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On December 25, 2004, at DDT Pro-Wrestling's Never Mind 2004 event, Shoichi Ichimiya faced a Japanese macaque named Yatchan in a "Man vs. Monkey Mixed Martial Arts Rules Hair vs. Hair match". The match was a single three-minute round and was won by Yatchan by split decision.
Started wrestling in Toronto for Maple Leaf Wrestling as the "Flying Frenchman' Jacques Dubois. He would start training Terrible Ted, an American black bear, stood 7"0 and weighed 600 lbs. Ted was declawed and detoothed, and travelled with a carnival in his early years, When the carnival went bankrupt in the early 1950s, McKigney adopted and trained him.
The term "real" was meant to emphasize that it was professional and it was wrestling, but that it was not professional wrestling in the traditional sense; modern professional wrestling features predetermined outcomes and operates under a very different set of rules from amateur wrestling. Real Pro Wrestling, Inc was founded in 2002 by former ...
There is a strong possibility that these matches involved a different, similarly named bear: McKigney said Ted was 19 on August 20, 1969, [1] which would make him six months old, at most, in the first Galeno match. Bears of that age typically weigh less than 100 pounds (45 kg). [6] Ted then took a long hiatus from wrestling.
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2013 [23] Pro Wrestling America. PWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ken Patera (1) and Brad Rheingans (1) [24] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI ranked him # 306 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003; St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2009; World Wrestling ...
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The hands are locked around the opponent and the opponent is held tightly to the chest. The bear hug is a dominant position, with great control over the opponent, and also allows an easy takedown to the back mount position. [1] The bear hug is a classic submission move not widely seen anymore, when done for real with maximum effort. [1]
Real (レアル, Rearu) (often stylized in capital letters as REAL) is a Japanese professional wrestling stable based in the Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) promotion. It is currently led by Hideki Suzuki and also consists of Timothy Thatcher , Saxon Huxley , Shuhei Taniguchi and Kazuyuki Fujita .