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professional wrestling

fictionalized martial arts events with professional athletes who are allowed the use of throws, jumps, grappling, and striking techniques
Class type of: mock combat, live performance, combat sport Q131359

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
type of sport, spectator sport[13]
Country
United States, Mexico, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom[8][9][10][11][12]
Subclass of
mock combat, live performance, combat sport, wrestling
Different from
amateur wrestling, collegiate wrestling[22][23]
Has characteristic
kayfabe[21]
Has list
glossary of professional wrestling terms[30]
Has part(s)
professional wrestling match[18]
History of topic
history of professional wrestling[24]
Influenced by
circus, sideshow[6][7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Professional wrestling[36]
Practiced by
professional wrestler, catch trainer, booker, manager, professional wrestling referee[31][32][33][34][35]
Said to be the same as
lucha libre, puroresu, sports entertainment[14][15][16]
Topic has template
Template:Professional wrestling sidebar, Template:Professional wrestling results table[19][20]
Unicode character
🤼[17]
Uses
wrestling ring, grappling, acrobatics, acting, wrestling mask[25][26][27][28][29]
🏷️ Also known as
en pro wrestling en professional wrestling en pro-wrestling ar المصارعة المحترفة ar مصارعة المحترفين cs profesionální wrestling cs wrestling cs pro wrestling cs profesionální zápas da Wrestler da Wrestlere da Fribrydning da Westling da Professionel wrestling de Professional Wrestling de Catchen de Catch-as-catch-can el επαγγελματική πάλη en-gb pro wrestling es catch
🔖 Identifiers · 32
GND ID
4260730-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Christopher Daniels 1.jpg ↗
Archive of Our Own tag
Professional Wrestling
BBC News topic ID
cdwwgyqz6ext
BBC Things ID
b082a763-1a0e-45d1-a50c-2706fbee8e58
BabelNet ID
00009440n
Bing entity ID
e7ff1190-8923-cda8-9709-a0ef34049be7
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.8123
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/professional-wrestling, sports/catch-as-catch-can-wrestling
Fandom wiki ID
de.prowrestling
Freebase ID
/m/066wd
Golden ID
Professional_wrestling-ZX59K
Show all 32 identifiers +20
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3506821
Harper's tag
professional-wrestling
IMDb keyword
professional-wrestling
Know Your Meme slug
professional-wrestling
Lex ID
wrestling
NDL Authority ID
00569426
Namuwiki ID
프로레슬링
NicoNicoPedia ID
プロレス
PatientsLikeMe treatment ID
wrestling
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
プロレス
Quora topic ID
Professional-Wrestling-1
Subreddit
prowrestling
TV Tropes ID
Main/ProfessionalWrestling
Topic's main category
Category:Professional wrestling
Treccani ID
wrestling
Treccani Vocabulary ID
wrestling
Vikidia article ID
fr:Catch
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
00449111-n
X (Twitter) topic ID
839544341584474112
YSO ID
26224

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🔗 Connections
← Sport 2852
Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, WWE, Hulk Hogan, Dave Bautista, The Undertaker, Tommy Lister Jr., Triple H +2844 more
← Category combines topics 57
Category:Professional wrestling in the United States, Category:2011 in professional wrestling, Category:Professional wrestling moves, Category:2013 in professional wrestling, Category:2016 in professional wrestling, Category:2003 in professional wrestling, Category:Professional wrestling shows, Category:2017 in professional wrestling +49 more
← Industry 41
WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, King of the Ring +33 more
← Genre 14
WWE SmackDown, WWE Raw, Extreme Championship Wrestling, WWE NXT, WWE NXT, WWE Superstars, Saturday Night's Main Event, WCW Monday Nitro +6 more
← Main subject 10
The Wrestler, The Iron Claw, WikiProject Professional wrestling, NXT UK, AEW Fight Forever, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, CageMatch, House of Wrestling +2 more
Subtypes 7
puroresu, 2003 SummerSlam, hardcore wrestling, backyard wrestling, professional wrestling aerial technique, women's professional wrestling, NKPWA World Heavyweight Champions
Country 5
United States, Japan, Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom
Uses 5
acting, acrobatics, grappling, wrestling mask, wrestling ring
← Field of work 5
Ronda Rousey, Paige, Jeff Jarrett, Raven, Jim Cornette
Said to be the same as 3
lucha libre, puroresu, sports entertainment
← Said to be the same as 3
lucha libre, puroresu, sports entertainment
Has these parts 2
Survivor Series (2015), feud
Influenced by 2
circus, sideshow
Instance of 2
spectator sport, type of sport
Practiced by 2
manager, professional wrestler
Subclass of 2
wrestling, combat sport
← Different from 2
wrestling, amateur wrestling
← Facet of 2
blading, Botch
← Field of this occupation 2
manager, professional wrestler
Different from 1
amateur wrestling
Examples 1
Bound for Glory
Has list 1
glossary of professional wrestling terms
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Professional wrestling
Topic has template 1
Template:Professional wrestling results table
Topic's main category 1
Category:Professional wrestling
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Professional wrestling
← FactGrid item ID 1
Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour
← Members have occupation 1
The Boss 'n' Hug Connection
← Template has topic 1
Template:Professional wrestling results table
← Used by 1
wrestling ring
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Summary

professional wrestling is a type of sport[1]. It is a type of mock combat[2], live performance[3], combat sport[4], and wrestling[5].

Related Entities

AJ Lee A.J. Styles Alberto Del Rio Alexa Bliss All Elite Wrestling André the Giant Andy Kaufman Antonio Inoki Aron Steven Haddad Bayley Becky Lynch Bill Goldberg Bobby Lashley Bobby Roode Bob Holly Booker T Braun Strowman Bray Wyatt Bret Hart Brock Lesnar Bryan Danielson Canada Carlito Charlotte Flair Chavo Guerrero Jr. Chris Benoit Chris Jericho Christian Chyna Claudio Castagnoli

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Carlwinslow11 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → kayfabe
    Has part(s) → professional wrestling match
    Practiced by → professional wrestler, catch trainer, booker +2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has characteristic: kayfabe, add has quality → kayfabe"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → professional-wrestling
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: professional-wrestling, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949480|professional wrestling (#289949480)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  3. 23w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → prowrestling
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: prowrestling, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144665798|prowrestling (#144665798)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Dire"
  4. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Influenced by → circus, sideshow
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Professional wrestling
    Practiced by → professional wrestler, catch trainer, booker +2
    Has list → glossary of professional wrestling terms
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ YSO ID: 26224, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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