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Clash in Paris
Clash in Paris, a WWE Premium Live Event at Paris La Défense Arena on August 31, 2025, the first WWE PLE in the French capital; 30,343 attendance, Seth Rollins retained the World Heavyweight Championship, John Cena beat Logan Paul.
Clash of Champions (2016)
WWE Clash of Champions 2016, the inaugural Clash of Champions and first Raw-exclusive New Era pay-per-view, held September 25, 2016 in Indianapolis; Kevin Owens retained the Universal Title over Seth Rollins amid Chris Jericho interference, and Roman Reigns won the United States Championship from Rusev.
Clash of Champions (2017)
Clash of Champions (2017), WWE's December 17, 2017 SmackDown-exclusive pay-per-view at TD Garden, Boston: AJ Styles retained the WWE Title against Jinder Mahal, Ziggler won the United States Title, and Owens and Zayn survived a career match.
Clash of Champions (2019)
Clash of Champions (2019) was a WWE pay-per-view held September 15, 2019 at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, where every active title was defended. Rollins retained the Universal Championship over Strowman before The Fiend attacked; only the two men's tag titles changed hands.
Clash of Champions (2020)
Clash of Champions (2020), WWE pay-per-view, September 27, 2020, WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center, Orlando; all Raw and SmackDown titles defended; Sami Zayn won the only title change, the Intercontinental Championship, in a ladder match.
Clash of the Champions
Clash of the Champions: WCW/Jim Crockett Promotions series of 35 free TBS wrestling specials, 1988-1997, created by Dusty Rhodes; first aired opposite WrestleMania IV, headlined by Sting vs. Ric Flair. Distinct from WWE's 2016-2020 Clash of Champions pay-per-view.
Claude Netter
Claude Netter (1924-2007), French foil fencer, Olympic team gold Helsinki 1952 and silver Melbourne 1956, three world team titles (1951, 1953, 1958), 1959 world individual foil silver, French champion 1952.
Cláudia Gadelha
Cláudia Gadelha (Ana Cláudia Dantas Gadelha, "Claudinha"), born 1988, is a retired Brazilian UFC strawweight, 18-5 pro, who twice fought Joanna Jędrzejczyk, lost the 2016 title fight, retired in 2021 over post-concussion symptoms, and now works for the UFC developing Brazilian fighters.
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli, born 1980 in Lucerne, Switzerland, is a Swiss professional wrestler, WWE's Cesaro, now in AEW; two-time ROH World Champion, five-time WWE Raw Tag Team Champion, King of Swing.
Claudio Pollio
Claudio Pollio, born 1958 in Naples, is an Italian freestyle wrestler, light-flyweight up to 48 kg, who won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics on a tiebreaker, the first and only Italian Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
Clay Guida
Clay Guida, "The Carpenter" (born 1981, Round Lake, Illinois), American MMA lightweight and featherweight; inaugural Strikeforce lightweight champion, 37 UFC fights (fourth-most), UFC Hall of Fame Fight Wing 2019 for the Diego Sanchez bout, record 38-25-0, later competed in Real American Freestyle.
CM Punk
CM Punk (Phillip Jack Brooks, born 1978, Chicago) is an American professional wrestler, straight-edge icon, 434-day WWE Champion, ex-UFC fighter, ex-AEW star, and current Undisputed WWE Champion and WWE 2K26 cover star.
Cody Garbrandt
Cody "No Love" Garbrandt (born 1991) is an American UFC bantamweight and former UFC bantamweight champion who beat Dominick Cruz at UFC 207 in 2016, twice lost title fights to T.J. Dillashaw, and holds a 15-8-0 record.
Cody Hall
Cody Taylor Hall (born 1991) is an American professional wrestler, son of Scott Hall; trained by his father from 2010, debuted for NJPW's Bullet Club in 2015, later worked NOAH, DDT, ROH, RevPro, and AAA.
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes, real name Cody Garrett Runnels, is an American professional wrestler with WWE who defeated Roman Reigns at WrestleMania XL in 2024 to win the Undisputed WWE Championship.
Colby Covington
Colby Covington is an American mixed martial artist and former interim UFC welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA All-American wrestler at Oregon State with a 17-5 record.
Collegiate wrestling
Collegiate wrestling, or folkstyle, is the American wrestling style used in US high schools and NCAA competition, rewarding control and mat riding. First NCAA tournament 1928; women's wrestling became the NCAA's 91st championship in 2025.
Collision in Korea
Collision in Korea was a 1995 wrestling pay-per-view jointly produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling and WCW at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, with the largest attendance in pro wrestling history.
Colt Cabana
Colt Cabana (Scott Colton, born 1980) is an American comedy wrestler, podcaster, and AEW producer/merch-and-VIP staffer; former ROH star, brief WWE run as Scotty Goldman, host of The Art of Wrestling.
Combat sport
Combat sport: one-on-one competitive fighting under sport-specific rules, spanning striking arts (boxing, taekwondo), grappling arts (wrestling, judo, BJJ), and hybrids (MMA); ancient Olympic roots and weight-cutting practices distinguish the field.
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), founded 1999 by John Zandig in Philadelphia, is an independent pro wrestling promotion known for ultraviolent deathmatches, Tournament of Death, and Cage of Death, now under DJ Hyde with a mixed modern identity.
Comparison of karate styles
Comparison of karate styles: Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu, Wado-ryu, and Kyokushin. Founders, Okinawan Shuri-te/Naha-te roots, kata syllabi, stances, and sparring rules that distinguish each style.
Connor Michalek
Connor 'The Crusher' Michalek (2005-2014) was a Pennsylvania boy and WWE fan with medulloblastoma who met Daniel Bryan via Make-A-Wish, inspired Connor's Cure, and received the first Warrior Award.
Connor Mills
Connor Mills, nicknamed True Grit, is an English professional wrestler with RevPro and PROGRESS; a former RevPro Cruiserweight Champion who beat Michael Oku for the Undisputed British Heavyweight Title in August 2026.
Conor Benn
Conor Benn, 'The Destroyer', British welterweight boxer, son of Nigel Benn; 25-2-0 (14 KOs) after a second-round KO loss to Ryan Garcia in the September 2026 WBC title fight; 2022 clomifene case dismissed in 2024.
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor, "The Notorious," Irish MMA fighter and first UFC fighter to hold featherweight and lightweight belts simultaneously; 13-second Aldo KO, Mayweather boxing loss, 22-7 record, UFC 329 knee injury.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), founded as EMLL by Salvador Lutteroth on 21 September 1933, is the oldest active professional wrestling promotion, based at Arena México, with annual Aniversario shows and a New Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance.
Constantin Ursu
Constantin Ursu, Moldovan welterweight boxer based in Plymouth, England, born 2000 in Chisinau. Undefeated 16-0 (7 KOs); holds Commonwealth, WBO European, and British titles; trained by Marlee Dann; signed to Queensberry Promotions.
Cora Jade
Cora Jade, also known as Elayna Black, is an American professional wrestler from Chicago. Former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with Roxanne Perez; released by WWE in May 2025, now in TNA's Knockouts division.
Corey Anderson (fighter)
Corey "Overtime" Anderson (born 1989, Rockford, Illinois), American light heavyweight MMA fighter; TUF 19 winner, 10-5 in the UFC, final Bellator 205-pound champion, now competing in the PFL.