List of professional wrestling schools

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A professional wrestling school is a school or gym that teaches students the necessary skills to become pro wrestlers. The courses are sometimes taught by qualified professional instructors who have usually worked for several years as professional wrestlers themselves. There are over 500 wrestling schools in the world. Here are some of the more successful wrestling schools.

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[edit] United States of America

  • WWA4 Atlanta World Wrestling Alliance and Pro Wrestling School. wwa4.com
  • I.W.F Independent Wrestling Federation of West Paterson New Jersey. Kevin Knight
  • B.W.O. Bodyslam Wrestling Organization," Bodyslam U " of New Jersey. Richie Rotten
  • The Funking Conservatory - Trainer: Dory Funk Jr.
  • Combat Zone Wrestling School - Trainers: Mike Quackenbush, Chris Hero, and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera
  • All Pro Wrestling Boot Camp- Taught by Roland Alexander.
  • Harley Race Wrestling Academy- Taught by Harley Race.
  • Killer Kowalski Institute of Professional Wrestling- Taught by Killer Kowalski
  • Heartland Wrestling Association Pro Wrestling Camp (Formerly Les Thatcher's Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp) - Taught by Cody Hawk and Les Thatcher.
  • New York Wrestling Connection- Taught by Mikey Whipwreck.
  • Skull Krusher's Wrestling School- Taught by Adrian Street.
  • Slam U- Taught by El Toro Bravo, Verne Langdon, and Hombre de Oro.
  • Texas Wrestling Academy - Former Head Trainer of the now defunct Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy, Rudy Boy Gonzalez, took over the reins, made a name change, and everything else has stayed the same. Former students include "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson, Lance Cade, Spanky, Shooter Schultz, Paul London, and Don Juan, Simply Luscious. This school is highly regarded by many in the wrestling industry
  • The Monster Factory- Taught by Larry Sharpe.
  • The Wild Samoan Training Center- Taught by Afa the Wild Samoan.
  • Ohio Valley Wrestling Training School, associated with World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Ring of Honor Wrestling School- Taught by Bryan Danielson
  • Inoki Dojo USA- Taught by Kendo Kashin
  • Impact Zone Wrestling - Located in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Ultimate Pro Wrestling - Located in Santa Ana, California.
  • The House Of Truth- Located in Detroit, MI. Taught by Truth Martini.

[edit] Defunct

  • WCW Power Plant- Former WCW training school, taught by Paul Orndorff and Buddy Lee Parker
  • ECW House of Hardcore - Former ECW training school, taught by Tazz
  • USA Pro wrestling school Pro Wrestling School - taught by John Brooks
  • Hiro Matsuta's Pro Wrestling Boot Camp-Some of the school's graduates were Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Ron Simmons and the Great Muta.

[edit] Canada

[edit] Defunct

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Defunct

[edit] Japan

[edit] Australia

  • PWA Alley (Melbourne) - Taught by Lobo
  • IWA (Sydney) - Taught by Mark Mercedes and Billy Cole
  • AWF (Sydney) - Taught by Greg Bownds
  • MIW Sweatshop (Gold Coast) - Taught by Peter Ball

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