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Nelson was scouted by a wrestler to train and start his career in the Washington's independent wrestling scene. [3] Isaacs sought out training and work in Colorado's independent scene. [ 4 ] Both sought out more opportunities in the wrestling business and opted to wrestle for promotions in Southern California .
In 1964, professional wrestler Ed "The Sheik" Farhat and his father-in-law Francis Fleser acquired the promotion (along with the rights to promote wrestling in the Cobo Arena) from Barnett and Doyle for $50,000 (equivalent to $491,202 in 2023), controlling it through "World Wide Sports" (a holding company they created).
The World Class Wrestling Association started out under the name "Southwest Sports" from 1940 to 1966, then known as "Big Time Wrestling", a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), from 1966 until 1982. In 1982 the promotion was renamed World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and grew beyond the limits of the Texas territory, with ...
August 31 – Bert Assirati, British wrestler (born 1908) September 30 - Al Lolotai, Western Samoan football player and wrestler (born 1920) November 21 – Dean Hart, Canadian music promoter and wrestling referee (born 1954) December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (born 1907) December 31 – Ed Gantner, American wrestler (born ...
The Trio's lasting legacy, and perhaps their greatest innovation within professional wrestling, was the use of a regular group of wrestlers for a packaged show. [7] Rather than paying traveling wrestlers to perform on certain dates and combining wrestlers in match-ups when they were available, they decided to keep wrestlers for months and years ...
The 2005 Royal Rumble was the 18th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions.
Wild West Wrestling Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas: Ken Mantell 1987–1988 Ran against World Class Championship Wrestling in 1987. [4] West Texas Wrestling Association 1983 World Class Championship Wrestling: Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas: Fritz Von Erich: 1986–1990 Originally known as NWA Big Time Wrestling from 1966 to 1982.
The Universal Wrestling Federation was a professional wrestling promotion based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1979 to 1987. Former employees in the UWF consisted of professional wrestlers , managers , play-by-play and color commentators , announcers , interviewers and referees .