Wrestling Links (7-23-11)

Posted on | July 23, 2011 | No Comments

Impact Wrestling: Lots of TV time for the Knockouts
Baltimore Sun (blog)
If seeing the TNA Knockouts on your TV screen is your idea of a good time, then you probably enjoyed Thursday night’s episode of Impact Wrestling. The Knockouts were all over the show. Tara and Miss Tessmacher won the Knockouts tag team title from …
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The puma-wrestling Amazon wild man
BBC News
It took him an hour to wrestle Roy back to his cage. “Weren’t you worried about being bitten?” I asked. He smiled and shook his head. “Roy was a racist puma,” he explained reasonably. “He only harmed Bolivians. Once he ate a local man’s spleen. …
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BBC News

Featherston: Wrestlers‘ gold
Wairarapa Times Age
Blind wrestler Clinton Davies is the latest Kiwi wrestler to have launched a medal-winning career on the mat from a humble tin shed in Featherston. Davies, 28, took up the sport on a whim after settling in the small Wairarapa town with his family about …
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Wairarapa Times Age

WWE News: WWE’s Storylines Bring New Meaning to Men’s Soap Opera
Bleacher Report
For many fans of the WWE and wrestling in general, explaining what wrestlingmeans to them is as easy as describing a soap opera for men, with a lot more fistfights. While this was always a backhanded way of explaining it to people who describe the …
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Bleacher Report

Wrestlers in MMA: Why Their Dominance Is Temporary
Bleacher Report
People are making a lot of noise these days about how wrestlers are ruining mixed martial arts. Many of the casual fans don’t like watching wrestlers compete because they find the fights boring. Unfortunately for these people, wrestlers are a dominant …
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‘Wrestling‘ with relationships
The Telegram
Tony Nappo (in red) stars as pro wrestler Dark Thunder in the Pope Productions film “Beatdown,” written and directed by St. John’s native Deanne Foley and filmed in St. John’s last month. — Submitted photo Deanne Foley is the latest filmmaker to have …
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The Telegram

Pro wrestler Ric Flair, 62, to step back in ring
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Ric Flair, the 62-year-old professional wrestler whose trademark “Wooooo!” catchphrase and Nature Boy nickname helped make him one of the most recognizable athletes in the US, says he plans to step back in the ring for a match this fall. …
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Nine Utah wrestlers earn All-America at nationals
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Nine wrestlers placed at the competition — making them All-Americans — and the team doubles their medal count from last year with 10. The headliner was Jacob Falk, a wrestler who graduated last month from West Jordan High. …
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WWE: “Big Sexy” Unhappy? Roles Kevin Nash Can Play in the WWE.
Bleacher Report
According to a report Thursday from The Wrestling Observer, Nash is unhappy with his role in the WWE. One of the greatest icons wrestling has ever produced and former six-time World Champion, Kevin Nash, finally spoke up against his inactive role in …
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Wrestling legend Hart in town for Smackdown
Tribune Review
It’s been 14 years since Hall of Fame professional wrestler Bret Hart has been to Pittsburgh to step inside of a ring, but his passion for wrestling is as strong as ever. Twelve hours earlier, Hart was in San Diego for a public appearance, …
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British wrestling posters | MetaFilter
To see some names that had success in the American pro-wrestling scene after they were in these fights in England reminds me of where and how the sport …
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