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* The only [[GarbageWrestling hardcore wrestling]] promotions are Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/{{CZW}} and IWA Mid-South. Wrestling/{{ECW}} may get lumped in if you only focus on the hardcore wrestlers like [[Wrestling/JimFullington The Sandman]] and Wrestling/NewJack.

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* The only [[GarbageWrestling hardcore wrestling]] promotions are Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/{{CZW}} and IWA Mid-South. Wrestling/{{ECW}} may get lumped in if you only focus on the hardcore wrestlers like [[Wrestling/JimFullington The Sandman]] and Wrestling/NewJack.
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* The only [[GarbageWrestling hardcore wrestling]] promotions are Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/{{CZW}} and IWA Mid-South. Wrestling/{{ECW}} may get lumped in if you only focus on the hardcore wrestlers like [[Wrestling/JimFullington The Sandman]] and Wrestling/NewJack.
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** Maybe a few wrestlers who spent some time in UFC before or after their time as a wrestler, such as Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/CMPunk and Creator/RondaRousey. That being said, while Lesnar and Punk are primarily known as wrestlers, Rousey is still most famous for being an MMA fighter (in all three cases, the field specified is where they started their careers).

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** Maybe a few wrestlers who spent some time in UFC before or after their time as a wrestler, such as Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/CMPunk and Creator/RondaRousey.Creator/{{Ronda|Rousey}} [[Wrestling/RondaRousey Rousey]]. That being said, while Lesnar and Punk are primarily known as wrestlers, Rousey is still most famous for being an MMA fighter (in all three cases, the field specified is where they started their careers).



** (maybe) Wrestling/JonMoxley (who's also appeared in a few movies). Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/TheMiz have also had minor acting careers.

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** (maybe) Wrestling/JonMoxley (who's also appeared in a few movies). Wrestling/{{Edge}} Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} and Wrestling/TheMiz have also had minor acting careers.



* Hogan is always imagined wearing red and yellow, the black-and-white [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] period notwithstanding. Younger viewers will always think of Undertaker as a longcoated zombie, not a biker, a medieval torturer, or a cult leader. Punk's years in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] are almost completely unknown to the public.
* The only ''female'' professional wrestler you can count on most people knowing about is probably Wrestling/{{Chyna}}. Or maybe in more recent times Wrestling/BeckyLynch or Wrestling/SashaBanks. Maybe Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, though more because of her dad. Assuming they're aware that women's wrestling exists at all. In TheEighties the name would have been The Fabulous Moolah, known at least because her persona was part of ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' on Saturday mornings. Quite a few people remember Miss Elizabeth, but she wasn't a wrestler, just a valet.

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* Hogan is always imagined wearing red and yellow, the black-and-white [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]] period notwithstanding. Younger viewers will always think of Undertaker as a longcoated zombie, not a biker, a medieval torturer, or a cult leader. Punk's years in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling [[Wrestling/TotalNonstopActionWrestling TNA]] are almost completely unknown to the public.
* The only ''female'' professional wrestler you can count on most people knowing about is probably Wrestling/{{Chyna}}. Or maybe in more recent times Wrestling/BeckyLynch or Wrestling/SashaBanks. Maybe Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, though more because of her dad. Assuming they're aware that women's wrestling exists at all. In TheEighties the name would have been The Fabulous Moolah, Wrestling/TheFabulousMoolah, known at least because her persona was part of ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' on Saturday mornings. Quite a few people remember Miss Elizabeth, Wrestling/MissElizabeth, but she wasn't a wrestler, just a valet.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}} is most likely the only pro wrestling company that casual fans and non-fans have heard of. Crossing over with PublicMediumIgnorance it's also the only wresting company that exists in the eyes of the American mainstream news media. People born before 1996 ''might'' remember WCW, though it went out of business and was purchased by WWE (then WWF) in 2001. Justified, as WWE is the only mainstream American promotion that still exists (and does everything in their power to enforce this trope), though Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling is starting to catch up.

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* Wrestling/{{WWE}} is most likely the only pro wrestling company that casual fans and non-fans have heard of. Crossing over with PublicMediumIgnorance it's also the only wresting wrestling company that exists in the eyes of the American mainstream news media. People born before 1996 ''might'' remember WCW, though it went out of business and was purchased by WWE (then WWF) in 2001. Justified, as WWE is the only mainstream American promotion that still exists (and does everything in their power to enforce this trope), though Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling is starting to catch up.
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** (maybe) Wrestling/ScottSteiner just for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msDuNZyYAIQ Steiner Math]] and "[[Wrestling/SamoaJoe He's]] '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YAkjdX5EM FAT!]]'''"

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** (maybe) Wrestling/JonMoxley (who's also appeared in a few movies)

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** (maybe) Wrestling/JonMoxley (who's also appeared in a few movies)movies). Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/TheMiz have also had minor acting careers.
** (maybe) Wrestling/RomanReigns, though the first reaction might be "When did Creator/JasonMomoa start working for WWE?" This despite Reigns being WWE champion for the past ''three and a half years'' and being their top guy for nearly the last decade.



* Wrestling/{{WWE}} is most likely the only pro wrestling company that casual fans and non-fans have heard of. Crossing over with PublicMediumIgnorance it's also the only wresting company that exists in the eyes of the American mainstream news media. People born before 1996 ''might'' remember WCW, though it went out of business and was purchased by WWE (then WWF) in 2001. Justified, as WWE is the only mainstream American promotion that still exists, though Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling is starting to catch up.

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* Wrestling/{{WWE}} is most likely the only pro wrestling company that casual fans and non-fans have heard of. Crossing over with PublicMediumIgnorance it's also the only wresting company that exists in the eyes of the American mainstream news media. People born before 1996 ''might'' remember WCW, though it went out of business and was purchased by WWE (then WWF) in 2001. Justified, as WWE is the only mainstream American promotion that still exists, exists (and does everything in their power to enforce this trope), though Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling is starting to catch up.


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* The one and only Japanese pro wrestler known to the general American public is Wrestling/AntonioInoki, and that's only because of his fight with UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli in 1976.
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* Wrestling/{{WWE}} is most likely the only pro wrestling company that casual fans and non-fans have heard of. People born before 1996 ''might'' remember WCW, though it went out of business and was purchased by WWE (then WWF) in 2001. Justified, as WWE is the only mainstream American promotion that still exists, though Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling is starting to catch up.

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* Wrestling/{{WWE}} is most likely the only pro wrestling company that casual fans and non-fans have heard of. Crossing over with PublicMediumIgnorance it's also the only wresting company that exists in the eyes of the American mainstream news media. People born before 1996 ''might'' remember WCW, though it went out of business and was purchased by WWE (then WWF) in 2001. Justified, as WWE is the only mainstream American promotion that still exists, though Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling is starting to catch up.
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** Wrestling/JohnCena (also becoming known for [[Creator/JohnCena his acting career]])

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** Wrestling/JohnCena (also becoming known for [[Creator/JohnCena his acting career]])career]][[note]]He's also known for his work with kids, particularly with the Make-a-Wish Foundation, so he shows up all over the place in [=PSA=]'s and fundraising efforts[[/note]])
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* The only ''female'' professional wrestler you can count on most people knowing about is probably Wrestling/{{Chyna}}. Or maybe in more recent times Wrestling/BeckyLynch or Wrestling/SashaBanks. Maybe Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, though more because of her dad. Assuming they're aware that women's wrestling exists at all. In TheEighties the name would have been The Fabulous Moolah, known at least because her persona was part of ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' on Saturday mornings.

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* The only ''female'' professional wrestler you can count on most people knowing about is probably Wrestling/{{Chyna}}. Or maybe in more recent times Wrestling/BeckyLynch or Wrestling/SashaBanks. Maybe Wrestling/CharlotteFlair, though more because of her dad. Assuming they're aware that women's wrestling exists at all. In TheEighties the name would have been The Fabulous Moolah, known at least because her persona was part of ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'' on Saturday mornings. Quite a few people remember Miss Elizabeth, but she wasn't a wrestler, just a valet.
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** (maybe) Wrestling/RandyOrton

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** (maybe) Wrestling/RandyOrtonWrestling/RandyOrton (whose RKO finishing move has become memetic even outside the wrestling fanbase)

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