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Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission. This article covers the various pins, stretches and transition holds used in the ring. Some wrestlers use these holds as their finishing maneuvers, often nicknaming them to reflect their character or persona.
Taya Valkyrie's first reign is the longest in the title's history, with 377 days. Gail Kim's seventh reign holds the record for shortest reign in the title's history at 18 hours, due to her relinquishing the title because of her retirement. [3] Overall, there have been 65 reigns shared among 27 wrestlers, with four vacancies.
The WWE Women's Championship [1] is a women's professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand. It was introduced on April 3, 2016, at WrestleMania 32 to replace the WWE Divas Championship and has a unique title history separate from the original ...
At the 2017 Money in the Bank pay-per-view, the first-ever Women's Money in the Bank ladder match was held with the winner receiving a contract for a SmackDown Women's Championship match. The following month, WWE would hold a women's wrestling tournament called the Mae Young Classic, named after the late Mae Young. [8]
Sukeban by definition is a new Japanese women’s Joshi wrestling league. An ode to the girl gangs in the 1960s and 1970s — in Japanese, Sukeban is a term meaning “delinquent girl,” and the ...
Following the first hair vs hair match, in which Matsumoto defeated Nagayo and forced her to shave her head bald, approximately 500 wrestling fans surrounded Matsumoto's transport outside of the arena and assaulted her. In the same time period, a drunk fan shoved a broken glass bottle into her chest at a bar in "revenge" for Nagayo. [7]
Sister promotion to Shimmer Women Athletes: Women's Extreme Wrestling Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dan Kowal, Greg Bagarozy, Steve Karel 2002–2008 World Women's Wrestling: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts: Sheldon Goldberg 2006–2010 World Women's Wrestling Association Los Angeles, California: Mildred Burke: 1950–1960 Wrestlicious: Tampa, Florida
Intergender wrestling, also known as mixed wrestling, is a type of professional wrestling (staged and choreographed) match between a man and a woman and may also refer to tag team matches with both men and women on each team.