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In Egypt the fathers of two teenage wrestlers struck a deal to fix a match for the price of a donkey in the first surviving record of a sporting competition being stitched up for financial gain. Links: Egypt, Wrestling 
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1976 Jun 26 |
In Japan US boxer Muhammad Ali fought Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki (b.1943). The 15-round fight was scored as a draw. Some spectators asked for their money back. Links: USA, Japan, Boxing, Wrestling
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1982 |
Konishiki, born Salevaa Atisanoe in American Samoa, began competing in sumo wrestling. He opened sumo wrestling to international competition and achieved the 2nd-highest rank. The 600-pound wrestler announced his retirement in 1997. Links: Wrestling, Amer. Samoa
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1993 Mar 11 |
Dino Bravo (b.1948), wrestler (WWF), was shot to death in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Bravo, born as Adolfo Bresciano, was known as the “World’s Strongest Man.” Links: Canada, Wrestling
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1993 |
The American Akebono was promoted to yokozuna, the 1st rank of sumo wrestling. Links: USA, Wrestling
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1998 Feb 17 |
An Iranian crowd cheered as US wrestlers carried the Stars and Stripes into an international meet in Tehran. Links: USA, Iran, Wrestling
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1998 Sep 10 |
US wrestler Sam Henson took first place in the World Wrestling Championships in Iran. He defeated Namik Abdullavev of Azerbaijan. Iranians stood for the US anthem for the first time in 19 years. Links: Azerbaijan, Iraq, USA, Wrestling
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1999 Jan 4 |
Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's 37th governor. Links: Minnesota, Wrestling
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1999 May 23 |
Owen Hart (33), a professional wrestler also known as "The Blue Blazer," was killed when he fell 50 [78] feet while being lowered into the ring at a World Wrestling Federation show in Kansas City. The fall was revised to 90 feet in front of 16,200 fans at the Kemper Arena. Links: Missouri, Tragedy, Wrestling
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1999 Jul 28 |
In Florida Lionel Tate (12) flung Tiffany Eunick (6) around a living room in a session of play wrestling. Eunick died from severe injuries. Tate was convicted of 1st degree murder in 2001 and sentenced to life in prison. In 2003 an appeals court ordered a new trial and Tate agreed to a 2nd degree murder charge. Tate was released in 2004. Links: Murder, Florida, Wrestling
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1999 Oct 19 |
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia began trading on Wall Street with 7.2 million shares at 18. It closed at 35.56. World Wrestling also made its debut with 10 million shares at 17. It closed at 25.25. Links: NYSE, Nasdaq, Wrestling
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2001 Mar 9 |
A judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sentenced 14-year-old Lionel Tate to life in prison for the 1999 killing of Tiffany Eunick, a 6-year old girl. Tate, who had been convicted of first-degree murder, said he was imitating pro-wrestling moves. Tate's first-degree murder conviction and sentence were later overturned; he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a new sentence of probation, but is now accused of violating that probation. Links: USA, Murder, Florida, Wrestling
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2001 May 10 |
NBC and the World Wrestling Federation cancelled the XFL. Links: Football, Wrestling
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2004 Aug 13 |
The Olympics opened In Athens. A sea of athletes under 202 flags parted to let a Greek windsurfing champion jog across the stadium and climb to the Olympic cauldron, which dipped on its slender 102-foot arm to receive the spark from his torch. Women’s wrestling debuted as an Olympic sport. Links: Olympics, Greece, Women, Wrestling
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2007 Jun 25 |
Chris Benoit (40), a professional wrestling superstar, was found dead alongside the bodies of his wife and retarded son (7) in Fayetteville, Georgia. Police treated the case as a possible murder-suicide. Anabolic steroids thought to be a contributing factor. The Canadian-born wrestler won the world heavyweight championship in 2004. Doctors later reported that Chris Benoit had injected steroids not long before he died. Links: GeorgiaUS, Canada, USA, Suicide, Murder, Wrestling
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2007 Jun 26 |
Tokitaizan, whose real name is Takashi Saito (17), collapsed during a training session in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, and was confirmed dead a few hours later. On Oct 5 the Japan Sumo Association expelled stablemaster Junichi Yamamoto. On Feb 7, 2008, 3 wrestlers and a former trainer were arrested for Saito’s death. Links: Japan, Wrestling
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2009 Jul 21 |
Mexican police detained a woman (65) in the deaths of two professional wrestlers who were found drugged in a low-rent hotel in Mexico City on June 29. One of the diminutive wrestlers went by the name "La Parkita" (Little Death") and wore a skeleton costume in the ring. The other was known as "Espectrito Jr." An autopsy on the two wrestlers, who were brothers, detected a substance found in eye drops that can damage the nervous system when mixed with alcohol. Three bodies, one of them headless, were found floating in an irrigation ditch in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, where drug violence has spiked despite the presence of thousands of soldiers. Police captured four men, members of the La Familia drug cartel, accused of slaying 12 federal agents on the weekend of July 12 and dumping their bloodied bodies along a highway in President Felipe Calderon's home state of Michoacan. Links: Mexico, Murder, Robbery, Wrestling
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2011 May 20 |
Randy "Macho Man" Savage (58), a larger-than-life personality from professional wrestling's 1980s flying-elbow heyday known for his raspy voice, brash style and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash in Florida. Links: USA, Wrestling
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2012 Jan 20 |
In Japan Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto won his first tournament, logging an unbeatable 13th straight victory with only two bouts to go in the New Year basho. Links: Japan, Estonia, Wrestling
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2016 Mar 18 |
A Florida jury awarded wrestler Hulk Hogan $115 million in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker Media. On March 20 a jury added $25 million to the verdict in punitive damages. It was later reported that Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, secretly backed Hogan in the lawsuit. Thiel had been outed as gay by a Gawker-owned website in 2007. Links: USA, Florida, Lawsuit, Wrestling
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2016 Apr 20 |
Joanie Laurer (46), a professional wrestler and reality-TV star known as Chyna, was found dead at her home in Redondo Beach. Links: USA, California, Wrestling
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2016 Apr 27 |
In Chicago Dennis Hastert (74), former US House speaker, was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling. Links: USA, Chicago, Sex, Wrestling
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2017 Feb 3 |
Iran said it had barred a US wrestling team from the Freestyle World Cup competition in retaliation for an executive order by President Donald Trump banning visas for Iranians. Links: USA, Iran, Wrestling
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2017 Feb 5 |
Iran lifted a ban on US wrestlers, allowing them to take part in the Freestyle World Cup later this month in the Iranian city of Kermanshah. Media said the ban was lifted after the "discriminative restrictions" on Iranian nationals traveling to the US was suspended by a US federal judge. Links: USA, Iran, Wrestling
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2018 Nov 26 |
UNESCO said Korean wrestling was added to a list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" on the basis of an application by the two Koreas. Links: North Korea, UN, South Korea, Wrestling
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2022 Oct 1 |
It was reported that Antonio Inoki (79), a Japanese professional wrestling star turned politician, widely known for his 1976 match with Muhammad Ali and ties to North Korea, has died after years of battling a rare disease. Links: Japan, Wrestling
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