5 Defunct Wrestling Promotions That Could Have Been Big

#4 Xtreme Pro Wrestling: 1999 - 2013

Xtreme Pro Wrestling was founded in the summer of 1999 by Rob Zicari. He would also share ownership with Tom Byron. From 2001 until 2003, XPW ran a locally televised TV show which aired 127 episodes. From here, they would struggle to find networks and would only hold occasional shows. To be honest, XPW wasn't great, but that doesn't mean that they could have been big. In fact, if it had a bigger budget and had people backstage who actually knew how to run a wrestling company, they could have taken over where ECW left off.

XPW was strictly a hardcore wrestling company and had several former ECW stars perform for them, including Shane Douglas, who helped out backstage, as well as Sabu, The Sandman, Jerry Lynn, Terry Funk, Justin Credible, Chris Candido, Raven, The Public Enemy, The Gangstas, and more. The voice of ECW Joey Styles even had a brief spell their. Following their wrestling show cancellation in 2003, they had some revival special shows in 2008, 2009 and 2011. They officially ceased trading two years after their final show, in 2013.