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In February 2015, WHO-TV news of Des Moines aired Iowa Icon: Gotch Up There with Feller, Warner, Gable with quotes from University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands, among others, with the five-minute feature's title recognizing Gotch as one of Iowa's sports icons alongside Bob Feller, Kurt Warner, and college wrestling legend Dan Gable. The ...
Lurich competed in freestyle wrestling matches in the United States between 1913 and 1917. Lurich wrestled American world wrestling champion and title holder Frank Gotch in Kansas City in 1913, but lost what would be Gotch's final match. [5] [6] [7] After returning home via Japan, China and Russia in 1917, they arrived in Estonia in the autumn.
He also starred as "Tonga Tom" in the 1987 wrestling film Body Slam, along with Dirk Benedict and Roddy Piper. [ 4 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Fatu was featured in an April 2020 documentary for Vice's Dark Side of the Ring series, revealing new information on the May 1983 homicide of Nancy Argentino .
The Heavenly Bodies is a professional wrestling tag team famous for having worked in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and various independent promotions. Over the years, there have been multiple variations of the team, which has at different times included "Doctor" Tom Prichard , "Sweet" Stan Lane , "Beautiful" Bobby ...
Billington Bulldogs competed at WRSA's debut event 1st Annual Pro-Wrestling Invitational Tournament on September 9, 2022, where they participated in a tournament for the new WRSA Tag Team Championship, defeating The Brand (Shaun Martens and Sydney Steele) in the semi-final round. On the second day, Bulldogs defeated DTA (Brett Matthews and ...
Ohio State wrestling coach Tom Ryan was at dinner when he heard the news about Sammy Sasso on Aug. 18.. Associate athletic director Carey Hoyt relayed the information to him: The redshirt senior ...
Ryan Ball of Somers defeated Diego Gonzalez in the 110 pound championship during the Section 1 Division 1 Wrestling Championships at Arlington High School in Lagrangeville Feb. 12, 2023.
Thomas Burton (October 14, 1961 – March 29, 2010) was an American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Tom Davis, who competed in North American regional and independent promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and the American Wrestling ...