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Under the silver mask was Irma González, a well-known wrestler who had promised her fiancé that she would stop wrestling, but went back in the ring under a mask when she could not resist the draw of competition. La Novia got El Santo's blessing to use the name and is the only non-family member ever given the right to use the Santo name.
Milo or Milon of Croton (fl. 540 – 511 BC) was a famous ancient Greek athlete from the Greek colony of Croton in Magna Graecia. He was a six-time Olympic victor; once for boys wrestling in 540 BC at the 60th Olympics, and five-time wrestling champion at the 62nd through 66th Olympiads. Milo kept on competing, even well after what would have ...
Terry Gene Bollea [8] [9] (/ b ə ˈ l eɪ ə /; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler.He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador.
Anthony Robles really did scale the famous ‘Rocky’ steps for inspiration Jharrel Jerome (left) plays wrestler Anthony Robles in "Unstoppable," and the real Robles (right) grapples with a high ...
In 1999, a large group of professional wrestling experts, analysts and historians named Flair the greatest NWA World Heavyweight Champion of all time. [212] In 2002, Flair was named the greatest professional wrestler of all time in the book The Top 100 Wrestlers of All Time by John Molinaro, edited by Dave Meltzer and Jeff Marek.
Randy Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), [3] better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and professional baseball player, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
The first professional wrestler to take his challenge was the American Benjamin Roller. In the bout, Gama pinned Roller in 1 minute 40 seconds the first time, and in 9 minutes 10 seconds the other. On the second day, he defeated 12 wrestlers and thus gained entry to the official tournament. [21]
The Dan Gable museum is named for him, which is located in his hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Professional wrestler Chad Gable's WWE in-ring name was named after him. [13] Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson was named after him. [14]