Back হার্টল্যান্ড রেসলিং অ্যাসোসিয়েশন Bengali/Bangla Heartland Wrestling Association Spanish Heartland Wrestling Association Italian 하트랜드 레슬링 어소시에이션 Korean Heartland Wrestling Association Portuguese
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| Acronym | HWA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Style | American wrestling |
| Headquarters | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (1998–2015) |
| Founder(s) | Les Thatcher |
| Website | HWAonline.com (inactive) |
The Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) was a Midwestern independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cincinnati, Ohio. A former developmental territory for World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1990s and 2000s, it was listed as one of the top independent promotions in the United States by The Professional Wrestlers' Workout & Instructional Guide by Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, and Les Thatcher in 2005.[1]
- ^ Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, and Les Thatcher. The Professional Wrestlers' Workout & Instructional Guide. Champaigne, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2005. (pg. 6) ISBN 1-58261-947-6