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| Pen name | Tomomi Nagare |
| Occupation | Author, historian |
| Subject | Professional wrestling Mixed martial arts |
Koji Miyamoto is a Japanese professional wrestling historian and writer, best known for his work on Lou Thesz. [1] He has authored sixteen books. [2]
Danny Mack Gable is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, and an Olympic gold medalist. Gable was only the third wrestler to be inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend category. In 2014, Gable was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame and on December 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Gable with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Fred A. Beell was a German-born American professional wrestler and police officer.
David Allen Meltzer is an American journalist and sports historian who reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.
Richard John Beyer was an American professional wrestler is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer and Doctor X. Among other places, he worked extensively in Japan and in 2017 he was awarded one of the country's highest honors, the Order of the Rising Sun.
Jesse Lizarraga, better known by the ring name Jesse Hernandez, is an American professional wrestler, referee, trainer, and actor.
Leslie Malady, better known by the name Les Thatcher, is an American former professional wrestler. He helps run Elite Pro Wrestling Training, a professional wrestling school in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, with Ricky Steamboat and, up until his death on August 1, 2019, Harley Race. He is also on the board of directors of the Cauliflower Alley Club. He won several regional tag team championships with various partners, including Nelson Royal and Roger Kirby. He turned his hand to singles competition as a junior heavyweight.
James C. Melby was an American professional wrestling historian and magazine editor, publishing almost 100 wrestling projects since 1991.
Ray "Thunder" Stern, born Walter Bookbinder, was an American professional wrestler, bodybuilder and entrepreneur.
Mario Louis Fornini was an Italian/American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter, better known professionally as Angelo Savoldi. At the time of his death, he was known as the world's oldest retired wrestler at the age of 99.
The Cauliflower Alley Club is a non-profit fraternal organization, which includes a newsletter and website, comprising both retired and active professional wrestlers and boxers in North America.
Billy Darnell was an American professional wrestler and major star of the 1940s and 1950s, with his career spanning over twenty years with championships in the National Wrestling Alliance and World Wide Wrestling Federation.
Betty Jo Niccoli is an American former female professional wrestler. She wrestled in the United States, Canada, and Japan. She was also influential in helping lift the ban of women's wrestling in the state of New York.
The New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame and Fan Fest is an American professional wrestling hall of fame. It was established in January 2008 to honor select wrestling personalities who have made significant contributions to professional wrestling in New England and the Northeastern United States.
The Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame is a professional wrestling hall of fame maintained by Iconic Heroes of Wrestling Excellence (IHWE). Established in 2009 to honor select wrestling personalities, inductees were initially limited to alumni of the Global Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling Alliance, USWA Texas, and World Class Championship Wrestling, but also included independent stars after 2011. In 2015, the hall of fame expanded to include wrestling personalities from all of the Southern United States.
Greg Oliver is a Canadian sports writer. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bob Leonard, was a Canadian professional wrestling promoter, photographer, ring announcer, and author. During his career in the professional wrestling industry he spent three decades as the perennial photographer for Stampede Wrestling.
Vern May better known by his ringname Vance Nevada is a Canadian professional wrestler, author, professional wrestling promoter and wrestling historian.
The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (TNTHOF) is a professional wrestling hall of fame museum located within the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum's Dan Gable Museum. The hall of fame honors wrestlers with a strong amateur background who have made an impact on professional wrestling. It is named after Lou Thesz, who helped create it, and his trainer George Tragos.
Larry Matysik was an American professional wrestling commentator, promoter and author best known for his commentary on Wrestling at the Chase.
Patric Laprade is a Canadian professional wrestling historian and French-speaking Quebecer best known for his several award winning books on Canadian and women's wrestling. and working for TVA Sports as an interviewer and was a French language broadcaster of Monday Night RAW. He is also the founder and caretaker of the Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame and has been part of organizing women's wrestling events.
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