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The ring boy scandal was a sex scandal in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now known as WWE) centered around allegations that in the late 1980s and early 1990s ring announcer Mel Phillips (1941–2012) had recruited teenage boys for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
Kayfabe characters Sgt Slaughter and The Grand Wizard in a wrestling ring. In professional wrestling, kayfabe (/ ˈ k eɪ f eɪ b /) is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.
Kakuto Tanteidan Battlarts (格闘探偵団バトラーツ, Kakutō Tanteidan Batorātsu, "Fighting Detectives Battlarts" or "Fighting Investigation Team Battlarts"), more commonly referred to as simply Battlarts (also stylized as BattlARTS) was a professional wrestling promotion founded in 1996 by Yuki Ishikawa following the mass exodus he led from Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG) amidst ...
The 2nd ranked Union City Chargers took down the 5th ranked Bronson Vikings in an epic Big 8 wrestling clash Wednesday
It was the fourth event held under the Fighting Spirit Unleashed name. The event was a taping of New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA)'s weekly show, NJPW Strong . [ 2 ] It consisted of three different episodes taped on the same day and in front of the same audience at the Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California on August 16, 2021.
However, another bout with diverticulitis sidelined Brock Lesnar, so Carwin agreed to step in to the main event to fight Junior dos Santos. [21] Carwin was defeated by Dos Santos via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, and 30–26). This fight was the first in Carwin's career to ever go to a decision.
Heffron was noticed by Raven and Stevie Richards at a Steel City Wrestling show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was asked by Raven to become Richards' sidekick in ECW.He went on to become "The Blue Meanie", taking his name and persona from the villains of the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine, [3] in 1995 in ECW at the November To Remember event.
Sags later returned to wrestling in 2001 as a trainer and with Knobbs as The Nasty Boys to wrestle in the short-lived X Wrestling Federation and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. He retired again after the promotion folded in 2002. but returned with Knobbs to reform The Nasty Boys on June 16, 2007, at Pro Wrestling Unplugged .