Wrestling Links (6-24-11)

Posted on | June 24, 2011 | No Comments

Al Gore reveals his love of pro wrestling
CANOE
Wrestling Since his stinging loss to George W. Bush in 2000, former Vice President Al Gore has rebooted himself as an environmental advocate, speaking out on issues of climate change. The former Vice President won an Academy Award in 2007 for his …
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Impact Wrestling Results (6/23/11) – Eric, Why So Serious?!
Wrestling News World
Impact Wrestling kicks off with a recap of last week’s ending moments between Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett as they were fighting in the parking lot. The video then goes to the epic segment between Sting and Hogan that happened last week as Sting put …
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WWE Hall of Fame: 10 Current Wrestlers Who Will Rank with the All-Time Greats
Bleacher Report
I thought I’d mention these superstars as they are obvious choices, they are on the roster, but they do not wrestle a full time schedule. Despite this, I think you will agree they will all make it to the Hall of Fame one day and join the greats, …
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Bleacher Report

Storm, and NRL, wrestle with the problem of success
Parramatta Sun
Rugby league is a contest at the play-the-ball, said the expert co-opted to teach the Melbourne Storm wrestling holds at training. The martial arts man also said he had no interest in rugby league as a game. When Michael Hagan resigned as Parramatta’s …
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WWE: 10 Things That Prove You’re a Legit Wrestling Fan
Bleacher Report
Welcome to the first of a three-part series that will take a look at the world of professional wrestling and its fans. As long as there is professional wrestling around, whether it is being shown on television or just in your local VFW hall, …
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Ring of Honor takes next step with Cornette, Sinclair
MiamiHerald.com
Ring Of Honor will bring its top notch brand of wrestling combat to New York City’s-famed Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 W. 34th St., at 4 pm Sunday, June 26. ROH, formerly based in Philadelphia, is now under the Sinclair Broadcast Group, stationed in the …
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Charles Oliveira Exclusive: UFC Does Not Give Wrestling Of The Night Bonus
SB Nation (blog)
In this email interview with SB Nation, Oliveira talks his opponent Nik Lentz, comments on American wrestling in MMA and addresses whether he’ll move to featherweight. Jun 23, 2011 – Charles Oliveira returns to UFC action this Sunday as he squares off …
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SB Nation (blog)

Impact Wrestling Results (6/23)
Wrestling News Source
Sting then said Bischoff is a virus and a cancer and like a cockroach that crawls between the door and the floor, Bischoff’s ended up in iMPACT Wrestling. Sting says cockroaches spread diseases and thats what Eric is and that disease has spread to Hulk …
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Wrestling: Heels Who Have Stepped Up Lately
Bleacher Report
They are the background of any established wrestling promotion. Heels are the main reason we tune in each week to watch and see the soap opera unfold. We watch to see what antics R-Truth is gracing us with. We stand in excitement when Christian and…
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Bleacher Report

Excel Wrestling Clinic slated at Lahainaluna High School
Lahaina News
BY WALTER CHIHARA LAHAINA — With six consecutive boys Maui Interscholastic League championships, two girls’ titles and top-five finishes at the state tournament in those years, Lahainaluna High School wrestling has firmly established itself as one of …
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Blogs

BAX’S TNA IMPACT WRESTLING REPORT 6/23: Bound for Glory Series …
I was also on the A1 Wrestling Podcast this past week discussing everything Impact Wrestling. There’s a really great hour-and-a-half of discussion that ranges from the effect of the Impact Zone, the pushes of Gunner & Crimson, …
PWTorch.com

YouTube – IMPACT WRESTLING Post Show 6/23/11
By TNAwrestling
The road to Destination X continues with the IMPACT WRESTLING Post Show hosted by Jeremy Borash. Following his confrontation with AJ Styles and Samoa Joe, Ch…
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Unhealthy Obsessions: revisiting pro wrestling with a show in Troy …
By Kevin Marshall
It’s been a few years since I’ve been to a live professional wrestling event. It’s certainly not for want of live shows, since WWE has made Albany a regular stop on its touring cycle throughout the various incarnations of WWE (formerly …
Kevin Marshall’s America

Web

Former Olympian Daniel Cormier Takes AKA’s Wrestling Program Back …
Ask Daniel Cormier what he changed about the American Kickboxing Academy’s wrestling program and you’ll get a very simple answer: \”Everything.\”It wasn’t.
www.mmafighting.com/…/how-daniel-cormier-took-akas-wres…