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Solofa Fatu Jr. [1] (born October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Rikishi and Fatu with the WWE and also competed under the variety of names in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Dwayne Johnson's daughter Simone performs in WWE's developmental brand NXT as Ava (shortened from her previous ring name Ava Raine). She is the on-screen general manager of NXT. [12] [13] Afa Anoaʻi's daughter, Lynn Toval Anoaʻi (Vale Anoaʻi), is an author and artist. [14] Vale's husband wrestles for World Xtreme Wrestling as Vertigo "The ...
Names in bold indicate a still-active wrestler. There are 186 wrestlers who have listed a foreign country as their place of birth on the banzuke or official ranking sheets. [1] [2] The first foreign born wrestler to reach the top makuuchi division was the Hawaiian born Takamiyama in January 1968, [3] who was also the first to win a top division ...
Wrestlers can be listed in the order of their rank as of the most current March/Haru 2025 banzuke, by clicking the 'Current rank' sorting button.; The East side of the banzuke is regarded as more prestigious than the West side and those ranked on the East will generally have had a slightly better record in the previous tournament than those with the same rank on the West.
John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia.Named after his father, he was a large baby weighing 11 pounds, 3 ounces at birth. [5] Inspired by professional wrestlers Gene Kiniski and Don Leo Jonathan, Tenta decided to pursue wrestling at age 6.
A rikishi (力士), sumōtori (相撲取り) or, more colloquially, osumōsan (お相撲さん), is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo wrestling matches, the term is more commonly used to refer to professional wrestlers, employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country ...
Top-tier sumo wrestling will make a rare appearance in London for the first time in three decades – and for the second time ever outside of Japan in the sport’s 1,500-year history.
Ring name Real name Notes Andre Chase [212] Chance Barrow [213] Ashante "Thee" Adonis [214] Tehuti Miles: Axiom [215] Carlos Ruiz [216] NXT Tag Team Champion: Bronco Nima [217] Edwin Grande: Brooks Jensen [218] Benjamin Buchanan [157] Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo [219] Mitchell Lavalley: Charlie Dempsey [220] Bailey Matthews: Cutler James [221 ...