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It was the first world title established in WWE, at the time known as the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), having been introduced in 1963 as the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. The WWWF, a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory, did not recognize Lou Thesz 's victory over reigning NWA champion Buddy Rogers and sought to create ...
This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes ...
1 155: 153 WWE incorrectly list Flair's reign as beginning on September 19, 2005, and lasting 153 days. [123] 105 Shelton Benjamin: February 20, 2006: Raw: Trenton, NJ: 2 69: 68 [124] 106 Rob Van Dam: April 30, 2006: Backlash: Lexington, KY: 6 15: 14 This was a Winner Takes All match, where Van Dam also defended his Money in the Bank contract ...
The Emperor's Cup has been awarded to the winner of top division tournaments since 1925. This is a list of wrestlers who have won the top division ( makuuchi ) championship in professional sumo since 1909, when the current championship system was established.
During his reign as ECW World Heavyweight Champion, the title was known as the ECW World Championship. Big Show is the only wrestler to have held all of these championships. 15 Kurt Angle: WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) World Heavyweight Championship (original version, 1 time) WWE Championship (4 times) 6
This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. Until then, yokozuna was merely a licence given to certain ōzeki to perform the dohyō-iri ceremony.
Ric Flair is a six-time winner of the category. The PWI Wrestler of the Year award recognizes the best professional wrestler of the year.Ric Flair has won the award a record six times, and remains the only wrestler with more than three wins; he also established the record for most consecutive wins with three from 1984 to 1986, with AJ Styles later tying that record in 2016-2018.
By 2020, over 250 wrestlers have been promoted to the rank of ōzeki throughout the entire history of the sport. [1] Wrestlers who went on to be promoted to yokozuna are tabulated in the list of yokozuna. [2] Active wrestlers (September 2024) are indicated by italics. The number of top division yūshō (championships) won by each ōzeki is also ...