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2013 In Professional Wrestling
2013 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling. List of notable promotions These promotions held notable events in 2013. Calendar of notable shows January February March April May June July August September October November December Accomplishments and tournaments AAA JWP Ring of Honor Total Nonstop Action Wrestling WWE Title changes AAA NJPW ROH The Crash Lucha Libre TNA WWE NXT Awards and honors AAA Hall of Fame ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' TNA Hall of Fame ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards WWE WWE Hall of Fame Slammy Awards Debuts * January 3 – Rutsuko Yamaguchi (Ice Ribbon) * January 8 – Dan Moloney (wrestler), Dan Moloney * January 20 – Aliyah (wrestler), Aliyah * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling
Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real-life wrestling combat. is a form of athletic theaterEero Laine (2017). "Stadium-sized theatre: WWE and the world of professional wrestling". In #refChowEtAl2017, Chow et al. (2017). ''Performance and Professional Wrestling'', p. 39: "The business of professional wrestling is the business of theatre. Even if on the surface professional wrestling seems anathema to theatrical sensibilities, it is hard to deny the formal similarities. After all, professional wrestling is scripted entertainment performed live in front of an audience by actors portraying characters." centered around mock combat with the premise that its performers are competitive wrestlers. In the United States, the term "professional wrestling" does not refer to authentic wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWC Euphoria
WWC Euphoria is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico since 2007. This event is always celebrated as the first show of the year. 2007 This event was held on Saturday, January 6, 2007 on Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium at Bayamón, Puerto Rico. * WWC Universal Champion: Eddie Colón vs Heidenreich * Carlos Colón vs. Victor Jovica * Vampiro vs. Huracán Castillo * Luchador Misterioso vs Bronco * José Rivera Jr. & Noriega vs Terror Inc. * Fireblaze vs Alex Montalvo * Tim Arson vs Rico Suave * Superstar Romeo vs. Barrabás Jr. * WWC Junior Lightheavyweight Champion: Hammett vs. Rick Stanley * Rikochet vs. La Pulga The second card of the event was celebrated next day, January 7, 2007 at Fajardo, Puerto Rico * Eddie Colón vs. Bronco * Vampiro vs. Heidenreich * Noriega vs. Black Pain * Fireblaze & Jose Rivera Jr. & Tim Arson vs. Alex Montalvo, Barrabás Jr. & Rico Suave * Chicky Starr vs. Huracán Castillo * Hammett vs. Elí R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Match Types
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called " 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. One of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Blindfold match In a blindfold match, the two participants must wear a blindfold over their eyes for the entire duration of the match. A well-known example of this match is the WrestleMania VII match between Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Rick Martel. No count-out match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Roode
Robert Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1976) is a Canadian retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is a Producer (professional wrestling), producer and was formerly an in-ring performer. Roode is known for his twelve-year tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). After debuting for TNA as part of Team Canada (TNA), Team Canada in 2004, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Eric Young (wrestler), Eric Young. Following the team's breakup, embarked on a singles run before forming a tag team with James Storm as Beer Money, Inc. Together with Storm, he is a List of TNA World Tag Team Champions, six-time TNA World Tag Team Championship, TNA World Tag Team Champion and they are the longest reigning champions in TNA history. Roode eventually became a List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions, two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, with his first reign being the second longest reign in the company's history at 256 days, only behi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and also appears on partner promotion WWE on its NXT (WWE brand), NXT brand. He is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time as well as one of the most daring high flyers and risktakers throughout his career. Together with his brother Matt Hardy, the tag team The Hardy Boyz are widely regarded as one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era and one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history. Born and raised in Cameron, North Carolina, Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy. Eventually, that would transition into the OMEGA Championship Wrestling, Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) as they became older. As a tag team, the Hardy Boyz wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis (2013)
The 2013 Genesis was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling that was held on January 13, 2013 at the Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the eighth annual Genesis event. This was the first pay-per-view event of the 2013 calendar to jump start TNA's new business initiative to reduce their regular annual PPVs a year down to four. Nine matches were featured on the card. In the main event was Jeff Hardy successfully defending the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Bobby Roode and Austin Aries in a Triple Threat Elimination match. Other top matches included Sting overcoming Aces & Eights member D.O.C. in a singles match, and Christopher Daniels defeating James Storm to receive a shot at the TNA World Title. In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand. Storylines Genesis featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker's Wild
Joker's Wild or Jokers Wild may refer to: *Joker (playing card), when used as a Wild card * ''Joker's Wild'' (film), an American 2016 horror thriller film starring Eric Roberts *''The Joker's Wild'', an American TV game show * ''Jokers Wild'' (TV series), a British comedy panel show * "Joker's Wild" (''Batman: The Animated Series''), a 1992 episode of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' * ''Jokers Wild'' (novel), a 1987 novel in the Wild Cards series by George R. R. Martin * Jokers Wild (band), a 1960s British blues-rock band * Joker's Wild (quartet), an American barbershop quartet *"The Joker's Wild", a song by Insane Clown Posse from ''Riddle Box'' * Jokers Wild Casino, a casino in Henderson, Nevada, U.S. *Joker's Wild, a wrestling tournament promoted by TNA One Night Only *''The Joker Is Wild'' 1957 film directed by Charles Vidor See also * Jokers in Solitaire *Joker (other) Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Aries
Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, where he is a three-time TNA World Championship, TNA World Champion and a six-time TNA X Division Championship, TNA X Division Champion, and Ring of Honor (ROH) where he was the first multi-time ROH World Championship, ROH World Champion. He is also known for his time with WWE, where he competed in the 205 Live (WWE brand), cruiserweight division as well as doing color commentary. Between TNA/Impact and ROH, Aries has held 14 total championships and has also held numerous international and U.S. independent championships. Aries began to work with ROH in 2004, joining the Generation Next (professional wrestling), Generation Next faction. He won the ROH World Tag Team Championship with his teammate Roderick Strong, and at Final Battle 2004, ROH's biggest ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa Joe
Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions. He is also known for his work with Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and WWE. Debuting in 1999, Joe joined ROH soon after its formation in 2002, going on to hold the ROH World Championship for a record 21 months from March 2003 to December 2004 as well as holding the ROH Pure Championship. At Slammiversary in June 2005, he joined TNA, where he embarked on a 19-month-long undefeated streak that ended in a critically acclaimed feud with Kurt Angle. During his 10-year stint in TNA, he held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship once, the TNA X Division Championship five times, the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice, the TNA Television Championship once, and headlined the 2008 edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida, Tampa and the state's most populous inland city. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami metropolitan area, Miami and Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay. Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles, with over 3.5 million visitors as of 2023. Orlando International Airport is the List of the busiest airports in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by businessman Leonard Asper. Founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, following the end of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001, the promotion was initially known as NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) and was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body. The promotion dropped the "NWA" brand from its name in 2004, becoming Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA continued to use the NWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which, the company would create its own World Heavyweight and World Tag Team championships. The promotion was purchased by Anthem at the beginning of 2017. In March of that year, it was rebranded to Impact Wrestling after its weekly fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
