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Professional wrestling in Israel has been promoted since the 1950s after the nation's establishment.
Israeli professional wrestling promotions
In the 1950s,
On 12 August 2015, Chaos defended the Union of European Wrestling Alliances European Heavyweight Championship in Tira for All Wrestling Organization.[16]
In July 2017 the
In 2023, Israeli Comedian Jonathan Barak announced that he was opening Wrestling Israel. Barak had purchased the ring previously owned by the
Overseas wrestling promotions in Israel
All Star Wrestling
British promotion All Star Wrestling - at the time the recipient of a share of ITV television coverage in the UK - toured Israel in the late 1980s. Lead heel Kendo Nagasaki included a group photo of the tour party at Ben Gurion Airport in his 2018 autobiography. As well as himself, his manager "Gorgeous" George Gillette, frequent tag partner "Psycho" Shane Stevens and personal assistant Lawrence Stevens, the tour party as pictured included future WCW/WWE wrestler William Regal (then known as Steve Regal), future WCW/TNA wrestler Dave Taylor, then British Ladies Champion Mitzi Mueller, her frequent rival (and successor following Mueller's retirement) Klondyke Kate and Mueller's husband, referee and ASW promoter Brian Dixon.[25]
Impact Wrestling
In September 2007
The tour was ultimately canceled stating business reasons.Both the
Major League Wrestling
In January 2019 Major League Wrestling announced EGO Total as their first international TV partner.[30][31]
Ring of Honor
In February 2019, it was announced that in April Ring of Honor scheduled Jay Lethal to defend the ROH World Championship against David Starr at IPWA's Passover Bash.[32][33] Should Lethal lose the championship prior to the match, Starr would instead face whoever the new champion is at the time.[34] In March, Starr released a video on his feelings on the match, which Ring of Honor ordered to have taken down.[35] In early April however, Lethal lost the championship at G1 Supercard, however the new champion did not appear, and Lethal appeared as a non-champion. Starr proceeded to call out Ring of Honor again, for failing to deliver on their promises.[36]
World Class Championship Wrestling
and Johnny Mantell.WWE
WWE on TV
In the early 1990s the
Live shows
The WWE made several live appearances in Israel in 1994.
Date | City | Matches |
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October 7, 1993 | Tel Aviv | 1-2-3 Kid beat Doink the Clown ( Mr. Hughes ) in a casket matchLex Luger beat Ludvig Borga (subbing for WWF World Champion Yokozuna) |
October 8, 1993 | Haifa | 1-2-3 Kid beat Doink the Clown ( Mr. Hughes ) in a casket matchLex Luger beat Ludvig Borga (subbing for WWF World Champion Yokozuna) |
7 February 1994 | Jerusalem | The Steiner Brothers beat The Quebecers (TT) via count-out (HW) via disqualification
Lex Luger beat Jeff Jarrett via count-out Doink the Clown beat Bam Bam Bigelow Diesel beat Billy Gunn (subbing for Marty Jannetty) Bret Hart beat Yokozuna |
8 February 1994 | Tel Aviv | Billy Gunn beat Adam Bomb Jeff Jarrett beat Jim Powers The Steiner Brothers beat The Quebecers (TT) via count-out Doink the Clown beat Bam Bam Bigelow Diesel beat Billy Gunn (subbing for Marty Jannetty) Bret Hart and Lex Luger beat Yokozuna and Kwang |
2 April 1994 | Haifa | The Headshrinkers
|
2 April 1994 | Holon | Earthquake beat Bam Bam Bigelow Kwang beat Fatu beat Mo
Mabel beat Samu Tatanka beat Jeff Jarrett via disqualification Diesel beat Randy Savage via count-out Bret Hart and Razor Ramon beat Owen Hart and Shawn Michaels |
3 April 1994 | Tel Aviv | Bam Bam Bigelow beat Tatanka Jeff Jarrett beat the 1-2-3 Kid Earthquake beat Kwang Razor Ramon (IC) beat Shawn Michaels Mo defeated Fatu Diesel beat Randy Savage via count-out Bret Hart beat Owen Hart |
4 December 1994 | Tel Aviv |
IC = Entered match as Intercontinental Champion
TT = Entered match as Tag Team Champion
HW = Entered match as Heavyweight Champion
Israeli impact on overseas wrestling
The UWF Israeli Championship was a secondary title in the Universal Wrestling Federation. It was awarded to Joshua Ben-Gurion in May 1991 and retired in November 1991.[48]
Israeli wrestler Aviv Maayan competed extensively in the United Kingdom in the
In response to the 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack, World Championship Wrestling veteran, Bill Goldberg, put on Tefillin to raise awareness of the incident.[49]
On 7 August 2017, Israeli Tomer Shalom made his WWE debut in a match against Jason Jordan.[57]
Despite the
See also
- Sports in Israel
- Boycotts of Israel in sports
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