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Maximum Male Models
MxM Collection (or simply MxM) is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Mansoor and Mason Madden. They are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), while also making appearances on the independent circuit. They are also known for their tenure in WWE, as a stable with Max Dupri and Maxxine Dupri called the Maximum Male Models and went by the ring names of mån.sôör and ma.çé. History WWE (2022–2023) On April 22, 2022 in a dark segment on ''SmackDown'', Mansoor turned heel for the first time in WWE when he was announced as the newest member of LA Knight's stable, Knight Model Management alongside Mace. On the July 1 episode of ''SmackDown'', Knight, now known as Max Dupri, announced Mace and Mansoor, under the tweaked names ma.çé and mån.sôör, as his new tag team Maximum Male Models. Maximum Male Models later welcomed Maxxine Dupri, Max's (kayfabe) sister, to manage the team. Max ended his relationship with Maxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansoor (wrestler)
Mansoor Abdul Aziz Mohamed Abdul Aziz Al-Shehail (born 28 October 1995), known mononymously as Mansoor, is a Saudi professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as one-half of MxM Collection alongside Mason Madden. He also wrestles for AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he is the first Saudi wrestler to have competed in WWE. Early life Mansoor Al-Shehail was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 28 October 1995 to an American mother and a Saudi father. At the age of 11, he moved to the United States where he grew up in California. Al-Shehail was a fan of professional wrestling from a young age, and was surrounded by friends whom he shared this passion with, often by playing wrestling video games. Al-Shehail struggled with his mixed Saudi-American heritage as a child, saying "My mother is American, but there were times growing up that I was treated like I was too Saudi to be Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE Brand Extension
The brand extension, also referred to as the brand split, is the separation of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE's roster of wrestlers (and, at various times, creative staff) into distinct divisions, or "brands". The promotion's wrestlers are assigned to a brand via the annual WWE Draft and exclusively perform on that brand's weekly television show, with some exceptions. Throughout its history, WWE has utilized the brand extension twice. The first brand split occurred from 2002 to 2011, while the ongoing second began in 2016. WWE currently promotes four brands. The two main brands, referred to as the main roster, are Raw and SmackDown. NXT, WWE's third brand, was launched in 2010 and has served as WWE's developmental territory since 2012. A fourth brand, Evolve, launched in March 2025 as a sister brand to NXT and features trainees from the WWE Performance Center and independent wrestlers recruited for the WWE Independent Development program. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Of Honor Wrestling
''Ring of Honor Wrestling'' (also known as ''ROH Honor Club TV'', and often shortened as ''ROH Wrestling TV'', ''ROH TV'', ''ROH TV on HonorClub'', or ''ROH on HonorClub'') is an American professional wrestling television series produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). The series features professional wrestlers competing in matches and conducting interviews. Combined, these elements create and further the storylines of the promotion. The pilot episode was taped on February 28, 2009, and the series premiered on March 21, 2009, airing weekly on HDNet in the United States. The series' 100th and final HDNet episode aired on April 4, 2011. The series would return under the same title, airing on television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group on September 24, 2011; many such stations being affiliates of The CW and MyNetworkTV. Following the acquisition of Ring of Honor from Sinclair by All Elite Wrestling president and co-founder Tony Khan in March 2022, the show eventually cea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Nonstop Action 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 NWA World Heavyweight Championship, World Heavyweight and NWA World Tag Team Championship, Tag Team Professional wrestling championship, championships until this agreement ended in 2007; after which, the company would create its own TNA World Championship, World Heavyweight and TNA World Tag Team Championship, World Tag Team cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soft Ground Wrestling
Soft Ground Wrestling (''Ekigwo kya Bumbash'', abbreviated SGW) is an Ugandan independent professional wrestling promotion and wrestling school. Based in Mukono–Kirangira, Mukono District, SGW was founded on March 16, 2023, by local resident Daniel Bumba, a quantity surveyor turned television presenter. As of March 2024, the school trains over 180 students. The promotion is noted for their rudimentary production setup that consists of a wrestling ring made from mud, surrounded by nylon ropes held together by bamboo posts. The promotion gained international attention when All Elite Wrestling's Will Ospreay and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Jordynne Grace made donations to a GoFundMe fundraiser aimed at providing it a standard wrestling ring as well as additional operating funds. In April 2024, Cima and other performers from Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion Gleat appeared for SGW. On June 11, WWE's Cody Rhodes announced he would cover the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. , it has a population of 49.3 million, of whom 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda, Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south, including Kampala, and whose language Luganda is widely spoken; the official language is English. The region was populated by various ethnic groups, before Bantu and Nilotic groups arrived around 3,000 years ago. These groups established influential kingdoms such as the Empire of Kitara. The arrival of Arab trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Deadlock Pro-Wrestling Events
This is a list of events held and promoted by Deadlock Pro-Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in the United States which was founded by Anthony Douglas, James Darnell, and John Blud. Over the course of its history, it has held 47 major events. All of the events were streamed and made available on the company's streaming service, DPW On Demand. List of events 2022 2023 2024 2025 Results You Already Know (2022) You Already Know (2022) was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) held in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Raleigh Convention Center on January 15, 2022. It was DPW's first major event and the first event under the You Already Know chronology, where the main event featured Bojack and Andrew Everett competing in a tournament final for the DPW Worlds Championship. Commentary was provided by the company's founders Anthony Douglas, James Darnell and John Blud. This show aired on DPW On Demand on January 8, 2022. Forever (2022) Forever (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadlock Pro-Wrestling
Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (stylized as DEADLOCK Pro Wrestling), often referred to simply as DPW, is an American Independent circuit, independent professional wrestling promotion, founded on November 1, 2021, by Anthony Douglas, James Darnell, and John Blud. On December 11, DPW taped the first episode of their broadcast show, ''Fire'', which aired five days later on YouTube. Since then, new episodes of DPW's ''Fire'' and ''Spark'' programs have aired on YouTube and the promotion's streaming platform, DPW On Demand. The name of the promotion is derived from the Deadlock Podcast, which is hosted by the promotion's founders. Notable mainstays for the promotion include Andrew Everett, Chris Danger, Calvin Tankman, Kevin Ku, Colby Corino, Je'Von Evans, Jay Malachi, Anthony Henry (wrestler), Anthony Henry, Emi Sakura, Miyuki Takase, Nicole Matthews, Mike Bailey (wrestler), Mike Bailey, Bryan Keith (wrestler), Bryan Keith, Tom Lawlor, and Jake Something. Other prominent wrestlers who have al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Royal (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared the winner. Typical battles royal begin with a number of participants in the ring, who are then eliminated by going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. Variations Battlebowl In a two-ring variation on a battle royal, the wrestlers start in one ring and try to throw wrestlers into the second ring, after which they can be eliminated by being thrown out of that ring. The last remaining wrestler in the first ring can rest until only one wrestler is left in the second ring, after which they fight in both rings until one is eliminated and a winner is declared, in similar fashion to a double elimination tournament. The two-ring version was held in World Championship Wrestling's 1991 Starrcade event. Subsequent Battlebowl matches occurred under normal battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a men's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two secondary championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE United States Championship on SmackDown. The current champion is Dominik Mysterio, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating previous champion Bron Breakker, Penta, and Finn Bálor, whom Mysterio pinned, in a fatal four-way match on night two of WrestleMania 41 on April 20, 2025. The championship was established by the then- World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on September 1, 1979, as a result of the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship being unified with an apocryphal South American Heavyweight Championship, with Pat Patterson as the inaugural champion. It is the third-oldest championship currently active in WWE, behind the WWE Championship (1963) and United States Championship (1975), but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Gable
Charles Edward Betts (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He has been signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable and also portrays the masked luchador El Grande Americano. As Chad Gable, he is the leader of the stable American Made and is a four-time tag team champion in WWE. As El Grande Americano, he is the current WWE Speed Champion in his first reign. A prolific amateur wrestler who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Betts signed with WWE in late 2013 and tested training before he was deployed to WWE's developmental branch, NXT. Working as a tag team wrestler, he won the NXT Tag Team Championship with his partner Jason Jordan as American Alpha, before being called up to the main roster in 2016, where they won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship before disbanding in mid-2017. He formed a tag team with Shelton Benjamin before being traded to Raw in the 2018 Superstar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Academy
Alpha Academy is a professional wrestling Stable (wrestling), stable performing in WWE on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand composed of Otis (wrestler), Otis, Maxxine Dupri and Akira Tozawa. Otis and Chad Gable, are former List of WWE Raw Tag Team Champions, one-time WWE Raw Tag Team Championship, WWE Raw Tag Team Champions. Formed as a tag team, Gable and Otis are longtime best friends in real life, with their friendship dating back to 2011, where they trained for the Olympic Games together in Colorado Springs. The two are now neighbors on the same street. History Formation and Raw Tag Team Champions (2020–2023) On November 13, 2020 episode of ''WWE SmackDown, SmackDown'', Chad Gable opened the "Alpha Academy" (a nod to his former tag team of American Alpha with Jason Jordan) and recruited Otis (wrestler), Otis as his client. The team made their debut on the December 11 episode of ''SmackDown'' in a defeat to the team of Claudio Castagnoli, Cesaro and Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
