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Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler.He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Bobby "the Brain" Heenan.
Ethel Johnson (wrestler) Ethel Blanche Hairston (née Wingo; May 14, 1935 – September 14, 2018) was an American professional wrestler whose ring name was Ethel Johnson. [1][3] She debuted at age 16, [4] becoming the first African-American women's champion. [5][4] She was a fan favorite, billed as "the biggest attraction to hit girl wrestling ...
Harvey Wippleman. Categories: American professional wrestlers by state. Professional wrestling in Mississippi. People from Mississippi by occupation. Hidden category: Automatic category TOC generates no TOC.
Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2022; NWA Mississippi. NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [6] NWA Tri-State. NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) – with Oki Shikina [8] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. PWI ranked him #144 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. [68]
The Georgia version of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Southern Heavyweight Championship was a secondary singles championship used in Georgia Championship Wrestling off-and-on from 1948 to 1972. [ 1] The title is one of many versions of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. Other versions have been used in Florida [ 2] and the ...
e. The history of professional wrestling, as a performing art, started in the late 19th century, with predecessors in funfair and variety strongman and wrestling performances (which often involved match fixing) in the 1830s. [1] Professional wrestling is a popular form of entertainment in Australia, North America, Latin America, Europe, and Japan.
Between May 1955 and 1969 the professional wrestling promotion ABC Booking (later known as Georgia Championship Wrestling; GCW) promoted their own regional version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, a professional wrestling championship for teams of two wrestlers. [1][2] When the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was founded in 1948, its ...