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Moustache Mountain
Moustache Mountain was a British professional wrestling tag team consisting of Trent Seven and Tyler Bate, Bate is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand and Seven worked for WWE until his release in August 2022. They are one-time NXT UK Tag Team Champions and NXT Tag Team Champions. Created in 2015, they previously worked for other promotions, most notably Chikara and Progress Wrestling. They are also known as part of the three-men stable British Strong Style together with Pete Dunne, also in WWE. The team debuted on 6 February 2015 in the Chikara promotion. Both Seven and Bate signed with WWE in late 2016 to be a part of the first United Kingdom Championship Tournament, which was won by Bate who became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion. Both wrestlers then joined the NXT brand as singles wrestler, while continuing to team up outside WWE; after Bate lost the title to Dunne in 2017, Moustache Mountain made their debut in WWE the following year, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WrestleMania Axxess
WWE World at WrestleMania, formerly known as WrestleMania Axxess, is a professional wrestling fan convention held by WWE during the week of WrestleMania. The event typically runs for four to five days—from Thursday to Sunday or Monday—and features WWE talent and alumni autograph signings, interviews, fan activities, memorabilia displays, meet-and-greets, and matches. WrestleMania Axxess was briefly discontinued from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but was relaunched as WWE World at WrestleMania beginning with WrestleMania XL in 2024. History The first event happened in 1988, when the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) in association with The Trump Organization prepared a small festival to celebrate WrestleMania IV. It included autograph signings, a brunch, and a five kilometer run; the event was held again in 1989 for WrestleMania V. In 1992, a festival was held the day of WrestleMania VIII which included a WWF wrestler look-alike contest and a tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NXT UK
''NXT UK'' was a professional wrestling television programme that was produced exclusively in the United Kingdom by the American promotion WWE. It aired on BT Sport and 5Action (previously known as Paramount Network). In the United States, the show was available to stream on Peacock, while in other countries, it aired on the WWE Network. The show featured competitors from WWE's WWE NXT. It was officially announced during the 2018 United Kingdom Championship Tournament. The final episode of the programme aired on 1 September 2022, following the announcement that the NXT UK brand would eventually be replaced by a planned NXT Europe and NXT Mexico. History In a press conference at The O2 Arena on 15 December 2016, Triple H revealed that there would be a 16-man tournament to crown the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion. The tournament was held over two days, 14 and 15 January 2017, and aired exclusively on the WWE Network. At the time, it was stated that the championship woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasher Hatfield
A Very Good Professional Wrestler (born 1983 or 1982), formerly known by his ring name Dasher Hatfield, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Chikara and its sister promotion Wrestling is Fun!. Professional wrestling career Chikara Hatfield debuted for Chikara at King of Trios 2007 in Barnesville, Pennsylvania under the ring name Create A Wrestler in which he lost to Chuck Taylor. The premise of the Create-A-Wrestler gimmick was that he did not have a defined character and the fans would get to suggest ideas for gimmicks for him. Because his identity was entirely up to the fans, he was billed from "Wherever You Want!" After having brief runs as MosCow the Communist Bovine and Ultimo Breakfast, he was reintroduced at '' Chikara Young Lions Cup VII'' as Hatfield, a wrestling baseball player. Hatfield formed a tag team called the Throwbacks with fellow Chikara superstar Sugar Dunkerton, a wrestling basketball player, who in 2011 failed to captur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axiom (wrestler)
Carlos Ruíz (born May 9, 1997) is a Spanish professional wrestler. He signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Axiom. He is a former one-time and the inaugural NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion as A-Kid and a two-time NXT Tag Team Champion as a member of the tag team Fraxiom with Nathan Frazer. Prior to joining WWE, Ruíz as A-Kid competed in various American and European independent circuits, notably for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Progress Wrestling, and Chikara. Early and personal life Ruíz is as former Real Madrid youth player under Zinedine Zidane. Professional wrestling career Early career (2012–2019) In June 2016, it was announced that Ruiz, performing under the name A-Kid would participate with Rod Zayas and Adam Chase in Chikara's King of Trios, as House White Wolf. However, they would be defeated by House Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven, and Tyler Bate) in the first round. Next year, he participated in Chikara's Rey de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Catch Republic
New Catch Republic is an English professional wrestling tag team consisting of Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate. They are currently signed with WWE and appear on the Raw brand. The group was originally a stable known as British Strong Style made up of Dunne, Bate, and Trent Seven, who last worked for WWE in the NXT UK brand, before his release in August 2022. The group took its name from a style of professional wrestling that is a mixture of Japanese strong style and traditional British catch wrestling. The three were a prominent part of the NXT UK roster, and were central figures of the ''NXT UK'' programme when it premiered in October 2018. They were nicknamed "the founding fathers of NXT UK" by WWE, due to their crucial part in the creation and growth of the brand. Dunne and Seven formed the group in the Progress Wrestling (Progress) promotion in July 2016 as a tag team, before adding Bate, who had been Seven's tag team partner as part of Moustache Mountain since April 2015, in Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chikara Campeonatos De Parejas
The Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas (''Chikara Tag Team championship'') was a professional wrestling Tag team (professional wrestling), tag team championship (professional wrestling), championship contested for in the Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based promotion Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara. History The Campeonatos de Parejas was introduced in February 2006. The creation of the title was the foundation of that year's Tag World Grand Prix#2006, Tag World Grand Prix tag team tournament, scheduled to be the final TWGP for the promotion. The title was to be awarded to the winning team of the tournament. The eventual winners were the team of Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli, The Kings of Wrestling, who defeated Milano Collection A.T. and Skayde (Team DragonDoor) in the finals of the tournament to be crowned the first Campeones de Parejas. The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) were the first champion in the title's history, having won the ti ... [...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] |
The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Matthew Massie and Nicholas Massie, who perform under the ring names Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson. , they are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they are also executive vice presidents and co-founders of the company. They also make appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where they are former two-time IWGP Tag Team Championship, IWGP Tag Team Champions. As performers in AEW, they are three-time AEW World Tag Team Champions, and were the inaugural and two-time AEW World Trios Champions with Kenny Omega as The Elite (professional wrestling), The Elite. The Young Bucks are also known for their work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), where they became members of the NJPW faction Bullet Club; after a "civil war" in 2018, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, "Hangman" Adam Page, Marty Scurll, and Cody Rhodes were kicked out of the Bullet Club and went on to for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet Club
, stylized as BULLET CLUB and sometimes shortened to BC, is a professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#stable, stable primarily appearing in the Japanese Professional wrestling promotion, promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). In the United States, the group currently appears on events run by the company's U.S. subsidiary, New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America, as well as U.S. partner promotions Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, formerly Impact Wrestling) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The group additionally appears on events promoted by Tamashii, NJPW's Australasian affiliate, as well as on events of other Australasian Independent circuit, independent promotions. The group was formed in May 2013 when Irish wrestler Finn Bálor, Prince Devitt betrayed his Japanese partner Ryusuke Taguchi and came together with American wrestler Karl Anderson and Tongan wrestlers Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga to form a Heel (professional wrestling), villainous stable of fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Taylor (wrestler)
Dustin Lee Howard (born April 22, 1986), better known by the ring name Chuck Taylor, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also works as a Agent (professional wrestling), coach as well as in-ring talent. Known as "The Kentucky Gentleman" and "Sexy Chuckie T", he was a member of the Best Friends (professional wrestling), Best Friends Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable alongside original tag team partner Trent Beretta, Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander, and Danhausen (wrestler), Danhausen. Howard has wrestled on the independent circuit since 2002, most notably appearing for Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara, where he held the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, Campeonatos de Parejas Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas#Title history, twice, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he is a former List of PWG World Champions, two-time PWG World Championship, PWG World Champion. He is also known for his work in larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruderschaft Des Kreuzes
Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (BDK) (German for "Brotherhood of the Cross", commonly abbreviated to BDK) was a professional wrestling stable in the Chikara promotion. History Chikara Background (2007–2009) On May 27, 2007, at ''Aniversario?'' Mike Quackenbush defeated longtime rival Chris Hero in a match two years in the making with a new submission maneuver called the Chikara Special. Following the match Quackenbush announced that since he knew Hero would never be able to break the hold, he would teach it and the counter to it to all '' tecnicos'' (good guys) on the Chikara roster. After Lince Dorado, El Pantera, Equinox and Claudio Castagnoli had all used the move to defeat Hero, he was booked to wrestle Equinox in a hair vs. mask match on November 11, 2007, at ''The Sordid Perils of Everyday Existence''. During the match Equinox managed to lock in the Chikara Special, only for Hero to counter out of it and apply the move himself to force Equinox to tap out and lose his mask. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Trios
King of Trios was a three-night tournament promoted by the Chikara (professional wrestling), Chikara professional wrestling promotion. The tournament was a different take on the Tag World Grand Prix event that the promotion was known for annually promoting; in King of Trios, instead of tag teams, there were trios that competed in six-man tag team matches to see who would advance. The tournament served as the promotion's premier event, similar to what WrestleMania is for the WWE. List of winners 2007 All in all, sixteen trios competed in the tournament, making for a total of forty-eight competitors. The tournament marked the 2007 season premiere of the promotion. The three nights of the 2007 tournament took place on February 16, 2007, in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, February 17 in Barnesville, Pennsylvania, and February 18 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nobutaka Moribe was originally scheduled to be a part of Team DDT, but had to be replaced by Masamune (wrestler), Masamune, after g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
