Becoming a Pro Wrestler

Updated: 14/9/98


What it Takes

  1. Entertainment and Wrestling Skills.
  2. A Good Build or a Good gimmick. (or both)
  3. A Strong Personality, Good Crowd appeal.
  4. Good interview skills (being able to talk in front of a TV camera) and make people listen to you, whether they like you or hate you.
  5. An invisible thing that some have, and some don't, called "charisma".
  6. Luck
  7. Timing
  8. Who You Know, the most important one usually

Pro-Wrestling is a very hard business to get into and be successful at. Every Professional Wrestler either goes to a Pro Wrestling School or is trained privately by someone who is qualified. Unless you know a wrestler that has made a name for himself and will train you, you'll want to go to a Wrestling School. Below is a list of Pro Wrestling Schools that will do a proper job in preparing you for a life as a Professional Wrestler.

DCW School of Wrestling
811 West Reelfoot Ave. #99
Union City, TN 38261
(901) 885-8660
<502) 472-5704
1-800-278-2964
Internet: http://www.ken-tenn.net/diskwrestle/index.htm
Email: diskwrestle@ken-tenn.net

WCW Power Plant
(404) 351-4959

Bad Boy's House of Pain
169 St. Paul Street
Rochester, NY 14620
(716) 325-4590
Email: PRORESLR@aol.com

WWA Training Center
P.O. Box 862
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
(815) 933-3813
Internet: http://www.keynet.net/~wwa/train.html

Steel Domain Pro Wrestling Training Center
5643 W Irving Park RD.
Chicago, IL 60634
(773) 674-3888

NWA Hardcore Wrestling School
Box 2208
Hammond, IN 46323
(219) 641-5914

ECW House of Hardcore
(516) 586-7329

The Wrestling Academy
1530 Carroll Drive, Bldg. 106
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 473-9364
Attn: Mr. Joe Hamilton
*This school supplies many graduate students to WCW.

The Monster Factory
P.O. Box 345
Westville, NJ 08093
(609) 456-9181
Attn: Mr. Larry Sharpe
*This school trained Bam Bam Bigelow, among many others.

Dom D'Nucci Training Academy
1730 Love Rd.
Freedom, PA 15042
*Shane Douglas and Mankind are graduates.

Killer Kowalski School of Wrestling
Box 67
Reading, MA 01867

Malenko Pro Wrestling Camp
12770 Woodtrail Blvd.
Tampa Bay, FL 33625
(813) 968-1359

Doug's Gym
2010-1/2 Commerce St.
Attn: Mr. Jim Webbe
Dallas, TX 75201
*Briuser Brody and Dustin Rhodes trained here.

Slammer's Wrestling Gym
P.O. Box 1602
Attn: Verne Langdon
Studio City, CA 91614
(818) 897-6603
Internet: http://www.slammers.com

Ivan Koloff & Assoc. Wrestl. School
P.O. Box 23360
Charlotte, NC 28227

Body Slammers Pro Wrestling Gym
P.O. Box 1472
Lima, OH 45802
Internet: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/ebbeskotte/index.html

Eddie Sharkey
Pro Wrestling America
6217 Chowen Ave. South
Edina, MN
(612) 926-1239
* Trained Rick Rude, Syxx, Road Warriors, Jesse Ventura, and others.

The Wild Samoan Wrestling School
P.O. Box 251
Whitehall, PA 18052
(717) 459-1980
Internet: http://www.wildsamoan.com
* Supplies graduates to the WWF

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