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All-in professional wrestling

Index All-in professional wrestling

All-in wrestling was the first wave of professional wrestling in the United Kingdom to be based on the Catch As Catch Can style of wrestling. [1]

35 relations: A. B. Campbell, Admiral, Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules, Amateur wrestling, Atholl Oakeley, British Heavyweight Championship, Catch wrestling, Committee, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Edwardian era, Freestyle wrestling, Glossary of professional wrestling terms, Hardcore wrestling, Jack Pye, Jack Sherry, Johannesburg, Lancashire, London, London County Council, Maurice Webb (politician), Member of parliament, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mythologies (book), Olympic Games, Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom, Professional wrestling in the United States, Roland Barthes, Submission wrestling, The Age, The Brains Trust, The Christian Science Monitor, The Sydney Morning Herald, World War I, World War II, Wrestling.

A. B. Campbell

Commander Archibald Bruce Campbell (21 January 1881 – 11 April 1966) was a British naval officer and radio broadcaster, born in Peckham, London.

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Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.

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Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules

Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules are a set of professional wrestling rules mainly used in British wrestling.

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Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling.

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Atholl Oakeley

Sir Edward Atholl Oakeley, 7th Baronet of Shrewsbury (31 May 1900 – January 1987), known under the ring name Atholl Oakeley was a British professional wrestler and wrestling promoter who was one of the pioneers of professional wrestling in the United Kingdom.

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British Heavyweight Championship

The British Heavyweight Championship is a top British wrestling championship found throughout the country's circuit.

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Catch wrestling

Catch wrestling is a classical hybrid grappling style and combat sport developed in Britain circa 1870.

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Committee

A committee (or "commission") is a body of one or more persons that is subordinate to a deliberative assembly.

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Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans

Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (28 October 1880H. G. Thursfield, ‘Evans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell, first Baron Mountevans (1880–1957)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011. – 20 August 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer.

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Edwardian era

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history covers the brief reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended in both directions to capture long-term trends from the 1890s to the First World War.

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Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world.

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Glossary of professional wrestling terms

Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable nomenclature throughout its existence.

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Hardcore wrestling

Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling where disqualifications, count-outs, and all other different rules do not apply.

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Jack Pye

Jack Pye, also known as Dirty Jack Pye, Filthy Jack Pye and The Doncaster Panther, was an English professional wrestler and actor from Doncaster, England.

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Jack Sherry

John E. "Jack" Sherry was a two sport star at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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Maurice Webb (politician)

Maurice Webb PC (26 September 1904 – 10 June 1956) was a British Labour Party politician.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974.

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Mythologies (book)

Mythologies is a 1957 book by Roland Barthes.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom spans over one hundred years but became popular when the then new independent television network ITV began showing it in 1955, firstly on Saturday afternoons and then also in a late-night midweek slot.

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Professional wrestling in the United States

Professional wrestling in the United States, until the 1920s, was viewed as a legitimate sport.

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Roland Barthes

Roland Gérard Barthes (12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician.

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Submission wrestling

Submission wrestling (also known as submission fighting, submission grappling, sport grappling, or simply as no-gi) or combat wrestling (in Japan), is a form of competition and a general term for martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission through the use of submission holds.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Brains Trust

The Brains Trust was a popular informational BBC radio and later television programme in the United Kingdom during the 1940s and 1950s, on which a panel of experts tried to answer questions sent in by the audience.

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The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles in electronic format as well as a weekly print edition.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-in_professional_wrestling

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