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Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling [n 1]) is a form of athletic theater [2] centered around mock combat and based on the premise that its performers are competitive wrestlers.
Also road agent, producer and coach. A management employee, often a former wrestler (though it can be a current wrestler or even a non-wrestler), who helps wrestlers set up matches, plan storylines, give criticisms on matches, and relay instructions from the bookers. Agents often act as a liaison between wrestlers and higher-level management and sometimes may also help in training younger ...
Pages in category "Professional wrestlers with chronic traumatic encephalopathy" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Most documented cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy have occurred in many athletes involved in contact sports such as boxing, American football, professional wrestling, ice hockey, mixed martial arts, rugby and soccer. [1] [2] Other risk factors include being in the military, prior domestic violence, and repeated banging of the head. [1]
Final champion Chief Don Eagle. The AWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Paul Bowser in Boston. [1]The title was created by Bowser after Gus Sonnenberg, who had beaten Ed Lewis for the original World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1929, [2] was stripped of recognition as champion by the National Boxing Association.
Christopher John Nowinski (born September 24, 1978) is an American neuroscientist, author and retired professional wrestler.After extensively researching concussions in American football, Nowinski co-founded the Concussion Legacy Foundation, where he is currently CEO and co-founded Boston University's CTE Center. [4]
After Vince McMahon, seeking regulatory relief, gave in 1989 testimony in front of the New Jersey State Athletic Commission [3] where he publicly admitted pro wrestling was in fact a sports-based entertainment, rather than a true athletic competition, many state athletic commissions stopped regulating wrestling.
The 10 biggest news stories of 1996; 1996 the year in wrestling; Statistics for hundreds of stars; Comprehensive PWI achievement awards directory; Year-by-year history of pro wrestling; Complete title histories; Results of every pay-per-view card (thru 1996); Results of non-ppv supercards & clashes; Listings of first six "PWI 500s" ('91-'96).