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Andy Kaufman

Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer and performance artist.

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Archie Gouldie

Archibald Edward Gouldie (November 22, 1936 – January 23, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

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AWA International Heavyweight Championship

The AWA International Heavyweight Championship, originally known as the CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship (also identified as the Mid-Southern International Championship and the AWA International Championship) was a major professional wrestling title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association.

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AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship

The AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title in the Continental Wrestling Association during the 1970s and 1980s.

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AWA Southern Tag Team Championship

The AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s.

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AWA World Tag Team Championship

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded in 1991.

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Bill Dundee

William Cruickshanks (born 24 October 1943) is an Australian retired professional wrestler and author better known by his ring name Bill Dundee.

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Brian Christopher

Brian Christopher Lawler (January 10, 1972 – July 29, 2018) was an American professional wrestler.

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Continental Wrestling Association

Continental Wrestling Association (later the Championship Wrestling Association) was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett.

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Curt Hennig

Curtis Michael Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), better known by the ring name Mr.

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CWA Heavyweight Championship

The CWA Heavyweight Championship was a major professional wrestling title defended in the Championship Wrestling Association.

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CWA World Heavyweight Championship (Memphis)

The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the American promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association.

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CWA World Tag Team Championship

The CWA World Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association.

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Eddie Gilbert (wrestler)

Thomas Edward Gilbert Jr. (August 14, 1961 – February 18, 1995) better known by his ring name "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, was an American professional wrestler and booker.

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Feud (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or groups of wrestlers.

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Jackie Fargo

Henry Faggart (June 26, 1930 – June 24, 2013) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jackie Fargo.

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Jerry Jarrett

Jerry Winston Jarrett (September 4, 1942 – February 14, 2023) was an American businessman, professional wrestling promoter, and professional wrestler.

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Jim Cornette

James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author, historian, and podcaster who has previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, photographer, promoter, trainer, and occasional professional wrestler.

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Jim White (wrestler)

James White (July 11, 1942 – January 7, 2010) was an American professional wrestler during the 1960s and 1970s in the southern United States.

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Jimmy Hart

James Ray Hart (born January 1, 1944) is an American professional wrestling manager, executive, composer, and musician.

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Jos LeDuc

Michel Pigeon (August 31, 1944 – May 1, 1999) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jos LeDuc.

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Kamala (wrestler)

James Arthur Harris (May 28, 1950August 9, 2020), better known by his ring name Kamala, was an American professional wrestler.

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Kerry Von Erich

Kerry Gene Adkisson (February 3, 1960 – February 18, 1993), better known by his ring name Kerry Von Erich, was an American professional wrestler.

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King Kong Bundy

Christopher Alan Pallies (November 7, 1957 – March 4, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor better known by his wrestling gimmick and ring name, King Kong Bundy.

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Lance Russell

Lance Russell (March 18, 1926 – October 3, 2017) was an American sports broadcaster and ring announcer, primarily serving as a professional wrestling announcer and commentator in the Memphis region from 1959 to 1997.

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List of National Wrestling Alliance territories

Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) was the largest governing body in professional wrestling.

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List of professional wrestling promotions

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling.

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Manager (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a manager is a supporting character paired with a wrestler (or wrestlers) for a variety of reasons.

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Mick Foley

Michael "Mick" Francis Foley (born June 7, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler and author.

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Mid-South Coliseum

Mid-South Coliseum is an indoor arena in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Moondogs (professional wrestling)

The Moondogs were a professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and in the Memphis promotions: the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), which became the United States Wrestling Association (USWA).

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Nick Bockwinkel

Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel (December 6, 1934 – November 14, 2015) was an American professional wrestler.

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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title that was originally defended in the US states of Tennessee and Alabama.

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NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title for lighter wrestlers, board-controlled by the National Wrestling Alliance since December 1949. It originally was used by various promotions across the Southeastern United States, most prevalently in NWA Mid-America based Tennessee. In August 1974, it was renamed the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ''(Memphis version)''. The title was revived by the NWA in December 1999, and is used in the NWA Mid-South promotion, based in Humboldt, Tennessee.

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NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship

The NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship was a secondary tag team title promoted as the name indicates mainly in the Tennessee region from 1967 until 1977, first by Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling and occasionally NWA Mid-America from 1967 to 1974 then by its successor Southeast Championship Wrestling from 1974 to 1977 when it was abandoned.

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NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version)

The Mid-America version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s NWA Mid-America territory from 1962 until 1976.

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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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Randy Savage

Randy Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, actor, rapper and professional baseball player.

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Referee (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a referee is an authority figure present in or near the ring during matches.

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Rick Rude

Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

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Scott Steiner

Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by the ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler.

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The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)

The Midnight Express was the name used by several professional wrestling tag teams of changing members, usually under the management of Jim Cornette.

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Tommy Rich

Thomas Richardson (born July 26, 1956) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tommy “Wildfire” Rich.

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Uncle Elmer

Stanley C. Fraizer (August 16, 1937 – July 1, 1992), also known as Plowboy Frazier, was an American professional wrestler.

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United States Wrestling Association

The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship

The USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship formed in 1988, which consisted of the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship from World Class Championship Wrestling and the AWA World Heavyweight Championship from the American Wrestling Association.

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USWA World Tag Team Championship

The USWA World Tag Team Championship was the primary professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Memphis, Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association (USWA).

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Viscera (wrestler)

Nelson Frazier Jr. (February 14, 1971 – February 18, 2014) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) in the 1990s and 2000s under the ring names Mabel, King Mabel, Viscera, Vis, and Big Daddy V. A former WWF World Tag Team Champion and WWF Hardcore Champion, he won the 1995 King of the Ring tournament and consequently challenged for the WWF Championship in the main event of that year's SummerSlam.

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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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Yokozuna (wrestler)

Agatupu Rodney Anoai (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler.

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