Professional wrestling
Fictionalized martial arts events with professional athletes who are allowed the use of throws, jumps, grappling, and striking techniques
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- Type
- mock combat, live performance, combat sport, wrestling, type of sport
Styles and branches of Professional wrestling
- Backyard wrestling
- Bound for Glory
- Fighting Cholitas
- Hardcore wrestling
- History of professional wrestling
Notable Professional wrestling athletes and practitioners
- Dave Bautista United States
- Ronda Rousey United States
- Brock Lesnar Canada
- Logan Paul United States
- CM Punk United States
- André the Giant France
- Kurt Angle United States
- Edge Canada
- Jesse Ventura United States
- Rob Van Dam United States
- Ric Flair United States
- Alberto Del Rio Mexico
- Bobby Lashley United States
- Roddy Piper Canada
- Antonio Inoki Empire of Japan
- Yokozuna United States
- The Iron Sheik United States
- Jake Hager United States
- Dara Singh India
- Ted DiBiase United States
- Shinsuke Nakamura Japan
- Akebono Tarō United States
- Ricky Steamboat United States
- Ken Shamrock United States
- Quinton Jackson United States
- Chas Betts United States
- Bob Backlund United States
- Jim Duggan United States
- Peter Aerts Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Malakai Black Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Georg Hackenschmidt Russian Empire
- Frank Andersson Sweden
- Gable Steveson United States
- Rikidōzan Empire of Japan
- Sherri Martel United States
- Naoya Ogawa Japan
336 people in this reference practise Professional wrestling.
Equipment and weapons
- wrestling ring
- grappling
- acrobatics
- acting
- wrestling mask
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q131359 (CC0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.