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Catch wrestling (also known as catch-as-catch-can) is an English wrestling style where wrestlers aim to win by pinning or submitting their opponent using any legal holds or techniques. It emphasizes adaptability and seizing opportunities during the match, with fewer restrictions than other wrestling styles - techniques using or targeting the ...
Adolph Ernst (April 7, 1887 – November 10, 1966), better known for his ring name Ad Santel, was a German-American professional wrestler, considered one of the greatest practitioners of catch wrestling. He was a World Light Heavyweight Champion for several years.
Barnett has been an ambassador for catch wrestling as a sport, bringing American teams to the Snake Pit's World Championships as well as organizing the American Catch Wrestling Association (ACWA) US Open in December 2023, the first modern US national championships for catch wrestling, with over 90 competitors. [75] [76] [77]
Practitioners of catch wrestling from the United States. Pages in category "American catch wrestlers" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title of the German professional wrestling promotion Internationalen Berufsringer Verbandes (IBV), later renamed the Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) in the title's honour. The title was created on August 2, 1977 and deactivated on ...
The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, [7] [8] while storylines are produced on the weekly television program, NXT, as well as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) weekly television program, Impact!, following WWE and TNA signing a multi-year partnership in January 2025.
Bailey Matthews (born 30 December 1996) is an English-American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE where he performs on their NXT brand under the ring name Charlie Dempsey and is the leader of the No Quarter Catch Crew stable. He is a former two-time NXT Heritage Cup Champion.
Tom Jenkins (August 3, 1872 – June 19, 1957) was an American professional wrestler who held the American Heavyweight Championship three times around the turn of the 20th century. On May 4, 1905 at Madison Square Garden , he wrestled for the newly created World Catch-as-Catch-Can Championship , but lost to George Hackenschmidt .