| Shoot Wrestling is a relatively new Japanese Combat | | | | Wrestling, Muay Thai and Judo were just a few of |
| Sport that began in the 1970's and had its origins in | | | | them. One of the most highly touted figures in this |
| Japan's Pro Wrestling Circuit. This sport employed | | | | sport was a man named Karl Gotch. He was able to |
| more full contact moves at the time since they | | | | find some success in American Wrestling. However it |
| wanted to add more excitement to this sport. The | | | | wasn't until he visited Japan that the beginning of this |
| term "Shoot Wrestling" is derived from the term | | | | sport sprang to life. |
| Shoot which means any unrehearsed occurence that | | | | Billy Riley was a very well known Catch Wrestler |
| happens within any rehearsed wrestling match. This | | | | who was the owner of the Snake Pit Gym where |
| term was widely used in the United Kingdom | | | | Karl was a student. Karl Gotch mastered Catch |
| however they called it Catch Wrestling. Catch | | | | Wrestling here. He also went to India to learn |
| Wrestling was common at the end of the 19th | | | | Pehlwani. The status that Karl received in Japan was |
| Century. | | | | legendary and took on the name of Kamisama which |
| Shoot Wrestling is a broad term and can be used to | | | | means the God of Wrestling. In 1984, a lot more |
| describe a myriad of Hybrid Fighting Systems like | | | | wrestlers wanted to get involved in a more |
| Shoot Boxing as well as Shoot Fighting. There were | | | | competitive style of this sport. This is how and why |
| also several Martial Arts Styles that had great | | | | the Universal Wrestling Federation or UWF was |
| influence on this Combat Sport. Greco-Roman | | | | formed. |