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Pioneer-era (1900s–1940s)

This section lists notable professional wrestling managers, especially those of the "Farmer" Burns-Frank Gotch and "

Gold Dust Trio The Gold Dust Trio was a group of promoters who controlled the world of professional wrestling during the 1920s while also making several fundamental changes to the industry's business model and operations that would ultimately change the directio ...

"-eras, active prior to the formation of the

National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and former professional wrestling governing body operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA ...

(NWA) in 1948.

Territory-era (1940s–1980s)

This section lists notable professional wrestling managers during the " Golden Age of Professional Wrestling" following the creation of the

(NWA) in 1948.

Modern-era (1990s-present)

This section lists notable professional wrestling managers from the collapse of the National Wrestling Alliance territory system in 1992 up to the 21st century.

Footnotes

* – Entries without a birth name indicates that the individual did not perform under a

ring name A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting ...

. * – This includes only the individual's time as a manager as opposed to other activities in the wrestling industry.

References

;General *Hornbaker, Tim. ''National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling''. Toronto: ECW Press, 2007. * * ;Specific

External links

* * *{{YouTube, id=v19gXrPpBTc, title=Wrestling Roundtable 6/21/09 (Part 2): Best/Worst managers

managers Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...