Karl Gotch, the Glossary

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1. 91 relations: Akira Maeda, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Amateur wrestling, Antonio Inoki, Antwerp, Arakawa, Tokyo, Australia, Belgium, Billy Riley, Black Belt (magazine), Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Bridge (exercise), Buddy Rogers (wrestler), Calisthenics, Canoe.com, Catch wrestling, Dave Scherer, DK (publisher), ECW Press, Fighting Network Rings, Florida, Frank Gotch, Freestyle wrestling, George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, German Heavyweight Championship, Germany, Greco-Roman wrestling, Guard (grappling), Hamburg, Hideki Suzuki, Hiro Matsuda, International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, Iron Mike DiBiase, IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia), Japan, Judo, Kayfabe, King Curtis Iaukea, List of professional wrestling magazines, List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010), Lou Thesz, Luke Graham (wrestler), Madison Square Garden, Masahiko Kimura, Masakatsu Funaki, Mikel Scicluna, Minoru Suzuki, Mixed martial arts, Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, National Wrestling Alliance, ... Expand index (41 more) »

2. Belgian catch wrestlers
3. Belgian emigrants to Germany
4. Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
5. Belgian people of Hungarian descent
6. Belgian professional wrestlers
7. German male professional wrestlers
8. IWA World Heavyweight Champions (Australia)

Akira Maeda

(born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Karl Gotch and Akira Maeda are professional wrestling trainers.

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All Japan Pro Wrestling

(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972, when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion.

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Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels.

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Antonio Inoki

Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born; February 20, 1943 – October 1, 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Karl Gotch and Antonio Inoki are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, professional wrestling trainers and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Antwerp

Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

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Arakawa, Tokyo

is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Billy Riley

Billy Riley (June 22, 1896 – September 9 or 15, 1977) was an English professional wrestler, coach, promoter, and referee. Karl Gotch and Billy Riley are professional wrestling trainers.

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Black Belt (magazine)

Black Belt is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports.

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; jiu-jitsu brasileiro) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting, and submission holds.

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Bridge (exercise)

The bridge (also called gymnastic bridge) is an exercise.

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Buddy Rogers (wrestler)

Buddy Rogers (born Herman Gustav Rohde Jr.; February 20, 1921 – June 26, 1992), better known by the ring name "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginning of the television era. Karl Gotch and Buddy Rogers (wrestler) are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Calisthenics

Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪk/) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.

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Canoe.com

Canoe.com is an English-language Canadian portal site and website network, and is a subsidiary of Postmedia Network.

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Catch wrestling

Catch wrestling (originally catch-as-catch-can) is a style of wrestling with looser rules than forms like Greco-Roman wrestling.

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Dave Scherer

Dave Scherer is an American sports writer and journalist, best known for writing about professional wrestling for the ECW Magazine, New York Daily News, World of Wrestling Magazine, 1Wrestling.com and founding the newsletter The Wrestling Lariat in 1995 and the website PWInsider.com, which he created in 2004 when he left 1Wrestling together with several other reporters.

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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ECW Press

ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario.

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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: shoot style puroresu promotion from its inauguration to 1995, mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion from 1995 to its 2002 disestablishment, and a revived MMA promotion from 2008 onward.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Frank Gotch

Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1877 – December 17, 1917) was an American professional wrestler. Karl Gotch and Frank Gotch are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling.

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George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (TNTHOF) is a professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located within the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dan Gable Museum.

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German Heavyweight Championship

The German Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship defended exclusively in Germany.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Continental English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide.

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Guard (grappling)

The guard is a ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.

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Hideki Suzuki

is a Japanese professional wrestler and catch wrestler currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah.

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Hiro Matsuda

(July 22, 1937 – November 27, 1999), best known by his ring name, was a Japanese professional wrestler and trainer. Karl Gotch and Hiro Matsuda are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, professional wrestling trainers and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

The International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (IPWHF) is an American professional wrestling hall of fame and museum that is located in Albany, New York, at the MVP Arena. Karl Gotch and International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame are professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Iron Mike DiBiase

Michael DiBiase (December 24, 1923 – July 2, 1969) was an American professional wrestler also known by his ring name "Iron" Mike DiBiase. Karl Gotch and Iron Mike DiBiase are NWA Americas Tag Team Champions and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia)

The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from its founding in 1964 until 1971.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Judo

is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.

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Kayfabe

In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.

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King Curtis Iaukea

Curtis Piehau Iaukea III (September 15, 1937 – December 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Karl Gotch and King Curtis Iaukea are IWA World Heavyweight Champions (Australia), professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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List of professional wrestling magazines

This is a list of professional wrestling magazines.

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List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010)

The World Tag Team Championship, originally known as the WWWF World Tag Team Championship, was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

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Lou Thesz

Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), known by the ring name Lou Thesz, was an American professional wrestler. Karl Gotch and Lou Thesz are Expatriate professional wrestlers in Japan, professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and professional wrestling trainers.

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Luke Graham (wrestler)

James Grady Johnson (February 5, 1940 – June 23, 2006) was an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name, "Crazy" Luke Graham. Karl Gotch and Luke Graham (wrestler) are NWA Americas Tag Team Champions and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Masahiko Kimura

was a Japanese judoka and professional wrestler who is widely considered the greatest judoka of all time.

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Masakatsu Funaki

is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler known professionally as, 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). Karl Gotch and Masakatsu Funaki are professional wrestling trainers.

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Mikel Scicluna

Mikel Scicluna (July 29, 1929 – March 20, 2010) was a Maltese professional wrestler who gained his fame during the 1960s and 1970s. Karl Gotch and Mikel Scicluna are IWA World Heavyweight Champions (Australia) and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Minoru Suzuki

(born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, former two-time NEVER Openweight Champion, former one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, former one-time NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion (with former Suzuki-gun stablemates El Desperado and Ren Narita) and a former Provisional KOPW Champion.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.

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Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki

Muhammad Ali vs.

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National Wrestling Alliance

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc.

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling

(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo.

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Nobuhiko Takada

Nobuhiko Takada (高田伸彦, ring name) (born April 12, 1962) is a Japanese former mixed martial artist, retired professional wrestler, actor, and writer. Karl Gotch and Nobuhiko Takada are professional wrestling trainers and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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NWA Americas Tag Team Championship

The NWA Americas Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Hollywood Wrestling based out of Los Angeles, California.

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NWA Hollywood Wrestling

NWA Hollywood Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Los Angeles) was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Los Angeles, California in the United States that promoted professional wrestling matches throughout Southern California.

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NWA World's Heavyweight Championship

The NWA World’s Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professional wrestling promotion.

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Osamu Kido

was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

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Pancrase

Pancrase is a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Tokyo.

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Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1

Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1 was the first mixed martial arts event held by Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling.

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Pehlwani

Pehlwani, also known as Kushti, is a form of wrestling contested in the Indian subcontinent.

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Pride Fighting Championships

PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company.

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.

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Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (PWHF) and Museum was an American professional wrestling hall of fame and museum located in Wichita Falls, Texas; following the postponement of its 19th induction ceremony, planned for May 2020, and an announced temporary closure to expand the museum, its status was changed to "closed due to water leaks" in 2021, and never re-opened.

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Puroresu

is the predominant style of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan.

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Real World Championship

The, also referred to as the Real World Championship was a championship established and promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

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Rene Goulet

Robert Bédard (July 12, 1932 – May 25, 2019) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Karl Gotch and Rene Goulet are Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Ring name

A ring name is a type of stage name used by an athlete such as a professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, or boxer whose real name is considered unattractive, dull, difficult to pronounce or spell, amusing for the wrong reasons, or projecting the wrong image.

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Satoru Sayama

(born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, writer, and mixed martial arts (MMA) and wrestling promoter, best known as the original Tiger Mask. Karl Gotch and Satoru Sayama are professional wrestling trainers and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Shoot wrestling

Shoot wrestling is a Japanese hybrid grappling style and combat sport.

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Shooto

is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission (ISC).

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Smash (wrestler)

Barry Allen Darsow (born October 6, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler who performed as Smash, one half of the tag team Demolition.

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Spiros Arion

Spiros Arion (Σπύρος Αρίων) born Spyridon Manousakis (Σπυρίδων Μανουσάκης) (born September 1940) is an Egyptian-born Greek former professional wrestler who had an extensive and successful career, mainly in Australia and the United States. Karl Gotch and Spiros Arion are IWA World Heavyweight Champions (Australia).

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Squat (exercise)

A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up.

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Suplex

A suplex is an offensive move used in sport wrestling as well as amateur wrestling and professional wrestling.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.

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Tarzan Tyler

Camille Laurent Tourville (December 4, 1927 – December 24, 1985), better known by his ring name Tarzan "The Boot" Tyler, was a Canadian professional wrestler and manager. Karl Gotch and Tarzan Tyler are Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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Tatsumi Fujinami

(born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on a legend's contract. Karl Gotch and Tatsumi Fujinami are NWA Americas Tag Team Champions, professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, professional wrestling trainers and Stampede Wrestling alumni.

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The Snake Pit (Wigan)

The Snake Pit is a wrestling gym and organisation in Aspull, Wigan Borough, England.

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Tokyo Sports

is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960.

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UFC 1

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (later renamed UFC 1: The Beginning) was the first mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, United States, on November 12, 1993.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)

The original Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion from 1984 to 1986, formed by wrestlers who had left New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

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World Championship Wrestling (Australia)

World Championship Wrestling was an Australian professional wrestling promotion that ran from 1964 until 1978.

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World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)

The 1971 to 2010 version of the World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, and the company's third tag team championship overall. Originally established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) on June 3, 1971 (renamed World Wrestling Federation/WWF in 1979), it served as the only title for tag teams in the promotion until the then-WWF bought World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001, which added the WCW Tag Team Championship.

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Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

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Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 3 August to 6 August at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) is a newsletter that covers professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.

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Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) hall of fame that recognizes people who make significant contributions to their professions.

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WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion.

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Yoshiaki Fujiwara

is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter. Karl Gotch and Yoshiaki Fujiwara are professional wrestling trainers.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom.

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See also

Belgian catch wrestlers

• Karl Gotch

Belgian emigrants to Germany

• Alfred Leber
• Gottfried von Bismarck
• Hans-Holger Albrecht
• Jasmin Schwiers
• Jef van de Wiele
• Karl Gotch
• Kostja Mushidi
• Ria Jende
• Ruben Blommaert
• Werner Meyer-Eppler
• Xenia Smits

Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Japan

• Jordy Croux
• Karl Gotch
• Kevin Oris
• Lorenzo Staelens
• René Desaeyere
• Thomas Vermaelen

Belgian people of Hungarian descent

• András Pándy
• Gabriel Fehervari
• House of Croÿ
• Karl Gotch
• Kerani
• Prince Lorenz of Belgium
• Zoltán Kovac (footballer, born 1954)

Belgian professional wrestlers

• Constant Lavaux
• Karl Gotch
• Salvatore Bellomo

German male professional wrestlers

• Absolute Andy
• Achim Albrecht
• Ad Santel
• Alex Wright
• Alexander Wolfe (wrestler)
• Bad Bones
• Bobby Gunns
• Bull Pain
• Carl Abs
• Da Mack
• David Finlay (wrestler)
• Dick Shikat
• Don Fargo
• Emil Naucke
• Erich Froelich
• Ernest Roeber
• Hans Steinke
• Hektor Invictus
• Horst Hoffman
• Ilja Dragunov
• Jay Skillet
• Karl Gotch
• Karsten Beck
• Laurance Roman
• Levaniel (wrestler)
• Ludwig Kaiser
• Maggot (wrestler)
• Marc Jung
• Marius Al-Ani
• Murat Bosporus
• Norman Harras
• Oskar Leube
• Roland Bock
• Sebastian Hackl
• Stephen Petitpas
• Teoman (wrestler)
• The Rotation
• Tim Wiese
• Ulf Herman
• Wilhelm von Homburg

IWA World Heavyweight Champions (Australia)

• Adnan Al-Kaissie
• Bearcat Wright
• Billy Robinson
• Dominic DeNucci
• Gorilla Monsoon
• Hercules Cortez
• John Hill (wrestler)
• Karl Gotch
• Killer Karl Kox
• Killer Kowalski
• King Curtis Iaukea
• Mario Milano
• Mark Lewin
• Mikel Scicluna
• Mitsu Arakawa
• Professor Tanaka
• Ray Stevens (wrestler)
• Ripper Collins (wrestler)
• Skull Murphy
• Spiros Arion
• Stan Stasiak
• Tex McKenzie
• The Spoiler (wrestler)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch

Also known as Karel Istaz, Karl Istaz, Karl Krauser.

, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Nobuhiko Takada, NWA Americas Tag Team Championship, NWA Hollywood Wrestling, NWA World's Heavyweight Championship, Osamu Kido, Pancrase, Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1, Pehlwani, Pride Fighting Championships, Professional wrestling, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Puroresu, Real World Championship, Rene Goulet, Ring name, Satoru Sayama, Shoot wrestling, Shooto, Smash (wrestler), Spiros Arion, Squat (exercise), Suplex, Tampa, Florida, Tarzan Tyler, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Snake Pit (Wigan), Tokyo Sports, UFC 1, Ultimate Fighting Championship, United States, Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan), World Championship Wrestling (Australia), World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010), Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight, Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, WWE, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, 1948 Summer Olympics.