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This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes ...
It was the first world title established in WWE, at the time known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), having been introduced in 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. The WWWF, a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory, did not recognize Lou Thesz 's victory over reigning NWA champion Buddy Rogers and sought to create ...
The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division ( makuuchi ) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
During his reign as ECW World Heavyweight Champion, the title was known as the ECW World Championship. Big Show is the only wrestler to have held all of these championships. 15 Kurt Angle: WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) World Heavyweight Championship (original version, 1 time) WWE Championship (4 times) 6
Thesz became the undisputed champion of all of wrestling by winning the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium's World Heavyweight Championship, the remaining major world championship at the time other than the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, defeating Baron Michele Leone on May 21, 1952. [b] † Leo Nomellini: March 22, 1955: House show: San ...
Ric Flair is a six-time winner of the category. The PWI Wrestler of the Year award recognizes the best professional wrestler of the year.Ric Flair has won the award a record six times, and remains the only wrestler with more than three wins; he also established the record for most consecutive wins with three from 1984 to 1986, with AJ Styles later tying that record in 2016-2018.
WWE recognizes Magnum T. A. as being stripped of the title on May 1, 1986. [17] [18] — Vacated: May 29, 1986 — — — — — Magnum T. A. was stripped of the title for attacking NWA president Bob Geigel. [17] 34 Nikita Koloff: August 17, 1986: House show: Charlotte, NC: 1 328: 327 Defeated Magnum T. A. in a best of seven series for the ...
Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling.Men's freestyle wrestling competition began at the Olympics in 1904. The World Championships for men's freestyle wrestling began in 1951.