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JWA: JWA Pro-Wrestling World Championship Series (Day 9) October 25, 1957: Naha, Japan: Kumoji Park: Lou Thesz vs. Rikidozan in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match [27] JWA: JWA World League (Day 1) May 21, 1959: Tokyo, Japan: Metropolitan Gymnasium: Rikidozan vs. Jesús Ortega in a World League tournament [31] JWA: JWA World League (Day 2) May 22 ...
The first world record in the men's javelin throw was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1 ] As of 21 June 2009, 46 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [ 1 ]
After RikidÅzan's death in 1963, he was replaced as president by Michiharu Sadano, who wrestled as Toyonobori.In 1966, Sadano was replaced by Junzo Yoshinosato.. The company continued to operate as the nation's premier (and only male) wrestling circuit until challenged in the late 1960s by International Wrestling Enterprise, which featured the first major World heavyweight championship based ...
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
The original NWA territory system in North America (1940s-1980s).. The following is a list of National Wrestling Alliance attendance records.Founded in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance controlled the professional wrestling industry in North America and other parts of the world during the "Territory-era" (1940s-1980s).
In the United States, the form World's Record was formerly more common. The term The World's Best was also briefly in use. The latter term is still used in athletics events, including track and field and road running to describe good and bad performances that are not recognized as an official world record: either because it is not an event where World Athletics tracks the record (e.g. the 150 ...
The following table shows the world record progression in the women's javelin throw. The first world record in the event was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922. [1] 48 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
Records must be set in properly conducted, official competitions under the standing IAAF rules unless modified by World Masters Athletics. The M70 division consists of male athletes who have reached the age of 70 but have not yet reached the age of 75, so exactly from their 70th birthday to the day before their 75th birthday.