In 1976, the greatest boxer alive faced a professional wrestler in the first major mixed-rules spectacle that would inspire modern MMA and set the blueprint for today's celebrity boxing boom. This is ...

TOKYO — A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought ...

Before Vince McMahon purchased the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from his father, Vincent J. McMahon, the young entrepreneur had his fair share of failed business ventures — including an ...