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Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling, staged athletic entertainment with predetermined outcomes and kayfabe pretence of real combat; styles include lucha libre, puroresu, catch; major promotions WWE, CMLL, AAA, NJPW; real injury risk despite scripting.
Professional wrestling aerial techniques
Professional wrestling aerial techniques, often called high-flying moves, are attacks launched from elevated positions such as the top turnbuckle, ranging from simple dives to multi-rotation presses.
Professional wrestling championship
Professional wrestling championship: a scripted accolade, usually a title belt modeled on boxing belts, marking top status in a promotion. Includes world, tag team, women's, and gimmick titles; NWA territory-era traveling champion lineage.
Professional wrestling holds
Professional wrestling holds are techniques used in scripted matches to restrain, control, or force a submission, with most holds adapted from catch wrestling, which developed in Lancashire, England.
Professional wrestling in Mexico
Professional wrestling in Mexico (lucha libre): scripted wrestling since 1933, defined by masks, two-of-three-fall matches, CMLL and AAA promotions, 2018 Mexico City heritage status, and WWE's 2025 acquisition of AAA.
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom: British pro wrestling under the 1946 Mountevans rules, the ITV World of Sport golden era, WWF's 1986-1993 rise, and today's unregulated independent scene.
Professional wrestling match types
Professional wrestling match types (gimmick or concept matches): rule sets from singles and tag team basics to hardcore, weapon, cage, and stipulation formats like Falls Count Anywhere, Iron Man, Royal Rumble, Money in the Bank, and Punjabi Prison.
Professional wrestling throws
Professional wrestling throws: techniques lifting an opponent and throwing or slamming them down, the core of pro wrestling action. Rooted in catch wrestling; includes suplexes, bodyslams, powerslams, chokeslams.
Professor Tanaka
Professor Tanaka, also known as Professor Toru Tanaka, was an American professional wrestler born in Honolulu, Hawaii, whose real name was Charles J. Kalani Jr.
Progress Wrestling
PROGRESS Wrestling, British independent promotion founded 2012 in London by Jim Smallman and Jon Briley; chaptered shows, Super Strong Style 16, Wembley 2018; owned since May 2026 by Big Damo and Nikki Cross.
Psicosis
Psicosis, also known as Nicho el Millonario, is the ring name of Mexican wrestler Dionicio Castellanos Torres, famous for his masked, high-flying rivalry with Rey Mysterio.
Puja Tomar (पूजा टोमर)
Puja Tomar (पूजा टोमर), "The Cyclone", Indian women's strawweight MMA fighter from Budhana, Uttar Pradesh; first Indian woman in the UFC and first Indian to win a UFC bout, beating Rayanne dos Santos by split decision on June 8, 2024; record 9-6, UFC 1-2.
Puroresu (プロレス)
Puroresu (プロレス), Japanese professional wrestling, from Rikidōzan's 1953 JWA through strong style, the NTV/TV Asahi/Fuji TV era, joshi puroresu, and NJPW's 2026 sale to TV Asahi and CyberAgent.
PWA Champions Grail
The PWA Champions Grail is a professional wrestling championship shared by Maple Leaf Pro, Oceania Pro, and Qatar Pro Wrestling, inaugurated in 2024 with Rohan Raja as first champion.
Queen Aminata
Queen Aminata (Aminata Sylla), Guinean professional wrestler born in Guinea, signed to AEW and Ring of Honor since 2021/2024; former DPW Women's Worlds and GCW women's champion, sidelined by a neck injury November 2025 to April 2026.
Quillan Salkilld
Quillan Salkilld (Quillan Zane Salkilld), Australian UFC lightweight born 1999 in Pinjarra, WA; 13-1 pro, 6-0 UFC, Contender Series 2024 graduate, Eternal MMA champion, first-round KO/submit specialist.
Quinton Jackson
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson (born 1978, Memphis) is an American MMA fighter, former UFC light heavyweight champion (2007, KO of Chuck Liddell), Pride star, Bellator tournament winner, and actor who played B.A. Baracus in The A-Team (2010).
R-Truth
R-Truth is the ring name of Ronnie Aaron Killings (born 1972), an American wrestler and rapper known for his long WWE career and comedy persona.
Rabindra Dhant
Rabindra Dhant, "Bajhang ko Baagh", Nepali bantamweight MMA fighter born 1998; MFN champion 2025 and Road to UFC Season 5 finalist with an 11-1 professional record.
Rachael Ellering
Rachael Ellering (Rachael Evers), American professional wrestler born 1992 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; daughter of Paul Ellering, Lance Storm trainee, former Impact Knockouts Tag Team Champion with Jordynne Grace, now in Ring of Honor.
Rachael Ostovich
Rachael Ostovich (born 1991, Honolulu) is an American women's flyweight MMA fighter, The Ultimate Fighter 26 cast member, 4-6 pro record, 1-3 in UFC, later BKFC.
Radik Isayev
Radik Isayev (Radik İsayev, born 1989, Ukhul, Dagestan) is an Azerbaijani taekwondo fighter, Rio 2016 Olympic +80 kg champion, 2015 world champion, and European champion in 2014 and 2018.
RAF 09
RAF 09 is a 2026 Real American Freestyle event, streamed exclusively on Fox Nation from College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, headlined by Gable Steveson versus Alexandr Romanov.
RAF 10
RAF 10 (Real American Freestyle 10) was a freestyle wrestling event on June 13, 2026 at Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, headlined by Khamzat Chimaev pinning Dillon Danis; DeSanto defended his bantamweight title.
RAF 12
RAF 12, also billed Dvalishvili vs Cejudo 2, was Real American Freestyle's one-year anniversary freestyle wrestling card on August 22, 2026 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, where Henry Cejudo pinned Merab Dvalishvili in 36 seconds for the lightweight title and Jordan Burroughs debuted with an 11-0 technical fall over Sean Brady.
RAF 14
RAF 14 (Tsarukyan vs. Danis), a Real American Freestyle pro wrestling event, October 23, 2026, Fontainebleau Las Vegas: Tsarukyan won the inaugural middleweight crossover title; Caliendo upset Burroughs; Lovett took the lightweight belt.
RAF Georgia
RAF Georgia (Real American Freestyle Georgia) was RAF's first international professional freestyle wrestling event, held July 11, 2026 at Tbilisi Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia, headlined by Dvalishvili vs Cejudo, with Kyle Snyder pinning Abdulrashid Sadulaev to retain the light heavyweight title.
RAF Moscow
RAF Moscow is a 2026 professional wrestling and freestyle event staged in Moscow by Real American Freestyle with the International Boxing Association, headlined by Khamzat Chimaev's 94-second pin of Tyron Woodley.
Rafael dos Anjos
Rafael dos Anjos, Brazilian MMA fighter born 1984, former UFC lightweight champion (won UFC 185 vs Pettis 2015, defended once, lost to Alvarez 2016), now UFC welterweight, Kings MMA.
Rafael Espinoza
Rafael "El Divino" Espinoza, undefeated Mexican WBO featherweight champion (28-0, 24 KOs), 6 ft 1 in, who upset Robeisy Ramirez in December 2023 and defended the title four times, including a rematch TKO.