)   Florida Eddie Mansfield 1991-1993 N/A [414]
International Wrestling Federation (Mississippi)   Mississippi Leslie Jones
John Forsythe
1998- [415]
International Wrestling Federation (California)   California Eric Shaw 1986-1990 N/A [416]
International Wrestling Federation (New Zealand)   New Zealand Vaughan Palelei
Martin Sterling
1993 N/A [417]
International Wrestling League (Atlanta)   Georgia 1981 N/A [418]
International Wrestling Organization   Michigan Tom Howard 1998-2001 [419]
International Wrestling Organization   Tennessee David Martin 1994 N/A [420]
International Wrestling Union   Georgia Don Lewis 1998-2001 Yes [421]
International Wrestling Union   Arizona Marcial Bovee 1983 N/A [422]
Interstate Wrestling Alliance   Missouri Earl Mangrum 1999 [423]
Iron Fist Wrestling Federation   Texas Donny Valentine 1996-1997 [424]
Iron Ring Wrestling   Tennessee Pharnell Raines
Jeff Tankersley
1998-2011 [425]
Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling   Japan Tsuneyoshi Mochimaru 1986-1992 N/A [426] [427] [428]
Japanese Women's Pro-Wrestling Association   Japan 1967-1968 N/A [429] [430]
Kick Ass Championship Wrestling   North Carolina 1999 [431]
Kick Ass Wrestling   Tennessee Van Hardin 1998-2000 [432]
KYDA Pro Wrestling   Virginia James Zaveski 1998- Yes [433] [434]
Lakeshore Wrestling Organization   Michigan Joe Ortega 1998-1999 [435]
Long Island Wrestling Federation   New York Bobby Lombardi 1997-2002? [436] [437] [438]
Low Country Wrestling   South Carolina Andy McDaniel 1998 [439]
Lunatic Wrestling Federation   Illinois Larry Statkus
Phil Brooks
Brian Wawczak
1993-2004 [440] [105][106]
Mainstream Wrestling Organization   North Carolina Jerry Martin 1997-1998 [441]
Maritimes Championship Wrestling   Nova Scotia Paul Peller
Stephan Pettipas
1990-1992 N/A [442]
Massachusetts Championship Wrestling   Massachusetts 1996 [443]
Massachusetts Wrestling Association   Massachusetts Mark Johnson 1995 [444]
Masterz of Mayhem   Ohio Mike Brown
Elizabeth Brown
1994-2006? [445]
Maximum Championship Wrestling   Oklahoma Barry Jones
Pete Maguire
1996-1997 [446]
Mayhem Independent Wrestling   Massachusetts Joe Matterazzo
Randy Blake
Kyle White
Matthew West
1998-2004 [447] [448] [70]
Michigan Championship Wrestling   Michigan Fritz Burns
Ricky Cortez
1977-1994 N/A [449] [450]
Michigan Wrestling Alliance   Michigan David St. Onge 1997-2004 [451]
Mid-American Wrestling   Wisconsin Carmine DeSpirito 1993-2007 Yes [452] [453]
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (David Baucom)   North Carolina David Baucom 1999- Yes [454] [455] [456] [457]
Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance   Virginia Doug Ward 1993-1995 N/A [458] [66][15]
Mid-Continental Wrestling Association   Kentucky Dale Mann 1980-1987 N/A [459]
Middle Atlantic States Wrestling   Pennsylvania Jack Williamson 1992 N/A [460]
Middle Tennessee Wrestling   Tennessee 1999 [461]
Mid-Eastern Championship Wrestling   Virginia Chris Tibbs 1995-1998 [462]
Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association   Missouri Tony Casta 1985- Yes [463] [464] [465]
Mid-South Wrestling Association   Tennessee Nick Gulas
Russ Edwards
1982 N/A [466]
Mid-South Wrestling Association   Tennessee Freddie Morton 1991-1996 [467]
Mid-South Wrestling Association   Tennessee 1999 [468]
Mid-South Wrestling Association   Oklahoma Leroy McGuirk
Bill Watts
1958-1986 N/A [469] [470] [471] [472]
Mid-South Wrestling Federation   Oklahoma Rick Garrett
Tom Jones
1998-1999 [473]
Mid-States Championship Wrestling   South Dakota Bert Prentice 1984 N/A [474]
Midwest All-Pro   Michigan 1988-1993 N/A [475]
Midwest Championship Wrestling   Ohio Jim Painter 1991-1992 N/A [476]
Midwest Championship Wrestling   Michigan Malcolm Monroe Sr. 1993-1996 [477] [478] [479]
Midwest Championship Wrestling   Iowa Dale Edwards 1984-1986 N/A [480]
Midwest Championship Wrestling Alliance   Ohio Pete Miragliotta 1994-1997 [481]
Midwestern Wrestling Alliance   Indiana Don Parker 1992-1993 N/A [482]
Midwest Pro Wrestling   Minnesota Eddie Sharkey
Johnny Emerald
1999-2006 Yes [483] [484] [485] [71]
Midwest Renegade Wrestling   Missouri Mike Rogers
Brant Wilkens
Ben Oliver
1998-2005 Yes [486] [487]
Midwest Territorial Wrestling   Michigan Gary Woronchak 1994-1995 N/A [488] [489] [490] [491] [492] [66][107][108]
Midwest Wrestling Association (Al Haft)   Ohio Al Haft 1919-1965 N/A [493] [494] [495] [496] [497]
Midwest Wrestling Association   Ohio 1984-1986 N/A [498]
Millenium Wrestling Association   Alabama 1998-2000 Yes [499]
Minnesota Independent Wrestling   Minnesota Terry Fox 1999- [500] [501]
Mississippi Valley Wrestling Association   Missouri Steve Murphy 1997-1998 [502]
Missouri State Wrestling Alliance   Missouri Frank Reed 1992-1993 N/A [503]
Missouri Wrestling Federation   Missouri [504]
Moondog Championship Wrestling   Arkansas Larry Latham
LaFonce Latham
1998-2009 [505]
Motor City Wrestling   Michigan Kurt Schneider
Dan Curtis
1989-2000 [506] [66][15][108][107]
Mountain State Wrestling Association   West Virginia Troy Strimel 1997-1998 Yes [507] [109][110][111][112][113]
Mountain Wrestling Association   Kentucky Dale Mann 1997-2011 [508] [509]
Music City Wrestling   Tennessee Bill Behrens
Bert Prentice
1997-1998 [510] [511]
NWAA   Missouri Henry Rogers 1963-1987 N/A [512]
National Independent Championship Wrestling   Pennsylvania Bob Raskin 1985 N/A [513]
National Championship Wrestling (Pennsylvania)   Pennsylvania Darren Wyse
Jonathan Luvstruck
1997-2009 [514]
National Championship Wrestling (Jerry Bragg)   North Carolina Jerry Bragg 1990-1993 N/A [515]
National Championship Wrestling (Tim Horner)   Tennessee Tim Horner 1994 N/A [516]
National Wrestling Association (Harry Landry)   United States Harry Landry 1930-1949 N/A [517] [518] [519]
National Wrestling Conference   Ohio Chris Livingstone 1993-1998 [520]
National Wrestling Council   Florida Johnny Evans 1993-2009 [521]
National Wrestling Council   Nevada T.C. Martin 1994-1995 N/A [522] [523] [524] [525] [114]
National Wrestling Federation (D.C. Drake)   New Jersey D.C. Drake 1986-1994 N/A [526] [527]
National Wrestling Federation (North Carolina)   North Carolina Tim Calhoun
Roger Knapp
Roger Abshire
1993-1997 [528]
National Wrestling Federation (Willie Paul Davis)   Tennessee Willie Paul Davis 1998 [529]
Nationwide Championship Wrestling   Kentucky 1998-1999 [530]
Nationwide Wrestling Inc.   Georgia 1999 [531]
New Age Championship Wrestling   North Carolina Christopher Annon
Joshua Annon
1998-1999 [532]
New Age Wrestling Alliance   Tennessee 1998 [533]
New American Wrestling   Indiana Jeff Osborne
Sean Brockmole
1993-1994 N/A [534]
New Brand Wrestling   Manitoba Walter Shefchyk 1977-1984 N/A [535] [2]
New Breed Pro Wrestling   Florida Sean Tasco 1998-2004 [536]
New Dimension Wrestling   North Carolina Ken Spence
Christopher Plano
1997-2005 Yes [537] [538] [539] [115]
New England Pro Wrestling   Massachusetts Rick Martello 1994-1996 [540]
New England Wrestling Alliance   Massachusetts Jack Viles 1975-1977 N/A [541]
New England Wrestling Alliance   Rhode Island Rocco Dellasandro 1992-2005 Yes [542] [104][107]
New England Wrestling Association   Massachusetts Joe Eugenio 1988-1993 N/A [543] [544] [71][15]
New England Wrestling Federation   Massachusetts Richard Byrnes 1982-1985 N/A [545]
New England Wrestling Federation   Vermont Gary Hathaway 1990-2001 [546] [547] [70]
New Generation Wrestling (Kansas)   Kansas / Iowa 1999 [548]
New Independent Wrestling Association   New York Rene Reyes
Mickey DiFate
1984-1985 N/A [549]
New Jack City Wrestling   New Jersey Charles Calhoun
A.J. Sparxx
1995-1998 [550] [551] [552]
New Midwest Wrestling   Illinois Frank Thurman 1997 [553]
New Millenium Wrestling   New Jersey 1999-2000 [554]
New World Wrestling   North Carolina Jeff Patton 1994-1995 N/A [555]
North American Championship Wrestling   West Virginia Gene Dargan 1979-1985 N/A [556] [557]
North American Wrestling   Pennsylvania Mike Donatelli 1986-1995 [558]
North American Wrestling Alliance   New York Tony DeMura 1992-1999 [559]
North American Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina James Wells 1980-1999 [560]
North American Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina Buddy Porter
Mark Henderson
1982-2000 [561] [562]
North American Wrestling Alliance   Georgia 1997-1999 [563]
North American Wrestling Alliance   Texas Tim Brooks 1990-1991 N/A [564]
North American Wrestling Association   North Carolina George Scott
John Ringley
Mike Lamberth
1990 N/A [565]
North American Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania 1983 N/A [566]
North American Wrestling Federation   Ohio 1995 N/A [567]
North American Wrestling Federation   Wisconsin Randy Ricci
Eric Freedom
1998-2012 Yes [568] [569] [570]
North American Wrestling Federation   Japan Seiji Aoyagi 1991 N/A [571]
Northeast Championship Wrestling   New England 1985-1992 N/A [572]
National Class Wrestling   Texas Rod Whitworth 1993 N/A [573]
New Age Wrestling Alliance   Tennessee Clarence Santini
Michael Gowing
1999 [574]
New Tokyo Pro Wrestling   Japan Takashi Ishikawa 1994-1998 [575] [576]
New Wave Wrestling   Nebraska 1996-1998 [577]
Northeast Championship Wrestling   Massachusetts Tom Janette 1983-1993 N/A [578]
North East Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Allen Jarnagan 1995 N/A [579]
Northeast Wrestling   New Jersey Ben Lagerstrom 1995-1998 [580]
Northeast Wrestling   New York Mike O'Brien 1994-1998
2000-
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[581] [582] [583] [584] [15]
Northern Premier Wrestling   Minnesota Joe Benkowski 1995-1998 Yes [585] [586] [104]
Northern States Wrestling Alliance   New Jersey Frank Iadevaia 1995-1996 N/A [587]
Northern States Wrestling Alliance   Michigan Dan Curtis
Art Marshall
1997-1998 [588] [589] [590] [116][117][118]
Northern Wrestling Council   Pennsylvania Rick Fenwick
Tommy Fierro
1994 N/A [591]
Northern Wrestling Federation   Ohio Johnny Diamond 1994- Yes [592] [593] [594] [119][120][121]
North Georgia Wrestling Association   Georgia Sam Kent 1992-1997 [595] [596] [66][122]
Nu-Age Wrestling   Wisconsin Chris Bassett 1990-1997 [597] [598] [599]
Nu Wave Wrestling Association   Indiana Bill Slaydon
Rod Bollenbacher
1996-1999 [600] [123]
NWA 2000   New Jersey Marc Coralluzzo
Steve Corino
1997-2001 [601] [602]
NWA East   Pennsylvania Jim Miller 1994-2012 Yes [603] [604] [605]
NWA Florida (Howard Brody)   Florida Howard Brody 1990-2002 [606] [607] [608] [609]
NWA Georgia   Georgia Bill Behrens 1998-1999 Yes [610] [611] [612]
NWA Michigan   Michigan Gene Miller 1998-2000 Yes [613] [614] [615]
NWA Mid-South   Tennessee Jim Princeton
Hugh Rundles
Alvin Minnick
1999-2009 Yes [616] [617] [618] [619]
NWA New Jersey   New Jersey Dennis Coralluzzo 1994-2001 Yes [620] [621] [622] [623]
NWA New York   New York Carlina O'Brien
Richard O'Brien
1998-2000 Yes [624] [625] [626] [627]
NWA Northeast   New York Mike O'Brien 1998-2000 [628] [629] [630] [631]
NWA Southwest   Texas Ken Taylor 1998-2011 Yes [632] [633] [634] [635] [124][125][126][127][128]
NWA of WV/Ohio   West Virginia Richard Arpin 1998-2007 Yes [636] [637] [638]
Ohio Championship Wrestling   Ohio Henry Robinson 1982 N/A [639]
Ohio Championship Wrestling   Ohio [640]
Ohio Wrestling Federation   Ohio 1999 [641]
Oklahoma Pro   Oklahoma Pete Maguire
Rob Biggins
1997-2000 [642]
Oregon Professional Wrestling Federation   Oregon Ron Barber 1994 N/A [643] [103]
Oregon Wrestling Federation   Oregon Bill Haynes 1988 N/A [644] [103][129][130]
Ozark Mountain Wrestling   Arkansas Bert Prentice 1994-1995 [645] [646] [647]
Pacific Coast Championship Wrestling   California Jerry Monti 1991-1992 N/A [648]
Pacific Coast Crown Championship Wrestling   California Don Adams 1986-1987 N/A [649]
Packerland Pro Wrestling   Wisconsin Chris Bassett 1998- [650] [651] [652]
Pan-American Championship Wrestling   Florida Daryl Davis
Johnny Evans
Larry Hamilton
1999- [653]
Peach State Wrestling   Georgia Ben Masters 1991-1996 [654]
Penn Atlantic Wrestling   Pennsylvania Marlene Breegle 1997-1998 [655]
Penn York All Star Professional Wrestling   Pennsylvania Don Adams 1996-1999 [656]
Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling   Pennsylvania Blaine DeSantis 1995-2001 [657] [658] [659] [15]
Pennsylvania Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania Flexx Wheeler
John Wickizer
Robert Fischer
1998-2000 [660] [661] [662]
Pittsburgh Wrestling League   Pennsylvania Jim Miller 1999-2001 Yes [663] [664] [665] [666]
Plant City Wrestling Federation   Florida 1994-1995 N/A [667]
Polynesian Pacific Wrestling   Hawaii Peter Maivia
Lia Maivia
1971-1988 N/A [668] [669]
Portland Wrestling (Ivan and Jeff Kafoury)   Oregon Ivan Kafoury
Jeff Kafoury
1997-2001 [670] [103]
Powerhouse Championship Wrestling   Illinois Tim Lyle
Brian Lyle
1993-2000 Yes [671]
Powerhouse Wrestling   Georgia Mark Bradley 1994 N/A [672]
Power Pro Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina 1999 [673]
Power Zone Wrestling Federation   Oklahoma Tom Jones 1994-1997 [674] [66][131][132][133]
Premier Wrestling Federation   United Kingdom John Freemantle 1987- N/A [675] [676]
Professional Organization of Wrestling   New York 1998 [677]
Professional Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina [678]
Professional Wrestling Alliance   Florida John Davenport 1985 N/A [679]
Professional Wrestling Federation   New Jersey 1992 N/A [680]
Professional Wrestling Federation   North Carolina Gary Sabaugh
George South
1990-1999 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[681] [682] [683] [684]
Professional Wrestling Florida   Florida Mike Graham 1989-1991 N/A [685] [686] [687] [688]
Pro Wrestling Express   Pennsylvania Jim Miller 1994- Yes [689] [690] [691]
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara-Gumi   Japan Yoshiaki Fujiwara 1991-1996 [692] [693]
Pro Wrestling International   Illinois Terry Scholl 1984-1995 N/A [694]
Pro Wrestling International (Mississippi)   Mississippi John Horton 1992-1994 N/A [695]
Pro Wrestling International (Texas)   Texas Jose Lothario 1998-1999 [696]
Pro Wrestling Worldwide   Michigan Scott Zeinstra 1997-2003
2007-
[697]
Rage in the Cage   Arizona 1996-1997 [698]
Rampage Championship Wrestling   Georgia 1998 [699]
Real American Wrestling   Ohio 1998 [700]
Rebel Championship Wrestling   Ontario Mark Fox
Brent Fox
1998 [701]
Regional Championship Wrestling   Pennsylvania Ray Torres
David Valentin
1996- [702]
Renegades of Wrestling   Kansas 1999 [703]
Renegade Wrestling Alliance   Ontario Steve Buckley 1994-1999 Yes [704] [705]
Renegade Wrestling Federation   Connecticut Scott Decker 1993-1994 N/A [706]
Rhode Island Wrestling Alliance   Rhode Island Chris Sanders
Alfredo Travieso Jr.
1995-2004 Yes [707] [70][71]
Richmond Championship Wrestling   New York Carlina O'Brien
Richard O'Brien
1997-1998 [708] [709] [710] [711]
Ringside 41   New York 1976 N/A [712]
Ringside Wrestling Alliance   Indiana Don Sparton 1994-1999 [713]
River City Wrestling   Manitoba Wayne Stanton
Dave Pinsky
Doug McColl
1993-2012 Yes [714] [715] [716] [717] [2]
Royal Wrestling Ring   Quebec Alain Field 1994-1997 [718]
Scenic City Wrestling   Tennessee 1999 [719]
Slammers Wrestling Federation   California Verne Langdon 1986-1998 Yes [720] [721] [722] [15][16]
Solid Gold Pro Wrestling   Virginia Jay Martin 1999-2000 Yes [723] [134]
Soul City Wrestling   Pennsylvania Robert Geary
Richard Marchand
1996-2000 [724] [135][136]
South Atlantic Pro Wrestling   North Carolina George Scott
John Ringley
Mike Lamberth
1990-1992 N/A [725] [726] [727]
South Carolina Championship Wrestling   South Carolina 1990 N/A [728]
Southern Carolina Wrestling   South Carolina Lewis Crane 1990-1999 N/A [729]
South East Championship Wrestling   Arkansas Paul Eubanks 1998-1999 [730]
Southeastern Championship Wrestling (Bruce Wren)   Florida Bruce Wren 1991-2002 Yes [731]
Southeastern Championship Wrestling (Kentucky)   Kentucky 1998-1999 [732]
Southeastern Professional Wrestling Federation   Florida Frank Reyes 1996-1998 [733]
South Eastern Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina Chuck Justice 1991-1997 [734] [735]
Southeastern Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina Chuck Justice 1989 N/A [736]
Southeast Pro Wrestling Alliance   Florida 1999 [737]
Southeast Wrestling Association   North Carolina 1992 N/A [738]
Southern All Star Wrestling   Tennessee 1997-1999 [739]
Southern Championship Wrestling (Jerry Bragg)   North Carolina Jerry Bragg 1983-1990 N/A [740]
Southern Championship Wrestling (South Carolina)   South Carolina Paul Hallams 1995-2017 Yes [741] [742]
Southern Championship Wrestling (Tennessee)   Tennessee Joseph Fillers 1995-1998 [743]
Southern Championship Wrestling (Louisiana)   Louisiana Lolly Griffin
Johnny Mantell
1996 [744]
Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling   Illinois Herb Simmons 1984-1992 N/A [745] [746]
Southern Michigan Championship Wrestling   Michigan Gene Miller 1997-1998 Yes [747] [748] [749]
Southern Tennessee Wrestling   Tennessee Randall Fanning
Steve Bryant
1998-1999 [750]
Southern Wrestling Alliance   North Carolina Scott Spratt 1998-1999 [751]
Southern Wrestling Alliance   Florida Jerry Flynn 1991 N/A [752]
Southern Wrestling Association   Virginia Bob Nettles
Bob Coley
1991-1994 N/A [753]
Southern Wrestling Association   Tennessee Gene Thompson 1992-1998 [754]
Southern Wrestling Federation   Florida Jerry Grey 1988-1993 N/A [755]
South Pacific Wrestling Association   New Zealand Ernie Pinches
Don Scott
1954-1992 N/A [756] [757]
South's Greatest Wrestling Fans   Mississippi Danny McLain
Wesley Jenkins
Don Brodie
1998-1999 Yes [758] [759] [760] [137][138][139]
Southwest Wrestling Alliance   Texas Ken Taylor 1998-2011 [761]
Star Cavalcade Wrestling   Georgia Lowell Takles
Sue Takles
Frank Cain
1988 N/A [762]
Starr Promotions   Manitoba Frank Piche
Ron Cadman
1994-1995 N/A [763]
Star Wrestling   Georgia Frank Cain 1982 N/A [764]
St. Paul Championship Wrestling   Minnesota Ed Hellier
Ray Whebbe
1998-2001 1st: Yes
2nd: Yes
[765] [766] [767] [768] [769]
Suncoast Pro Wrestling   Florida Henry Raines 1989-1993 N/A [770]
Sunflower State Wrestling   Kansas Dan Adams 1989-1993 N/A [771]
Sunshine Wrestling Alliance   Florida 1990-1991 N/A [772]
Sunshine Wrestling Federation   Florida Bill Brown
Bernie Siegel
1991-1998 [773] [774] [140][141][142]
Superstar Championship Wrestling   Washington Dean Silverstone 1972-1978 N/A [775] [776] [103]
Superstars of Wrestling (Skandor Akbar)   Texas Skandor Akbar
Tom Lance
1998-2002 Yes [777]
Tennessee Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Joey Carrier 1992-1995 N/A [778]
Tennessee Independent Wrestling Federation   Tennessee Randy Byrd
James Mea
1991- Yes [779]
Tennessee Mountain Wrestling   Tennessee Ron Garvin 1995-2001 [780] [781]
Tennessee Valley Wrestling Alliance   Tennessee Stephen Creasy 1998 [782]
Texas All-Pro   Texas Tugboat Taylor 1989-1995 [783] [784]
Texas All-Star   Texas Fred Behrend 1985-1986 N/A [785] [786] [787] [788]
Texas Championship Wrestling   Texas Rick Leribeus 1996-2000 [789]
Texas Championship Wrestling   Texas Tom Caizzo
John Allen
Nite Davis
1999-2010 Yes [790] [791] [143][144][145]
Texas Outlaw Promotions   Texas Wes Wilson 1993-2003 [792] [793]
Texas Wrestling Association   Texas Jason Nash 1999-2001 [794] [795]
Texas Wrestling Federation   Texas Gary Hart 1990-1991 N/A [796] [797] [798]
Three Rivers Wrestling Association   West Virginia Lord Zoltan
Gene Dargan
1977-1979 N/A [799] [800]
Thunder Wrestling Federation   Florida Nick Jarman
Maurice Williams
1998-2000 Yes [801]
Trans World Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania 1998 [802]
Trans-World Wrestling Association   Japan Isao Yoshihara 1968 N/A [803]
Tri-Star Wrestling Alliance   Georgia Doug Watkins 1992- [804]
Tri-State Wrestling   Kentucky Shelby Adcock
Mike Samples
1991-1994 [805] [806]
Tri-State Wrestling Association   Ohio John Summers 1985-1986 N/A [807]
Tri-State Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Shawn Fitzgerald
Joe Perri
1990-1992 N/A [808]
Tri-Town Championship Wrestling   Indiana Josh Lomberger
Rudy Lomberger
1998-1999 [809]
Ultimate Championship Wrestling   New York Emily Tzortzatos 1995 [810]
Ultimate Championship Wrestling   West Virginia Ken Staubs 1995-1997 [811]
Ultimate Championship Wrestling   Virginia W.D. Woody 1995-2005 Yes [812] [134][146]
Ultimate Championship Wrestling   Kentucky Terry England 1997-1998 [813] [814]
Ultimate Championship Wrestling   Kentucky 1999 [815]
Ultimate Wrestling Alliance   Tennessee 1999 [816]
Ultimate Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Marty Aulicino 1991-2002 [817]
Ultimate Wrestling Federation   Louisiana Yes [818]
Underground Wrestling Cult of America   Massachusetts Ken Doucette 1997 [819] [70][147]
Unified Championship Wrestling   Rhode Island Anthony Rufo
Vincent Ratte
1998-2000 [820] [70]
Unified Championship Wrestling   Alabama 1998 [821] [822]
Unified Wrestling Federation   Indiana George Morales 1994-1998 [823]
United Atlantic Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Jesse Ellis
Tim Welch
Rusty Roberts
1994-1998 [824]
United Championship Wrestling   Georgia Jim Anthony 1998-2002 Yes [825]
United Championship Wrestling   Oklahoma 1999 [826]
United Independent Wrestling Alliance   California Scott Harvey
Jason Levin
Ryan McGonagle
1999-2001 Yes [827]
United States Wrestling Federation   Massachusetts Richard Byrnes 1982-1985 N/A [828]
United States Wrestling Federation   New York Bob Bailey
Robin Hunt
1995-1998 [829]
United States Wrestling Federation   North Carolina 1998-1999 [830]
United States Wrestling Federation   Missouri 1992 N/A [831]
United States Wrestling Federation   Texas 1992-1993 N/A [832]
United States Wrestling League   Pennsylvania Frank Szabo 1993-1998 [833]
United Wrestling Alliance   Pennsylvania 1999 [834]
United Wrestling Alliance   West Virginia 1982 N/A [835]
United Wrestling Association   Virginia Mike Samson 1989-1995 [836]
United Wrestling Coalition   New Jersey Dave Thomas
Lois Thomas
1998- Yes [837] [838] [839]
United Wrestling Organization   South Carolina 1991 N/A [840]
Universal Championship Wrestling   New Hampshire John McAdam
Cody Boyns
1992 N/A [841]
Universal Championship Wrestling   Massachusetts Lou Bordeaux 1994 N/A [842]
Universal Championship Wrestling Association   Florida 1994-1995 [843]
Universal Independent Wrestling   Maryland Ed Zohn 1991-1994 N/A [844]
Universal Independent Wrestling Alliance   Washington Dave Dobashi 1995-1997 Yes [845]
Universal Superstars of America   New York Tommy Dee 1992-1997 [846]
Universal Wrestling   New York Roger Reed 1977 N/A [847]
Universal Wrestling Alliance   New Jersey Dennis Galamb
Jim Ryan
1985-1990 N/A [848] [148]
Universal Wrestling Alliance   Tennessee Clarence Santini 1998 [849]
Universal Wrestling Alliance   Texas 1993-1994 [850]
Universal Wrestling Alliance   British Columbia Al Tomko 1985-1989 N/A [851] [852] [853] [2][103]
Universal Wrestling Alliance   Mexico Francisco Flores
Carlos Maynes
1975-1995 N/A [854] [855] [856]
Universal Wrestling Association (New Jersey)   New Jersey 1990-1992 N/A [857]
Universal Wrestling Association (Detroit)   Michigan 1983 N/A [858]
Universal Wrestling Association (Ron Lendowski)   Florida Ron Lendowski 1985 N/A [859]
Universal Wrestling Federation (Ohio)   Ohio Bobby Davis
Mark Lewin
Don Lewin
1971 N/A [860]
USA Wrestling (Alabama)   Alabama Austin Idol 1992-1993 N/A [861]
USA Wrestling (Tennessee)   Tennessee David Woods
Robert Fuller
1987-1988 N/A [862] [863]
USA Main Event Wrestling   Kentucky 1999 [864]
Vega International Wrestling   New York 1978-1979 N/A [865]
Victory World Wrestling   Pennsylvania Marlene Breegle 1998-1999 [866]
Virginia Carolina Wrestling   North Carolina Bobby Sechrist 1998 [867]
Virginia Championship Wrestling   Virginia Ronnie Nowel
Travis Bradshaw
1996- Yes [868] [869] [870] [871] [71][149][150][151]
Virginia Wrestling Association   Virginia Dave Leehy 1988-1993 N/A [872] [152]
Virginia Wrestling Federation   Virginia 1999-2000 Yes [873]
Volunteer Championship Wrestling   Tennessee Scott Wilcox 1997-1998 [874]
Wai-Kato Wrestling Association   New Zealand Shane O'Rourke 1991-1992 N/A [875]
Warriors of Wrestling   Tennessee Jim Princeton
Hugh Rundles
Alvin Minnick
1997-1999 Yes [876] [877] [878] [879]
Warriors of Wrestling   Texas 1999-2005? Yes [880] [153][154][155][156]
War Zone Wrestling Alliance   Georgia 1997-1998 N/A [881] [882]
West Coast Championship Wrestling   British Columbia Mark Vellios 1991-1996 [883] [884] [885] [886] [2][103]
West Coast Wrestling Alliance   California Gloria Gale Lane 1991-1992 N/A [887]
Western Ohio Wrestling   Ohio Wayne Cryderman 1999 [888]
Western States Alliance   California Antone Leone 1981-1982 N/A [889] [157][158]
Western States Wrestling Alliance   Arizona Barry Bernsten
David Rose
Marcial Bovee
1974-1991 N/A [890] [891] [159]
Western States Wrestling Association   California Bill Anderson
Jesse Hernandez
1988-1991 N/A [892]
Western Wrestling Association   Minnesota Patricia Brown
Bill Wasserman
1988- Yes [893] [160]
West Four Wrestling Alliance   Manitoba Joan McGuire
Tony Condello
1974-1994 N/A [894] [895] [896] [897] [2]
West Virginia Wrestling   West Virginia Scott McKeever 1993-1994 N/A [898]
Wildcat Wrestling   Manitoba Dan Micallef 1994 N/A [899] [2]
Wild Cat Wrestling   Manitoba Gerald Lightfoot
Bob Cowan
1998-2000 [900] [2]
Wild Championship Wrestling Outlaws   Indiana Ron Owens 1997- Yes [901] [902] [903] [71][161][162][163][164]
Wild Independent Wrestling Federation   Pennsylvania Ray Torres
David Valentin
1995-1996 [904]
Wild Wrestling Action   Indiana Fred Willis 1992 N/A [905]
Wolverine Wrestling   Michigan Bert Ruby
Fritz Burns
Ricky Cortez
1968-1977 N/A [906] [907]
World Alliance Wrestling   Florida Angelo Poffo 1993 N/A [908]
World All-Pro Wrestling   Wisconsin 1999 N/A [909]
World Class Championship Wrestling (Kansas/Arkansas)   Kansas / Arkansas 1999 Yes [910]
World Class Wrestling Federation   Texas Richard Adcock
Bruce Bennett
Bob Murphy
1995-1996 [911] [912]
World Independent Wrestling   New Hampshire Jeff Costa
Kevin Hughes
Rip Morrison
Bob Evans
1996-1999 [913] [70]
World League Wrestling (Georgia)   Georgia Lars Anderson 1980 N/A [914]
World League Wrestling (Don Curtis)   Florida Don Curtis 1981 N/A [915]
World League Wrestling (Lars Anderson)   Hawaii Lars Anderson 1996-2000 [916] [165]
World Legion Wrestling   Missouri Harley Race
Karl Lauer
David Marquez
1999 Yes [917] [918] [919] [920]
World Organization of Wrestling   Alabama Steve Hicks 1998 [921]
World Power Wrestling   California Martin Marin 1996- Yes [922] [923] [166][167][168][169]
[170][171][172][173]
World Professional Wrestling   West Virginia Steve Podunavac 1997-1999 [924]
World Professional Wrestling Federation   Florida William Almas 1994-2000 Yes [925] [174]
World Pro Wrestling   Florida Jerry Grey 1988- Yes [926] [15]
World Wide Wrestling   Australia Bob Blassie
Andy Harpas
Wayne Pickford
Ken Dunlop
Red Flair
1988-2002 N/A [927] [928] [929]
World Wide Wrestling Alliance (Dino Sanna)   Pennsylvania Dino Sanna 1980- Yes [930] [931] [932] [66][175][176][177]
[178][179][180][181]
World Wide Wrestling Association   Ohio Vince McMahon Sr.
Toots Mondt
Larry Atkins
1963 N/A [933] [934]
World Wrestling Alliance (Missouri)   Missouri Bob Geigel 1987-1988 N/A [935] [936] [937]
World Wrestling Association (Detroit)   Michigan Dick Afflis 1964-1987 N/A [938] [939] [940] [941] [942]
World Wrestling Association (New Jersey)   New Jersey Larry Sharpe 1989-2001 Yes [943] [944] [945] [946]
World Wrestling Coalition   New York Carlina O'Brien
Richard O'Brien
1995-1996 [947] [948] [949] [950]
World Wrestling Council (Mark Tendler)   New York Mark Tendler 1986 N/A [951]
World Wrestling Enterprise   New Jersey 1995-1997 [952]
World Wrestling Organization   New Jersey 1995-2014 [953] [954]
World Wrestling Organization   West Virginia 1994-1996 [955]
World Wrestling Organization   North Carolina James Thurston 1998-2001 Yes [956]
World Wrestling Organization   Alabama Umanosuke Ueda 1987-1988 N/A [957]
World Wrestling Organization   Mexico Armando Espinoza Jr. 1997- [958]
Wrestlepalooza (Tom Anthony)   Connecticut Tom Anthony 1997 [959]
Wrestling Independent Network   Maryland Ed Zohn
Jeff Capo
Juli Blanton
1989-1993 N/A [960] [961]
The Wrestling Outfit   Virginia 1999 [962]
Wrestling World Superstars Europe Bob Yorey 1993 N/A [963] [964] [182]

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