Wrestling Links (6-16-11)

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** SPOILERS ** Impact Wrestling Spoilers For Tonight
Wrestling Inc.
Wrestling spoilers from tonight’s tapings in Orlando, airing this Thursday on Spike: * New TNA World Champion Mr. Anderson opens the show with a celebration. Gunner comes out and wants a title shot for helping Anderson hurt Sting. …
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Wrestling Inc.

Former Hawkeye wrestler considers run for school board
UI The Daily Iowan
BY DI STAFF | JUNE 16, 2011 7:20 AM University of Iowa alum and undefeated four-time Iowa high-school state wrestling champion Jeffrey McGinness announced his candidacy for the Iowa City School Board on Wednesday in a press release. …
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WWE Capitol Punishment 2011: The 5 Biggest Backstage Politicians in Wrestling
Bleacher Report
With WWE debuting its new, politically themed Capitol Punishment pay-per-view this weekend, an otherwise random concept for a pay-per-view is actually quite fitting for the dog-eat-dog world of professional wrestling that WWE presides over. …
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Bleacher Report

TSSAA discusses adding girls wrestling as sport
The Daily News Journal
MURFREESBORO — Girls wrestling took a giant step into becoming the next TSSAA-sanctioned sport on Wednesday during the annual June Board of Control meetings. In a presentation to the board, TSSAA assistant director Mark Reeves said between 25 to 30 …
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I agree with Hulk Hogan: Matt Morgan has breakout potential in TNA
Baltimore Sun (blog)
“I think … he can be somebody who can really turn things around and lead Impact Wrestling to the promised land.” “The Hulkster” won’t get any argument from me, as I have been advocating a major push for Morgan for a few years now. …
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WWE News: Released wrestler returning to the company
ProWrestling.net
Pitch.com is reporting that Murdoch will make the announcement of his WWE return at Friday’s Metro Pro Wrestling show in Kansas City. “I’ve been doing this since I was 18 years old,” Murdoch told Pitch.com. “So I’m at an age where when I went to WWE …
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Braves’ Seaton to continue wrestling career at FHSU
Bonner Springs Chieftain
Caleb Seaton, seated, will wrestle in college at Fort Hays State University. Joining the Bonner Springs High School senior at his signing ceremony are, standing, from left: BSHS Activities Director John Hilton, father and BSHS assistant coach Jerry …
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Strikeforce’s Daniel Cormier Ready for Jeff Monson
Bloody Elbow
I know you’re confident at all points of the game and I know that’s a cliche question but I guess when elite Freestyle Wrestling meets elite Submission Wrestling, how does Freestyle Wrestling win the day? Daniel Cormier: I’m very aware of his half …
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Mother alleges district failed to stop sexual harassment, bullying
Fulton Sun
By Mandi Steele A Fulton mother alleges in a federal lawsuit that school officials did not take proper steps to stop two of her children from being bullied and sexually harassed while they were on the high school’s wrestling team. …
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Creatively Endeavored #5 – Promotion on the Pulse of Pro Wrestling
Inside Pulse
by Matt Harrak – June 15, 2011 | Email the author I was never an “indy” wrestling fan. I don’t chant “This is awesome” at every event I go to or make sure I’ve seen every clip of Bryan Danielson before he “sold out” on YouTube. …
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Blogs

Boisterous Memphis wrestling doc, Memphis Heat: The True Story of …
By Jack Silverman
Everything was better when I was a kid — cartoons, Coca-Cola, rock ‘n’ roll, air travel, lawn darts, and most of all, pro wrestling. Sure, now we have the Internet and hip replacements, but I’d gladly hobble to the library if it meant …
Nashville Scene

WWE Flashback: Spectrum Wrestling June 1986
By Camel Clutch Blog
We are going back in time today and taking a look at WWF 1980s wrestling from the Philadelphia Spectrum. Hulk Hogan headlines a stacked show featuring Randy …
Business Insider