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Aerial techniques, also known as "high-flying moves" are performance techniques used in professional wrestling for simulated assault on opponents. The techniques involve jumping from the ring's posts and ropes, demonstrating the speed and agility of smaller, nimble and acrobatically inclined wrestlers, with many preferring this style instead of throwing or locking the opponent.
Having a fallen opponent lying next to the apron, the attacking wrestler grabs the opponent's head, torso, or leg and places it on the bottom rope. Taking hold of the top rope, the wrestler proceeds to jump and sit repeatedly on the opponent's neck, chest, or leg as they stomp hard, to hurt or incapacitate the opponent.
By late December 1984, Yamazaki & Tateno officially formed the Jumping Bomb Angels, aka J.B. Angels and would wrestle together more often than apart. They competed in the first AJW tag team tournament, Tag League The Best in 1985, finishing 2nd in points behind the Crush Gals, Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo. On January 5, 1986, the Jumping Bomb ...
At the top of the TNA championship hierarchy is the TNA World Championship.The championship is currently held by Nic Nemeth, who is in his first reign.He defeated previous champion Moose, Josh Alexander, Steve Maclin, Frankie Kazarian, and Joe Hendry in a Six-way elimination match at Slammiversary on July 20, 2024 to win the title.
Saturday Night's Main Event is a series of American professional wrestling television specials produced by WWE (originally the World Wrestling Federation or WWF). It was originally broadcast by NBC from 1985 to 1992, replacing Saturday Night Live in its late night timeslot on an occasional basis throughout the year.
In 1995, the championship was re-established by Japan's Wrestle Yume Factory (WYF) promotion, with Masayoshi Motegi being the first champion under the WYF banner. In 1996, the J-Crown tournament was held to unify eight different championship belts from five different organizations, including the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. [ 9 ]
A high school athletic department in Washington, D.C., was willing to take forfeits all season rather than allow a female student to compete on the wrestling team.
In 1989 Brunzell would only wrestle twice in the WWF, defeating "Iron" Mike Sharpe in June and losing to Bad News Brown in November. [9] The following year he made a full-time return and defeated Frenchy Martin on his first match back on February 18, 1990, in Chicago, IL. Brunzell however was now an opening level wrestler, albeit one with ...