|
Aigle Blanc
Aigle Blanc is a French masked professional wrestler who is primarily known for his work in the German professional wrestling Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) where he is a former wXw World Tag Team Champion. He is also known for his various tenures with promotions from the European independent scene. A masked wrestler, Aigle Blanc's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Lucha Libre where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Aigle Blanc means "White Eagle" in French, which is reflected in several white eagles both on his mask and his gimmick. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–present) Aigle Blanc is known for various tenures with multiple promotions of the European independent scene. He made his professional wrestling debut in Association of Wrestling Professionals (APC) under the ring name of Yama-C at a house show promoted on July 13, 2014, where he defeated Dragon Richard i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucha Libre
Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form of the genre, characterized by colorful masks, rapid sequences of holds and maneuvers, and "high-flying" maneuvers, some of which have been adopted in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere. The wearing of masks has developed special significance, and matches are sometimes contested in which the loser must permanently remove his mask, which is a wager with a high degree of weight attached. Tag team wrestling is especially prevalent in lucha libre, particularly matches with three-member teams, called ''trios''. Although the term today refers exclusively to professional wrestling (staged performances with predetermined outcomes), it was originally used in the same style as the American and English term "freestyle wrestling", referring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progress Wrestling
Progress Wrestling (stylized as PROGRESS) is a British professional wrestling promotion that was established in 2011 by comedian Jim Smallman, events and comedy promoter Jon Briley, and later, actor Glen Robinson (professionally known as Glen Joseph). History Progress was conceived by Jim Smallman and Jon Briley in 2011, who were both massive wrestling fans. Smallman is a big fan of " strong style" wrestling, Japanese in particular, and Briley was Smallman's agent. In 2015, Progress appeared for five nights at Download Festival. In December of that year, they began running regular shows at The Ritz in Manchester. On 30 September 2018, Progress Wrestling held "Hello Wembley" at the SSE Arena. Billed by the promotion as the largest independent wrestling show in England for 30 years, the event drew 4,750 people; making it the most attended event in Progress Wrestling history. In 2016, the company began working relationships with other promotions. At Chapter 29 on 24 April in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Archer
Clément Petiot, better known by his ring name Tristan Archer, is a French Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. As of September 2024, he is currently a free agent performing on the European independent circuit. He is best known for performing in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he was a former wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship, wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion. He is also known for his participation in the Cruiserweight Classic, WWE Cruiserweight Classic, representing France under his real name. In September 2024, amidst Domestic violence, physical and psychological abuse allegations being put on him by fellow French wrestler Amale (wrestler), Amale, Petiot was released from wXw, putting his career overall in jeopardy. Professional wrestling career European independent circuit (2009–present) Petiot made his professional wrestling debut under the name of David Goliath at ''2FC Controverse Dans La Ville Rose'', a house show promoted by Force Francophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senza Volto
Senza Volto is a French '' luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler) who is primarily known for his work in the German professional wrestling promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling and in the European independent scene. Professional wrestling career European independent circuit (2014–present) Volto is mainly known for his freelance work inside the European independent scene. He briefly competed for the Britiah promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling. He made his first appearance at ''RevPro Summer Sizzler 2019'' on August 30, where he unsuccessfully competed in a six-way scramble match won by Sanada and also involving Hikuleo, Mike Bailey, Robbie Eagles and Rocky Romero. At ''RevPro Live At The Cockpit 45'', an event promoted on September 1, 2019, Volto unsuccessfully challenged El Phantasmo for the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship. Besides wXw, the company for which he has worked many times is the German Wrestling Federation. At ''GWF Battlefield 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Starr (wrestler)
Max Barsky (born February 19, 1991) is an American retired professional wrestler best known by his ring name David Starr. Starr has wrestled for promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, Evolve, Progress Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, Over the Top Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He has held championships and won tournaments for companies based in Australia, North America, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Early life Starr began amateur wrestling at age seven. He continued with wrestling aAbington High School Starr graduated in 2009 and was third all-time with 92 wins, and placed in the top 16 at the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Nationals between 149 and 157 pounds. He attended Elizabethtown College, before transferring to West Chester University. Starr transferred back to Elizabethtown College before dropping out in 2012. He was a National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Al-Ani
Marius Al-Ani (born 3 December 1990) is a German professional wrestler, who is currently working for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw),. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2011–present) Al-Ani competed at the ''WWNLive SuperShow - Mercury Rising 2019'', an event promoted by World Wrestling Network (WWN) on April 5, where he teamed up with Alexander James (wrestler), Alexander James and Jurn Simmons as Team Westside Xtreme Wrestling, wXw in a losing effort to The Unwanted (Eddie Kingston, Joe Gacy and Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Shane Strickland) in a six-man tag team match. At ''PROGRESS Germany Tour 2018: Hamburg'', a cross-over event produced by Progress Wrestling and Westside Xtreme Wrestling, wXw, he teamed up with Absolute Andy and Bobby Gunns in a losing effort to Chris Brookes, David Starr (wrestler), David Starr and Walter (wrestler), Walter. Al-Ani also worked for European Wrestling Promotion where he won the Axel Dieter Memorial Cup at ''EWP Christmas Wrestlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Skillet
Jan Kronenberg (born 14 September 1991), better known by his ring name Jay Skillet, is a German professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). Professional wrestling career Westside Xtreme Wrestling 2011–2013 On 12 March 2011, at 16 Carat Gold, Skillet made his debut for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), where he was squashed by Jon Ryan. On 2 July, at Dead End, Skillet teamed with Jason Hendrix, defeating Aaron Insane and Chris Rush. On 18 September, at Live in Mannheim, Skillet and Hendrix, now named The Wanderers, defeated The Mind (Big Van Walter and Karsten Beck) for the World Tag Team Championship. This reign saw them used as transitional champions, although they did defend the title once, with a win over the pairing of Adam Cole and Drew Gulak. On 18 September, at CZW Back In Germany, they were defeated by the Sumerian Death Squad (Michael Dante and Tommy End), ending their reign at 13 days. On 17 December, at True Colors, as pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Moloney (wrestler)
Daniel Moloney is an English professional wrestler currently working for various of the British independent scene promotions such as Progress Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling. He also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he was a member of the United Empire stable, before defecting to Bullet Club at Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall. Professional wrestling career Progress Wrestling (2018–present) Moloney made his debut in Progress Wrestling at ''PROGRESS Chapter 80: Gods And Monsters'' on December 8, 2018, where he unsuccessfully challenged Trent Seven for the Progress Atlas Championship. He competed in various event gimmicks, such as at ''PROGRESS Chapter 89: 26th May 1988'', a comedic event which took place on May 26, 2019, where he wrestled under the name of "The Teflon Sheik" and fell short to Mark Davis who portraited "Wally Handford". At ''PROGRESS Chapter 90'' on June 30, 2019, Moloney teamed up with Trent Seven in a losing effort against Latin Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rotation (wrestler)
Axel Halbach is a German professional wrestler better known by his ring name The Rotation. He is currently working for the German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling where he is a former wXw Academy Trophy Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2013–present) Halbach worked as a freelancer until 2020 and wrestled for various promotions of the European independent scene. At ''GHW Hurricane Havoc 2019'', an event promoted by German Hurricane wrestling, he unsuccessfully challenged the champion Oliver Carter, Super Crazy, Prince Ahura, Tristan Archer and Bernd Föhr in a five-way match for the GHW Zero Gravity Cup Championship. Westside Xtreme Wrestling (2013–present) Halbach made his professional wrestling debut on the second night of the ''wXw Movie Days 2013'' from March 24, an event promoted by Westside Xtreme Wrestling where he took part in an eight-man royal rumble match in which he competed against Bad Bones, Walter, Karsten Beck, Toby Blunt, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuki Watase
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro Wrestling where he is a former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) Watase is known for his sporadic appearances in various promotions. At ''NOAH Great Voyage In Yokohama Vol. 2'', an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah on December 16, 2018, he teamed up with Lin Dong Xuan to defeat Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura. At ''AJPW GROWIN' UP Vol.2'', an event promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling on May 9, 2017, he teamed up with Soma Takao in a losing effort to Evolution ( Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato). DDT Pro Wrestling (2015-present) Watase made his professional wrestling debut at '' Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015'', a signature event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling which took place on August 23, where he teamed up with Kota Umeda and Mao Inoue, falling short to his trainer Yasu Urano, Akito and Ryota Nakatsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arez (wrestler)
Jonathan Saharawi Barragán González (born October 20, 1991), known under the ring name Arez, is a Mexican '' luchador'', or professional wrestler. Since 2018, Arez has wrestled in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, where he is the current and inaugural La Leyenda Azul Blue Demon Champion and a former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion along with Chik Tormenta, as well as Major League Wrestling and on the independent circuit. Arez has also wrestled in the United States in MLW and Impact Wrestling through their partnership with AAA. He was also part of the stable Los Indystrongtibles along with Belial and Impulso who were very well known and successful on the Mexican independent circuit between 2013 and 2018. The group has not been formally dissolved, but the three have rarely wrestled together since 2018, when Arez has become an increasingly big name in his own right. Arez has since developed a rivalry with Aramís, and they have fought several matches against each other. Instead of we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Match Types
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
