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80 relations: Akira Maeda, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Antonio Inoki, Ángel Acevedo, Bart Vale, Bob Backlund, Bob Sweetan, Boxing, Changpuek Kiatsongrit, Chris Dolman, Dave Finlay, Dean Malenko, Dick Vrij, Dutch Mantel, El Signo, El Texano, Fighting Network Rings, Gran Hamada, Hirohito, Japan, Japanese asset price bubble, Joe Malenko, Karl Gotch, Katsuyori Shibata, Kazuo Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Ken Shamrock, Kendo Kashin, Kickboxing, Kiyoshi Tamura, Koji Kanemoto, Leo Burke, Luc Poirier, Lucha libre, Mano Negra (wrestler), Mark Lewin, Martial arts, Marty Jones, Masahito Kakihara, Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Naruse, Matsumoto, Nagano, Maurice Smith (kickboxer), Minoru Suzuki, Minoru Tanaka (wrestler), MS-1 (wrestler), Negro Navarro, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Nobuhiko Takada, Norman Smiley, ..., Osamu Kido, Perro Aguayo, Phil Lafon, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, Professional wrestling holds, Puroresu, Raúl Mata, Ray Steele (wrestler), Riki Choshu, Rusher Kimura, Satoru Sayama, Scott Casey, Scott McGhee, Shoot wrestling, Super World of Sports, Sweet Daddy Siki, Tadao Yasuda, The Missouri Mauler, Tiger Mask, Tokyo, Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, United States, Universal Lucha Libre, UWF International, WWE, WWF International Heavyweight Championship, Yoji Anjo, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, YouTube, Yuji Nagata. Expand index (30 more) »
Akira Maeda
(born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese promoter and retired mixed martial artist and professional wrestler of Korean descent.
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All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW / AJP) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972.
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Antonio Inoki
Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born on February 20, 1943) is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promoter, politician, and retired professional wrestler and martial artist, best known by his ring name Antonio Inoki.
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Ángel Acevedo
Ángel Acevedo (born January 27, 1945) is a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler known by his ring name The Cuban Assassin and for his appearances with Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and Stampede Wrestling.
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Bart Vale
Bart Vale (born June 4, 1957) is an American former kickboxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler.
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Bob Backlund
Robert Louis Backlund (born August 14, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler with an in-ring career spanning over 30 years, best known for his tenures in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation (WWWF/WWF, later known as World Wrestling Entertainment and currently simply known as WWE), where he is a two-time WWWF/WWF Heavyweight Champion/WWF World Heavyweight Champion (Backlund's first reign is the second-longest reign in the title history, behind Bruno Sammartino's first), as well as being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Bob Sweetan
Robert Carson (born Robert Beier, July 4, 1940 – February 10, 2017), better known by his ring name Bob Sweetan, was a Canadian professional wrestler and convicted sex offender.
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.
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Changpuek Kiatsongrit
Changpuek Kiatsongrit (ช้างเผือก เกียรติทรงฤทธิ์, born October 13, 1966) is a retired Thai Muay Thai fighter.
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Chris Dolman
Christiaan "Chris" Dolman (born February 17, 1945) is a Dutch retired martial artist and professional wrestler.
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Dave Finlay
David Finlay Jr. (born 31 January 1958) is a Northern Irish professional wrestling trainer, producer and retired professional wrestler.
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Dean Malenko
Dean Simon (born August 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Dean Malenko.
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Dick Vrij
Dick Vrij is a Dutch former professional mixed martial artist.
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Dutch Mantel
Wayne Maurice Keown (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestling manager, booker and retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dutch Mantel (also spelled Dutch Mantell).
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El Signo
Antonio Sánchez Rendón (both September 4, 1954 in Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, Mexico), is a retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler best known under the ring name El Signo (Spanish for "The Sign").
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El Texano
Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui (November 26, 1958 – January 15, 2006), better known by his ring name El Texano, was a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler.
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Fighting Network Rings
Fighting Network Rings, trademarked as RINGS, is a Japanese combat sport promotion that has lived three distinct periods: puroresu promotion from its inauguration to 1995, mixed martial arts promotion from 1995 to its 2002 disestablishment, and the revived mixed martial arts promotion from 2008 onward.
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Gran Hamada
, better known by his ring name, (born November 27, 1950) is a Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style.
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Hirohito
was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989.
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Japan
Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.
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Japanese asset price bubble
The was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated.
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Joe Malenko
Jody Simon (born June 4, 1956) is an American former professional wrestler best known under the ring name Joe Malenko.
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Karl Gotch
Charles Istaz (August 3, 1924 – July 28, 2007) was a Belgian professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch.
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Katsuyori Shibata
is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and professional wrestling trainer.
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Kazuo Yamazaki
Kazuo Yamazaki (born August 15, 1962) is a Japanese former professional wrestler, who is known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling and UWF International.
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Kazuyuki Fujita
is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and a former amateur wrestler.
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Ken Shamrock
Kenneth Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick; February 11, 1964) is an American mixed martial artist, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer, and retired professional wrestler.
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Kendo Kashin
Tokimitsu Ishizawa (石澤 常光 Ishizawa Tokimitsu), better known by his ring name Kendo Kashin (ケンドー・カシン, Kendō Kashin), is a Japanese professional wrestler.
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Kickboxing
Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate mixed with boxing.
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Kiyoshi Tamura
is a Japanese middleweight professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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Koji Kanemoto
is a Japanese professional wrestler of Zainichi Korean descent.
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Leo Burke
Leonce Cormier (born June 29, 1948) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.
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Luc Poirier
Luc Poirier (born January 9, 1961) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.
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Lucha libre
Lucha libre (meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Mexico for professional wrestling.
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Mano Negra (wrestler)
Jesús Reza Rosales (born January 15, 1959) is a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Mano Negra.
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Mark Lewin
Mark Lewin (born March 16, 1937) is an American retired professional wrestler.
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Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.
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Marty Jones
Marty Jones is a retired English professional wrestler best known for his work in Joint Promotions and All Star Wrestling throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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Masahito Kakihara
is a former Japanese professional wrestler, who is known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling and UWF International.
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Masakatsu Funaki
is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), and Wrestle-1 (W-1).
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Masayuki Naruse
is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, competing in the light heavyweight division.
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Matsumoto, Nagano
is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Maurice Smith (kickboxer)
Maurice L. Smith (born December 13, 1961) is a retired American kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
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Minoru Suzuki
(born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer.
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Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer.
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MS-1 (wrestler)
Pablo Fuentes Reyna (December 31, 1956 – January 12, 2012) was a Mexican luchador (Spanish for professional wrestler) best known under the ring name MS-1 (MS Uno).
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Negro Navarro
Negro Navarro (born June 12, 1957) is the ring name of Miguel Calderón Navarro, a Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling
, operating as, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo.
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Nobuhiko Takada
Nobuhiko Takada (高田延彦, born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, and actor.
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Norman Smiley
Norman Anthony Smiley (born 28 February 1965) is an English/American retired professional wrestler.
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Osamu Kido
is a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Perro Aguayo
Pedro Aguayo Damián (born January 18, 1946) better known as "(El) Perro Aguayo" (Dog Aguayo) and El Can de Nochistlan (Nochistlan Dog) is a famous Mexican wrestler through the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Phil Lafon
Philippe Lafon (born September 16, 1960) is a Canadian professional wrestler.
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Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi
Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Group (Purofesshonaru-resuringu Fujiwara-Gumi, プロフェッショナルレスリング藤原組) was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion based in Japan, operating from 1991 to 1996.
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Professional wrestling holds
Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by performers to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission.
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Puroresu
is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan.
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Raúl Mata
Raúl Mata (born January 26, 1947) is a retired Mexican luchador, or professional wrestler who was mostly active from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Ray Steele (wrestler)
Ray Steele (born Yorkshire) was the ring name of an English professional wrestler.
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Riki Choshu
, better known by his ring name is a Korean-Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler who is best known for his longtime work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as both a wrestler and a booker.
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Rusher Kimura
was Japanese professional wrestler, best known by his ring name.
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Satoru Sayama
(born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts promoter, best known as the original Tiger Mask.
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Scott Casey
Scott Casey (born March 19, 1947) is an American retired professional wrestler who is probably best known for his stint in the World Wrestling Federation between 1987 and 1990.
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Scott McGhee
Garfield Portz is an English retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Scott McGhee.
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Shoot wrestling
Shoot wrestling (also known as shoot style or strong style) is a combat sport that has its origins in Japan's professional wrestling circuit of the 1970s.
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Super World of Sports
Super World of Sports, more commonly known as SWS, was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion from 1990 to 1992.
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Sweet Daddy Siki
Reginald Siki (born June 16, 1940) is an American-born Canadian retired professional wrestler and singer, best known as Sweet Daddy Siki.
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Tadao Yasuda
is a retired sumo and professional wrestler from Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.
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The Missouri Mauler
Larry "Rocky" Hamilton (April 1, 1931 – July 20, 1996), better known by his ring name The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s.
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Tiger Mask
is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji.
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Tokyo
, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.
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Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Japanese All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Universal Lucha Libre
Universal Lucha Libre (Universal Pro-Wrestling until 1991; Federación Universal de Lucha Libre afterward; UWF and FULL used as acronyms) was a professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1990 to 1995.
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UWF International
Union of Wrestling Forces International, better known as UWF International, U-Inter, or simply UWFi, was a shoot style professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1991 to 1996.
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WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a WWE, is an American integrated media and entertainment company that primarily is known for professional wrestling.
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WWF International Heavyweight Championship
The WWF International Heavyweight Championship is a former world heavy weight championship recognized by Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the World Wrestling Federation, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and the Japanese UWF.
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Yoji Anjo
(born December 31, 1969) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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Yoshiaki Fujiwara
is a Japanese professional wrestler and trainer.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.
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Yuji Nagata
is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Japan)
