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Edward M. Wright (January 13, 1932 – August 28, 1982) better known by his ring name "Bearcat" Wright was an American professional wrestler who became popular in the late 1950s and 1960s. Despite racial tension in the United States, he became wildly popular as a babyface .
Barr retired all NWA PNW titles with Owen and began operating under the company name "Championship Wrestling USA", creating new championships. In 1993, the belts were used to represent the AAA/IWC World Tag Team Championship until it was deactivated in 1994. The actual retired (Owen Era) NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship belts were ...
The WWA International Television Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in the Los Angeles–based Worldwide Wrestling Associates from the title's formation in 1954 (as the NWA International Television Tag Team Championship, renamed as a North American Wrestling Alliance title with that promotion's formation in 1958 and then as a WWA title in 1961 when the promotion was renamed) until ...
Bearcat Wright: August 23, 1963: WWA show Los Angeles, California 1 115 Wins by countout. First black wrestler to hold a world title in professional wrestling. 8 Édouard Carpentier: December 16, 1963: WWA show Indio, California 2 45 Wins by forfeit when Wright no-shows a scheduled defense. 9 Freddie Blassie: January 30, 1964: WWA show Los ...
This is a list of notable professional wrestlers and personalities that performed in the different incarnations of the Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion from: 1925–1992 (as Don Owen Sports) 1992–1997 (as Championship Wrestling USA) They are listed in alphabetical order of their ring name
The NWA San Francisco United States Championship was a version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in NWA San Francisco and, later, Big Time Wrestling. The title, which originated as the American Wrestling Alliance United States Championship and was renamed in 1968, existed from 1960 until 1981. [1]
Dave Sullivan (wrestler) T. ... Bearcat Wright This page was last edited on 23 December 2020, at 18:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The AAC World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the Atlantic Athletic Commission in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [1] The title was created in 1957 when Edouard Carpentier defeated the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz when Thesz could not continue due to a ...