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[edit] Australia

What about IWA (International Wrestling Australia)? It's even televised on Foxtel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EvilMuppet (talk • contribs) 22:23, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Not notable. Aurora is a community channel - anything can get on it. !! Justa Punk !! 02:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Organizing the article

It should be setup as active, and inactive (or just defunct). Inactive sometimes implies it could always come back, while defunct means it's not coming back. Also the promotions need to be cleaned up big time. Notable only should be listed. I've done a bit of cleaning, but it needs work.... and alot of it.

Currently the following should be kept (plus more obviously, this is just a starting plan for the list):

  • Japan: All Japan, Big Japan, New Japan, Kaientai Dojo, NOAH, Zero1 Max and others. Pancrase and other similar styles probably shouldn't be here, since it's very similar to Ultimate Fighting in my opinion at least.
  • Mexico: AAA, CMLL, UWA and a few others.
  • North America (USA, Canada, etc)- WWE, TNA, OVW, Deep South, Jersey All-Pro, CZW, UCW, Ring of Honor, ECW (the old promotion: not WWE's version of it), WCW, USWA, AWA, SMW, UWF, Mid South, ECWA, XWF and others that I can't think of right now
  • United Kingdom (England, Ireland, etc): 1PW and others (I'm no expert on wrestling in the UK)
  • Other countries: ?

Any help is appreciated, and certainly needed. If the promotion is notable (and can be proven by sources) it belongs here. If it's a small promotion that only a few know of, it probably doesn't belong here. No redlinks should be on the list, period. RobJ1981 23:34, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Australia (current)- PWA Queensland (PWAQ), PWA Elite, PWA Canberra, Total Wrestling Entertainment (TWE), MPW, NAW
  • Australia (defunct) - PWA Melbourne

I can provide links for the sites if need be. I'm not sure how to format the article so I figure I'd just put the information here. Cor84 04:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

None of these promotions are notable, Cor. This list is for promotions with WP articles only. To just do a list borders on advertising which is against WP policy - especially if the links are provided. !! Justa Punk !! 19:58, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UK Promotion

There is a promotion in the UK called Future Championship Wrestling, i would add it myself but i dont want to mess up the table Don.-.J 14:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FWA and other promotions

The Frontier Wrestling Alliance has went out of business / promoting on a smaller scale as the XWA.

What is the criteria for being listed in the UK Promotion section, as there as tonnes more UK promotions.

Perhaps two message boards could be mentioned as well. The UKFF - as this is the largest British wrestling forum online and 1 Stop Wrestling, which is frequented by many old school UK wrestlers, such as Tony St. Clair.

[edit] Defunct promotions

I think the Defunct sections should be physically separated from the Active ones, because it all seems to run together visually.

Also, I propose that the defunct ones have a listing for the years they were active, and the regions they ran (at least for the North American ones, I'm not sure if territories even exist for other places).

If nobody objects in the next few days, I'll work on this.TravelingCat 19:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More Promotions

MOre promotions can be found in: http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/promotions/index.php http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/promotions/ thanx FranK 20:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC) PD: Two missing ones are: NWF & 100 % Lucha If you want the info on that second one I got it process quite a bit, the links to the sites are NWF:http://www.nwfwrestling.net/(kids wrestling promotion) 100% Lucha: http://www.cienporcientolucha.com.ar/(in spanish, from Argentina)

[edit] I have an Idea

Hello I got an idea to help this article. I want to sepear the Independent wrestling promotions with the non independent ones. I would also like to add independent promotions in a seperate list. Plis send feedback. InfoLove —Preceding unsigned comment added by InfoLove (talk • contribs) 17:17, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

There is no need for this unless the sheer numbers justify it. Aside from the US - it doesn't IMO. !! Justa Punk !! 07:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of top notes

Neither templates are needed IMO. This list is complete and requires no expansion or clean up. And because each link goes to a WP article, each article (provided that it is sourced itself - in which the article should be sent to AfD and has nothing to do with this article) is in effect sourced. Thank you. !! Justa Punk !! 07:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)