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He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring name Test. During his nine-year tenure with the WWF/WWE, he found his greatest success as a singles performer, winning the Intercontinental and European Championships once each, and the Hardcore Championship twice.
In 2024, Vera qualified the United States for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 97 kg division at the 2024 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Vera narrowly missed out representing the U.S. at the Olympics when he came in second place in the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials.
Damian Steele (died in 2009) January 1 - Kid Romeo; January 23 - Tito Ortiz; January 28 - Shark Boy; January 30 – Dark Ozz; February 8 – Shane Shamrock (d. 1998) February 18 - Charly Manson; February 22 - Andy Anderson; March 15 - Lobo; March 17 – Test (d. 2009) April 12 – Cibernético; April 14 – Lita; April 15 - Paul E. Normous (d ...
Alan Vera, a wrestler on the United States' Greco-Roman national team, has died at age 33, USA Wrestling has announced. He'd suffered cardiac arrest during the summer.
Gregory Ruth (August 9, 1939 – June 30, 1974) was an American wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1] He wrestled collegiately at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time NCAA champion. [2] Ruth was killed in a powerboat racing accident on June 30, 1974, in Waco, Texas.
Sika -- who retired from professional wrestling in 1988 -- was also the father to late pro wrestler Matt Anoa'i, who wrestled under the stage name Rosey. He died in 2017 at the age of 47 due to ...
[2] [3] [4] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.
Coleman Scott (born April 19, 1986) [1] is a former American wrestler for Sunkist Kids who won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and a special Championship Series at 60 kg freestyle to qualify to compete at the 2012 Olympics. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 60 kg category. [2]