Wrestling Links (4-9-11)

Posted on | April 9, 2011 | No Comments

Thoughts on no more ‘wrestling‘ in WWE
Baltimore Sun (blog)
In case you haven’t heard, WWE has made it official that it will no longer be known as WorldWrestling Entertainment. Going forward, the company will simply be WWE. Removing the word “wrestling” from the name of the company has some in the Internet …
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Fremont Wrestling Club wins state title
Fremont News Messenger
The Fremont Wrestling Club won the OURWAY State Championship meet with 27 out of 45 participants placing. Team members are, bottom to top, from left: Luc Ferguson, Malikeye Johnson, Joey Hatlay, Brady Oddo, Dean Hetrick, Traeton Stover, Keith Gschwind, …
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Hulk Hogan – Hulk Hogan Set For ‘micro Wrestling‘ Tv Show
Contactmusic.com
Hulk Hogan’s latest reality TV show will see him training midget wrestlers. Hulk Hogan, most famous for his own career as a WWE wrestler, has latterly become an active patron of MCW (Micro Championship Wrestling). Hogan, aka Terry Bollea, has endorsed …
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Santa Ana wrestler has come a long way
OCRegister
His father wasn’t exactly thrilled that his son, a former Santa Ana High wrestling star, was going to quit school to become a professional prize fighter. “He told me he was going to quit wrestling, and I said, ‘As long as it’s not a hobby. …
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Iowa State wrestler Trent Weatherman arrested for public intoxication
DesMoinesRegister.com
Iowa State wrestler Trent Weatherman, 21, was arrested early Friday and charged with public intoxication in Ames. According to an arrest report, Weatherman was yelling and “attempting to entice a crowd of males into a physical altercation. …
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Olympic gold medal-winning pro wrestler pleads guilty to reckless driving in …
Greenfield Daily Reporter
AP GRAND FORKS, ND — An Olympic gold medalist turned pro wrestler has pleaded guilty to reckless driving in North Dakota. The Grand Forks Herald reports that under the terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Kurt Angle will pay a $475 fine and …
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Giamatti a winner in ‘Win Win’
Journal and Courier
Flaherty volunteers coaching the local high school wrestling team, whose newest member is the grandson of the man who he dumped in an assisted living home while collecting $1500 a month from his estate for supposedly take care of him. …
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NSAA adds wrestling dual-team championship
Grand Island Independent
By Stu Pospisil LINCOLN — Wrestling will be the first high school sport in Nebraska with two state championships. The Nebraska School Activities Association’s Representative Assembly voted Friday to add a dual-team tournament that would be held the …
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QUESTION OF THE DAY 4/9: Predict the themes for WWE”s three-hour Raw episodes …
Pro Wrestling Torch
— KC Wrestling: Former WWE writer Chris Gough’s Metro Pro Wrestling next TV taping Saturday night in Kansas City, Ks. Pitch.com. — Daniels: As part of American Cancer Society’s local “Relay for Life” event, Christopher Daniels will be posing for …
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Blogs

RVD’s Whole F’n TNA Wrestling Action Figure Review – Abyss Figure
By Bill Banks
The Whole F’n Action Figure Review with Rob Van Dam: The Abyss Action Figure! SoCal Val sits down with Rob Van Dam to review the Series 4 action figur…
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Web

Vince McMahon wants to take ‘wrestling‘ out of the WWE | Company …
Vince McMahon wants to take the “wrestling” out of World Wrestling Entertainment . No, this isn’t an outrageous plot the colorful impresario has cooked up …
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