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"I Quit" match
An "I Quit" match is a professional wrestling contest with no pinfalls or count-outs, won only by making the opponent say "I quit" into a microphone.
"Superstar" Billy Graham
"Superstar" Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman, 1943–2023), American bodybuilder turned WWE wrestler; ended Bruno Sammartino's WWE Championship reign in 1977; persona template for Hulk Hogan and Jesse Ventura; Hall of Fame 2004.
1 Called Manders
1 Called Manders (Steve Manders, born 1993, Iowa City) is an American independent professional wrestler, a former Iowa football player trained by Seth Rollins and Marek Brave; a cowboy brawler holding the wXw Unified World Wrestling Title and former MLW tag champion.
2 Cold Scorpio
2 Cold Scorpio (Too Cold Scorpio), ring name of Charles Scaggs, American pro wrestler (debut 1985) known for the 450 splash; WCW, ECW, WWF Flash Funk, NJPW, AJPW, NOAH veteran; 4x ECW TV Champion.
2012 in UFC
2012 in UFC: the promotion's year of 31 events and 341 fights, six new champions including Demetrious Johnson and Ronda Rousey, two new divisions, the first-ever event cancellation (UFC 151), and the first full FOX deal year.
2016 in Bellator MMA
2016 in Bellator MMA: the promotion's eighth year under president Scott Coker, holding 23 numbered events from Bellator 148 in Fresno to Bellator 169 in Dublin, with international cards in Italy, London, Tel Aviv, and Budapest.
2024 in Misfits Boxing
2024 in Misfits Boxing covers the crossover promotion's X Series events from January through November, including X Series 19 in Doha, the Brooke-VanZant split draw, and a swatted Nashville card.
2024 Summer Olympics boxing controversy
2024 Paris Olympics boxing controversy over Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting, disqualified by the IBA in 2023 but cleared by the IOC under passport rules; both won gold, prompting World Boxing's 2025 genetic sex-testing policy.
2024 World Wrestling Championships
2024 World Wrestling Championships: UWW Senior Worlds for non-Olympic weight categories, held 28-31 October 2024 in Tirana, Albania; 49 teams; Georgia led freestyle team ranking; Sadulaev beat Taylor at 92 kg.
2024 WWE Draft
2024 WWE Draft, the 18th WWE Draft, held April 26 and 29, 2024 across SmackDown and Raw; champions protected, NXT talent eligible, rosters effective May 6, 2024.
2025 Continental Classic
2025 Continental Classic: third annual AEW round-robin tournament (12 men, Gold and Blue Leagues, Continental Rules), November 26 to December 27, 2025; Jon Moxley beat Kazuchika Okada in the Worlds End final to win the AEW Continental Championship.
2025 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
2025 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship covers the year's BKFC events, headlined by Jeremy Stephens stopping Eddie Alvarez at KnuckleMania 5 in Philadelphia, with Ben Rothwell winning the heavyweight title.
2025 in Misfits Boxing
2025 in Misfits Boxing saw former UFC fighters headline the promotion's cards, Chase DeMoor win and defend the heavyweight title, and DeMoor beat Andrew Tate in Dubai.
2025 in UFC
2025 in UFC: championship year in which 9 of 11 weight classes changed undisputed champions; Topuria won lightweight gold, Makhachev became two-division champion, Dvalishvili lost at UFC 323, and UFC signed a $7.7B Paramount deal.
2025 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships
2025 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships, held in Philadelphia; Penn State won its fourth straight team title with 177 points over Nebraska's 117 under Cael Sanderson, with six past champions in the finals.
2025 World Boxing Championships
2025 World Boxing Championships: inaugural World Boxing event in Liverpool, 4–14 September 2025, 540+ boxers from 66 federations, Kazakhstan topped the medals; distinct from the IBA's Dubai men's championships in December 2025.
2025 World Judo Championships
2025 World Judo Championships (OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary 2025), IJF senior worlds in Budapest, 13-20 June 2025; 556 judoka from 93 nations; Japan led with 15 medals; Georgia won its first mixed team title.
2025 World Taekwondo Championships
2025 World Taekwondo Championships (Wuxi 2025), 27th edition, held 24–30 October 2025 in Wuxi, China; largest edition with 853 competitors from 145 nations, 16 champions over 681 matches, golds spread across eleven countries.
2025 World Wrestling Championships
2025 World Wrestling Championships, senior UWW worlds held in Zagreb, Croatia, September 13-21, 2025, at Arena Zagreb; first Croatian hosting, with Kougioumtsidis, Hidlay, and Komarov among champions.
2026 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
2026 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship: BKFC's year of events, headlined by KnuckleMania VI (Arlovski beats Rothwell, ~250k buys), BKFC 92 at Fenway Park, Till vs Romero at BKFC 94 Manchester, and the $25M tournament slipping to 2027.
2026 in Glory
2026 in Glory: the 15th year of GLORY Kickboxing, spanning GLORY 105-110 and Collision 9-10. New eight-man title grand prix format; champions Mory Kromah, Kento Haraguchi, Mohamed Touchassie.
2026 in K-1
2026 in K-1 covers the Japanese kickboxing promotion K-1 (K-1 WORLD GP, Krush) during 2026: World MAX 2026 -70kg qualifiers in eight countries and the Sep 12 Yoyogi final, -90kg Brasilia, Yekaterinburg, and Iasi qualifiers, and the Krush, Koshien, and Amateur circuits.
2026 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
2026 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), the Polish MMA promotion: events KSW 114–124, title changes for Yakymenko, Leśko, Kaczmarczyk and Luzar-Smajić, Parnasse's April 2026 departure, and De Fries's 14 defenses.
2026 in Misfits Boxing and MF Pro
2026 in Misfits Boxing and MF Pro: the year MF Pro, Misfits Boxing's professional division (also under MF Sports, formed by the Sauerlands), staged its debut Conlan-Walsh card, Wilder-Chisora PPV, and US launch in Long Beach.
2026 in Oktagon MMA
2026 in Oktagon MMA: the Czech-Slovak promotion's 10th-anniversary season, with a record 19 events, Jotko dethroning Engizek, a ~60,000-fan Frankfurt stadium show, and OKTAGON 100 in Prague on 29 December 2026.
2026 in ONE Championship
2026 in ONE Championship: the Singapore-based martial arts promotion's year of 70+ planned events, ONE 174/175, ONE Fight Night 39-50 on Prime Video, ONE SAMURAI in Japan, ONE: Qatar, and AI rankings.
2026 in Professional Fighters League
2026 in Professional Fighters League: PFL's MMA season from PFL Dubai (Feb 7) to PFL Lyon (Dec 19), with the FOX Latin America deal, Combat Registry rankings, MVP merger, and inaugural women's flyweight and bantamweight titles.
2026 in professional wrestling
2026 in professional wrestling: WrestleMania 42 at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas (April 18–19), Reigns beating Punk for the World Heavyweight Title, 106K+ attendees; TNA's Slammiversary and Bound For Glory, AEW All In London, and WWE PLEs moving to ESPN.
2026 in Rizin Fighting Federation
2026 in Rizin Fighting Federation: ten RIZIN MMA events from RIZIN.52 (March 7) to RIZIN.56 (December 31), including Super RIZIN.5's RIZIN-PFL featherweight double title fight, Shaidulloev vs McKee, and a super atomweight tournament.
2026 in sumo
2026 in sumo: the six honbasho of Grand Sumo, January 11 to November 22, 2026. Two yokozuna (Hoshoryu, Onosato), Kirishima regains ozeki after the March basho, Aonishiki wins July.