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Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki (青木真也), 'Tobikan Judan,' is a Japanese lightweight MMA submission specialist and former Shooto, WAMMA, DREAM, and two-time ONE champion, with roughly 33 of 49 wins by submission.
Shirine Boukli
Shirine Boukli is a French −48 kg judoka, born in 1999 in Aramon, who won individual bronze and mixed-team gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics and holds five European titles.
Shirvani Muradov
Shirvani Muradov (Ширвани Мурадов), born 1985 in Dagestan, is a Russian freestyle wrestler who won Olympic gold at 96 kg in Beijing 2008 and the 2007 European title.
Shohachi Ishii
Shohachi Ishii (石井庄八, 1926–1980), Japanese freestyle wrestler; won bantamweight gold at Helsinki 1952, the first Japanese Olympic champion after World War II and Japan's only 1952 gold medalist.
Shoot (professional wrestling)
Shoot (professional wrestling): an unscripted, real event in wrestling, opposite of a "work"; covers shoot fights, shoot promos like CM Punk's 2011 pipebomb, and Japanese shoot wrestling (UWF, Shooto, Pancrase).
Shoot wrestling
Shoot wrestling: Japanese pro wrestling style emulating real catch-as-catch-can combat, begun with the 1984 UWF (Maeda, Takada, Fujiwara, Karl Gotch training); led to Pancrase, Shooto, RINGS, UWFi and modern MMA.
Shota Khabareli
Shota Khabareli (შოთა ხაბარელი), born 1958, Georgian judoka for the USSR; Olympic gold in half-middleweight (−78 kg) at Moscow 1980, world bronze 1983, namesake of the obi tori gaeshi throw called the "Khabareli," later Georgian national coach and member of parliament.
Shota Umino (海野翔太)
Shota Umino (海野翔太), real name Shota Unno, born 1997, is an NJPW heavyweight wrestler, son of referee Red Shoes Unno, Jon Moxley's protégé, former IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, and a four-time G1 Climax entrant.
Shotokan
Shotokan (松濤館流) is the karate style founded by Gichin Funakoshi, who renamed karate-jutsu karate-do in 1929. Known for 27 kata, semi-contact kumite, and the JKA, founded 1948, which split after Nakayama's 1987 death.
Shotzi Blackheart
Shotzi Blackheart (Ashley Louise Urbanski, b. 1993), American pro wrestler, ex-WWE/NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, now in TNA and on the indies, reigning MLW World Women's Champion.
Shozo Sasahara
Shozo Sasahara (笹原正三, 1929–2023), Japanese freestyle wrestler; 1956 Melbourne Olympic featherweight gold and 1954 world champion; later Japan Wrestling Federation president, FILA vice-president, and Olympic Order recipient.
Sibelis Veranes
Sibelis Veranes (Sibelis Veranes Morell, born 1974, Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban judoka, 1999 World champion and 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist in women's middleweight (≤70 kg), beating Kate Howey in the final.
Sid Eudy
Sid Eudy (Sidney Raymond Eudy, 1960–2024), known as Sid Vicious, Sid Justice, and Sycho Sid, was an American professional wrestler, two-time WWE Champion and two-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
Sika Anoa'i
Sika Anoa'i (Leati Sika Amituana'i Anoa'i, 1945-2024), Samoan wrestler, one half of The Wild Samoans tag team with brother Afa, three-time WWF tag champion, 2007 WWE Hall of Famer, father of Roman Reigns.
Silas Mason (wrestler)
"Thrillbilly" Silas Mason (also Kassius Koonz) is an American professional wrestler signed to the National Wrestling Alliance, current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion in his first reign, former NWA National Heavyweight Champion, and a member of The Southern Six.
Silat
Silat: Malay Archipelago martial art of self-defence, also Pencak Silat sport; UNESCO-listed 2019 via Malaysia; 150+ styles; PERSILAT founded 1980; SEA Games sport since 1987.
Silver King (wrestler)
Silver King (César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón, 1968–2019), Mexican luchador of the Wagner dynasty, CMLL world champion, WCW and Black Tiger III performer, Ramses in Nacho Libre; died in a London match.
Sim Gwon Ho
Sim Gwon Ho (심권호, Sim Kwon-Ho), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler born 1972 in Seongnam; won Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996 (48 kg) and Sydney 2000 (54 kg), two world titles, FILA Hall of Fame 2014.
Simon Gotch
Simon Gotch, ring name of Seth Lesser (born 1982), American wrestler; formerly Ryan Drago; WWE 2013-2017 as half of The Vaudevillains with Aiden English, NXT Tag Team Champion 2015; later MLW, NOAH, indies.
Simona Pop
Simona Pop (born 1988, Satu Mare), Romanian épée fencer, Steaua București; Olympic team épée gold at Rio 2016, world team silver and bronze, two European team titles.
Simone Vanni
Simone Vanni (born 1979, Pisa) is an Italian foil fencer, 2004 Olympic team gold medalist and 2002 individual world champion, now head coach of Italy's Olympic foil team after coaching Paralympic foil from 2015.
Sin Jun Seop
Sin Jun Seop (신준섭, Shin Joon-Sup), born 1963, South Korean amateur boxer; won 1984 Los Angeles Olympic middleweight gold, beating Virgil Hill 3-2, first Korean Olympic boxing gold; 1986 Asian Games champion; never turned pro.
Singlestick
Singlestick: traditional ash-wood training stick with basket hilt for backsword and sabre practice, an English 18th-19th-century combat sport, 1904 Olympic event, revived today in HEMA clubs.
Siyakholwa Kuse
Siyakholwa 'One Way' Kuse (born 2003) is a South African minimumweight boxer, WBC strawweight world champion since May 2026 after beating Melvin Jerusalem; record 10-3-1 (4 KOs).
Skye Blue
Skye Blue (Skylar Dolecki, born 1999, Chicago) is an American professional wrestler signed to AEW and Stardom, reigning Artist of Stardom Champion with Julia Hart and Thekla, known for a hardcore, high-flying style and a 2024 broken ankle recovery.
Slammiversary (2025)
Slammiversary (2025) was TNA Wrestling's July 20, 2025 pay-per-view at UBS Arena, Elmont, New York, drawing a then-record 7,623 fans; Trick Williams retained the TNA World Title, Leon Slater became the youngest X Division Champion, and AJ Styles and Bully Ray returned.
Slammy Award
The Slammy Award, also known as the WWE Slammy Award, is an annual award presented by WWE to its own performers, matches, and moments since 1986.
Slobodan Kacar
Slobodan Kacar (Слободан Качар), born 1957 in Jajce, is a Serbian boxer who won 1980 Olympic light-heavyweight gold for Yugoslavia and the IBF light-heavyweight pro title (1985–1986), brother of 1976 silver medalist Tadija.
SmackDown (WWE brand)
SmackDown (WWE brand) is a weekly professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It debuted in 1999 and is the second-longest-running weekly episodic cable show in U.S. history.
Smackville
Smackville was a one-hour WWE Network wrestling special produced for the SmackDown brand on July 27, 2019, at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, headlined by Kofi Kingston retaining the WWE Championship.