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The following is a list of the heaviest professional sumo wrestlers. Only wrestlers weighing 200 kilograms (440 lb) or over are included. Wrestlers shown in bold are still active as of January 2023. Ōrora (left), the heaviest sumo wrestler ever, fights eighth-heaviest Kainowaka Yamamotoyama is the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler ever ...
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 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]
Yokozuna, the heaviest WWE wrestler, weighing between 267 kg (589 lb; 42 st 1 lb) and 317 kg (699 lb; 49 st 13 lb) at his peak. Barry Austin and Jack Taylor, two obese British men documented in the comedy-drama The Fattest Man in Britain. Big Pun (1971–2000), American rapper whose weight at death was 316 kg (697 lb; 49 st 11 lb).
Only wrestlers that weighed less than 220 pounds (100 kg), called "light heavyweights" by the WWF, were allowed to challenge for the title. From 1981 through the 1990s, the WWF had a business partnership with the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), a Mexican-based lucha libre promotion , which resulted in the creation of the WWF Light ...
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is the original world title of WCW and it remained as such until March 2001, when WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) and the championship was defended as the WCW Championship as part of the Invasion storyline, with the WCW initials being dropped from the title's ...
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North American Wrestling Federation. NAWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Blind Rage (1), Nocturne (1) Pro Wrestling Entertainment. PWE Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mike Quackenbush [90] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI ranked him #240 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012 [91] WrestleJam. WrestleJam ...