Wrestling Links (7-16-11)

Posted on | July 16, 2011 | No Comments

WWE: Is Smackdown Beating RAW at Its Own Wrestling Game?
Bleacher Report
It is all fine and good, but the product itself with wrestling and the angles and the rivalries, it is very watered down for my taste and maybe yours as well. Tonight was an example of the issue I have with two WWE brands on television and while they …
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Impact Wrestling: Sting clowns around, wins the crown
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Sting – who regained the title from Anderson on Thursday’s episode of Impact Wrestling – has been very entertaining since adopting his Joker persona, but putting the belt back on him at this point in his career seems like a creative misstep to me. …
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Wrestling With My Thoughts on Leach and Texas Tech and What It Means for DTN
Double-T Nation
by Seth C on Jul 16, 2011 6:54 AM CDT When I got first wind of the alleged suspension of ESPN scribe Bruce Feldman, it was early and had just a little time to really put any sort of coherent thoughts together, so I put them in my daily link dump and …
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Scott DeCamp column: Wrestler Anthony Robles takes hold of life
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
When he took up wrestling as a 90-pound high school freshman, he struggled mightily as one might expect. Robles said he was among the worst in his city of Mesa, Ariz. The next season, at 103 pounds, he placed sixth at the Arizona state finals. …
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Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com

Jay Lethal and 5 ROH/TNA Wrestlers the WWE Would Be Smart to Sign
Bleacher Report
With iMPACT Wrestlings recent campaign to show that “Wrestling Matters,” it seems as if the WWE has taken notice, putting on better, albeit only a few better than good matches, matches on Raw and Smackdown. (However, it seems as if the only time they …
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Successful Gojiyo ‘Avatars’ wrestle with the star cast of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
India PRwire (press release)
While wrestling with the stars was not a mean task, our virtual heroes emerged as winners and took home exciting gifts and wonderful memories. Making the morning more beautiful and fun-filled, Gojiyo contest winners danced and sang songs with the …
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India PRwire (press release)

Arm wrestling to raise money for Lindsey House
Tulsa World
Annie Fuller (left), Tammy Wise (right) and Geoff Hale will all be part of a women’s arm wrestlingtournament at Fassler Hall. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World By BRANDI BALL World Scene Writer A teacher, an office manager and a geologist walk into a bar. …
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Warrick youngsters find hog wrestling a barrel of fun
Evansville Courier & Press
Perhaps they knew what was coming next — the fair’s annual hog wrestling contest. “Are you ready?” the announcer asked a crowd that included 168 teams, all preparing to pounce on the piggies in pools of muddy water and, yes, possibly poo. …
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Banes takes over FC wrestling
Journal Review
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL’S ELI MOORE placed fourth at 135 pounds during Saturday’s semistate at New Castle and will wrestle in the state finals. Kameron Banes is the new wrestling coach at Fountain Central. The former Delphi and Purdue grappler steps in for …
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A GRINDSTONE COWBOY
TheNewsTribune.com
It’s rare to find to find a cowboy who competes in both, but West Richland’s Ty Sherman, 17, has used his wrestling background to tie the events together and succeed in both. “My dad said steerwrestling is a ‘big guy’ event, but it takes technique, …
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Blogs

Pro Wrestling Opinion Show 60 News Predictions 07/16 by …
By TheProWrestlingOpinionShow
Logan discusses the latest news in Pro Wrestling and MMA as well as certain key stories from theWrestling Observer and FigureFour Weekly. Plus MITB predictio Jul 16.
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Anatomy of a Wrestling Hold: The Doomsday Device | GUY.com
By David Oliver
In the proper hands of professionals, they’re dynamic staples of the wrestling industry. Otherwise, they’re lawsuits waiting to happen. Guy takes a look at these wrestling holds, how they work and how they developed… into things kids …
GUY.com

How Did I Miss the Greatest Wrestling Move Of All-Time? Barstool …
By maurice
Would You Bang This One-Legged Wrestlers‘ Smoke Mom? Does This Look Like the Face of a Man Who Had the Greatest Fourth of July Ever? Truck Hauling From California Tips Over, Spills Honey and 14 MILLION BEES …
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Web

Pro Wrestling Digest » Blog Archive » Wrestling Events List 7/11 …
Devin Cutting keeps us up to date on wrestling events around the world. . . . Monday, July 11th, 2011: WWE @ TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA …
www.prowrestlingdigest.com/…/wrestling-events-list-71111-–-…

IMPACT WRESTLING Hits The Road For All-New Episodes In Three Cities
The superstars of “IMPACT WRESTLING” on Spike TV (Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT) will hit the road this August, September and October to shoot all-new episo…
www.impactwrestling.com/…/2818-IMPACT-WRESTLING-H…