The Pro Wrestling League (PWL) is the initiative of ProSportify owned by Kartikeya Sharma and Wrestling Federation of India, to be held in between 10–27 December 2015 in India.The first season of this league will be among 6 city-based teams, with 66 wrestlers from different countries of the world.

Three-time women’s world champion Adeline Gray of USA called the league a “historic move in international wrestling that, by bringing in huge sums of money, has taken a bold step in popularizing the sport at world level.”

Format

There will be six teams, each consisting of a total of 1 Icon and 8 other players. Among them, there will be 5 Indians and 4 foreign players, consisting of 5 men and 4 women. Out of these 5 foreign players, only 4 can be part of a tie. Each tie will be contested based on 7 best bouts. A total of 18 ties (15 league ties) will be played.

The league will be played on the 'best of nine', and each bout will have 2 rounds of 3 minutes each, separated by a 90 seconds break.

There will be 5 weight categories (57 kg, 65 Kg, 74 Kg, 97 Kg, 125 Kg) for men, and 4 weight categories (49 Kg, 53 Kg, 58 Kg, 69 Kg) for women. Each team have one member representing each (both men and women) category.

Bidding

The bidding took place on 3 November, where 6 franchises participated. 159 wrestlers participated in the bid, and 101 wrestlers remained unsold. each franchise had a purchasing cap of Rs 2 crore. One Icon Player was stamped at a base price of Rs 33 lakh. Ukraine's Oksana Herhel went for the highest bid of the day, and she was bought or Rs 41.3 lakh by the Team Haryana.

Among the Indian wrestlers, Yogeshwar Dutt was bought for Rs.39.70 lakh by Team Haryana , while Sushil Kumar was bought by Team Uttar Pradesh for Rs 38.20 lakh. The full auction list is available in the Official website.

City, State

New Delhi, Delhi K. D. Jadhav Wrestling Stadium Noida, Uttar Pradesh GBU Indoor Stadium Gurgaon, Haryana Hyatt Regency,  Ludhiana, Punjab Guru Nanak Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka Koramangala Indoor Stadium

Teams

Each team consists of 3 Indian men, 2 Indian women, 2 International men and 2 International women wrestlers.

Mangalayatan University Dilli Veer
Owner: GMR Group Total amount of money spent in the bid:  1,77,70,000
Uttar Pradesh Warriors
Owner: Lotus Greens Total amount of money spent in the bid:  1,72,30,000
Haryana Hammers
Owner: Olive Global, Bupinder Singh, Budhram Phalwan Total amount of money spent in the bid:  1,96,20,000
CDR Punjab Royals
Owner: Dharmendra and CDR Group Total amount of money spent in the bid:  1,85,70,000
Revanta Mumbai Garuda
Owner: Revanta Group(Owner-Mr.Ankur Prasad,Mr.Pradeep Sehrawat,Mr.Satender Maan), Garudacharya  Total amount of money spent in the bid:  1,78,70,000[5]
Bengluru Yodhas
Owner: JSW Group  Total amount of money spent in the bid:  1,71,40,000