Wrestling Links (5-14-11)

Posted on | May 14, 2011 | No Comments

Thanks for everything, Coach
CANOE
Wrestling I ask wrestlers all the time about who their mentors were, but I don’t think I’ve ever been asked about mine. But “Coach” Glenn Cole, who died Friday, was one of them. He was the Toronto Sun wrestling writer, a Saturday column he wrote with …
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WK QUICK BLOG: Wrestling IS Entertainment
Pro Wrestling Torch
TNA’s James Storm: “I love wrestling. I’m not here for the entertainment. If I wanted to do entertainment, I’d go and do movies. I’m here to win championships and to prove I’m the bestwrestler today.” Wrestling and Entertainment aren’t mutually …
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NCAA rules panel approves changes in wrestling to grant escapes, crack down on …
Washington Post
By AP, INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has approved a rules change that will allow wrestlers on offense to signal to the referee that he prefers to start in a neutral position. The defensive wrestlerwill be awarded a point and the match will resume with both …
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Pierce leaving KR wrestling for family
Springfield News Sun
That explains why Pierce, who made great strides with the Kenton Ridge wrestling program during the nine years he has been head coach, has resigned. For the past year, Pierce has been playing the role of bachelor. His wife, Amanda, accepted a position …
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Pioneer High School wrestler prepares for college after trip to Peru
Daily Democrat
By Democrat sports staff He spent part of March wrestling in the CIF State Championships. In April he traveled to Peru for a nine-day humanitarian/wrestling trip in April. Now Pioneer’s Tyler Thomas is ready for the next phase of his life. …
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WWE News: The 15 Worst Kept Secrets in Wrestling
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One of the things that separates wrestling fans from all other sports fans is their need to know what’s going to happen before it actually happens. It’s why news, rumor and spoiler sites, like the Wrestling Observer or PWInsider, are so popular, …
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Behind the mask — lucha libre wrestlers tap into Kitsap
PNW Local News
By MIKE BALDWIN After he was hit with a chair, thrown through a door and driven hard into the mat last week, the wrestler known as El Vagabundo spent an hour in the locker room, a Mexican grocery store’s meat locker, cleaning up his own blood with his …
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Springstowne wrestlers wrap it up
Vallejo Times-Herald
By Lanz Christian Bañes / Times-Herald For the 12th consecutive year, the Wildcats on Wednesday took home the city wrestling championship — albeit with a tinge of sadness. “This is the last time we’ll wrestle as Springstowne,” said Michael Phannavong, …
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Top 10 Heels in Pro Wrestling Today
Bleacher Report
The tales portrayed follow our favorite heroes in their battle with evil, and pro wrestlingis no exception. So who are the greatest heels in pro wrestling today? In this slide show I am going to outline, in my opinion, some of the greatest we have who …
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IMPACT Wrestling Review: May 12, 2011: The Network & Angle’s Mistress Revealed
Bleacher Report
Backstage we followed a so-called Wrestling God; Ric was back. Flair entered Hulk’s office and the Big 3 were together again: Hogan, Bischoff and Flair. Hogan accused Flair of being the Network Executive since he was out of action. …
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Pro wrestling prom is still happening and WL has the details
By Brandon
A few days ago I reported about a professional wrestling prom that is going down this weekend in Austin, and how proud I am to be going to the Men’s.
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