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2. Professional wrestling holds - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Intergender wrestling - Wikipedia

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   Andy Kaufman wrestling with Debbie Harry and Caitlin Clarke in 1983. For most of its history, men and women would rarely compete against each other in professional wrestling, as it was deemed to be unfair and unchivalrous. Intergender wrestling was first utilized in the late-1970s/early-1980s by comedian Andy Kaufman.

4. Lipstick and Dynamite, Piss and Vinegar: The First Ladies of ...

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   The stars hoped the film would help "set the record straight" about the early days of women's wrestling, when it was taboo for girls to join the business. [ 3 ] Penny Banner helped put the film together, as she had connections in both the Ladies International Wrestling Association and the Cauliflower Alley Club , which helped the director ...

5. Women's professional wrestling - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Bull Nakano helped grow women’s wrestling in America. She ...

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   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 ...

7. Submission (combat sports) - Wikipedia

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   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").

8. Sicko busted for strangling woman outside Times Square hotel ...

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   A sicko whom cops accused of fatally choking a woman outside a Times Square hotel was arrested in New Jersey on Tuesday, according to law enforcement sources.

9. Chokehold - Wikipedia

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   The terminology used varies; in most martial arts, the term "chokehold" or "choke" is used for all types of grappling holds that strangle. This can be misleading as most holds aim to strangle not choke with the exception of "air chokes" (choking means "to have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a ...