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Franz Rautek
Franz Rautek (1902–1989) was an Austrian jiu-jitsu teacher and inventor who created the Rautek maneuver, an emergency carry for moving unconscious people out of danger still taught in first-aid courses.
Fraxiom
Fraxiom is the WWE tag team of Axiom and Nathan Frazer, formed in NXT in 2024, two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, SmackDown call-up April 25, 2025, known for fast-paced high-flying matches.
Fray Tormenta
Fray Tormenta (Friar Storm), born Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez in 1945, is a Mexican Catholic priest who wrestled masked in lucha libre to fund his orphanage, inspiring Nacho Libre and The Man in the Golden Mask.
Fred Davis
Fred Davis (Frederick Davis, 1886-1960), British freestyle wrestler from Liverpool, Hammersmith Amateur Wrestling Club; =5th in bantamweight at the 1908 London Olympics, losing the quarter-final to Aubert Côté; not the runner Fred Davies.
Fred Grace
Fred Grace (Frederick Grace, 1884–1964), British amateur boxer of Eton Mission ABC, won lightweight gold at London 1908, beating Matt Wells and Fred Spiller, took four ABA titles, and placed fifth at Antwerp 1920.
Fred Ottman
Fred Ottman (born 1956), American retired pro wrestler known as Tugboat, Typhoon, and The Shockmaster; WWF Tag Team Champion with Earthquake as The Natural Disasters, 2025 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
Freddie Blassie
Freddie Blassie, "Classy" Freddie Blassie (Fred Blassman, 1918-2003), American pro wrestling villain and manager; 1960s WWA champion in Los Angeles, WWE Hall of Fame 1994, manager of Iron Sheik and Hulk Hogan.
Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling, an Olympic grappling sport since 1904 (women's since 2004), where wrestlers use throws, takedowns, and leg attacks to win by fall or points; six weight classes per gender.
Frithiof Martensson
Frithiof Mårtensson (Folke Frithiof Martens Mårtensson, 1884–1956), Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler, IK Sparta Malmö; won 1908 Olympic middleweight gold at London, first Swedish Olympic wrestling champion.
Fritz Hagmann
Fritz Hagmann (1901–1974) was a Swiss wrestler and Schwinger from Winterthur-Seen who won Olympic gold in freestyle middleweight at Paris 1924, and later won the first Kilchberger Schwinget in 1927.
Fritz Von Erich
Fritz Von Erich, ring name of Jack Adkisson (1929-1997), was a Texas villain wrestler with the Iron Claw hold and promoter of World Class Championship Wrestling, father of the Von Erich brothers.
FTR (professional wrestling)
FTR is the AEW tag team of Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, formerly WWE's The Revival, the first WWE Triple Crown tag champions and three-time AEW World Tag Team Champions.
FTW Championship
FTW Championship: unsanctioned professional wrestling title created by Taz in ECW on May 14, 1998 (also called Brooklyn World Championship), unified into the ECW World title in 1999, revived in AEW 2020–2024, retired by HOOK on September 25, 2024.
Fujinokawa Seigō
Fujinokawa Seigō (藤ノ川 成剛), real name Seigo Saito, born 2005 in Kyoto, is a Japanese sumo wrestler of Isenoumi stable who debuted in 2023 and reached West Sekiwake in September 2026 with an 11-4 record.
Full Gear (2020)
Full Gear (2020), AEW pay-per-view, November 7, 2020, Daily's Place, Jacksonville; second Full Gear event. Moxley beat Kingston in an I Quit match; Allin and The Young Bucks won titles; Omega won the Eliminator Tournament.
Full Gear (2021)
Full Gear (2021) was AEW's November 13, 2021 pay-per-view at Target Center, Minneapolis, where Hangman Adam Page beat Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship and Danielson beat Miro in the Eliminator Tournament final; about 145,000 estimated buys.
Full Gear (2022)
Full Gear (2022), AEW pay-per-view, November 19, 2022, Prudential Center, Newark; fourth Full Gear; MJF beat Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship via William Regal's brass knuckles; Samoa Joe and Jamie Hayter also won titles.
Full Gear (2023)
AEW Full Gear 2023, held November 18, 2023 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, was AEW's fifth November pay-per-view: MJF retained the AEW World Championship over Jay White, Toni Storm and Julia Hart won titles, and the Strickland-Page Texas Death Match drew five stars.
Full Gear (2024)
AEW Full Gear 2024, a November 23, 2024 All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view at Prudential Center, Newark: Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Title over Orange Cassidy; Daniel Garcia won the TNT Title; Kyle Fletcher upset Will Ospreay.
Full Gear (2025)
Full Gear (2025) was AEW's seventh Full Gear pay-per-view, held November 22, 2025 at Prudential Center, Newark. Samoa Joe won the AEW World Title from Hangman Page via HOOK's betrayal, Ricochet became the first AEW National Champion, and Swerve Strickland returned.
Full Gear (2026)
Full Gear (2026) is AEW's eighth Full Gear pay-per-view, scheduled November 14, 2026 at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona; card TBA, following Samoa Joe's 2025 world title win.
G1 Climax (G1クライマックス)
The G1 Climax is an annual round-robin professional wrestling tournament held each summer by New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 1991, whose winner earns a championship match at Wrestle Kingdom.
G1 Climax 35
G1 Climax 35, NJPW's 2025 round-robin tournament (July 19-August 17), 20 wrestlers in A/B blocks, won by Konosuke Takeshita over EVIL, earning an IWGP World Heavyweight title match at Wrestle Kingdom.
Gabbi Tuft
Gabbi Tuft (born Gabriel Allan Tuft, 1978) is an American retired WWE wrestler who competed as Tyler Reks 2008–2012, founded Body Spartan, came out as transgender in February 2021, and plans a wrestling comeback.
Gabi Butler
Gabi Butler (Gabriella Butler, born 1998) is an American competitive cheerleader, two-time world champion, and star of Netflix's Cheer at Navarro College, later a Weber State cheerleader, Battle Camp contestant, and Varsity Spirit lead brand ambassador.
Gabi Garcia
Gabi Garcia (Gabrielle Lemos Garcia, born 1985, Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu super-heavyweight, Alliance black belt under Fabio Gurgel, multi-time IBJJF World and ADCC +60kg champion, and 4-0 Rizin MMA fighter.
Gable Steveson
Gable Steveson (born 2000), American heavyweight wrestler named after Dan Gable; Tokyo 2020 Olympic 125 kg gold medalist, two-time NCAA champion for Minnesota, ex-WWE and Buffalo Bills, now 4-1 UFC fighter.
Gabor Delneky
Gábor Delneky (Gábor László Delneky), Hungarian sabre fencer, 1960 Rome Olympic team sabre gold medalist, 1959 world silver and 1961 bronze; later a US civil engineer in Orlando.
Gabriel Bonfim
Gabriel Bonfim ("Marretinha", Gabriel de Souza Bonfim, born 1997) is a Brazilian UFC welterweight from Brasília, 20-1, ex-LFA champion, who beat Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision in June 2026.
Gabriel Gonzaga
Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga, Brazilian heavyweight MMA fighter and jiu-jitsu black belt; UFC 2005-2016; knocked out Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 70 in 2007, challenged Randy Couture, retired 17-11.