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In March 2013, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) imposed a 230 lb (104 kg) weight limit for wrestlers competing in the X Division for the TNA X Division Championship. In October 2013, however, TNA wrestler Samoa Joe , billed at 280 lb (127 kg), competed in an X Division Championship bout at TNA's Bound for Glory pay-per-view.
As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won legitimately; it is instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. [1] As the championship is designated as a heavyweight title , it can only officially be competed for by wrestlers weighing at least 105 kg (231 lb).
As of 2019, international freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling for male youths are divided into three age categories: U15, cadets, and juniors. [3]U15 (male youths aged 14–15, as well as male youths at age 13 with a medical certificate and parental authorization) compete in freestyle and/or Greco-Roman wrestling in the following 10 weight classes: [3]
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 1 Shinjiro Otani: March 20, 1996: Hyper Battle 1996 Nagoya, Japan: 1 43: 42 Otani defeated Wild Pegasus in tournament final to determine the first WCW Cruiserweight Champion. This was a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event. [2] [3] 2 Dean Malenko: May 2, 1996: WorldWide: Lake Buena Vista, FL: 1 67: 66 Aired on May 18 ...
August 31 – Bert Assirati, British wrestler (born 1908) September 30 - Al Lolotai, Western Samoan football player and wrestler (born 1920) November 21 – Dean Hart, Canadian music promoter and wrestling referee (born 1954) December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (born 1907) December 31 – Ed Gantner, American wrestler (born ...
With the start of the new year comes the return of the North Jersey weight class rankings. St. Joseph leads the way with six wrestlers ranked No. 1, including Aidan Schlett and Beast of the East ...
Rhode Island high school wrestling is starting to get some national attention. ... The top seed in last year’s 220-pound weight class, Alchihed’s season didn’t end the way he had hoped when ...
The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA). All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, are now owned by WWE.