• 1946 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. Only one promotion held notable shows in 1946. Dory...
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    2007). "SPECIALIST: List of Deceased Wrestlers for 2002 (Wahoo, Thesz, Rocco, Mr. Wrestling)". Pro Wrestling Torch. "Reid Flair reportedly dies at age...
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    Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under...
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    such as WWF, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. The nature of professional wrestling changed dramatically to better fit...
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  • Chris Colt (category American male professional wrestlers)
    (June 22, 1946 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional wrestler who worked as Chris Colt for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United...
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    2023 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. These promotions held notable events throughout 2023...
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  • 1985 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. These promotions held notable events in 1985. All Japan...
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  • 2022 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. Beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic severely...
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  • The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) and Museum was an American professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located in Wichita Falls, Texas;...
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  • of professional wrestling. In March 2013, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) imposed a 230 lb (104 kg) weight limit for wrestlers competing in the...
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    Gerald Brisco (category Professional wrestling podcasters)
    Brisco (born September 19, 1946) is an American retired professional wrestler. Brisco is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion WWE, where he...
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  • the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW), World Wrestling Council (WWC), World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and Southwest...
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    André the Giant (category Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum)
    attraction" who wrestled for promotions throughout the United States, as well as in Japan for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. During the 1980s wrestling boom, Roussimoff...
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  • Stu Hart (category Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum)
    (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, coach, trainer, football player and sailor...
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    Bruiser Brody (category Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum)
    pre-determined nature of professional wrestling. His in-ring work and wrestling persona earned him an induction in the professional wrestling hall of fame, St...
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  • Phil Hickerson (category American male professional wrestlers)
    Phil Hickerson (born October 4, 1946) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the Tennessee-based NWA Mid-America...
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    list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of 2017, there are 42 living veterans from the "Golden Age of Wrestling" (1950s–1970s) over 75 years...
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  • The Avenger (1) George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2006 Central States Wrestling NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship...
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  • The Rougeau wrestling family is a family of French Canadian professional wrestlers, with the first Rougeau member taking up wrestling in the 1940s. So...
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  • 1974 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. Only one promotion held notable shows in 1974. May 8...
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  • (1875–1961), American baseball player David Crockett (wrestling) (born 1946), American professional wrestling announcer Davy Crockett (1786–1836), American frontiersman...
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  • Arnold Skaaland (category Professional wrestling managers and valets)
    began wrestling in 1946 under his real name. Given the nickname “Golden Boy,” he became a part of the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1963, and in 1967...
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    Otis Sistrunk (category American male professional wrestlers)
    1978. Sistrunk later became a professional wrestler in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1981. Sistrunk was born in Columbus, Georgia, and was one...
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    NWA Hollywood Wrestling NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Ohio Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Pro Wrestling Illustrated...
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  • 1975 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. These promotions held notable shows in 1975. promoter...
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    The McGuire Twins (category American male professional wrestlers)
    heaviest people List of premature professional wrestling deaths Obesity Breo, Dennis (January 9, 1978). "The Wrestling McGuire Twins Weigh 747 and 727 but...
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  • Martin Austin Ruane (10 October 1946 – 29 November 1998) was a British professional wrestler of Irish parentage, best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks...
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  • 1976 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. These promotions held notable shows in 1976. May 11-...
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    Roosevelt Stadium (category Art Deco architecture in New Jersey)
    championship drum and bugle corps competition known as "The Dream" (1946–1983), professional wrestling matches, important regional high school football games, college...
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    Verne Gagne (category Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum)
    27, 2015) was an American amateur and professional wrestler, football player, wrestling trainer and wrestling promoter. He was the owner and promoter...
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