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AEW Full Gear

AEW Full Gear is All Elite Wrestling's annual November pay-per-view, first held November 9, 2019 in Baltimore. Eight editions through 2026; notable for Jericho vs. Cody (2019), Hangman Page's title win over Kenny Omega (2021), and Samoa Joe's 2025 title win.

AEW Fyter Fest

Fyter Fest is a professional wrestling event series produced by All Elite Wrestling, debuting on June 29, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida and named in parody of the failed Fyre Fest.

AEW National Championship

AEW National Championship: men's secondary singles title in All Elite Wrestling, announced November 5, 2025 as a revival of the old Georgia Championship Wrestling National title. First champion Ricochet (Casino Gauntlet, Full Gear 2025); current champion Andrade El Ídolo since July 26, 2026.

AEW Rampage

AEW Rampage was AEW's one-hour Friday night wrestling show on TNT from August 2021 to December 2024, best known for CM Punk's 2021 debut and ending after declining ratings.

AEW Redemption

AEW Redemption, inaugural AEW pay-per-view, July 26, 2026, Bell Centre, Montreal, HBO Max PPV; Kenny Omega retained the AEW World Title against Kevin Knight, Willow Nightingale and Maya World won women's titles, Will Ospreay left the Death Riders.

AEW Revolution

AEW Revolution is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by All Elite Wrestling since 2020, known for acclaimed matches like Sting's 2024 retirement match.

AEW Revolution (2020)

AEW Revolution (2020), inaugural Revolution pay-per-view, held February 29, 2020 at Wintrust Arena, Chicago. Jon Moxley won the AEW World Championship from Chris Jericho; Omega and Page vs The Young Bucks earned Meltzer's six-star rating.

AEW Revolution (2024)

AEW Revolution (2024), AEW pay-per-view, March 3, 2024, Greensboro Coliseum, North Carolina; Sting's retirement match main event, Sting and Darby Allin beat The Young Bucks for the tag titles; Samoa Joe retained the world title; gate over $1 million.

AEW Revolution (2025)

AEW Revolution 2025, held March 9, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, was All Elite Wrestling's sixth Revolution pay-per-view. Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship over Cope and Christian Cage; Toni Storm, Kenny Omega, and Will Ospreay won the show's most praised matches.

AEW Revolution (2026)

AEW Revolution 2026, also called AEW: Revolution, was All Elite Wrestling's seventh annual Revolution pay-per-view, held March 15, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, headlined by MJF vs Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match for the AEW World Championship.

AEW TNT Championship

AEW TNT Championship, secondary men's singles title in All Elite Wrestling, established March 30, 2020, named for the TNT network; inaugural champion Cody; current champion Darby Allin, third reign since August 30, 2026.

AEW Unified Championship

AEW Unified Championship, a 2025 All Elite Wrestling men's title unifying the Continental and International Championships; Kazuchika Okada beat Kenny Omega at All In: Texas, held it 175 days, and it was retired in December 2025.

AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship

The AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship is a women's tag team wrestling title in All Elite Wrestling, first awarded in December 2025 to The Babes of Wrath.

AEW World Championship

AEW World Championship: All Elite Wrestling's top men's singles title, also called the AEW World Title, established 2019 with inaugural champion Chris Jericho; current champion Will Ospreay, who won it from Kenny Omega at All In: London 2026.

AEW World Tag Team Championship

The AEW World Tag Team Championship, also called the AEW Tag Team Championship, is a men's tag team title created by All Elite Wrestling in October 2019.

Afa Anoa'i

Afa Anoa'i (Gataivasā Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i, 1943–2024), Samoan-American wrestler, one half of the Wild Samoans with brother Sika; three-time WWF tag champion, 2007 WWE Hall of Famer, trainer of Batista and Roman Reigns' uncle.

African wrestling

African wrestling: traditional ground-fighting combat sports of West and North Africa, best known as Senegalese laamb (lutte, mbapatt), with lutte simple and lutte avec frappe forms, UWW international rules, and ECOWAS TOLAC tournaments.

Agit Kabayel

Agit Kabayel, German heavyweight boxer (born 1992), 27-0 with 19 KOs, WBC world heavyweight champion since June 2026 after winning the interim belt against Zhilei Zhang in February 2025; known for body punching and pressure fighting.

Ahmad Abughaush

Ahmad Abughaush (احمد ابو غوش), born 1996 in Amman, is a Jordanian taekwondo fighter who won Rio 2016 Olympic gold at −68 kg, Jordan's first Olympic medal, and later Worlds silver (2019) and bronze (2017).

Ahmed Johnson

Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris, born 1970) is an American retired pro wrestler, WWF 1995-1998, first African-American Intercontinental Champion (1996), later WCW's Big T, retired 2003.

Ahmet Ayık

Ahmet Ayık, born in 1938 in Sivas, Turkey, is a Turkish freestyle wrestler who won Olympic silver in 1964 and gold in 1968 at 97 kg.

Ahmet Bilek

Ahmet Bilek (1932–1970), Turkish freestyle wrestler, flyweight ≤52 kg; Olympic gold at Rome 1960, world silver 1953 (Greco-Roman) and 1959, Mediterranean Games gold 1955; died in Germany.

Ahmet Kirecci

Ahmet Kireççi (Mersinli Ahmet, 1914-1979), Turkish wrestler; won Turkey's first Olympic medal, freestyle 79 kg bronze at Berlin 1936, and Greco-Roman heavyweight gold at London 1948.

Aida Shanayeva

Aida Shanayeva (Аида Владимировна Шанаева), Russian right-handed foil fencer born 1986 in Vladikavkaz; 2008 Olympic team foil champion, 2012 team silver, 2009 individual world champion, later North Ossetia sport official.

Aigle Blanc

Aigle Blanc (White Eagle) is the former ring name of Elio LeFleur, French wrestler Cyril Coquerelle (born 1999, Paris), a masked high-flyer of wXw, APC, and PROGRESS, now WWE NXT's Elio LeFleur and a WWE Speed Champion.

Aikido (合気道)

Aikido (合気道), modern Japanese martial art founded by Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969); name adopted 1942. Non-competitive practice of throws, joint locks, and pins using the attacker's force; led by the Aikikai Foundation, practiced in over 140 countries.

Ailín Pérez

Ailín Pérez, nicknamed "Fiona", is an Argentine UFC women's bantamweight fighter, born 1994, ranked #3 with a 14-2 pro record, 7-1 in the UFC, and a seven-fight win streak built on takedowns and top control.

AJ Lee

AJ Lee (April Jeanette Mendez), American WWE wrestler from Union City, NJ; three-time Divas Champion with a record 295-day reign, Raw GM in 2012, #GiveDivasAChance advocate, retired 2015, returned 2025 alongside husband CM Punk.

AJ Styles

AJ Styles, American professional wrestler (debut 1998), "The Phenomenal One"; inaugural TNA X-Division Champion, two-time IWGP and two-time WWE Champion, Grand Slam Champion; retired against Gunther at Royal Rumble 2026; WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2026.

Akam (wrestler)

Akam, real name Sunny Dhinsa (born 1993), Canadian wrestler; one half of WWE's Authors of Pain with Rezar; NXT and Raw Tag Team Champion, 2016 Dusty Rhodes Classic winner; released by WWE February 2025.