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Encyclopedia > Promotion (professional wrestling)

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling. A company is, in general, any group of persons, which are known as its members, united to pursue a common interest. ... Look up Business in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... ...


Currently, the only major wrestling organizations left in North America are World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) (a former NWA member that is still loosely linked to that organization), all based in the United States, and; the Mexican lucha libre promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Of these, WWE is by far the largest and most influential. However, outside North America, there are other federations throughout Europe and also in Japan, South America, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the rest of the Caribbean. However there are also a number of small independent wrestling organizations that are upstarts. Or they are the creations of former wrestlers from the bigger promotions. Some of the smaller organizations include Ring of Honor, Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Border City Wrestling World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... The National Wrestling Alliance NWA is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948. ... Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002. ... One of the most well known Lucha Libre wrestlers, Rey Mysterio. ... Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) (Spanish for Worldwide Wrestling Council) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico. ... Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) is a Lucha Libre Professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the six inhabited continents of the Earth. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... World map depicting Caribbean : West Indies redirects here. ... Ring of Honor (ROH) is an independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2002 that is owned by Cary Silkin. ... // Jersey All Pro Wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion that was founded by Fat Frank Iadeavia on April 19, 1997 in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey. ... Prime Time Wrestling redirects here. ...


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Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Professional wrestling promotion (196 words)
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that performs regular shows involving professional wrestling.
Currently, the only major wrestling organizations left in North America are World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), all based in the United States, and; the Mexican lucha libre promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
However there are also a number of small independent wrestling organizations that are upstarts or the creations of former wrestlers from the bigger promotions.
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