RingMasters

RingMasters is an American professional wrestling promotion based in,. Founded in 2002 by Dennis Kerr, a former World Championship Wrestling (WCW) writer, and his father Ed Kerr, a former WCW referee and occasional writer/booker, the Kerrs ran the promotion until Ed's death in 2009, after which Dennis sold the company to Whitebird Broadcasting Group.

2002–2004: Formation and early years
On March 26, 2001, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the second-biggest pro wrestling promotion in the United States, went out of business, with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) purchasing its assets and gaining a monopoly on the industry. After months of trying to gain employment with the WWE, former WCW writer Dennis Kerr and his father Ed decided to fill the WCW void by starting their own pro wrestling promotion catering primarily to the former WCW audience, and distributing its made-for-DVD/VHS productions exclusively through Kerr Entertainment, a home video distribution company they formed. RingMasters was formed on March 1, 2002, with backing from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The first event, NWA RingMasters - Fight to Win, took place on July 1, 2002 at the in, within the former WCW home territory. The company's headquarters were based out of a converted industrial building in the suburb of, which also housed their wrestling school, the RingMasters Power Station, with former wrestler and WCW Power Plant trainer Jim "The Creature" Pertwee as head trainer.

2004–2009: RingMasters Wrestling, growth and death of Ed Kerr
In 2004, RingMasters Wrestling premiered on the. However, the show was fraught with low ratings, budget issues, limited advertising and disputes with network management. By September 2005, RingMasters Wrestling was cancelled in favor of WWE's flagship television program Raw returning to the network. Dennis Kerr has stated in interviews that he felt USA only picked up RingMasters in an attempt to convince the WWE to return their programming to the network.

RingMasters Wrestling was relaunched in 2006 after being picked up by Max, a channel which had just launched a year earlier.

2009–2019: Acquisition by Whitebird Broadcasting Group and continued growth
In April 2009, RingMasters and Whitebird Broadcasting Group announced that the broadcast carrier had purchased RingMasters, with former owner Dennis Kerr remaining as president. The promotion's operations were relocated to, , with the Power Station school re-located to the Denver suburb of. The promotion's programming began airing on Whitebird owned-or-operated stations the weekend of September 5, 2009, beginning with a third relaunch of RingMasters Wrestling; the show airs primarily on Saturday or Sunday afternoons or late nights, or on prime time on some of Whitebird's CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates (as those networks do not run programming on weekend evenings).

In September 2011, Whitebird began syndicating RingMasters Wrestling to other stations; the first deal was reached with in  (the former WTBS-TV), who began airing RingMasters Wrestling on September 17, 2011.

2019–present: Departure of Dennis Kerr, and recent years
In August 2019, Dennis Kerr announced his departure from RingMasters, citing health issues.

In response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, RingMasters would postpone live events beginning in March. Television tapings for RingMasters Wrestling would resume in August at the from the promotion's homebase in Colorado but without fans in attendance. New episodes would begin syndication on September 19, with a modified format. Fight to Win would be the promotion's sole pay-per-view event in 2020. Live audiences would return in July 2021 starting with RingMasters Wrestling tapings at the in.

Power Station
RingMasters also runs a professional wrestling school, the RingMasters Power Station. Originally based in and then in, it is now based out of. C.B. Mainetti operates as the head trainer of the school with Travis Sherry as his assistant.

International partnerships
Throughout its history, RingMasters has had working agreements with various domestic and international wrestling promotions at different times. RingMasters shows have had outside championships defended on them and on some occasions, wrestlers have held both RingMasters and outside championships simultaneously.