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  2. Catch wrestling - Wikipedia

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    Catch wrestling (also known as catch-as-catch-can) is a wrestling style where wrestlers aim to win by pinning or submitting their opponent using any legal holds or techniques. It emphasizes adaptability and seizing opportunities during the match, with fewer restrictions than other wrestling styles - techniques using or targeting the legs are ...

  3. Category:Japanese catch wrestlers - Wikipedia

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    Practitioners of catch wrestling from Japan. Pages in category "Japanese catch wrestlers" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.

  4. Professional wrestling in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The first Japanese person to involve themselves in catch wrestling (the basis of traditional professional wrestling) was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. [1] There were subsequent attempts before and after World War II to popularize the sport in Japan, but these generally failed until the advent of its first big star, Rikidōzan , in ...

  5. Shigeo Miyato - Wikipedia

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    Shigeo Miyato (宮戸茂雄, Miyato Shigeo, born June 4, 1963) is a Japanese catch wrestling instructor and retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

  6. Tatsumi Fujinami - Wikipedia

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    Fujinami is most well known for his long tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a six-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Known for his fluid catch wrestling submission style, he was famously nicknamed "The Dragon", and is credited for inventing the dragon sleeper and the dragon suplex.

  7. Yoshiaki Fujiwara - Wikipedia

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    Yoshiaki Fujiwara (藤原 喜明, Fujiwara Yoshiaki, April 27, 1949) is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter.He is famous for his long career in wrestling, having worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (ZERO-ONE), and the two incarnations of shoot style promotion Universal Wrestling Federation.

  8. Kazushi Sakuraba - Wikipedia

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    Kazushi Sakuraba (Japanese: 桜庭 和志, Sakuraba Kazushi, born July 14, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler, submission wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was formerly one-half of the former GHC Tag Team Champions with Takashi Sugiura.

  9. Takanori Gomi - Wikipedia

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    Gomi then went on to learn freestyle wrestling and catch wrestling at Kiguchi Dojo and competed in many wrestling tournaments throughout Japan, the pinnacle of his grappling career being his four All-Japan Combat Wrestling championships, in which he defeated a number of the nation's top grapplers, future opponent Mitsuhiro Ishida amongst them.

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