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Hook's finisher, named Redrum, is a half nelson choke (also known as a kata ha jime), the same as his father's finisher, the Tazmission. [6] He has been nicknamed "The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil". [28] Hook uses the Action Bronson song "The Chairman's Intent" from the album Blue Chips 7000 as his entrance theme. [29]
Maven Huffman [1] (born November 26, 1976) [2] is an American professional wrestler and YouTuber.He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under his first name, where he is known for co-winning the inaugural season of Tough Enough alongside Nidia Guenard.
In May 2017, wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer suggested that an independent wrestling show would be unable to sell out a ten thousand seat arena in the United States. The Young Bucks, along with Cody Rhodes , challenged the idea by planning a show specifically for the purposes of drawing ten thousand fans. [ 261 ]
Record three-time and final champion Hook, who also had the longest combined days as champion at 626 days. There were a total of 10 reigns between seven champions and one vacancy. Taz was the inaugural champion. His son Hook was the final champion and also had the most reigns at three, as well as the longest combined reign at 626 days.
Karl Gotch was a catch wrestler and a student of Billy Riley's "Snake Pit" gym in Wigan, then in Lancashire. Gotch started to teach catch wrestling to Japanese professional wrestlers in the 1960s and continued to do so for many years.
A wrestler with strong legitimate mat-wrestling abilities and an array of match-ending (or in extreme cases, career ending) holds known as "hooks", hence the name. [1] Primarily a holdover from the days where professional wrestling had to maintain kayfabe , a hooker would be used against a local non-wrestler brawler to enhance the belief that ...
The wrestler hooks the opponent's arms back in a Double Underhook, placing their forearms in the crooks of the opponent's elbows, with their hands on top of the opponent's back in a butcher's grip. The wrestler then lifts the opponent into an upside-down vertical position and falls back, shifting the opponent to one side as the opponent flips over.
Ivan Gene LeBell was born in Los Angeles, California. He started training in catch wrestling and boxing from his early childhood, influenced by his mother, "Red Head" Aileen Eaton, a promoter of both sports who owned the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, [4] and who was the first woman to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. [5]