Wrestling Links (5-11-11)

Posted on | May 11, 2011 | No Comments

Angels fans establish Guinness World Record
MLB.com
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com | 05/11/11 2:41 AM ET ANAHEIM — At the start of the fifth inning on Tuesday night, a vast majority of fans in Angel Stadium donned the red wrestling masks they’d been handed coming through the turnstiles, setting in process a …
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Hamden Man Brings Youth Wrestling Program to New Haven
Patch.com
Nathan Stadig is looking to launch a ‘Beat the Streets Wrestling‘ program in New Haven this summer. By Mike Lauterborn | Email the author | May 9, 2011 Earlier this year while surfing the web, Hamden resident Nathan Stadig stumbled across a New York …
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Countdown on for Hulk’s return to Brantford
CANOE
By BRIAN SMILEY – Brantford Expositor In a little more than 72 hours, local wrestlingfans are going to find out as the legendary Hulk Hogan returns to the Brantford Civic Centre to take part in Saturday’s Brawl at the Bush II, which is being staged by …
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CANOE

Quite a Year for Y2J: Wrestler Chris Jericho busy as author, dancer and musician
The Canadian Press
Chris Jericho is one of the more versatile performers in the sports entertainment business, known for his stellar wrestling ability and a knack for creating great matches regardless of the opposition. He has proven to be just as solid with his ventures …
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The Canadian Press

Cosplaying Female Wrestler Body-Slammed with Death Threats
Kotaku
Brian Ashcraft — At a little over five feet and weighing a mere 110 pounds, twenty-six year-old Moeka Haruhi (above, boot to face) is a star in Japanese women’s pro wrestling. Her anime and game-themed ring gear have made her a fan favorite. …
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Right After Wrestling with Hulk Hogan
ProWrestling.net
When everything went down…all I had left – the only thing I had left – was my life and wrestling. “Before it was WWE – it’s a beautiful open door and sometimes it’s great to work there and at other times, it’s not. But TNA had their arms wide open …
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Wrestling Wrap Up: Christian Loses the World Title!
IGN
And I know Christian’s a professional and that winning a championship in wrestling is a booked accomplishment used to tell a story. But I think what’s getting under our skin so much here is the fact that Christian winning that Big Gold Belt was as much …
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IGN

Chandler goes for Bellator tourney title on Saturday
STLtoday.com
Chandler still grins about how he managed to make it onto the varsity wrestling team as a freshman and there he was with the likes of Northwest notables Ray Fleig, Nick Reeves, Nick Nelson, and Justin Crammer. “Those were the guys who you were afraid …
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Former state wrestling champ Fotos promoted to UT head coach
Quad City Times
Lambros Fotos made no secret of his excitement over being named head wrestling coach Monday at United Township, where he won a 145-pound state championship as a Panthers senior in 2002. “I’d rather be nowhere else on the planet,” Fotos said. …
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WWE: 10 Steps Vince McMahon Should Take to Supply the Fans with a Better Product
Bleacher Report
Vince McMahon has been desperately trying to recreate the mainstream media attention that wrestling enjoyed in the “Attitude Era”. Television ratings have fallen dramatically, pay-per-view buy rates are at an all time low and wrestling is no longer…
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Blogs

Pro Wrestling Prom is Happening
By Brandon
I’ve seen a lot of things happen in a pro wrestling ring — blood, thumbtacks, marriages, death, a circus net made out of barbed wire — but I’ve never seen.
With Leather – http://withleather.uproxx.com/

Kazakhstan: Astana Powerbrokers Wrestling with the Succession …
By k_kumkova
With his reelection out of the way, Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev , is now focusing on carrying out a limited reshaping of the Central Asian country’s political landscape. The changes being contemplated seem aimed at …
EurasiaNet.org – http://www.eurasianet.org/

Ryan Ludwig to lead NIU wrestling program | NIU Today
By Mark McGowan
Nine-year wrestling coaching veteran Ryan Ludwig, who has spent the past six years as the assistant and then associate head coach at Northern Illinois,…
NIU Today – http://today.niu.edu/