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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.
In her later years, Burke ran a women's wrestling school in Encino, California. [11] Among her students were WWE Hall of Famer The Fabulous Moolah and Rhonda Sing . Burke died from a stroke [ 11 ] on February 18, 1989, in Northridge, California, [ 1 ] and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
The 2018 Mae Young Classic was a multi-night special event and tournament promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, WWE.It was the second Mae Young Classic tournament produced and was constituted by a 32-competitor tournament exclusively for women from WWE's NXT brand division and wrestlers from the independent circuit.
The Mae Young Classic also featured WWE's first full-time female referee, Jessika Carr. [10] Round 1 up through the semifinals of the tournament were taped at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida on July 13 and 14 and aired on the WWE Network on August 28 (round 1) and September 4 (round 2, quarterfinals, and semifinals).
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 ...
This was a winner takes all triple threat match for both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship, also involving Ronda Rousey, who defended the Raw Women's Championship. Lynch pinned Rousey to win both titles. [15] 14 Charlotte Flair: May 19, 2019: Money in the Bank: Hartford, CT: 4 <1 <1 [16]
Women's wrestling has maintained a recognized world champion since 1937, when Mildred Burke won the original World Women's title. [4] She then formed the World Women's Wrestling Association in the early 1950s and recognized herself as the first champion, although the championship would be vacated upon her retirement in 1956.
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 ...