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Pages in category "African-American professional wrestlers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 206 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In WCW, Simmons was a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion; [1] [7] as the first African American to win the title, [8] he is recognized by WWE as the first Black world champion in professional wrestling history. [9] He was also a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion with Butch Reed and a one-time WCW United States Tag Team Champion with Big ...
Pages in category "African-American sport wrestlers" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Harris was trained by Joe Savoldi after meeting him at matches at the Naval Armory. [1] Savoldi originally named Harris "BuBu Brasil, The South American Giant," where he wrestled using a sequined satin cape stitched together by his wife, [8] but a promoter misprinted his first name as "Bobo" in an advertisement, and the name stuck with Harris throughout his career. [3]
13 Wrestling. 14 Motorsport. 15 Martial arts. 16 Soccer. 17 See also. ... Tiger Woods (African American father), professional golfer, winner of 14 major championships ...
[20] [21] She became the first female African-American and the first Black wrestler to win Olympic gold, [22] [23] and only the second female American to win gold, after Helen Maroulis in 2016. [24] Two months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo ...
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.
Marva Aniece Goodwin (née Wingo; November 21, 1937 - August 15, 2003), better known by the ring name Marva Scott, [4] was among the first Black female professional wrestlers in the United States. [2] She began wrestling in the early 1950s and her first reported match happened in 1954. [5]