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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.
Jacqueline DeLois Moore [2] (born January 6, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager.She is best known for her time in WWE from 1998 to 2004, where she became the first African American WWE Cruiserweight Champion and one of three women to hold the championship.
In professional wrestling, a submission can be used to gain a fall and/or win the match (depending on the match's ruleset/stipulation).A submission is either earned when a wrestler taps the mat or their opponent three or more times with their hand, or verbalizes to the referee (often using the phrase "I quit").
Her efforts to spread women's wrestling internationally reached Japan and brought about the World Wide Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). Mildred Burke introduced women's wrestling to several countries, including almost every state of the United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and parts of Asia, including Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, and the ...
Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Ranked No. 30 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2021 [60] Rise Wrestling. Phoenix of RISE Championship (1 time) [61] Sabotage Wrestling. Sabotage War of the Genders Championship (2 times) [62] Shine Wrestling. Shine Nova Championship [9] Women's Wrestling Fan Awards. Rookie of the Year (2020 ...
Nikki Bella setting up to perform the Rack Attack (Argentine backbreaker drop) on Naomi.. This submission hold, better known as a Torture Rack or simply a rack, sees the attacking wrestler carrying the opponent face-up across his own shoulders, before hooking the opponent's head with one hand and a leg with the other to then pull down on both ends to hyperextend the opponent's back and force a ...
Women Superstars United: New Jersey: Jac Sabboth (2006–2007) Sean McCaffrey (2007–2012) Drew Cordeiro (2012–2014) D. J. Hyde (2013–present) 2006–present Sister promotion to Combat Zone Wrestling and member of the United Wrestling Network: Women's Wrestling Army: Chicago, Illinois: Maria Kanellis: 2022-present Women's Wrestling Revolution
[20] [21] She became the first female African-American and the first Black wrestler to win Olympic gold, [22] [23] and only the second female American to win gold, after Helen Maroulis in 2016. [24] Two months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.