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Adam Firestorm

Trained for the ring primarily by WCCW (and later ECCW) wrestler/promoter "Gorgeous" Michelle Starr, he also trained for three months with former WWE Women's Champion Velvet McIntyre.

Atsushi Aoki

The team earned only three points, one point more than Aoki's previous Nippon TV Cup league as the team only managed to defeat Kento Miyahara and Naomichi Marufuji and wrestle to a time limit draw against Eddie Edwards and Ricky Marvin.

Best in the World

CM Punk, a professional wrestler who calls himself the "Best in the World"

Blassie

My Breakfast with Blassie (1983), movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie

Cambridge-South Dorchester High School

Wrestling Coaches Daniel Catron (2013 State Champion Wrestler Jaiveion Turner)

Caneadea, New York

William Muldoon, wrestler & first New York State Athletic Commissioner

Chikara Season Six

Hero would lose matches to Lince Dorado, El Pantera, Claudio Castagnoli and Equinox, all by submission due to “The CHIKARA Special”.

Diamond Lil

Katie Glass, a little person professional wrestler who used the ring name Diamond Lil

Doug Furnas

As a wrestler, Furnas worked for, among other promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and World Wrestling Federation (WWF) best known for being part of the tag team Can-Am Express with tag team partner Phil Lafon.

Emiko

Emiko Kado (門 恵美子, 1976-1999), Japanese professional wrestler

Fort Wayne Fury

Former members of the team include former Indiana University standout Damon Bailey, NBA guard/forward Stephen Jackson, former multiple-time World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling) wrestler Kevin Nash, Mikki Moore, Lloyd Daniels and Percy Miller, better known as the rapper, "Master P".

Fred Ottman

He made his pay-per-view debut at that November's Survivor Series, where he teamed with Hogan, The Big Boss Man and Hacksaw Jim Duggan to face the team of Earthquake, Dino Bravo, Haku and The Barbarian.

Fujinokawa Takeo

Fujinokawa Takeo (born 26 September 1946 as Takeo Morita) is a former sumo wrestler from Otofuke, Hokkaido, Japan.

Gato Eveready

Later on his ring name was changed to "Jimmy Boy" and he was teamed up with Billy and Vangelis to form a Boy band inspired group called Los Spice Boys.

Hananoumi Ken

He was persuaded by his father, a rice farmer, to be a sumo wrestler, although he really wanted to play baseball.

Herky the Hawk

Native Iowa City artist Charles Reed based his drawing of Herky on two sources: former Hawkeye wrestler Barry Davis and cartoon character Mighty Mouse.

Hikari Minami

Minami was trained by Gatokunyan wrestler Emi Sakura and made her professional wrestling debut at the age of eleven on February 12, 2006, working under the ring name Hikari and facing Sakura, Aika Ando, Hinata and Kinoko in a five-way match at an event in Itabashi, Tokyo.

I Love New York 2

Punk (David Otunga) is currently engaged to Jennifer Hudson, with whom he has a child, and is an active wrestler in WWE.

Ikaris

He has even adopted a unique human identity by becoming a professional wrestler with the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation as "Iceberg" Ike Harris.

Ivan Putski

On October 22, 1979, Putski teamed with Tito Santana to defeat Johnny and Jerry Valiant to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship.

Jimmy Wang

James Yun (born 1981), wrestler who uses the ring name Jimmy Wang Yang

John Skyler

Skyler would compete as a regular member of the World Riot Squad (with Steven Walters, The Bravado Brothers, American Avalanche (PN News), and Sam Adonis) against the likes of James Mason, Tony Teesside, "Party" Marty Scurll, Frankie Sloan, Robbie Dynamite, El Ligero, Dean Allmark, The Hooligans, Michinoku Pro's Kenbai, Nathan Cruz, Max Moran, and New Japan's Hiro Takahashi.

Johnny Kilbane

Kilbane was a distant relative of the Irish boxer John Joe Nevin, the footballer Darren Fletcher, the wrestler Giant Haystacks and the Irish footballer Kevin Kilbane.

Jonathan Ayala

In his individual debut, he won a handicap match against El Generico and a third wrestler.

Kevin Henry

Henry, whose first name is pronounced "Kee-VIN" as opposed to the more commonly pronounced "KEV-in", is cousins with longtime WWE wrestler and former WWF European Champion, ECW Champion and World Champion "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry.

Kirinji

Kirinji Kazuharu (born 1953), former sumo wrestler known as Kirinji from 1974–1988

Kohei Hasegawa

He defeated Belarus' Elbek Tazhyieu in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Danish wrestler and two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Hasegawa without a single point.

Kyoko Hamaguchi

Her father is professional wrestler Animal Hamaguchi, who is known for his emotional displays during Kyoko's matches.

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards

Also, professional wrestler, Sterling James Keenan uses "Mainlining Murder" as his entrance theme in 1PW and Ring of Honor, Major League Wrestling wrestler Vampiro uses "Dead American" as his theme.

Leyenda de Plata

The first cibernetico took place on September 23 and was won by Volador Jr., who outlasted Delta, Guerrero Maya, Jr., La Máscara, Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro, Pólvora, Puma King, Shigeo Okumura, Stuka, Jr., Tiger and Valiente.

Lonnie Mayne

:*NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (17 times) - with Tony Borne (11), Beauregard (1), Frankie Laine (1), Dutch Savage (2), Les Thornton (1), and Ron Bass (1)

Macho Man

Randy Savage (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), an American professional wrestler known by the stage name "Macho Man"

Metropolitan Stadium

Numerous wrestling matches were held at Metropolitan Stadium, including contests featuring Hard Boiled Haggerty, Bob Geigel, Wilbur Snyder, Kay Noble, Lord Littlebrook, Verne Gagne, Gene Kiniski, Rene Goulet, Larry Hennig, Hans Schmidt, Mad Dog Vachon and Dick the Bruiser.

Old King Clancy

She met "The Frozen Snowshoe" (a famous Canadian wrestler), who showed her his collection of Harvey's Trays (simple orange plastic trays from a fast-food chain), and offered her an "Old King Clancy" (a "Sacramento Turtleneck" with maple syrup).

Open the United Gate Championship

The four teams were World-1 members Masato Yoshino and Pac, Ronin members Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor, Blood Warriors members Naruki Doi and Ricochet, and Blood Warriors members Cima and Dragon Kid.

Pantha

Pantha joined the team of Beast Boy, Más, Herald and Jericho to launch an assault on the Brotherhood of Evil's main headquarters, and then took part in the final battle against the various supervillains assembled by the Brotherhood of Evil; in said battle, she defeats a rival Mexican super-powered wrestler in league with the Brotherhood and claims his mask as per the code of Lucha Libre.

Pebbles cereal

WWE professional wrestler John Cena is now officially endorsed by Fruity Pebbles as the result of references to the cereal made by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson over the course of 2011.

Phil Brooks

CM Punk (born 1978), U.S. professional wrestler whose real name is Phillip Brooks

Royce Gracie

On December 31, 2004 Gracie entered the K-1 scene at the "Dynamite!" card inside the Osaka Dome, facing off against former sumo wrestler and MMA newcomer Akebono Tarō aka.

Shimmer Tag Team Championship

After successfully defending the title in Shimmer against the Canadian NINJAs (Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez), The International Home Wrecking Crew (Jetta and Rain) and Amazing Kong and Sara Del Rey, Lane and Nevaeh lost the title to the Canadian NINJAs in a rematch on May 3, 2009, at the tapings of Shimmer Volume 26.

Sir William

Bill Dundee (born 1943), Scottish born-Australian professional wrestler

Super Parka

His nephews are lucha libre legend L.A. Park and wrestler El Hijo de Cien Caras.

The Blue Knight

Greg Valentine or "The Blue Knight", American professional wrestler

Tim Horner

They won the Universal Wrestling Federation tag team title in 1987, defeating Sting and Rick Steiner.

UFC 76

Welterweight Diego Sanchez returned after his decision loss at UFC 69 to Josh Koscheck when he faced Jon Fitch, a training partner of Koscheck and a former Purdue University wrestler who was in the midst of a thirteen-fight win streak.

Valentina

Elizabeth Miklosi aka "Valentina" (born 1983), American professional wrestler

Wakamisugi

Wakanohana Kanji II, also a sumo wrestler, previously known as Wakamisugi Kanji

White Ninja

Keiji Mutoh (b. 1962), Japanese professional wrestler who used the name White Ninja

WWF WrestleMania Challenge

The game features nine wrestlers: The Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, "Macho King" Randy Savage, André the Giant, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, The Big Boss Man, Ravishing Rick Rude, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, and "Yourself" (a generic character).

Xanto: Novelucha libre

It is Zarate's first work published and also the first novel of his trilogy the phases of the myth, where he reinvents a part of the life of some characters: El Santo, a Mexican wrestler, Dracula and Super Man.


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