This is a list of professional wrestling hall of fames. There are many pro wrestling-related halls of fame. Most are (or were) run by a particular promotion, 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 the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum founded in Amsterdam, New York.[1]
| 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 |
| Name | Founder | Maintained by | Years active | Location | Website | Notes | 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] |
| Name | Founder | Maintained by | Years active | Location | Website | Notes | 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] |
| Name | Founder | Maintained by | Years active | Location | Website | Notes | 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 | 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 and Ross Hart | Stampede Wrestling | 1999–2001 | Calgary, Alberta | Yes | |||
| ROH Hall of Fame | Ring of Honor | 2022- | Garland, Texas | Yes | ||||
| Impact 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 |
| 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 | [13] | ||
| Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame | — | 2021- | Yes |
| Name | Founder | Maintained by | Years active | Location | Website | Notes | 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– | — | ||||
| Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame | Dave Meltzer | Wrestling Observer Newsletter | 1996– | — | Yes |
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