List of women's wrestling promotions

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This article is about women's professional wrestling promotions. For an international listing, see List of professional wrestling promotions. For a list of National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated promotions, see List of National Wrestling Alliance territories.

This is a list of women's professional wrestling promotions, sorted by country's and lists both active and defunct "indy promotions" and major promotions.

Japan[edit]

Main article: List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan
Name Location Owner(s) Years active Notes
Actwres girl'Z Tokyo Super Project Co. Ltd 2015–present
Ice Ribbon Warabi Neoplus 2006–present
Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling Tokyo Rumie Kazama
Shinobu Kandori 		1992–present [1]
Oz Academy Tokyo Mayumi Ozaki 1998–present
Pro Wrestling Wave Tokyo Zabun Co, Ltd. 2007–present
Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling Sendai Meiko Satomura 2005–present
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Tokyo CyberFight (CyberAgent) 2012–present Founded by Tetsuya Koda and Nozomi. Sister promotion to DDT Pro Wrestling, became a standalone entity in 2015.
World Wonder Ring Stardom Tokyo Bushiroad 2010–present Founded by Rossy Ogawa, Nanae Takahashi and Fuka. Acquired by Bushiroad in October 2019 and became a sister promotion to New Japan Pro-Wrestling.[2][unreliable source?][3][unreliable source?]
Defunct
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Tokyo Kunimatsu Matsunaga
Takashi Matsunaga 		1968–2005 [4][5][6]
Arsion Tokyo Hiroshi Ogawa 1997–2003 [7][8]
Gaea Japan Tokyo Yuka Sugiyama 1995–2005 [4][9][10]
Jd' Tokyo Yoshimoto Kogyo Company
J Office Group 		1995–2007 [11]
JWP Joshi Puroresu Tokyo Kiyoshi Shinozaki
Masatoshi Yamamoto 		1992–2017 [12][13]

United Kingdom[edit]

Main article: Professional wrestling promotions in the United Kingdom
Name Location Owner(s) Years active Notes
Bellatrix Female Warriors Norfolk

Essex

Saraya Knight 2006–present Female-only wrestling promotion originally known as World Association of Women's Wrestling up until 1 January 2013.
Pro-Wrestling: EVE All over Great Britain Dann Read 2010–present

United States[edit]

Main article: List of women's wrestling promotions in the United States
Promotion name Location Promoter(s) Years active Notes
Mission Pro Wrestling Buda, Texas Thunder Rosa 2020–present
Professional Girl Wrestling Association Raleigh, North Carolina Randy Powell 1992–present
Queens of Combat Charlotte, North Carolina Josette Bynum 2004–present
Shimmer Women Athletes Berwyn, Illinois Dave Prazak and Allison Danger 2005–present
Shine Wrestling Ybor City, Florida Dave Prazak and Lexie Fyfe 2012–present WWNLive brand and sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes
Spark Joshi Puroresu of America Santa Fe, New Mexico "Chibi C.B." C.B. Liffer
and Francis Jay 		2023–present
Sukeban New York City, New York Dream Slam Productions 2023–present
Ultimate Women of Wrestling Los Angeles, California Rampage Jackson 2022–present
Women of Wrestling Los Angeles, California David McLane 2000–2001; 2012–present
Women Superstars United Jac Sabboth (2006–2007)
Sean McCaffrey (2007–2012)
Drew Cordeiro (2012–2014)
D. J. Hyde (2013–present) 		2006–present Sister promotion to Combat Zone Wrestling and member of the United Wrestling Network
Women's Wrestling Army Chicago, Illinois Maria Kanellis 2022–present
Women's Wrestling Revolution Providence, Rhode Island Drew Cordeiro 2016–present Sister promotion to Beyond Wrestling
Defunct
ChickFight San Francisco, California Jason Deadrich 2004–2008
Dangerous Women of Wrestling Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Steve O'Neill, Dan Kowal 1999–2007 Formerly "Gorgeous Ladies of Outrageous Wrestling" until 2003
Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (G.L.O.W.) Las Vegas, Nevada (1986–1992) Meshulam Riklis (1986–2001)
Ursula Hayden (2001–2003) 		1986-2003
Ladies Major League Wrestling Florida Howard Brody 1989–1992
Ladies International Wrestling Association North Carolina The Fabulous Moolah 1990-2000
Ladies Professional Wrestling Association Laughlin, Nevada Tor Berg 1989–1998
Naked Women's Wrestling League Howard Mann 2004–2009
Powerful Women of Wrestling Indianapolis, Indiana David McLane 1987–1990
Rise Wrestling Naperville, Illinois Kevin Harvey 2016–2020 Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes
Women's Extreme Wrestling Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dan Kowal, Greg Bagarozy, Steve Karel 2002–2008
World Women's Wrestling Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Sheldon Goldberg 2006–2010
World Women's Wrestling Association Los Angeles, California Mildred Burke 1950–1960
Wrestlicious Tampa, Florida Jonathan Vargas, Johnny Cafarella, and Jimmy Hart 2009–2010

Other Promotions[edit]

Promotion name Location Promoter(s) Years active Notes
Femmes Fatales Montreal, Canada François Poirier
Phil Bélanger 		2009–present Formerly known as nCw Femmes Fatales.
Women's Wrestling Syndicate Montreal, Canada LuFisto 2023–present
Defunct
Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance New South Wales, Australia Madison Eagles 2007–2013

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  2. ^ "NJPW Parent Company Bushiroad Purchases Stardom - Wrestling Inc". www.wrestlinginc.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ "More On Bushiroad Purchasing Stardom, WWE Trying To Buy The Promotion, Stardom - NJPW". Wrestling Inc. 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Japanese Promotions". Promotions. OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  5. ^ "All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  6. ^ Duncan, Royal and Gary Will; Brian Westcott (2004). "AJWPW – All Japan Womens' [sic] Pro-Wrestling". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  7. ^ Samuel Eanes; Earl Oliver; Hisaharu Tanabe; Brian Westcott (2004). "AtoZ/ARSION". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  8. ^ "ARSION". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  9. ^ "GAEA Japan". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  10. ^ Samuel Eanes, Brian Westcott & Hisaharu Tanabe (2004). "GAEA Japan". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  11. ^ "Jd'". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  12. ^ "JWP Project". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  13. ^ Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary; Westcott, Brian; Tanabe, Hisaharu (2004). "JWPP – Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
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