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Founding and History

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	== History ==		== History ==
	=== Founding and History ===		=== Founding and History ===
	CLAW was founded in 2007 by Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell and Jodie Plaisance in Charlottesville, Virginia.<ref name="Coronado2010">{{cite web \|last1=Coronado \|first1=Kris \|title=The ladies who answered a call to arms \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/2010/02/27/the-ladies-who-answered-a-call-to-arms/16ad5075-6722-47a2-80e3-e2bdc3070690/ \|website=The Washington Post \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713220329/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022605944.html?sid=ST2010022606090 \|archive-date=13 July 2025 \|date=26 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="Davis2011">{{cite web \|last1=Davis \|first1=Matt \|title=Welcome to the world of women's arm wrestling \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/30/claw-ladies-arm-wrestling-amy-smackhouse?newsfeed=true \|website=The Guardian \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713220102/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/30/claw-ladies-arm-wrestling-amy-smackhouse?newsfeed=true \|archive-date=13 July 2025 \|date=30 December 2011}}</ref> The origins of CLAW were inspired by arm wrestling matches between Tidwell and Plaisance, who wrestled for fun to pass the time or challenge each other to rematches. They soon began lifting weights together at a local gym where they exchanged smacktalk and created fake personas (Tidwell as "Prim Reaper" and Plaisance as "MoJo the Underdog").<ref name="Maurer2013">{{cite web \|last1=Maurer \|first1=David A. \|title='CLAW' arm wrestling documentary brings local muscle to Virginia Film Festival's lineup \|url=https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/claw-arm-wrestling-documentary-brings-local-muscle-to-virginia-film/article_9a968bdc-47ee-11e3-855e-0019bb30f31a.html \|website=The Daily Progress \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=http://archive.today/2025.07.13-225312/https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/claw-arm-wrestling-documentary-brings-local-muscle-to-virginia-film/article_9a968bdc-47ee-11e3-855e-0019bb30f31a.html \|archive-date=13 July 2025 \|date=8 November 2013}}</ref> They jokingly invited others to join in a ladies arm wrestling league they were starting, however, people took serious interest in the idea.<ref name="KristinPenthouse2010">{{cite web \|last1=Coronado \|first1=Kristin \|title=Get a Grip \|url=http://penthousemagazine.com/features/get-a-grip/ \|website=Penthouse Magazine \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019003944/http://penthousemagazine.com/features/get-a-grip/ \|archive-date=19 October 2010 \|date=13 October 2010}}</ref> With her background in collaborative art projects, Tidwell convened a meeting of friends and interested parties (including other co-founders Sian Richards, Laure Galgano, and Dolly Joseph)<ref name="Tilock2025">{{cite web \|last1=Tilock \|first1=Xander \|title=For CLAW, women’s arm wrestling is more than a sport \|url=https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/03/for-claw-womens-arm-wrestling-is-more-than-a-sport \|website=The Cavalier Daily \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305220027/https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/03/for-claw-womens-arm-wrestling-is-more-than-a-sport \|archive-date=5 March 2025 \|date=5 March 2025}}</ref> at the Blue Moon Diner to plan a theatrical ladies arm wrestling league. There they established basic elements of the league including wrestler personas, entourages, music, and charitable fundraising efforts.<ref name="TOMTOM2015">{{cite web \|author=TOM TOM \|title=Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell, co-founder, CLAW \|url=https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/jennifer-hoyt-tidwell-co-founder-claw/ \|website=Charlottesville Tomorrow \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203161628/https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/jennifer-hoyt-tidwell-co-founder-claw/ \|archive-date=3 December 2022 \|format=Interview \|date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name "Davis2011" /><ref name="OriginStory">{{cite web \|author1=CLAW \|title=Our Origin Story \|url=http://www.clawville.org/about-2/our-story/ \|website=Clawville.org \|access-date=17 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205140606/http://www.clawville.org/about-2/our-story/ \|archive-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>		CLAW was founded in 2007 by Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell and Jodie Plaisance in Charlottesville, Virginia.<ref name="Coronado2010">{{cite web \|last1=Coronado \|first1=Kris \|title=The ladies who answered a call to arms \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/2010/02/27/the-ladies-who-answered-a-call-to-arms/16ad5075-6722-47a2-80e3-e2bdc3070690/ \|website=The Washington Post \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713220329/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022605944.html?sid=ST2010022606090 \|archive-date=13 July 2025 \|date=26 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="Davis2011">{{cite web \|last1=Davis \|first1=Matt \|title=Welcome to the world of women's arm wrestling \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/30/claw-ladies-arm-wrestling-amy-smackhouse?newsfeed=true \|website=The Guardian \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713220102/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/30/claw-ladies-arm-wrestling-amy-smackhouse?newsfeed=true \|archive-date=13 July 2025 \|date=30 December 2011}}</ref> The inspiration for CLAW is attributed to arm wrestling matches between Tidwell and Plaisance, who wrestled for fun to pass the time or challenge each other to rematches. They soon began lifting weights together at a local gym where they exchanged smacktalk and created fake personas (Tidwell as "Prim Reaper" and Plaisance as "MoJo the Underdog").<ref name="Maurer2013">{{cite web \|last1=Maurer \|first1=David A. \|title='CLAW' arm wrestling documentary brings local muscle to Virginia Film Festival's lineup \|url=https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/claw-arm-wrestling-documentary-brings-local-muscle-to-virginia-film/article_9a968bdc-47ee-11e3-855e-0019bb30f31a.html \|website=The Daily Progress \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=http://archive.today/2025.07.13-225312/https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/claw-arm-wrestling-documentary-brings-local-muscle-to-virginia-film/article_9a968bdc-47ee-11e3-855e-0019bb30f31a.html \|archive-date=13 July 2025 \|date=8 November 2013}}</ref> They jokingly invited others to join in a ladies arm wrestling league they were starting, however, people took serious interest in the idea.<ref name="KristinPenthouse2010">{{cite web \|last1=Coronado \|first1=Kristin \|title=Get a Grip \|url=http://penthousemagazine.com/features/get-a-grip/ \|website=Penthouse Magazine \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019003944/http://penthousemagazine.com/features/get-a-grip/ \|archive-date=19 October 2010 \|date=13 October 2010}}</ref> With her background in collaborative art projects, Tidwell convened a meeting of friends and interested parties (including other co-founders Sian Richards, Laure Galgano, and Dolly Joseph)<ref name="Tilock2025">{{cite web \|last1=Tilock \|first1=Xander \|title=For CLAW, women’s arm wrestling is more than a sport \|url=https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/03/for-claw-womens-arm-wrestling-is-more-than-a-sport \|website=The Cavalier Daily \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305220027/https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/03/for-claw-womens-arm-wrestling-is-more-than-a-sport \|archive-date=5 March 2025 \|date=5 March 2025}}</ref> at the Blue Moon Diner to plan a theatrical ladies arm wrestling league. There they established basic elements of the league including wrestler personas, entourages, music, and charitable fundraising efforts.<ref name="TOMTOM2015">{{cite web \|author=TOM TOM \|title=Jennifer Hoyt Tidwell, co-founder, CLAW \|url=https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/jennifer-hoyt-tidwell-co-founder-claw/ \|website=Charlottesville Tomorrow \|access-date=16 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203161628/https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/jennifer-hoyt-tidwell-co-founder-claw/ \|archive-date=3 December 2022 \|format=Interview \|date=21 December 2015}}</ref><ref name "Davis2011" /><ref name="OriginStory">{{cite web \|author1=CLAW \|title=Our Origin Story \|url=http://www.clawville.org/about-2/our-story/ \|website=Clawville.org \|access-date=17 July 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205140606/http://www.clawville.org/about-2/our-story/ \|archive-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

	=== CLAW USA ===		=== CLAW USA ===