List of professional wrestling promotions in Mexico

This article is about professional wrestling promotions in Mexico. For an international listing, see List of professional wrestling promotions. For a list of National Wrestling Alliance-affiiated promotions, see List of NWA territories.

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
Active
Alianza Universal De Lucha Libre Tlalnepantla Hector Guzman 1990 - [1][2][3][4][5]
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Mexico City Marisela Peña Roldan
Joaquin Roldan		 1993- Yes [6][7][8][9]
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Mexico City Salvador Lutteroth
Francisco Alonso Lutteroth
Paco Alonso		 1933- Yes Oldest wrestling promotion in the world. Originally known as Empresa Mundial de Lucha Libre from 1933 to 1991. Was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance until 1991.[10][11][12] Affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance.[6][10][13][14]
Desastre Total Ultraviolento Tulancingo Crazy Boy 2007 - Yes [15][16][17]
Extreme Air Wrestling 2009 - Yes [18][19][20][21][22]
Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre Monterrey Carlos Elizondo No [23][24][25][26][27][28]
International Wrestling League Toluca Unknown 2010 - Yes Promotion founded under the name Independent Wrestling League. Name change in June 2011.
International Wrestling Revolution Group Naucalpan de Juarez Adolfo Moreno 1996 - Yes [6][29][30][31][32]
Los Perros Del Mal Mexico City Perro Aguayo, Jr. 2008 - No Broke away from CMLL in 2008.[33]
Lucha Libre Femenil Monterrey Luciano Alberto Garcia de Luna 2000 - No [34][35][36][37]
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.
NWA Mexico Mexico City Blue Demon, Jr.
Daniel Aceves		 2008 - Yes Affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance.[38][39][40][41]
Super X Grand Prix Championship Wrestling Juventud Guerrera 2004 - Yes [42][43]
Toryumon Mexico Naucalpan Último Dragón 1997 - No Hosts the Yamaha and Young Dragons Cups.[44]
Universal Wrestling Entertainment Tlalnepantla Hector Guzman 2008 - No [45]
World Wrestling Association Tijuana Benjamín Mora, Jr. 1986- No [46][47]
Xtreme Latin American Wrestling Mexico City Ernesto Ocampo 2001 - No Has featured former Extreme Championship Wrestling stars Sabu and The Sandman.[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]
Defunct
Promo Azteca Konnan 1996 - 1998 No Broke away from AAA in 1996. Starred numerous luchadores wrestling in World Championship Wrestling during the late-1990s.[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]
Universal Wrestling Association Naucalpan Franciso 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.[63][64]

References

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