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Wrestling World 2001 January 4, 2001: Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Dome: 52,000 Kensuke Sasaki vs. Toshiaki Kawada in a tournament final for the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship [75] NJPW: Wrestling World 2002 January 4, 2002: Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Dome: 51,500 Jun Akiyama (c) vs. Yuji Nagata for the GHC Heavyweight Championship [76] WWE: SummerSlam ...
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).
Arquette, a lifelong wrestling fan, was reticent about the extent of the storyline with which he would be involved, which saw him scripted to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, the company's most prestigious championship, and defend it in a pay-per-view main event. Reaction to the storyline was negative, with critics subsequently ...
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Wrestlers from the United States have taken part in most of the major men's freestyle wrestling competitions over the years, in particular the Olympic Games and World Wrestling Championships. Men's freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympics was first held in 1904. FILA (now known as United World Wrestling) began holding World Championships ...
The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) (c) vs. The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) for the WWF World Tag Team Championship WWF: UK Rampage Tour September 29, 1992: Birmingham, England: National Exhibition Centre: Ric Flair (c) vs. Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 7. WWF: Rebellion October 2, 1999: Birmingham, England ...
During Luger's reign in 1991, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) split from the NWA and the title was renamed as the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. [33] World Championship Wrestling (WCW) — Vacated: July 14, 1991: The Great American Bash: Baltimore, MD — — — Vacated when Lex Luger won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship ...
The 2023 World Wrestling Championships was held from 16 to 24 September 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia. Wrestlers get a chance to win 90 quotas for the 2024 Summer Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation that participated in the 2023 continental championships was eligible to participate in the World Championships.