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A professional wrestling school is a school or gym that teaches students the necessary skills to become pro wrestlers. The courses are sometimes taught by qualified professional instructors who have usually worked for several years as professional wrestlers themselves.
List of professional wrestling schools
There over 500 wrestling schools in the world. Here are some of the more successful wrestling schools.
United States of America
- The Funking Conservatory Pro-Wrestling School - Trainer: Dory Funk Jr.
- CAMP IWF Wrestling School = Trainer: Kevin Knight
- American Wrestling Alliance Pro Wrestling School - Trainer: Jay Lethal
- WWA4 Pro Wrestling School - Trainer: Mr. Hughes
- Electik Kompany - Trainer: "Electic" Eric Freedom
- Eastern Wrestling Alliance - Trainers: Ruckus and Derek Fraizer
- World All-Star Wrestling - Trainer: "Irish" Mickey Doyle. In Iron Mountain Michigan.
- CZW/CHIKARA Wrestle Factory - Trainers:Mike Quackenbush & Chris Hero
- All Pro Wrestling Boot Camp- Taught by Roland Alexander.
- Atlanta World Wrestling Alliance - Taught by WWE/WCW stars.
- Harley Race Wrestling Academy- Taught by Harley Race.
- Killer Kowalski Institute of Professional Wrestling- Taught by Mr. Kowalski.
- East Coast Pro Wrestling www.ecpw1.com - Taught by Gino Caruso
- Impact Pro Wrestling Training Center-Taught by TS Aggressor.
- Les Thatcher's Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp- Taught by Les Thatcher.
- New York Wrestling Connection- Taught by Mikey Whipwreck.
- Skull Krusher's Wrestling School- Taught by Adrian Street.
- Slam U- Taught by El Toro Bravo, Verne Langdon, and Hombre de Oro.
- Funkin' Conservatory - Taught by Dory Funk, Jr.
- Texas Wrestling Academy - Former Head Trainer of the now defunct Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy, Rudy Boy Gonzalez, took over the reins, made a name change, and everything else has stayed the same. Former students include, American Dragon Bryan Danielson, Lance Cade, Spanky, Shooter Schultz, Paul London, and Don Juan, Simply Luscious. This school is highly regarded by many in the wrestling industry
- The Monster Factory- Taught by Larry Sharpe.
- The Wild Samoan Training Center- Taught by Afa the Wild Samoan.
- Ohio Valley Wrestling Training School, associated with World Wrestling Entertainment
- Pittsburgh Wrestling Academy - NWA Pro Wrestling Express training school in Pittsburgh, PA
- Ring of Honor Wrestling School- Taught by Bryan Danielson
- Inoki Dojo USA- Taught by Kendo Kashin
- The School Of Hard Knocks- Taught by Jesse Hernandez
- Impact Zone Wrestling - Located in Phoenix, Arizona
- Ultimate Pro Wrestling - Located in Santa Ana, California.
- Warrior University - Located in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Westcoast Wrestling Alliance - Located in San Diego, California
- Superior Pro Wrestling School - Located in Hagerstown, Maryland
Defunct
- WCW Power Plant- Former WCW training school, taught by Paul Orndorff and Buddy Lee Parker
- ECW House of Hardcore - Former ECW training school, taught by Tazz
- Chris Adams Pro Wrestling School - taught by Chris Adams, who also taught Judo and amateur wrestling. Stone Cold Steve Austin is the most famous student of this wrestling school, which operated out of the Dallas Sportatorium.
- Hiro Matsuta's Pro Wrestling Boot Camp-Some of the school's graduates were Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Ron Simmons and the Great Muta.
Canada
- Can-Am Wrestling School- Taught by Scott D'Amore
- The Storm Wrestling Academy - Taught by Lance Storm
- Squared Circle Training- Taught by Rob Fuego
- Wildman Academy - Taught by Gary Williams (wrestler)
Defunct
- The Dungeon - Base of the Calgary Stampede Wrestling promotion, taught by Stu Hart.
United Kingdom
- British Championship Wrestling Taining Sessions- Open 7 days a week.
- Dropkixx Pro Wrestling Academy- Taught by Jon Ritchie.
- Futureshock Wrestling School- Taught by Alex Shane.
- Frontier Wrestling Alliance Academy
- Legend Wrestling League Academy (LWLA)
- Nu Breed Wrestling Academy - Taught by Iceman and GTS
- NWA UK Hammerlock Academy - Taught by Andre Baker and Jon Ryan
- VPW School of Excellence - Taught by The UK Kid
- Scottish Wrestling Alliance Taught by Conscience Eric Canyon Adam Shame and William Grange
Defunct
- Revolution British Wrestling Training Schools- Three separate schools.
Japan
- Animal Hamaguchi Wrestling Dojo (both amateur and pro levels) - Taught by Animal Hamaguchi.
- Team Kurisu Gym - Taught by Masanobu Kurisu.
- New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo. Instructors include Kotetsu Yamamoto, Osamu Kido, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, and Kazuo Yamazaki, among others.
- Toryumon - Ultimo Dragon Gym, base of Dragon Gate promotion. Also has a branch in Mexico tied up with the local Grupo Revolucion promotion.
- Kaientai Dojo - dojo and promotion by Taka Michinoku. Also has a branch in Puerto Rico.
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