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Hercules (wrestler)
Hercules (wrestler), ring name of Raymond Constantine Fernandez Jr. (1956–2004), American WWF heel of the late 1980s known for his steel chain, the Ultimate Warrior feud, Power and Glory, and the IWGP tag title with Scott Norton.
Hermann Gehri
Hermann Gehri names two people: a German painter, lithographer, and illustrator (1879-1944) of Freiburg, dismissed in 1933 and killed in a 1944 bombing raid; and a Swiss freestyle wrestler (1899-1979), 1924 Olympic welterweight champion and 1930 European champion.
Hermanni Pihlajamaki
Hermanni Pihlajamäki (1903–1982), Finnish policeman and wrestler of Vaasan Voima-Veikot; Olympic freestyle featherweight gold 1932, lightweight bronze 1936, European champion 1931; cousin of Kustaa Pihlajamäki.
Hernandez (wrestler)
Hernandez (Shawn Hernandez, b. 1973, "SuperMex") is an American pro wrestler, five-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and LAX member with Homicide and Konnan.
Héroes Inmortales (2026)
Héroes Inmortales 2026, the 18th edition of AAA's Antonio Peña tribute show, is a WWE-partnered premium live event on October 24, 2026 at Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City, headlined by El Grande Americano defending the AAA Mega Championship against Dominik Mysterio.
Héroes Inmortales XVII
Héroes Inmortales XVII (Héroes Inmortales 2025), AAA's annual Antonio Peña tribute pay-per-view, held October 25, 2025 at Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City; Dominik Mysterio retained the AAA Mega Championship against Dragon Lee.
Hidayət Heydərov
Hidayət Heydərov (Hidayat Heydarov), Azerbaijani judoka born 1997, Olympic champion Paris 2024 at -73 kg, world champion 2024, four-time European champion, famed for kata-guruma and golden-score final win over Gaba.
Hideaki Tomiyama
Hideaki Tomiyama (富山英明), born 1957, Japanese freestyle wrestler; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic bantamweight (57 kg) gold medalist, two-time world champion (1978, 1979), later Japan Wrestling Federation president and UWW Hall of Fame inductee (2008).
Hideaki Yanagida
Hideaki Yanagida (柳田英明), born 1947 in Akita, Japanese freestyle wrestler; 1972 Munich Olympic gold at bantamweight ≤57 kg, 1970 and 1971 world champion, 1970 Bangkok Asian Games gold; retired internationally after 1972.
Hidehiko Yoshida
Hidehiko Yoshida (吉田秀彦), Japanese judoka born 1969 in Obu, Aichi; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist at -78 kg, 1999 world champion at -90 kg, later a PRIDE mixed martial artist.
Hifumi Abe
Hifumi Abe (阿部一二三, born 1997, Kobe) is a Japanese judoka, men's 66 kg. Double Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), five-time world champion, known for sode-tsuri-komi-goshi and brother of Uta Abe.
Hikaru Shida (志田 光)
Hikaru Shida (志田 光), born 1988 in Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. AEW star since 2019, three-time AEW Women's World Champion, former Ice Ribbon and OZ Academy titleholder.
Hikuleo (wrestler)
Hikuleo (ヒクレオ), real name Tautuiaki Taula Koloamatangi, born 1991, Tongan-American NJPW Bullet Club heavyweight; won Strong Openweight and Tag Team titles 2023; now WWE's Talla Tonga.
Hillbilly Jim
Hillbilly Jim (James Morris, born 1952, Scottsville, Kentucky) is a 6'7" American wrestler, WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018, billed from Mudlick, Kentucky, famed for his overalls gimmick, Hulk Hogan alliance, and SiriusXM's Moonshine Matinee.
Hiro Matsuda
Hiro Matsuda (ヒロ・マツダ), ring name of Yasuhiro Kojima (1937–1999), Japanese pro wrestler and trainer; first Japanese NWA singles champion (Junior Heavyweight, 1964), trained Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, and Ron Simmons; WWE Hall of Fame 2018.
Hiromu Takahashi (高橋ヒロム)
Hiromu Takahashi (高橋ヒロム), born 1989, is a Japanese junior heavyweight wrestler, also known as Kamaitachi and The Time Bomb: record four-time Best of the Super Juniors winner, five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion, who returned from a 2018 broken neck and left NJPW in February 2026.
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋 弘至)
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至), born 1976, Japanese pro wrestler, NJPW's "Ace," record eight IWGP Heavyweight title reigns, three G1 Climax wins, NJPW president from December 2023, retired January 4, 2026 against Okada.
Historical European martial arts
Historical European martial arts (HEMA): reconstruction of extinct European swordsmanship and wrestling from 14th–17th century fencing manuals; revived by Alfred Hutton in the 1890s, systematic practice since the mid-1990s.
History of WWE
History of WWE: the American wrestling promotion, from Capitol Wrestling/WWWF and Vince McMahon's 1982 takeover through WrestleMania, the Attitude Era, the 2001 WCW and ECW buyouts, and the 2023 TKO merger.
Hitomi Obara
Hitomi Obara (小原日登美, née Sakamoto, 1981-2025), Japanese freestyle wrestler, eight-time world champion and 2012 London Olympic gold medalist in women's 48 kg; not the sumo wrestler Obara.
Holly Holm
Holly Holm, "The Preacher's Daughter", Albuquerque-born boxer and MMA fighter; multi-division boxing champion, UFC bantamweight champion after her 2015 head-kick KO of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193; left the UFC in 2025 and returned to boxing.
Homicide (wrestler)
Homicide (Nelson Rodriguez Erazo, born 1977), also The Notorious 187, Brooklyn-born American professional wrestler; ROH World Champion, TNA's LAX with Hernandez, Doghouse trainer, active 1993 to 2025.
Hook (wrestler)
Hook (Tyler Cole Senerchia, born 1999) is an American AEW wrestler, son of Taz; three-time FTW Champion, member of The Opps, signature move Red Rum.
Horace Hogan
Horace Hogan, ring name of Michael Allan Bollea, is an American retired professional wrestler, the nephew of Hulk Hogan, best known for his 1998 to 2000 run in WCW.
Hornswoggle
Hornswoggle is the leprechaun wrestling character of Dylan Postl (born 1986, Oshkosh, Wisconsin), WWE 2006–2016, also known as Swoggle, last WWE Cruiserweight Champion (68 days, 2007) and the anonymous Raw General Manager.
House of Torture
House of Torture (ハウス・オブ・トーチャー) is a heel stable in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, formed September 4, 2021 by EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, and Dick Togo as a Bullet Club sub-group, known for interference-based cheating and expelled from Bullet Club in May 2025.
Howard Finkel
Howard Finkel (June 7, 1950 – April 16, 2020), "The Fink," was WWE's first full-time employee and its legendary ring announcer from 1977, famous for "and NEEWWW World Champion!" and coining the name WrestleMania; 2009 Hall of Famer.
Huang Huai Hsuan
Huang Huai-Hsuan (黃懷萱, born 1997) is a Taiwanese taekwondo athlete for Chinese Taipei; she won girls' -49 kg gold at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics, the delegation's first YOG gold, and placed =11 in flyweight at Rio 2016.
Hubert Gardas
Hubert Gardas (born 1957, Lyon) is a French épée fencer, Olympic champion in men's team épée at Moscow 1980 with Boisse, Riboud, Picot, and Salesse; also 1979 Split Mediterranean Games bronze and 1979, 1981 World Championship team appearances.
Hughie Fury
Hughie Fury, full name Hughie Lewis Fury, is a British heavyweight boxer from Manchester and a cousin of Tyson Fury who lost a 2017 WBO title fight to Joseph Parker.