List of professional wrestling promotions in Mexico
This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Mexico and lists both active and defunct "lucha libre" professional wrestling promotions from the 1930s to the 2000s.
List
Name | Location | Owner(s) | Years active | Website | Notes | |
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Alianza Universal De Lucha Libre | Tlalnepantla | Hector Guzman | 1990– | [1] | [1][2][3][4][5] | |
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre | Mexico City | Salvador Lutteroth Jr. Salvador Lutteroth III | 1933– | Yes | Oldest active wrestling promotion in the world. Originally known as Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre from 1933 to 1991. Was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 1991.[6][7][8][9][10][11] | |
Desastre Total Ultraviolento | Tulancingo | Crazy Boy | 2007– | Yes | [12][13][14] | |
Federacion Universal de Lucha Libre | Mexico City | Tinieblas Jr | 2010– | Yes | ||
International Wrestling Revolution Group | Naucalpan de Juarez | Adolfo Moreno | 1996– | Yes | [8][15][16][17][18] | |
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | Mexico City | Marisela Peña-Roldan Dorian Roldán Peña | 1992– | Yes | [8][19][20][21] | |
Lucha Libre Femenil | Monterrey | Luciano Alberto Garcia de Luna | 2000– | Yes | [22][23][24][25] | |
Nueva Generacion Xtrema | Monterrey | Unknown | 2002– | Yes | Has featured former Extreme Championship Wrestling stars Sabu and The Sandman, as well as some others independent foreign stars like Supreme and Necro Butcher. | |
The Crash | Tijuana | 2011– | Yes | |||
Total Ultra-Violent Disaster | Naucalpan | 2002– | No | |||
Universal Wrestling Entertainment | Tlalnepantla | Hector Guzman | 2008– | No | [26] | |
Defunct | ||||||
Extreme Air Wrestling | 2009–2013 | Yes | [27][28][29][30][31] | |||
Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre | Monterrey | Carlos Elizondo | 1989–2019 | No | [32][33][34][35][36][37] | |
International Wrestling League | Toluca | Unknown | 2010–2014 | Yes | Promotion founded under the name Independent Wrestling League. Name change in June 2011, Became Inactive in 2014. | |
Lucha Libre Elite | Mexico City | Ernesto Santillan Carlo Colin | 2014–2022 | Yes | [38] | |
NWA Mexico | Mexico City | Blue Demon, Jr. Daniel Aceves | 2008–2013 | Yes | Affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance. Promotion became inactive in 2013[39][40][41][42] | |
Nación Lucha Libre | Mexico City | Alberto El Patrón | 2019–2020 | Yes | [43] | |
Los Perros Del Mal | Mexico City | Perro Aguayo, Jr. | 2008–2014 | No | Broke away from CMLL in 2008. Promotion became inactive in 2014[44] | |
Promo Azteca | Konnan | 1996–1998 | No | Broke away from AAA in 1996. Starred numerous luchadores wrestling in World Championship Wrestling during the late-1990s.[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52] | ||
Super X Grand Prix Championship Wrestling | Juventud Guerrera | 2004–2013 | Yes | [53][54] | ||
Toryumon Mexico | Naucalpan | Último Dragón | 1997–2020 | No | Hosted the Yamaha and Young Dragons Cups.[55] | |
Universal Wrestling Association | Naucalpan | Francisco Flores Benjamín Mora, Sr. Benjamín Mora, Jr. Carlos Maynes | 1974–1995 | No | Also called Lucha Libre Internacional. Associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 1979, and the World Wrestling Federation between 1979 and 1985.[56][57] | |
World Wrestling Association | Tijuana | Benjamín Mora, Jr. | 1986–2014 | No | [58][59] | |
Xtreme Latin American Wrestling | Mexico City | Ernesto Ocampo | 2001–2013 | No | Has featured former Extreme Championship Wrestling stars Sabu and The Sandman.[60][61][62][63][64][65][66] |
See also
References
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