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Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican lucha libre (professional wrestling) promotion founded in 1992 by Antonio Peña as Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Since its founding, the promotion has held various numerous notable events, with the events often shown on pay-per-view or on television and streaming services via AAA's broadcast partners.
The Wrestling Classic, also known as Wrestlevision, was a pay-per-view event that took place on November 7, 1985, from the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. It revolved around a 16-man single-elimination tournament, and also featured a WWF Championship match. Junkyard Dog won the tournament after defeating Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
Wrestling had been split into two disciplines, freestyle [1] and Greco-Roman, [2] which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling had been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900.
In 1994, AAA co-promoted the When Worlds Collide pay-per-view event with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event was critically-acclaimed and is credited for popularizing lucha libre in the United States. [7] Weeks after the show, Art Barr (a key member of Los Gringos Locos) died while visiting his family.
64. The number of region champions Southern has after Bryce Manera (132), Matt Henrich (157) and Collin French (215) won in Region 7. It was the third region title for Henrich, second for French ...
Iowa State wrestling released their schedule on Thursday afternoon, including some key home dates against Iowa, Northern Iowa, Missouri and others.
Oct. 23—LAURINBURG — The Scotland High School coed wrestling team's 2023-24 schedule was released by head coach Thomas Havener to The Laurinburg Exchange recently, which includes 17 meets with ...
Men's freestyle 74 kilograms competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took place on August 19 at the Carioca Arena 2 in Barra da Tijuca. [1] This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off ...