List of professional wrestling magazines
This is a list of professional wrestling magazines.
List
Print magazines
| Title | Years active | Print Time | Location | Founder/ Editor(s) | Publishers | Circulation | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena De Lucha Libre | Monthly |  Mexico | N/A | No | ||||
| Ben Strong Wrestling | 1973 - 1975 | Monthly |  Rockville Centre, NY | Stanley Weston Bill Apter (ed) | G.C. London Publishing | N/A | No | Past of the "Ben Strong Series".[1][2] |
| Big Book of Wrestling | 1968 - 1978 | Monthly | Scottsdale, AZ | Roger Elwood (ed) | Jalart House | N/A | No | [1] |
| Boxing Illustrated Wrestling News | 1958 - 1967 | Monthly | New York | Stanley Weston | Champion Sports Publishing | N/A | No | Became Boxing Illustrated in 1967.[1] |
| Boxing & Wrestling Magazine | 1952 - 1964 | Monthly | United States | Stanley Weston Eddie Borden | Boxing and Wrestling Inc. | N/A | No | [1] |
| Celebrity Wrestling | 1987 - 1989 | Monthly | United States | Michael O'Hara | Mand O. Communications Inc. | N/A | No | [1] |
| Championship Wrestling | 1984 - 1990 | Monthly | United States | Modern Day Periodicals Inc. | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Complete Wrestling Roundup | 1974 - 1975 | Monthly | United States | Jalbert House Inc. | No | No | [1] | |
| Double-Action Wrestling | 1986 - 1988 | Monthly | United States | Michael O'Hara | M. And O. Communications Inc. | N/A | No | [1] |
| Fighting Spirit Magazine | 2006–present | Monthly |  United Kingdom | Uncooked Media | N/A | Yes | Contributors include Bill Apter, RD Reynolds, Lance Storm and Nick Aldis. | |
| Gold Belt Wrestling | 1987 - 1991 | Monthly | United States | Michael O'Hara | Gold Belt Wrestling, Inc. | No | [1][3] | |
| Illustrated Wrestling Digest | 1970s | Monthly | United States | Rob Dobratz | N/A | No | Regarded as the top "dirt sheet" in the US after the close of Matmania in 1968.[4] | |
| Inside Wrestling | 1968 - 2013 | Monthly | Ambler, PA | Stanley Weston Bill Apter (ed.) | Kappa Publishing Group | N/A | Yes | Combined with The Wrestler in 2004.[1][5][6][7][8][9] |
| Main Event Wrestling | c. 1983 - 1993 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | |||
| Major League Wrestling | c. 1978 - 1984 | Monthly | United States | Norm Kietzer | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Matmania | 1964 - 1968 | Monthly | Minneapolis, MN | Burt Ray | N/A | No | Publication is considered the earliest-known "dirt sheet". Continued by James C. Melby after Ray's retirement in 1968.[1][4] | |
| New Wave Wrestling | 1992 - 2004 | Monthly | New York City, NY | Mike O'Hara | Combat Sports Magazine Group | N/A | Yes | [1][3] |
| Official International Wrestling Insider | 1987 - 1991 | Monthly | United States | Wrestling Insider Inc. | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Official Wrestling | 1951 - c. 1975 | Monthly | United States | Official Wrestling Inc. | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Official Wrestling Guide | 1970s | Monthly | United States | Jalart House | N/A | No | ||
| Piledriver Magazine | 1989 - 2000 | Monthly |  Australia | N/A | No | [10][11] | ||
| Popular Wrestling | 1970s | Monthly | United States | Popular Publishing | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Power Slam | 1994–present | Monthly | Maidstone, KEN | Findlay Martin Colin Bowman | SW Publishing | N/A | Yes | Longest-running professional wrestling magazine in the United Kingdom.[3] |
| Power of Wrestling | 2001 - 2002 | Monthly | United Kingdom | Highbury Publishing House | N/A | No | [6][12] | |
| Power-Wrestling | 1995 - present | Monthly |  Germany | Wolfgang Stach | PV Verlags GmbH, Düsseldorf | N/A | Yes | Longest-running professional wrestling magazine in Germany.[13] |
| Pro Wrestling Body Press Magazine | 1970s | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| Pro Wrestling Illustrated | 1979–present | Monthly | Blue Bell, PA | Kappa Publishing Group | Stanley Weston Bill Apter (ed.) | N/A | Yes | [1][3][6][7][14] |
| Rumble Magazine | 2011–present | Monthly | Australia | Rumble Magazine | N/A | Yes | [15] | |
| The Ring's Wrestling | 1963 - 1984 | Monthly | United States | The Ring Inc. | N/A | No | Merged with other Kietzer publications into The Wrestling News in 1972.[1][5][16] | |
| Ringside Wrestling | 1984 - 2000 | Monthly | United States | Norman Jacobs | Starlog Publishing | N/A | No | [1] |
| Ring Sirens Magazine | 2013-present | Monthly |  Canada | Tyler Prattis | N/A | Yes | Women's Wrestling Magazine | |
| Sports Review Wrestling | 1972 - 1995 | Monthly | United States | Stanley Weston | London Publishing Company | N/A | No | Published the popular "Apartment Wrestling" columns from 1973 to 1983.[1][9] |
| Super Luchas | 1991–present | Weekly | Mexico | Ernesto Ocampo | 15,000 | Yes | [3] | |
| Superstar Wrestlers | 1987 - 1994 | Monthly | United States | Norman Jacobs | Starlog Publishing | N/A | No | [1] |
| Superstar Wrestlers Reporter | 1988 - 1989 | Monthly | United States | Comics World Corporation | N/A | No | ||
| Total Wrestling | 2002 - 2004 | Monthly | United Kingdom | Total Wrestling Magazine | Highbury Publishing House | 25,000 (2003)[12] | No | Continuation of Power of Wrestling. Bill Apter served as senior editor.[6][12] |
| Victory Sports Wrestling | c. 1972 - 1989 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| WOW Magazine (Women of Wresting) | 1988 - | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | |||
| WOW Magazine (World of Wrestling) | 1999 - 2001 | Monthly | United States | H&S Media | Mike Morris | N/A | No | The first magazine marketed towards "smart" fans, Bill Apter served as its editor-in-chief during its 3-year run.[1][3][6][17] |
| Wrestle America | c. 1992 - 1997 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| The Wrestler | October 1966 - 2013 | Monthly | Ambler, PA | Stanley Weston | London Publishing Company | N/A | Yes | Combined with Inside Wrestling in 2004.[1][5][6][7][14] |
| Wrestling | 1951 | Monthly | Jersey City, NJ | Joseph Weider | Wrestling Inc. | N/A | No | [1][5] |
| Wrestling | c. 1984 - 1992 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1][5] | ||
| Wrestling '83 | 1983 - 1988 | Quarterly | United States | No | Subsequently published "Wrestling '84", "Wrestling '85", "Wrestling '86", etc. One-time special was published in 1999. | |||
| Wrestling Action | 1977 - 1979 | Monthly | United States | World Wide Wrestling Federation | Vince McMahon, Sr. | N/A | No | Notable staff members included editor-in-chief Les Thatcher and photographer George Napolitano.[14] |
| Wrestling Action | 1987 | Monthly | United States | Harris Publishing | No | [1] | ||
| Wrestling All Stars Heroes and Villains | 1983 - 2000 | Monthly | United States | Norman Jacobs | N/A | No | Originally published as simply Wrestling All Stars from 1983 to 1985.[1][7] | |
| Wrestling As You Like It | 1946 - 1955 | Monthly | Chicago, IL | Dick Axman | N/A | No | Earliest wrestling publication ever published and the only one active during the post-WWII years. Replaced by Wrestling Life in 1955.[5][16] | |
| Wrestling Bad Guys | 1990s | Monthly | United States | Stanley Weston | G.C. London Publishing Company | N/A | No | [1] |
| Wrestling Confidential | 1964 - c. 1965 | Monthly | United States | Complete Sports Publishers | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Wrestling Confidential | 1987–present | Monthly | United States | DOJO Publishing | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Wrestling Eye | 1980s | Monthly | United States | Jems, Inc. | N/A | No | [1][7] | |
| Wrestling Fever | 1980s | Monthly | United States | M. Morse Publishing | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Wrestling Fury | 1987 - 1992 | Monthly | United States | Jems Inc. | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Wrestling Greatest Battles | 1970s | Monthly | United States | G.C. London Publishing Company | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Wrestling Guide | 1970s | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| Wrestling Illustrated | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | ||||
| Wrestling Life | 1955 - 1964 | Monthly | United States | Dick Axman | N/A | No | [1][5][16][18] | |
| Wrestling's Main Event | 1982 - c. 1994 | Monthly | United States | George Napolitano | Pumpkin Press | N/A | No | [1][3] |
| Wrestling Monthly | 1971 - c. 1977 | Monthly | United States | Norm Kietzer | Kietzer Publishing | N/A | No | Merged with other Kietzer publications into The Wrestling News.[1] |
| Wrestling News | 1959–present | Monthly | Fraser, MI | Norm Kietzer | Kietzer Publishing | N/A | Yes | Purchased by Arena Publishing in 2002 and published as "Wrestling Revue".[1][7][14] |
| Wrestling Picture Book | c. 1975 - 1979 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| Wrestling Power | 1986-1989 | Monthly | United States | Norman Jacobs | N/A | No | [1][3] | |
| Wrestling Revue | 1959 - 1983 | Monthly | United States | Stanley Weston | N/A | No | [1][5][6] | |
| Wrestling Ringside | 1984 - 1992 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | |||
| Wrestling Scene | c. 1982 - 1988 | Monthly | United States | Norman Jacobs | N/A | No | [1] | |
| Wrestling Sports Stars | c. 1972 - 1975 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | |||
| Wrestling Superstars | c. 1978 - 1997 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| Wrestling Today | 1978 - c. 1993 | Monthly | United States | N/A | No | [1] | ||
| Wrestling Training Illustrated | 1973-1985 | Monthly | United States | Scott Epstein Dan Lurie | Muscle-Man Inc. | N/A | No | [1][19] |
| Wrestling and TV Sports | 1951 | Monthly | New York | Fanfare Publications | N/A | No | [1][5] | |
| Wrestling USA | 1954 - 1955 | Monthly | Charleston, WV | Douglas Dalton | Dalton Publications | N/A | No | [5] |
| Wrestling USA | c. 1984 - 1993 | Quarterly | United States | Stanley Weston | G.C. London Publishing Company | N/A | No | [1] |
| Wrestling Weekly | 1998 - 2001 | Weekly | Australia | N/A | No | [20] | ||
| Wrestling World | 1954 - 1955 | Monthly | New York City, NY | Norman Jacobs | N/A | No | Continuation of the NWA's Official Wrestling magazine.[5] | |
| Wrestling World | 1962 - 2001 | Monthly | New York City, NY | Sterling/Mcfadden Partnership | N/A | No | Contributors included Stately Wayne Manor.[1][3][5] |
Official promotions
| Title | Years active | Print Time | Location | Founder(s) | Publishers | Circulation | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWA Magazine | c. 1972 - 1977 | Monthly | Minneapolis | Championship Sports Publishing | N/A | No | Official American Wrestling Association magazine.[1] | |
| AWE Magazine | 2006 | Monthly | Winnipeg | Jeff Dyck | Canadian Gold Media | N/A | No | Official Action Wrestling Entertainment magazine. |
| ECW Magazine | 1999 - 2000 | Bi-Monthly | Philadelphia | Mike Morris (ed.) | H&S Media | N/A | Yes | Official Extreme Championship Wrestling magazine.[17] |
| GLOW Magazine | 1988 | Monthly | Las Vegas, Nevada | David McLane | Tempo Publishing | N/A | No | Official Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling magazine. |
| N.W.A. Official Wrestling | 1951 - 1953 | Monthly | Washington, D.C. | Fred Kohler, Dick Axman (ed.) | N.W.A. Official Wrestling, Inc. | N/A | No | Official National Wrestling Alliance magazine.[1][5][16] |
| WCW Magazine | 1991 - 1994 | Monthly | Atlanta | Bill Apter Craig Peters Dennis A. Brent | World Championship Wrestling | N/A | No | Originally known as NWA/WCW Wrestling Wrap-Up from 1989 to 1991.[1][21] |
| WCW Magazine | 1995 - 2001 | Monthly | Atlanta | Colin Bowman Ross Forman | World Championship Wrestling | N/A | No | Second volume which ran until WCW's close in 2001.[21] |
| WWF/E Magazine | 1983–2014 | Monthly | Stamford, Connecticut | Bob Lee Tony Romando (eic) | World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. | N/A | Yes | Originally known as WWF Victory Magazine in 1983. In July 2014 the WWE announced it would cease production due to budget cuts and declining sales of the magazine.[1][22] |
| Westside Pro Wrestling's Almanac | 2010 | Yearly | Australia | N/A | No | Official Westside Pro Wrestling magazine.[23] | ||
| Wrestling News | 1960 | Monthly | Australia | N/A | No | Official World Championship Wrestling magazine.[24] | ||
| XPW Magazine | 1999 | Monthly | Philadelphia | N/A | No | Official Xtreme Pro Wrestling magazine. |
Online magazines and newsletters
| Title | Years active | Print Time | Location | Founder(s) | Publishers | Circulation | Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bagpipe Report | 1996 - 2000 | Monthly | United States | Charles MacLaurin Blake Norton | N/A | 40,000 | Yes | One of the most read internet newsletters during the late-1990s, it was the first weekly pro wrestling magazine show broadcast via TWC Fight!. Purchased by Wrestling-Online.com in 2000.[17] |
| Wrestling-Online Newsletter | 1996–present | Daily |  Malta | Colin Vassallo | N/A | 27,000 | Yes | The newsletter is also available on iPad as a monthly magazine titled Wrestling-Online Digital Magazine, free for download on the iTunes Newsstand. |
| Figure Four Weekly | 1995–present | Weekly | Woodinville, WA | Bryan Alvarez | N/A | N/A | Yes | [17] |
| Pro Wrestling Torch | 1987–present | Weekly | St. Paul, MN | Wade Keller | N/A | N/A | Yes | |
| Wrestling Observer | 1983–present | Weekly | Campbell, CA | Dave Meltzer | N/A | N/A | Yes | |
| The Ring Fan | 2011–present | Daily | Wytheville, VA | Clarence Eddie Cowan | N/A | N/A | Yes |
References
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- ↑ "Ben Strong’s Wrestling Magazine - February 1975". VintageDisneylandTickets.com. August 10, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Firestorm, Adam (October 26, 2007). "Wrestling Magazines". AdamFirestorm.com.
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