#pro wrestling history

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June 2, 1987 - At an event in Buffalo, New York, The Honky Tonk Man defeated Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat to win the Intercontinental Championship to begin the longest reign with that title in WWE history. He went on to hold the belt for 454 days.

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[blizzardsuplex]

Mount Rushmore 2.0 is fine from PWG All Star Weekend 11 Night One, 12/11/2015

[daxnorman]

"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space"

(after Boccioni)

collage, 11" x 18"

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G 🏳️‍🌈

"MY WAY: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson"

He was a semi-openly gay man within professional wrestling. Publicly, he was secretive about his sexuality. He had a poor, sad, lonely upbringing until he was more successful his father accepted him more. But he didn't have much support from his family when he came out to them as a teenager in the late 50s. Had to leave home at 16.

He's been the subject of rumors and erroneous stories because of homophobia in wrestling and in society.

He was a talent and a genius for wrestling and helped so many wrestlers over 45-50 years throughout the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s all the way until his death in 2020. He was like 'required reading' for anyone dreaming to wrestle, he put on shows and matches that today are still unbelievable.

I think he's a good man. He's a hero.

[anonymouspuzzler]

Would davey and buck be big fans of wwe, ultimate wrestling, professional wrestling in general?

oh man, now that I think of it, yeah they definitely would. Buck spent his adolescence and early adulthood a Desperately Lonely Mostly Closeted Gay Man with a Very Macho Family, of course he was watching a lot of wrestling - he probably based the Invincible Bulkhead persona he puts on a LOT on wrestling heels, actually. Davey, meanwhile, I think would get a huge kick out of it, and probably either did some amateur indie wrestling in his youth or wishes he had.

[caranoirs]

[thistledropkick]

"Uniform exchange with my dojo brother

Next time, will we team up or will we fight?"

[typhlonectes]

Pro-wrestling Arrives in Japan, 1961

70 years ago, on 2-19-1954, Rikidōzan brought pro wrestling to Japan with his Japanese Pro Wrestling Association and their first tour. Rikidōzan & Masahiko Kimura wrestled the Sharpe Brothers for the NWA Tag Team Championships to a 61-minute draw in the main event. 13k in attendance. It's said that 73% of all televisions in Japan watched the broadcast live.

via: Project Territories

[bxrberry]

goldenloversic

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A gender relating to the wrestling tag-team: the golden lovers. This could connect to romance, friendship, queerness in wrestling, but you are free to interpret it however you like!

coined and flag by me!

a/n: i’m sorry this flag is so lame /gen i always think of green and blue for them so? But please feel free to make alt flags! (Maybe even tag me…)

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[pt: A gender relating to the wrestling tag-team: the golden lovers. This could connect to romance, friendship, distancing from loved ones, queerness in wrestling, but you are free to interpret it however you like!]

[pt: coined and flag by me!]

[flag: a horizontal 7 line flag. The top 2 lines are a dark green and a lighter dark green. The bottom two lines are a dark a blue and a regular blue. the middle two lines are yellow. In the cener is a white line.]

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June 1, 1996 - At ECW ‘Fight The Power’ from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ECW World Television Champion Shane Douglas was forced to defend his title FIVE times.

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[rjcity1]

It was a joy to close out Our Fake History’s 3-part series on the origins of kayfabe. Go listen and try to learn. 🎧http://www.podcastone.com/episode/Episode-185--Was-Wrestling-Ever-Real-ft-RJ-City-Part-III (art by Frank Fiorentino)

[galaxy-brain-rasslin]

Sting has had a long, successful career. He's one of the most beloved wrestlers amongst the ever-cynical and jaded IWC-- forever a babyface in the eyes of people who grew up watching him in WCW (and maybe watching in TNA/Impact. Idk I never watched it).

He's had an amazing run in AEW. His stuff with Darby has been fucking fun as hell.

I'm glad that he's able to formally retire on his own terms. I can't wait to see his last match against The Young Bucks.

That all being said, I'm absolutely going to miss hearing Tony Schiavonne and his ever-enthusiastic shouting of "IT'S STIIIIIIING!"

I mean, just listen to how fucking excited this dude was to shout that. He sounded like he'd been holding that in for the last 18 years.

[sana-yan]

here are the quick facts about axiz for those who want the lowdown but don't watch noah (go subscribe to wrestle universe!!)

this is katsuhiko nakajima, the "mad wolf"

he's a short king wild boy from a tumultuous childhood, and a genius at striking offense with a background in martial arts and MMA since he was literally 14 or something

it doesn't matter how tall you are, he's swingin

he's burned countless bridges before, one being his ex-tag team and now current tag team partner, mr. "i am noah" himself, go shiozaki

he's the tallest smol you'll ever meet with a real tragic past, loyal to a fault (and loves cute things like desserts and using cute emoticons, has 7 cats and a dog, and is unironically a kpop stan).

this is him in my favorite shirt of his that he likes to wear

anyway they were in a tag team called axiz and they used to be like this:

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A post shared by 中嶋勝彦 Katsuhiko Nakajima (@katsuhiko_nakajima)

and like this:

anyway, the main thing is that they were homies.

they also had three specially produced photobooks with lore.

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A post shared by 中嶋勝彦 Katsuhiko Nakajima (@katsuhiko_nakajima)

by the way, if you have twitter, give Hi5ame a follow; they are literally a godsend for the NOAH fandom.

as i mentioned, nakajima tends to burn bridges and the surrounding 50km radius. he turned on shiozaki when he believed that go had no "use" for him. in fact, nakajima turns on his partners when he feels they no longer rely on him.

he betrayed go to join kenoh's stable, kongo in august 2020. worth noting that the reason why he teamed with shiozaki in the first place was that he betrayed his ex-partner masa kitamiya earlier in 2018. anyway, no matter how kitamiya feels, nakajima is in kongo now.

at the time, it seemed like nakajima was the odd man out, the lone wolf of the group, but over 2 and half years, it appeared that the wolf had found his pack. there was even a haircut episode (iykyk)

in particular, he bonded with kenoh the most. nakajima and kenoh were rivals, but they had also become bros outside of just hating The Company and ragging on shiozaki

in a way, nakajima stumbled into what he needed the most. friends who understood him, who lived through the struggles of noah as he did. but the thing is, despite finally finding a faction that seemed to suit him and want him, nakajima couldn't be happy. not when he and kenoh's try at the tag belts failed. inadvertently rubbing salt in the wounds, kenoh's other tag belt endeavors with other members of kongo succeeded.

so, on may 4, 2023, during a 6-man tag between kongo (katsuhiko nakajima, kenoh, manabu soya) and noah's main unit team of kaito kiyomiya, yoshiki inamura, and go shiozaki, in what was go's comeback match after 8 months of being sidelined with injury, kongo utterly and thoroughly crushes the hope of the returning shiozaki.

further humiliating him in the ring, nakajima mocks shiozaki on the mic, wondering where the strong ace of noah's past went. before him is a weak and pathetic man.

and that's exactly why nakajima lifts up his hand to deliver the final blow...

...and offer to team up. because shiozaki needs nakajima. shiozaki would be nothing but dependent on nakajima. nakajima will be irreplaceable.

leaning on none other than shiozaki's surgically-repaired shoulder, nakajima poses, hearkening back to classic axiz. and shiozaki, a head taller than nakajima, nearly crumples to half his height, clinging to nakajima in a grateful and emotional embrace, so happy to have katsuhiko back.

(source: pro wrestling noah global twitter)

the thing about axiz's catchphrase is that they are "homies now and forever." and bless him and his loyalty, shiozaki took it to heart. in the two and half years axiz had broken up, go had never changed his twitter bio. he's always been repping AXIZ (and also bts lmao). he'd always been hoping that nakajima would return to his side.

(source: x)

and in the backstage, nakajima makes it clear, saying, "kongo doesn't need me anymore. kenoh doesn't need me anymore. i don't need him anymore either."

kenoh, of course, ain't happy. deeply hurt by this betrayal (and losing nakajima to go shiozaki!!! of all people!!!), he calls nakajima a "traitor." things are gonna get real spicy, especially as the fallout of axiz's reformation begins to settle.

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[king-tyrone36]

How I feel about Monday blues and NOT HAVIN YOUR AGE IN YOUR BIO/VISIBLE ON YOUR PROFILE 😤😎✊🏾

[bameme]

So I thought this was hilarious but I wanted to fact check it before sharing, just to know if it was a joke or not. And not only is it a real flag (it's known as the 28th Virginia Battle Flag, and was captured at Gettysburg),

But There's More: