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List of professional wrestling halls of fame

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This is alist of professional wrestling hall of fames. There are many pro wrestling-relatedhalls of fame. Most are (or were) run by a particularpromotion, 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 theProfessional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum founded inAmsterdam, New York.^[1]

Halls of fame

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General

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Name	Founder	Maintained by	Years active	Location	Website	Notes	Ref.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame	Tony Vellano	—	1999–2021	Wichita Falls, Texas	Yes
International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame	Seth Turner	—	2019–	Albany, New York	Yes

Continental

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

National

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Name	Founder	Maintained by	Years active	Location	Website	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]
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame for Scotland	Bradley Craig	—	2015-	Scotland		^[4]
Nippon Puroresu Hall of Fame	Genichiro Tenryu	—	2020-	Japan		^[5]

Regional

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Name	Founder	Maintained by	Years active	Location	Website	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

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Name	Founder	Maintained by	Years active	Location	Website	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 andRoss Hart	Stampede Wrestling	1999–2001	Calgary, Alberta	Yes
ROH Hall of Fame		Ring of Honor	2022-	Garland, Texas	Yes
TNA 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

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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

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Name	Founder	Maintained by	Years active	Location	Website	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
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame	Dave Meltzer	Wrestling Observer Newsletter	1996–	—	Yes

References

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Specific

^Bixenspan, David (7 November 2017)."Building A Pro Wrestling Hall Of Fame Is A Lot Easier Said Than Done".Deadspin. Retrieved2019-09-07.
^"How an abandoned suitcase in Hamilton found its way to a wrestling hall of fame".Cbc.ca.
^"Glorias de la Lucha Libre".Milenio.com. Retrieved5 July 2022.
^"Scotland Wrestling Hall Of Fame".Cagematch.net. Retrieved5 July 2022.
^"日本プロレス殿堂会".Twitter.com. Retrieved5 July 2022.
^Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story
^Johnson, Mike (December 6, 2017)."Bret Hart, Kevin Owens inducted into Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame".Pro Wrestling Insider. RetrievedDecember 7, 2017.
^"Big West to unveil Okanagan Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame".Kelowna Capital News.Black Press. November 8, 2012. p. 21. Retrieved2019-01-26 – viaIssuu.
^"Border City celebrates 10 years".Canoe.com. Archived fromthe original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved2019-09-08.
^"CWE Alumni Inducted into Hall of Fame - Canadian Wrestling's Elite".Cwecanada.net. Archived fromthe original on January 17, 2018.
^"Ring of Honor invading Montreal".Canoe.com. Archived fromthe original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved5 July 2022.
^Mauro, Laura (12 December 2018)."SHEvivor Series recap, results and exclusives".Diva Dirt. Retrieved12 December 2018.
^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.
^"Online World of Wrestling Hall of Fame – Online World of Wrestling".Archived from the original on 2014-08-04. Retrieved2014-08-04.

General

"THE RICH HISTORY OF AN INDEPENDENT WRESTLING HALL OF FAME CONTINUES IN PITTSBURGH".1Wrestling.com. January 10, 2017. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017.

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