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This is a list of oldest surviving professional wrestlers. As of 2024, there are 43 living veterans from the " Golden Age of Wrestling " (1950s–1970s) over 75 years old. The last surviving wrestler from the " Pioneer Era " (1900s–1940s) was American wrestler Angelo Savoldi (born April 21, 1914, died September 13, 2013, aged 99 years, 145 days).
Ichinoya Mitsuru (born 28 December 1960 as Tetsuhiro Matsuda) is a former sumo wrestler from Tokunoshima, Ōshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sandanme 6. He is a rare example of a national university graduate joining professional sumo.
All time [ edit ] The list includes yokozuna and ōzeki (the highest rank before the yokozuna rank was introduced), but excludes so-called kanban or "guest ōzeki " (usually big men drawn from local crowds to promote a tournament who would never appear on the banzuke again) and wrestlers for which insufficient data is available.
san'yo (参与, Consultant) (elders re-hired as consultant between 65 and 70 years old) Elders who do not own but borrow their elder names are always toshiyori. They are not allowed to be stablemasters. Hyōgi-in (評議員, lit. ' Councilor ') is not a rank, but a group of independent councillors who act as a kind of supervisory board for the ...
Maegashira 2 Yamahibiki: best rank maegashira 2, held record for most consecutive bouts by an active wrestler at the end of his career: Tamaasuka: 1998-3 2016-9 Maegashira 9 Kataonami: two-time jūryō winner, has been promoted to makuuchi 7 times: Tamanoshima: 1998-3 2011-11 Sekiwake Kataonami
The first table below lists the champions since the six-tournament system was instituted in 1958. [1] The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day tournament.
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and podcaster.He first earned recognition for winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite competing with a broken neck, and achieved wider fame for his tenure in WWE and TNA.
Ranked No. 1 of the 20 Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time [314] Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2017 [315] Sports Illustrated. Ranked No. 9 of the 20 Greatest WWE Wrestlers Of All Time [314] Stampede Wrestling. Stampede International Tag Team Championship – with Keith Hart (4) and Leo Burke (1) [316]