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Promotions
The independent promotions the wire covered — small companies that built the grassroots of American wrestling.
Chikara, founded 2002 by Mike Quackenbush and Reckless Youth in Philadelphia: lucha-flavored, season-based indie wrestling that closed for good in June 2020.
Archive profile of Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW): John Zandig’s 1999 start-up, Cage of Death, Tournament of Death, the ECW Arena years and the D.J. Hyde era.
IWA Mid-South, Ian Rotten's Indiana-Kentucky promotion (1996–2022): King of the Deathmatch, the Ted Petty Invitational, CM Punk, Chris Hero, repeated closures.
The record of NWA Shockwave: founded in Staten Island in 2001 as the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation, in the NWA from 2005, gone without a word by mid-2007.
Profile of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG): founded in Los Angeles in 2003 by six wrestlers, home of the Battle of Los Angeles, Reseda and the 2023 hiatus.
Archive profile of Ring of Honor (ROH): founded by RF Video in 2002, the Code of Honor, the Silkin and Sinclair years, the 2021 hiatus and Tony Khan’s purchase.
UCW-Zero, Steve Neilson's Salt Lake City indie: American Professional Wrestling roots, AWA and NWA affiliations, a 6,000 crowd in Idaho, and a 2020 stop.