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Hulk Hogan was the face of the World Wrestling Federation during the 1980s; itself the most prominent American wrestling promotion of the decade The 1980s represented professional wrestling's greatest period of televised entertainment, reaching widespread popularity among American youth, as well as producing some of its most spectacular characters.
A tradition of combining wrestling and showmanship may originate in the early 1800s in Western Europe, Britain, and Ireland, when showmen presented wrestlers under names such as ""Herculean" Flower" [5] and "Edward, the steel eater", "Gustave d'Avignon, the bone wrecker", or "Bonnet, the ox of the low Alps" and would wrestle one another and challenge members of the public to attempt to knock ...
The modern history of wrestling begins with a rise of popularity in the 19th century, which led to the development of the modern sports of Greco-Roman wrestling on the European continent and of freestyle wrestling and collegiate wrestling in Great Britain and the United States, respectively. These sports enjoyed enormous popularity at the ...
The history of American professional wrestling promotion WWE dates back to the early 1950s when it was founded on January 7, 1953 as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC). The public branding of the company has undergone several name changes throughout the years, from the CWC to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, then the ...
The NWA World's Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion. It is the promotion's premier title. NWA currently recognizes 102 individual World's Heavyweight Championship reigns. [1] [2] The inaugural champion was Orville ...
The Great American Bash: Dayton, OH: 2 148: 147 Defeated Meng in a tournament final for the vacant title. [44] 53 Kensuke Sasaki: November 13, 1995: WCW World in Japan: Tokyo, Japan: 1 44: 43 Won the title at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event. [45] 54 One Man Gang: December 27, 1995: Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling: Nashville, TN: 1 33: 32 Won ...
During the 1950s, the National Wrestling Alliance oversaw many wrestling territories such as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and NWA San Francisco, in a business model known as the "territory system". [1] This is a list of the most notable past and present professional wrestling promotions.
American Wrestling Association (1922–1960) [1] Orville Brown: 1908–1981 1931–1957 St. Louis, Missouri: Midwest Wrestling Association (1948–1963) [1] Jim Crockett, Sr. 1909–1973 1931–1973 Charlotte, North Carolina: Jim Crockett Promotions (1931–1973) [1] Price Daulton 1944–1945 Tampa, Florida [1] Max Clayton 1896-1957 1926–1957 ...