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William Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953) is an American former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler.During his illustrious career, he set over 40 powerlifting and strongman world records, and won two International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Championships and three World's Strongest Man titles.
This is a list of events held and promoted by Deadlock Pro-Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in the United States which was founded by Anthony Douglas, James Darnell, and John Blud. Over the course of its history, it has held 34 major events.
The brothers later were trained in professional wrestling and made their debut in 1949, with the Jean, Adrien and Paul winning their debut matches. [5] They competed in various promotions including Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling, Maple Leaf Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling.
Goldberg made his return to professional wrestling on June 7, 2015, at the Legends of Wrestling show at Citi Field in New York. While he was not scheduled to wrestle at the event, Goldberg came to the aid of Rob Van Dam after his match with Scott Steiner. He performed a spear on Steiner and a Jackhammer on Doc Gallows. [54]
ESPN also began airing professional wrestling for the first time, first airing Pro Wrestling USA shows—which were created as an alliance between the NWA and AWA in 1984, in an effort to counter the national success the WWF was gaining—and later AWA shows, after Pro Wrestling USA fell apart by 1986. The WWF also became an international ...
Richard Joseph "Dick" Garza (July 16, 1931 – January 7, 2002), better known as Mighty Igor Vodik, or simply Mighty Igor, was an American professional wrestler.He is a one-time American Wrestling Association World champion.
In 2023, Singleton made the World's Strongest Man final for the first time, finishing 5th. Singleton would win two Giants Live shows that year: the Strongman Classic at Royal Albert Hall and World Open in Cardiff. He would also place 4th at both the Strongest Man on Earth Competition at the Shaw Classic and the Rogue Invitational.
Current US National Championship Record holder in the deadlift at 903.9 lb (410.0 kg) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since July 16, 1995 [19] [54] Special Powerlifting Honors "The World's Strongest Teen-ager" by the Los Angeles Times in April 1990. [30]