The 2026 Pro Wrestling League was the 5th edition of the Pro Wrestling League, a franchise-based wrestling league organised by the Wrestling Federation of India. It was held from 11 January to 1 February 2026 at the Noida Indoor Stadium in Noida, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Thunders are the champion The league returned after a seven-year hiatus, introducing six new franchises representing the cities of India.
The Sony Sports Network has been announced as the official broadcast partner for the 2026 season.
Format The 2026 season introduced new rules to enhance competitiveness and viewer engagement. The toss rule was modified so that the winning team captain can decide the order of bouts rather than blocking specific weight categories. A "power minute" was introduced for the final minute of each bout, during which all points scored are doubled, similar to a powerplay in cricket.
Teams Auction The 2026 Auction was held on 3 January 2026 at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi. Each team was given a budget of to purchase 9 to 12 players, including at least 5 men and 4 women, with 2 overseas players in each category. 300 players were listed, of which 63 wrestlers were sold in the auction. Squads Delhi Dangal Warriors Maharashtra Kesari Punjab Royals Tiigers of Mumbai Dangals Haryana Thunders UP DominatorsMen Sujeet Kalkal Ronak Shubham Kaushik Turan Bayramov Hadi Vafaiepour
Women Saarika Anjali Karla Acosta Anastasiya AlpyeyevaMen Atish Todkar Deepak Punia Sumit Malik Yash Tushir Robert Baran Vazgen Tevanyan
Women Diksha Malik Harshita Mor Manisha Bhanwala Bilyana Dudova Yusneylys GuzmánMen Akash Chander Mohan Chirag Chhikara Dinesh Dhankar Rounak Gulia Islam Dudaev Bagomedov Ada
Women Meenakshi Priya Malik Rajnita Jangra Ana Godinez Roksana ZasinaMen Aman Sehrawat Mukul Dahiya Naveen Malik Rohit Rahal Ali Rahimzade Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi
Women Jyoti Berwal Jyoti Sihag Olha Padoshyk Alina FilipovychMen Anirudh Gulia Ankush Sachin Parvinder Nain Ashraf Ashirov Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga
Women Kajal Dhochak Neha Sharma Neha Sangwan Yui Susaki Iryna KoliadenkoMen Jaspooran Singh Rahul Derwal Sagar Vishal Kaliramana Arman Andreasyan Vasyl Mykhailov
Women Antim Panghal Nisha Dahiya Ojo Damola Hannah Bridgette Duty
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