# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-gotch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:53:04.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-gotch"
name: "Karl Gotch"
slug: "karl-gotch"
description: "Karl Charles Istaz, known by the ring name Karl Gotch , was a Belgian-born American professional wrestler, catch wrestler, amateur wrestler, and trainer. Considered one of the most influential wrestlers of his time period, he is best known for training several acclaimed and influential professional wrestlers in Japan, and for becoming a catalyst in the faculty development of strong style, alongside New Japan Pro-Wrestling founder Antonio Inoki and fellow trainer Billy Robinson."
tagline: "Belgian professional wrestler and trainer (1924–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Karl_Istaz.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1924-08-03"
deathDate: "2007-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.14811466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6740480/"
    handle:    "nm6740480"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "كارل جوتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Istaz"
    title: "Karl Istaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%83%81"
    title: "カール・ゴッチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Istaz"
    title: "Karl Istaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gotch"
    title: "Karl Gotch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%87%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Готч, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373145"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump