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Paulo César Da Silva (fighter)
Paulo César da Silva (born July 21, 1963) is a Brazilian former national basketball player for the Brazilian national basketball team and later mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Giant Silva. He stands and weighs . A super-heavyweight wrestler, he was both a face and a heel in several professional wrestling promotions. Known for his great height, in 2014 he was described as the sixth tallest professional wrestler in history. Basketball career In the 1980s, Silva was originally a professional basketball player. He played with the senior Brazilian national basketball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the nickname "Paulão" (Big Paulo). Very much like El Gigante/Giant Gonzales, who also started as a basketball player, the tall Silva played as a reserve center on Brazil's national team, wearing the #13 jersey. Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Federation (1998–1999) After turning pro in late 1997, Silva signed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tenta
John Anthony Tenta Jr. (June 22, 1963June 7, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler ('' rikishi'') best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation as Earthquake. After a promising start to his sumo career, using the name Kototenzan, Tenta switched to professional wrestling and became a high-profile star for the WWF, feuding with Hulk Hogan and winning the WWF Tag Team Championship as a member of The Natural Disasters with personal friend, Typhoon. His professional wrestling career also encompassed runs in World Championship Wrestling, where he was known as Avalanche and The Shark, All Japan Pro Wrestling and a return to WWF as Golga. Tenta died in 2006 after a long battle with bladder cancer. On April 19, 2025, Tenta, as Earthquake, was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025 alongside Typhoon as The Natural Disasters. Early life John Tenta was born in Surrey, British Columbia. Named after his father, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Comandante
Norma Martínez (born April 23, 1978), known by the ring name La Comandante, is a Mexican '' luchadora'', or female professional wrestler and manager working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a '' ruda'' ("bad guy") wrestling character. Professional wrestling career She began her career working under the ring name ''La Nazi'' (The Nazi), inspired by ''El Nazi'', a hated Mexican ''rudo'' (a bad guy character or heel). Her initial days as a professional wrestler were challenging; she faced considerable resistance, with complaints that she was too rough in the ring and not providing sufficient protection to her opponents during matches. Her reputation for working "stiff", as it is called in wrestling, made it so hard for her to get work that she retired in the late 1990s. During her retirement she worked in a furniture factory and as a tailor. She did not return to full-time wrestling until she met wrestler Pierroth, Jr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierroth Jr
Norberto Salgado Salcedo (born March 10, 1958) is a retired Mexican '' luchador'' ( professional wrestler), primarily known under the ring name Pierroth Jr. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984, working as a '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth Jr. He lost his mask as a result of losing a '' Lucha de Apuestas'' ("bet match") to La Parka in 1998. In the late 1990s Pierroth became known as Comandante Pierroth or simply Pierroth, leader of a faction of pro-Puerto Rican wrestlers in CMLL known as '' Los Boricuas'', notwithstanding him being born in Mexico. After suffering a stroke in November 2008 Salgado retired from wrestling. Several other wrestlers have used the name Pierroth or derivatives thereof over the years, with approval from Salgado, currently Pierrothito is the only wrestler actively using the name. Over the years Salgado has worked for Mexican professional wrestling promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universo 2000
Andrés Reyes González (April 18, 1963 – May 1, 2018) was a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who was best known under the ring name Universo 2000. Reyes made his professional wrestling debut in 1985 and worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG). Reyes was a part of a wrestling family that includes his brothers Carmelo (who wrestles as Cien Caras) and Jesús (Máscara Año 2000) as well as his nephew who wrestles under the name Máscara Año 2000 Jr. Together with his brothers he formed a group called '' Los Hermanos Dinamita'', also known as ''Los Capos'' when they teamed up with Apolo Dantés. Reyes was the only three-time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion in the history of the championship. He was originally an '' Enmascarado'', a masked wrestler, but lost his mask in a match against El Canek on September 17, 2004. Professional wrestling career Andrés Reyes grew up watchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apolo Dantes
Apolo may refer to: * Apolo, La Paz, a town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia * Apolo Anton Ohno, a US-American Olympic gold medal-winning short track speed skater who also won ''Dancing with the Stars'' in 2007 * Apolo Kivebulaya, Ugandan Anglican priest and evangelist * Germán Figueroa, also known as Apolo—a Puerto Rican professional wrestler See also * Apollo (other) Apollo is a Greek and Roman god of music, healing, light, prophecy and enlightenment. Apollo may also refer to: Animals *Apollo (dog) (1992–2006), a German Shepherd search and rescue dog *Apollo (horse) (1879–1887), an American Thoroughbred ... * Appolo (other) * Appollo (other) {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazo De Plata
José Luis Alvarado Nieves (March 19, 1963 – July 26, 2021) was a Mexican '' luchador'' best known under the ring name Brazo de Plata, a name he had used since his debut in 1977. He is also well known for his appearances in WWE as Super Porky. Alvarado was a member of the Alvarado wrestling family which includes his father Shadito Cruz, five brothers who used the "Brazo" name at some point and several third-generation wrestlers who have appeared over the last couple of years. Professional wrestling career Early career (1977–1988) Alvarado made his debut as "Brazo De Plata" ( Spanish for "Silver arm"), an Enmascarado (masked wrestler) who worked mainly in tag team matches with his brother who worked as Brazo de Oro ("Gold arm") and in trios action with another brother known simply as El Brazo ("the arm"). Los Brazos, as they were billed, wrestled all over Mexico and made appearances for the Los Angeles based NWA Hollywood Wrestling. While working for NWA Hollywood Wre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzuki
Tzuki (sometimes spelled Tsuki or Tzuky) is a Mexican '' Luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works as a ''Mini-Estrella'' or "Mini" division in Mexico. Throughout his career Tzuki has worked under various ring names, most notably Máscarita Sagrada Jr., Mini Rey Misterio Jr. and Max Mini. Tzuki has worked for (AAA), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and a variety of special appearances for independent promotions all over Mexico, the United States, Europe and Japan and currently works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Tsuky's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. While not all ''Mini-Estrellas'' in Mexico have dwarfism, Tzuki is one of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' that actually does. Professional wrestling career Early Career (1994-1995) The wrestler who would later be known as Tzuki trained under Furia Guerrera and El Gallo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midget Wrestler
Midget wrestling is professional wrestling involving people of exceptionally short stature. Its heyday was in the 1950s and 1960s, when wrestlers such as Little Beaver, Lord Littlebrook, toured North America, and Sky Low Low was the first holder of the National Wrestling Alliance's World Midget Championship. In the following couple of decades, more wrestlers became prominent in North America, including foreign wrestlers like Japan's Little Tokyo. The attraction was very popular in wrestling promotions from the 1950s into the 1970s. Many cards included midget wrestlers and included tag team and women's midget wrestling. Television shows for promotions in various cities frequently included midget matches. Midget wrestling began to wane after WWF's WrestleMania III. Afterward, promotions continued to feature midget divisions, but its popularity was slowly declining. By the mid-1990s, midget wrestlers mostly appeared in comical matches and segments, rather than serious competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consejo Mundial De Lucha Libre
Co., Ltd. (CMLL; , "World Wrestling Council") is a ''lucha libre'' professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico City. The promotion was previously known as (EMLL) (''Mexican Wrestling Enterprise''). Founded in 1933, it is the oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence. CMLL currently recognizes and promotes 12 World Championships in various weight divisions and classifications, six national level and six regional level championships. The Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Anniversary Shows, CMLL Anniversary Show series is the longest-running annual major show, starting in 1934, with the CMLL 91st Anniversary Show being the most recent. CMLL also regularly promotes major events under the names ''Homenaje a Dos Leyendas'' ("Homage to two legends"), ''Sin Piedad'' ("No Mercy"), ''Sin Salida'' ("No Escape"), ''Infierno en el Ring'' ("Inferno in the Ring") during the year. CMLL has promoted their regular weekly ''CMLL Super Viernes, Super Viernes'' ("Super Friday") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantera (wrestler)
Francisco Javier Pozas (born February 3, 1964) is a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, who is best known under the ring name El Pantera, but has also worked as Pantera II, El Manaya, América, Tritón and Tanaka over the years. Pozas made his wrestling debut in 1985, working as an '' enmascarado'' (masked wrestler) with a panther-inspired mask to go with his ring character of "El Pantera". Over the years Pozas has worked in Mexico, Japan and the United States; In Mexico he has worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), in Japan he's worked for Universal Lucha Libre (ULL) and All-Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and in the United States he's most known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1997 to 1999 and Chikara where he has worked shows since 2007. In 2006 Pantera lost his mask as a result of a match. He, however, continued wearing the mask when workin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWF Super Astros
The following is a list of all WWE television programs. It also includes programming produced under the Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC), World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and World Wrestling Entertainment banners. WWE airs multiple television and web television programs all over the world in a wide-range of mediums, including on pay-per-view, on video on demand services, and on streaming services. WWE's three flagship programs are '' Raw'', '' SmackDown'', and '' NXT''. Current television programming In-ring shows Premium live events From 2022, the WWE began using the term "premium live event" for its pay-per-views airing on traditional PPV and its WWE Network over-the-top streaming service. The Premium Live Events WWE hold currently are: Weekly television shows Television specials Studio shows ''This Week in WWE'' (2009–present) ''This Week in WWE'' is a weekly studio show produced by WWE. ''Wal3ooha'' (2017–201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
