Catch wrestling (originally catch-as-catch-can) is an English style of wrestling with looser rules than forms like Greco-Roman wrestling. For example,...
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England in a wrestling match. The Lancashire style of folk wrestling may have formed the basis for Catch wrestling, also known as "catch as catch can." The...
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The Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) was a professional wrestling organization based in Austria and Germany that was founded as the Internationalen Berufsringer...
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professional wrestler Satoru Sayama. Shootfighting: A Japanese martial art consisting of Muay Thai and catch wrestling. Combat wrestling (ja): A style...
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inspired and influenced by catch wrestling, a form of wrestling with submissions that was the predominant style of professional wrestling in the 19th and early...
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Lancashire wrestling, commonly called Lancashire catch-as-catch-can or Lancashire style, is a folk wrestling style that originated in the historic county...
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under freestyle rules. Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its origins in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. In both styles, the ultimate goal...
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name is derived from the military term "No quarter" and Catch wrestling, a style of wrestling that each member specializes in. Their motto is "No pity...
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Mixed martial arts (redirect from No holds barred wrestling)
hook. Catch wrestling appeared in the late 19th century, combining several global styles of wrestling, including Indian pehlwani and English wrestling. In...
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catch-as-catch-can in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Catch as catch can may refer to: Catch wrestling, also known as Catch As Catch Can Wrestling Catch...
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27, 1994. Hogue wrestled for the Catch Wrestling Association from 1994 to 1995, and again in 1996.[citation needed] He won the Catch Cup 1995 tournament...
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The Snake Pit (Wigan) (redirect from Catch Wrestling World Championships)
1948 to teach Lancashire style catch-as-catch-can (CACC), freestyle, and professional wrestling (termed "show wrestling"). The original building was described...
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A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. "Promotion" also describes...
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and the Most Embarrassing Wrestler in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards for 1992. Fin Martin of professional wrestling magazine Power Slam, in a...
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Ouellet wrestled for the Catch Wrestling Association in Hanover and Bremen in Germany. Wrestling as "Jean-Pierre LaFitte", he competed in both the Catch Cup...
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A shoot in professional wrestling is any unplanned, unscripted, or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event. It is a carny term shortened from "straight...
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Welterweight (category Professional wrestling weight classes)
Weight Divisions in Professional Wrestling Wrestling-Titles.com Retrieved March 31 2023 "The History of British Wrestling: Part One". Bleacher Report. 2010-06-10...
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Catchweight (redirect from Catch weight)
be used in professional wrestling, but should not be confused with catch wrestling (a precursor to modern professional wrestling). Strictly speaking, a...
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professional wrestling, as a performing art, started in the late 19th century, with predecessors in funfair and variety strongman and wrestling performances...
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cricket Catch or reception (gridiron football) Catch, part of a rowing stroke Catch wrestling, a combat sport Catch, anglicism for professional wrestling in...
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New Catch Republic is an English professional wrestling tag team consisting of Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate. They are currently signed with WWE and appear...
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1919. Catch wrestling World Catch-as-Catch-Can Championship (1 time) American Catch-as-Catch-can Championship (1 time) Greco-Roman wrestling American...
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Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines staged wrestling combat with...
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OnlineWorldofWrestling.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18. "Catch Wrestling Association". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-18...
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Armlock (redirect from Chicken wing (catch wrestling))
including but not limited to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, judo, jujutsu, Sambo, and shoot wrestling, and is reportedly at least 200 years old. The...
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Professional wrestling in France dates back to the 1830s and exhibitions of Greco Roman wrestling in circuses. In the 1930s French wrestling moved from...
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Heavyweight Wrestling Championship was the first recognized professional wrestling world heavyweight championship created in 1905 to identify the best catch as...
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Luc Poirier (redirect from Rambo (wrestler))
Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) under...
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competing internationally. He won the heavyweight division at the 2022 Catch Wrestling World Championships. Owen Livesey was born on 3 August 1991 in St Helens...
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seven wrestling events were contested, all in the freestyle discipline. Then known as catch wrestling, it was the first time freestyle wrestling was featured...
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