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All Japan Pro Wrestling (全日本プロレス)

All Japan Pro Wrestling (全日本プロレス, AJPW) is a Japanese pro wrestling promotion founded in 1972 by Giant Baba, home of King's Road style, the Triple Crown title, and the 2000 Misawa split that created Pro Wrestling NOAH.

All Out (2020)

All Out (2020) was the second annual All Out professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by All Elite Wrestling, held on September 5, 2020 at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

All Out (2021)

AEW All Out 2021, September 5, 2021, NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates, Illinois: AEW pay-per-view with CM Punk's first match since 2014, Omega retaining the AEW World Title over Christian Cage, Lucha Bros winning the tag titles in a cage, and Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson debuting.

All Out (2022)

All Out (2022) was AEW's September 4, 2022 pay-per-view at NOW Arena near Chicago, where CM Punk regained the AEW World Championship from Jon Moxley, MJF returned as the masked Casino Ladder Match winner, and The Elite became the first World Trios Champions before a backstage brawl led to suspensions.

All Out (2023)

All Out (2023) was AEW's fifth All Out pay-per-view, held September 3, 2023 at the United Center in Chicago. Jon Moxley won the AEW International title from Orange Cassidy; CM Punk was fired the day before.

All Out (2024)

AEW All Out 2024, September 7 at NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates, Illinois: pay-per-view where Bryan Danielson retained the AEW World Title against Jack Perry, Page beat Swerve in a Lights Out cage, and Moxley turned on Danielson.

All Out (2025)

All Out (2025) was AEW's seventh annual All Out pay-per-view, held September 20, 2025 at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto. First AEW PPV on HBO Max; Adam Page retained the World title over Kyle Fletcher and Kris Statlander won the Women's World Championship.

All Out (2026)

All Out (2026) was AEW's eighth annual All Out pay-per-view, September 26, 2026, at NOW Arena, Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Will Ospreay retained the AEW World Championship over Jon Moxley; the Young Bucks won a record fourth tag title reign.

Allan Nascimento

Allan "Puro Osso" Nascimento (Allan Alves do Nascimento, 1991-2026), Brazilian UFC flyweight from São Paulo, Chute Boxe Diego Lima grappler; 22-7 record, 15 submission wins, 4-2 in the UFC, died at 34 of an apparent heart attack.

Allen Coage

Allen James Coage (1943–2007), American judoka and pro wrestler "Bad News Brown"/"Bad News Allen"; 1976 Montreal Olympic heavyweight judo bronze, first African American individual Olympic medalist outside boxing or track and field.

Allie (wrestler)

Allie (Laura Dennis, born 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler, also known as Cherry Bomb and The Bunny, a two-time TNA Knockouts World Champion (2016, 2018), former AEW performer, and current TNA Knockouts Tag Team champion with Rosemary as DemonXBunny.

Allie Morrison

Allie Morrison (Alvin Roy Morrison, 1904–1966) was an American wrestler from Marshalltown, Iowa, who won freestyle featherweight gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the only U.S. wrestling gold that year.

Almudena Munoz

Almudena Muñoz (Almudena Muñoz Martínez), Spanish judoka born 1968 in Valencia, Olympic gold medalist in women's half-lightweight -52 kg at Barcelona 1992, beating Noriko Mizoguchi; world silver 1993, retired after Atlanta 1996.

Althea Laurin

Althea Laurin (Althéa Laurin, born 2001), French taekwondo heavyweight. Olympic +67 kg champion Paris 2024, France's first taekwondo gold; Tokyo 2020 bronze; world champion −73 kg Baku 2023; 20-month AFLD suspension in 2025.

Alysh

Alysh is Kyrgyz belt wrestling with a fixed belt grip, fought standing in freestyle and classic styles under UWW rules: 3-minute bouts, 1/2/6-point throws, first to 6 points wins.

Amanda Lucas (fighter)

Amanda "Powerhouse" Lucas, born 1981, is an American retired MMA fighter, adopted daughter of George Lucas; 5-1 record, DEEP openweight women's champion 2012, retired after 2014 pregnancy.

Amanda Nunes

Amanda Nunes, "The Lioness," Brazilian MMA fighter born 1988; first female simultaneous two-division UFC champion (bantamweight, featherweight), 23-5 record, beat Rousey, Cyborg, Holm, Shevchenko twice; retired 2023, returning vs Kayla Harrison.

Amanda Ribas

Amanda Ribas (born 1993, Varginha, Brazil) is a Brazilian UFC women's strawweight fighter, 2014 IMMAF amateur world champion, former judoka, UFC record 7-6, ranked top 10, known for wins over Mackenzie Dern and Paige VanZant.

Amanda Serrano

Amanda Serrano, "The Real Deal", is a Puerto Rican southpaw boxer born in 1988 and raised in Brooklyn. Only fighter to win world titles in seven weight classes; undisputed featherweight champion and 12x3-rounds advocate; lost a trilogy to Katie Taylor.

Amandine Buchard

Amandine Buchard, French judoka born 1995 in Noisy-le-Sec, –52 kg. Four Olympic medals: mixed-team gold Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, –52 kg silver and bronze. Since 2024 also pursuing rugby sevens for LA 2028.

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is the form of boxing contested at the Olympics and in international competition, scored by judges rather than for a purse, with stricter safety and medical rules than professional boxing.

Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling, also called Olympic wrestling, is a mat combat sport governed by United World Wrestling in Greco-Roman, freestyle, and women's styles; contested since the ancient Games of 708 BC and at every modern Olympics except 1900.

Amazing Red

Amazing Red (Jonathan Figueroa, born 1982, Cayey, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican high-flying wrestler of TNA, ROH, and House of Glory fame, inventor of the Code Red, TNA Hall of Famer 2026.

Amber O'Neal

Amber O'Neal (Kimberly Dawn Davis, born 1974), also Amber Holly, Amber Gallows, Beverly Hills Babe; American independent women's wrestler since 1999, NWA World Women's Champion, WOW Tag Team Champion, Bullet Club member and 2015 NJPW women's-match pioneer.

American Kenpo

American Kenpo, also called Ed Parker's American Kenpo Karate, is a self-defense-oriented martial art created by Edmund K. Parker (1931–1990) from Hawaiian kenpo, organized around named motion principles, structured technique sequences, and the Long Beach Internationals.

American Kickboxing Academy

American Kickboxing Academy, or AKA, is a mixed martial arts gym in San Jose, California, founded in 1985 by Javier Mendez and home to UFC champions Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier, and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

American Made (professional wrestling)

American Made is a WWE professional wrestling stable led by Chad Gable with the Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile, formed on Raw in 2024 after Gable left Alpha Academy.

American Top Team

American Top Team (ATT), founded 2001 by Dan Lambert and Conan Silveira in Coconut Creek, Florida, is a private, invite-only professional MMA training camp, six-time MMA Gym of the Year, home to UFC champions such as Amanda Nunes, Kayla Harrison, and Dustin Poirier.

American Wrestling Association

The American Wrestling Association (AWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis, founded in 1960 by Verne Gagne and Wally Karbo, and folded in 1991.

Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan is a British retired professional boxer from Bolton, England, who won Olympic silver at 17, became a unified light-welterweight world champion, and retired in 2022.