Famous Black Wrestlers

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Jordan Burroughs
(Wrestler)
Jordan Burroughs
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Birthdate: July 8, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey, United States
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Mijaín López
(Cuban Greco-Roman Wrestler Who a Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and Five-Time World Champion)
Mijaín López
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Birthdate: August 20, 1982
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pinar del Río, Cuba
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Red Velvet
(Colombian-American Professional Wrestler)
Red Velvet
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Birthdate: June 3, 1992
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Red Velvet is a professional wrestler who is currently signed to AEW. Prior to joining All Elite Wrestling, Velvet was part of the independent circuit from 2016 to 2021. She was also a part of the Fighting Evolution Wrestling promotion where she held the FEW Women's Championship title. Apart from being a professional wrestler, Red Velvet is also a dancer.

 4 
Lester Speight
(American Football player)
Lester Speight
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Birthdate: August 28, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
 5 
Bobo Brazil
(Wrestler)
Bobo Brazil
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Birthdate: July 10, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Died: January 20, 1998
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Frank Gotch
(Wrestler)
Frank Gotch
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Birthdate: April 27, 1877
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Humboldt, Iowa,United States
Died: December 16, 1917
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Kenny Monday
(American Wrestler and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Kenny Monday
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Birthdate: November 25, 1961
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
 8 
Tab Thacker
(Wrestler)
Tab Thacker
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Birthdate: March 10, 1962
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Died: December 27, 2007
 9 
J'den Cox
(Wrestler)
J'den Cox
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Birthdate: March 3, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Columbia, Missouri, United States
 10 
Tamyra Mensah-Stock
(First black woman gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics 2020)
Tamyra Mensah-Stock
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Birthdate: October 11, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
 11 
A. J. Francis
(American football player, Wrestler)
A. J. Francis
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Birthdate: May 7, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
 12 
Carlton Haselrig
(American Football player)
Carlton Haselrig
1
Birthdate: January 22, 1966
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 22, 2020
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S.D. Jones
(He won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship three times)
S.D. Jones
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Birthdate: March 30, 1945
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Died: October 26, 2008
 14 
Omar Amir
(Wrestler who is a former two-time OVW Heavyweight Champion)
Omar Amir
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Birthplace: Nassau, Bahamas
 15 
David Carr
(Wrestler)
David Carr
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Birthdate: March 28, 1999
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Massillon, Ohio, United States
 16 
Nate Carr
(Wrestler)
Nate Carr
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Birthdate: June 24, 1960
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
 17 
Asnage Castelly
(Wrestler)
Asnage Castelly
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Birthdate: March 29, 1978
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Haiti
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Augusto Midana
(Freestyle wrestler who is six-time African champion at the men's middleweight (-74 kg) category)
Augusto Midana
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Birthdate: May 20, 1984
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sucuto-nhacra, Guinea-Bissau
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Joseph Essombe
(Wrestler)
Joseph Essombe
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Birthdate: March 22, 1988
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Douala, Cameroon