Switzerland
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Main Promoters
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Paul Favré |
National |
1932-1949 |
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Gottfried Grüneisen
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National
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1933-1939 & 1946-1957
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Paul Berger
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National
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1948-1953; 1958-1959 & 1980-1981
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- During the 1930s Favré and Grüneisen toured across Switzerland; each with his own troupe and became the most influential promoters in the country.
- In the 1930s Zurich was one of the major wrestling cities in Europe.
Other Promoters
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Henri Chevalley |
Basel, Bern, Geneva & Zurich |
1920s |
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Max Seibt
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Basel & Zurich
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1932-1935
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Heinz Pippert
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Zurich
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1933
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Franz Doberl
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Basel / Zurich
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1933 / 1933 & 1936
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Heinz Pippert & Paul Berger
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Zurich
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1948-1949
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Robert Girot
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Geneva
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Late 1940s-Early 1950s
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Promoters of Zurich Hallenstadion
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Emil Keller & Gottfried Grüneisen Emil Keller
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1947-1956 1956-1958
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Keller & Grüneisen had a working relationship with Raoul Paoli of Paris, France.
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Emil Keller & Paul Berger
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1958-1959
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Heinrich Hächler & Maurice Durand, of Paris
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1960-1976
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Josef Voegeli & Paul Berger
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1980-1981
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Josef Voegeli
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1980s
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Organizations
Prior to 1933 there was a qorking relationship with the IBL and the old IRV. The relationship ended when power was seized by the National Socialists in all German sports. Starting in 1933 there were two rival associations promoting wrestlin in Zurich and Basel.
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Union Internationale des Lutteurs (UIL)
[Internationale-Ringer-Union International Wrestling Union] |
Zurich
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1933-1934
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- This was a fictional association. It did not actually exist.
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Landesverband der Schweizerischen Berufsringer (LSB)
[National Association of Swiss Professional Wrestlers] |
National
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1933-1938 & 1946-1947
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Verband-Schweizer-Berufsringer (VSB)
[National Association of Swiss Professional Wrestlers] |
National
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1948
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- President: A. Hirzel (1936).
- Main Promoter: Paul Favré.
- Main professional wrestling association in Switzerland during the 1930s.
- Inactive from 1939 until 1946.
- Parent association / Supervision: Athletic Commission of S.F.A.V. (Schweizerischer Fußball und Athletik-Verband) [Swiss Football and Athletics Federation]
- From 1933-1936 Favre had a working relationship with the VDB/Welt-Union.
- Main Promoter: Paul Favré.
- Main professional wrestling association in Switzerland during the 1930s.
- Inactive from 1939 until 1946.
- Parent association / Supervision: Athletic Commission of S.F.A.V. (Schweizerischer Fußball und Athletik-Verband) [Swiss Football and Athletics Federation]
- From 1933-1936 Favre had a working relationship with the VDB/Welt-Union.
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Organisation de Lutte Suisse
[Swiss Wrestling Organization] |
National
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1948-1953
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- Promoter: Paul Berger.
- Berger was banned by Favré out of the Verband-Schweizer-Berufsringer; he founded his own promotion; beginning in late 1948 he worked together with Heinz Pippert of the Zurich City Hall and promoted his first wrestling shows.
- Berger was banned by Favré out of the Verband-Schweizer-Berufsringer; he founded his own promotion; beginning in late 1948 he worked together with Heinz Pippert of the Zurich City Hall and promoted his first wrestling shows.
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Swiss Wrestling Federation (SWF)
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National
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2000-2004
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- Promoter: Fabio Sessa
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World Wide Pro Wrestling (WWPW)
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National
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2007-2010
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- Promoter: Jamie Gardner
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Swiss Wrestling Entertainment (SWE)
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National
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2014-Current
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- Promoter: Steffen Semmet.
- Management: Steffen Semmet, Markus Wymann & Michael Ludwig.
- Management: Steffen Semmet, Markus Wymann & Michael Ludwig.
Troupes
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Theodor Sztekker's
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Zurich
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1932-1934
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Jaan Jaago's
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Zurich
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1933 & 1936
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- Jaago was associated with the Internationale Berufsringerloge, IBL, Vienna.
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Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by #PWHS or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Promoter Information for Switzerland.
Updated: January 21, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by #PWHS or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Promoter Information for Switzerland.
Updated: January 21, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
