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Fans who were kids in the mid-late 1980s were teens by the 1990s, and many grew bored with the comic book style of wrestling of the 1980s, turning their attention away from their childhood favorites such as Hogan, Junkyard Dog, and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, in favor of newer and grittier wrestlers like The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon ...
IWA Mid-South, Strong Style Wrestling, Glory Pro Wrestling, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Global Force Wrestling, Infinity Pro Wrestling Michael Elgin, The Faces of Fear, Kongo Kong, Gangrel, Kevin Thorn, Shane Mercer, Curt Stallion, Tripp Cassidy, The Carnies, Michael Hayes, Adam Bueller, Amazing Maria, Chase Matthews Jeeves (Gary Hedrick) 1995-1997
This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of 2024, there are 43 living veterans from the " Golden Age of Wrestling " (1950s–1970s) over 75 years old. The last surviving wrestler from the " Pioneer Era " (1900s–1940s) was American wrestler Angelo Savoldi (born April 21, 1914, died September 13, 2013, aged 99 years, 145 days).
The "World Championship Wrestling" name was reused in 1982 by Georgia Championship Wrestling in the United States for its own TV program, which became the roots of the American promotion of the same name. At the time, the promotion's former owner, Jim Barnett, was one of the owners of Georgia Championship Wrestling.
The legendary Fritz Von Erich and his sons made history in the world of professional wrestling in the 1970s and '80s. Now, the tragic story of the Von Erich family is coming back into the ...
Eldridge Wayne Coleman Jr. [4] (June 7, 1943 – May 17, 2023), better known by his ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, was an American professional wrestler.He gained recognition for his tenure as the WWF Heavyweight Champion from 1977 to 1978.
Superstars of Wrestling, also sometimes known as the Canadian Wrestling Association, [a] was an internationally syndicated Canadian professional wrestling television program. Based in Windsor, Ontario , the show ran live events in Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States from 1975 to 1984.
The Hollywood Blonds is a name used by several professional wrestling tag teams over the years. The original Blonds were Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown, who used the name in the 1970s. Rip Rogers and Ted Oates wrestled as The Hollywood Blonds in the mid-1980s in the National Wrestling Alliance 's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).