This is a list of professional wrestling hall of fames. There are many pro wrestling-related halls of fame. Most are (or were) run by a particular promotion, often honoring alumni of that promotion or its predecessors, though some are independent. Most professional wrestling halls of fame do not have a physical building, existing instead merely as a "conceptual" hall of fame, with a notable exception being the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum founded in Amsterdam, New York.[1]

Halls of fame

General

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Tony Vellano — 1999– Wichita Falls, Texas Yes
International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Seth Turner — 2019– Albany, New York Yes

Continental

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
CAC Hall of Fame Cauliflower Alley Club – New York City Yes [2]

National

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame Chris Maloney — 2021–present Yes
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum — 1976– Stillwater, Oklahoma Yes
NWA Wrestling Legends Hall of Heroes Greg Price — 2007– Charlotte, North Carolina Yes
Glorias de Lucha Libre Los Villanos — 2014- Mexico [3]
Scotland Wrestling Hall Of Fame — 2015- Scotland [4]
Nippon Puroresu Hall of Fame Genichiro Tenryu — 2020- Japan [5]

Regional

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
Kingsport Wrestling Hall of Fame Beau James Southern States Wrestling 1999– Kingsport, Tennessee No
Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Randy Hales
Jerry Jarrett 		United States Wrestling Association 1994–1997 Memphis, Tennessee No
New England Wrestling Hall of Fame Joseph Bruen Action Packed Championship Wrestling 2008– Providence, Rhode Island Yes
Pittsburgh Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Lou Zygmuncik
Bobby Orkwis 		Keystone State Wrestling Alliance 2008– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Yes
St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame Larry Matysik — 2007– St. Louis, Missouri Yes
Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame Cincinnati Red
Jason Peterson
Steven Bryant 		SoCalUNCENSORED.com 2001– Anaheim, California Yes
Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame David Fuller Iconic Heroes Wrestling Excellence 2009– Fort Worth, Texas Yes
Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame Pat Laprade[6] Alquebec.ss38.ca 2005– Yes [7]
Okanagan Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame Big West Wrestling 2015– No [8]

Promotions

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
AAA Hall of Fame Joaquín and Dorian Roldán Lucha Libre AAA World Wide 2007–2009; 2011– Mexico City, Mexico No
ACW Hall Of Fame Athletik Club Wrestling 2008–2013 Weinheim, Germany Yes
AJW Hall of Fame Takashi Matsunaga
Kunimatsu Matsunaga 		All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling 1998 Tokyo, Japan No
BCW Hall of Fame Border City Wrestling 2003– Yes [9]
Chaotic Wrestling Hall of Fame Jamie Jamikowski Chaotic Wrestling 2006– Lowell, Massachusetts No
CWE Hall of Fame Canadian Wrestling's Elite 2015 No [10]
CZW Hall of Fame John Zandig Combat Zone Wrestling 2004, 2009, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Yes
ECWA Hall of Fame Jim Kettner East Coast Wrestling Association 1982– Newark, Delaware Yes
EWP Hall of Fame Christian Eckstein European Wrestling Promotion 2010, 2012– Hanover, Germany No
HIW Hall of Fame High Impact Wrestling Canada 2010–2019 — Yes
MCW Hall of Fame Dan McDevitt
Mark Shrader 		Maryland Championship Wrestling 1998– Dundalk, Maryland Yes
NEO Hall of Fame Kyoko Inoue NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling 2005, 2010 Yokohama, Japan No
NJPW Greatest Wrestlers Hall of Fame Naoki Sugabayashi New Japan Pro-Wrestling 2007, 2009–2011 Tokyo, Japan Yes
NCW Hall of Fame Northern Championship Wrestling 2005– — No [11]
NWA Hall of Fame R. Bruce Tharpe National Wrestling Alliance 2005– — Yes
PWA Hall of Fame Prairie Wrestling Alliance 2009– — Yes
Pro-Wrestling: EVE Hall of Fame Dann Read and Emily Read Pro-Wrestling: EVE 2018 United Kingdom No [12]
SCW Hall of Fame Greg Mosorjak Southern Championship Wrestling 1997–2004 Raleigh, North Carolina Yes
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame Bruce and Ross Hart Stampede Wrestling 1999–2001 Calgary, Alberta Yes
ROH Hall of Fame Ring of Honor 2022- Garland, Texas Yes
Impact Hall of Fame Dixie Carter Impact Wrestling 2012– — Yes
WSU Hall of Fame Women Superstars Uncensored 2009–present
WCW Hall of Fame World Championship Wrestling 1993–1995 — No
WWE Hall of Fame Vince McMahon WWE 1994–1996; 2004– — Yes
wXw Hall of Fame Peter Wiechers Westside Xtreme Wrestling 2005; 2009–2012 Oberhausen, Germany Yes
WXW Hall of Fame Afa Anoa'i World Xtreme Wrestling 2013–2016 Minneola, Florida Yes

Type

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
Hardcore Hall of Fame 2300 Arena 2002, 2005, 2007–2011, 2014–2015, 2021– Philadelphia, Pennsylvania No
Independent Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame — 2005– Yes
Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame The Cutting Room 2022- Manhattan No
George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Mike Chapman — 1999– Waterloo, Iowa No Became part of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007. [13]
Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame — 2021- Yes

Journalistic

Name Founder Maintained by Years active Location Website Notes Ref.
Online World of Wrestling Hall of Fame Jason Deadrich and David Buckler OnlineWorldofWrestling.com 2002– — Yes [14]
Pro Wrestling Report Hall of Fame Dameon Nelson and Dave Herro Pro Wrestling Report 2013 — No
SLAM! Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame Greg Oliver Canadian Online Explorer 2005– — Yes[usurped]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Dave Meltzer Wrestling Observer 1996– — Yes

See also

References

Specific

  1. ^ Bixenspan, David (7 November 2017). "Building A Pro Wrestling Hall Of Fame Is A Lot Easier Said Than Done". Deadspin. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. ^ "How an abandoned suitcase in Hamilton found its way to a wrestling hall of fame". Cbc.ca.
  3. ^ "Glorias de la Lucha Libre". Milenio.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Scotland Wrestling Hall Of Fame". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. ^ "日本プロレス殿堂会". Twitter.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story
  7. ^ Johnson, Mike (December 6, 2017). "Bret Hart, Kevin Owens inducted into Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  8. ^ "Big West to unveil Okanagan Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame". Kelowna Capital News. Black Press. November 8, 2012. p. 21. Retrieved 2019-01-26 – via Issuu.
  9. ^ "Border City celebrates 10 years". Canoe.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  10. ^ "CWE Alumni Inducted into Hall of Fame - Canadian Wrestling's Elite". Cwecanada.net. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018.
  11. ^ "Ring of Honor invading Montreal". Canoe.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ^ Mauro, Laura (12 December 2018). "SHEvivor Series recap, results and exclusives". Diva Dirt. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. ^ Kamchen, Richard (December 20, 2007). "Piper, Saito, Jacobs headline '08 Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame list". Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Online World of Wrestling Hall of Fame – Online World of Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

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