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Verne Gagne
Verne Gagne (1926-2015), American wrestler and promoter, two-time NCAA champion and 1948 Olympian, founded and owned the AWA in Minneapolis, held its title 10 times, and entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.
Verner Weckman
Verner Weckman (Johan Verner Weckman, 1882–1968), Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler and engineer, first Finnish Olympic champion: gold at 1906 Intercalated Games middleweight and 1908 London light-heavyweight; later Nokia predecessor executive.
Veronique Brouquier
Veronique Brouquier (Véronique Brouquier-Reddé), born 1957, French foil fencer; Olympic gold in women's foil team at Moscow 1980 and bronze at Los Angeles 1984; later a CNRS archaeologist at the AOROC laboratory.
VertVixen
VertVixen (Alicia Bellamy-Caudillo, born 1990) is an American professional wrestler, first-ever DEFY Women's Champion and two-time New Texas Pro Women's Champion, reportedly under AEW/ROH contract since August 2026.
Vicente Luque
Vicente Luque, 'The Silent Assassin' (Asesino Silencioso), is a Brazilian UFC middleweight, formerly welterweight, 24-13-1 with 21 stoppage wins, most D'Arce chokes in UFC history, who returned from a 2022 brain bleed and moved up to 185 pounds in 2026.
Vickie Guerrero
Vickie Guerrero, widow of Eddie Guerrero, is an American wrestling manager and authority figure known for her "Excuse me!" catchphrase, WWE GM roles on Raw and SmackDown, and later AEW run managing Nyla Rose.
Victor Avendano
Víctor Avendaño (1907–1984), Argentine light-heavyweight boxer nicknamed El Maestro; won gold at Amsterdam 1928, first Argentine individual Olympic champion, later a referee in over 2,500 fights.
Victor Ortiz
Victor "Vicious" Ortiz (Victor Manuel Ortiz), American southpaw boxer born 1987 in Garden City, Kansas; WBC welterweight champion April–September 2011, famous for the Berto upset and the Mayweather headbutt knockout; record 33-7-3 (25 KOs), later BKB bare-knuckle signee.
Victor Willems
Victor Willems (1877–1920), Belgian fencer, full name Victor Marie Joseph Willems; won team épée bronze at London 1908 and team épée gold at Stockholm 1912, also fencing individual foil and épée in 1912.
Victoria Lee
Victoria Lee (Victoria Sun Hei Lee, 2004–2022), American ONE Championship atomweight MMA fighter, "The Prodigy", sister of champions Angela and Christian Lee; undefeated 3-0, died by suicide at 18.
Viddal Riley
Viddal Riley (Viddal Ethan Danso Riley, born 1997, Hackney) is an unbeaten British cruiserweight boxer, KSI's former trainer, and English, British, and European cruiserweight champion.
Vijender Singh
Vijender Singh, Indian boxer from Kaluwas, Bhiwani; first Indian Olympic boxing medallist (2008 Beijing middleweight bronze); turned pro 2015, WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental super middleweight champion, pro record 13-1.
Viking Palm
Viking Palm (Bror Viking Palm, 1923–2009), Swedish freestyle wrestler; Olympic light-heavyweight (−87 kg) gold at Helsinki 1952, beating unbeaten Henry Wittenberg; also world and European medalist; BK Viking named for him.
Viktor Krovopuskov
Viktor Krovopuskov (Виктор Кровопусков), Soviet sabre fencer born 1948 in Moscow; four Olympic golds, individual and team sabre at 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow, plus seven world titles.
Viktor Postol (Віктор Васильович Постол)
Viktor Postol (Віктор Васильович Постол), "The Iceman", Ukrainian boxer born 1984 in Velyka Dymerka; WBC super lightweight champion 2015-2016 after KO of Matthysse; lost unifications to Crawford, Taylor, Ramirez.
Viktor Sidyak
Viktor Sidyak (Виктор Александрович Сидяк), born 1943, is a Soviet sabre fencer who won gold at four straight Olympics, 1968 to 1980, and six medals total.
Viktor Zhdanovich
Viktor Frantsevich Zhdanovich (Виктор Францевич Жданович), born 27 January 1938 in Leningrad, is a Soviet foil fencer with three Olympic golds (1960 individual and team, 1964 team) and the first Soviet Olympic fencing champion.
Viktoriya Nikishina
Viktoriya Aleksandrovna Nikishina (Виктория Александровна Никишина), born 1984 in Moscow, Russian right-handed foil fencer; 2008 Beijing Olympic team foil gold, 2002 world team champion, retired 2012.
Vince McMahon
Vince McMahon (Vincent Kennedy McMahon) is the American promoter who built WWE into the world's largest wrestling company, created WrestleMania and Monday Night Raw, merged WWE with UFC into TKO, and resigned in 2024 amid sexual misconduct lawsuits.
Vince Russo
Vince Russo (Vincent James Russo), American wrestling writer and podcaster, WWF head writer during the Attitude Era from December 1997, later WCW and TNA creative head, author of Total Nonstop Agony.
Vincent J. McMahon
Vincent J. McMahon (Vince McMahon Sr., Vincent James McMahon, 1914–1984), American wrestling promoter; founded Capitol Wrestling, broke from the NWA in 1963 to form the WWWF (later WWE), sold it to son Vince Jr. in 1982; distinct from Vincent K. McMahon.
Vincenzo Maenza
Vincenzo Maenza, Italian Greco-Roman wrestler born 1962 in Imola, nicknamed Pollicino; double Olympic light-flyweight (48 kg) champion 1984 and 1988, Barcelona 1992 silver, UWW Hall of Fame 2005.
Vinesh Phogat (विनेश फोगाट)
Vinesh Phogat (विनेश फोगाट), Indian freestyle wrestler: three Commonwealth Games golds, first Indian woman Asian Games wrestling gold (2018). Disqualified from Paris 2024 50kg final 100g overweight; CAS appeal dismissed; retired, then announced 2025 comeback for LA 2028; Julana MLA.
Vinicius Oliveira
Vinicius "LokDog" Oliveira (born 1995), Brazilian UFC bantamweight and featherweight from Porto Alegre, 24-4 pro record, 17 KO wins, 5-1 in UFC, DWCS graduate, lost to Bautista, beat Fili in 2026.
Vinny Paz
Vinny Paz, born Vincenzo Pazienza, the Pazmanian Devil, is a retired Rhode Island boxer, 50-10 with 30 KOs, who won IBF and WBA titles, returned from a broken neck after a 1991 car crash, and entered the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2025.
Virgil (wrestler)
Virgil, the ring name of Michael "Mike" Jones (1951–2024), was an American professional wrestler best known as Ted DiBiase's WWF bodyguard and later the nWo's Vincent in WCW.
Viscera (wrestler)
Viscera, real name Nelson Frazier Jr. (1971-2014), also Mabel and Big Daddy V, was a 6'9", 487-lb American WWE wrestler, 1995 King of the Ring, World Tag Team and Hardcore Champion, and Ministry of Darkness member.
Visphy Kharradi
Visphy Kharradi (Vispy Kharadi), the "Steel Man of India", is a Surat-born strongman and martial artist holding 17 Guinness World Records, including the longest Hercules pillar hold (2 min 10.75 s, 2024) and 1,819 kg sustained on the body (2025).
Vitali Klitschko (Віталій Володимирович Кличко)
Vitali Klitschko (Віталій Володимирович Кличко), born 1971, Ukrainian former boxer, three-time WBO/WBC heavyweight champion, never knocked down, and mayor of Kyiv since 2014.
Vitaly Konstantinov
Vitaly Konstantinov (Виталий Викторович Константинов), born 1949, Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler, flyweight up to 52 kg; 1976 Montreal Olympic champion, 1975 world champion, 1980 European champion, Dynamo Ulyanovsk.