Wrestling Links (8-1-11)

Posted on | August 1, 2011 | No Comments

WWE:Vince McMahon and the 25 Smartest Figures in Wrestling History
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I first want to clarify that this is a list of pro wrestling smart figures in history. Which means people who had the right mind in how to run the business and people who came up with the right ideas. And there’s some who knew how long to stay for and …
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WWE and Journey of a Dream: A Pro Wrestler’s Story Never Told Before
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I was eleven years old then, already a hulkamaniac and die hard pro wrestling fan. But it was in the Pontiac Silver-dome, I realized my dream. I just knew that I have to become a wrestler. I wanted to be like Hulk Hogan. Just like him, I wanted people …
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Swan Valley’s Mitch Malott claims AAU wrestling national title at ESPN Wide …
MLive.com
Malott won a national title last month at the AAU Wrestling Scholastic Duals, held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. In the course of 11 matches over six days, Malott, who is heading into his senior year at Swan Valley, …
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Punk vs. Cena headlines WWE shows, notes on TNA Impact Wrestling and XICW
Examiner.com
TNA Impact Wrestling ran a house show in Houston on Saturday night. The main event of the evening saw AJ Styles defeat Bully Ray in a ‘Bound for Glory” series match. XICW returns to The Ritz Bar and Grill in Warren this Sunday with a loaded show; …
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Greco-Roman Wrestler’s Insane ‘Flying Squirrel’ Takedown
Fox News (blog)
Sports This is American junior wrestler Ellis Coleman performing an insane, flipping Greco-Romanwrestling move called “the flying squirrel” at the junior world championships. It’s hard to decide which part is best: how fluidly Coleman leaps, grabs, …
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Pro Wrestling: CM Punk and the 5 Best Wrestlers on Television
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Currently, the two top Pro-Wrestling organizations in the world are WWE and TNAWrestling. Both these organizations have rosters full of talented wrestlers. Of course, to carry a televised wrestling promotion in this day and age, one obviously needs …
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Your Sports: Wrestling
Billings Gazette
Iowa standout Matt McDonough will again be the head camp counselor at the Osos Wrestling Camp Aug. 5-7 at Billings West. Mike Evans, a redshirt freshman for the Hawkeyes last year, will also be at the camp as a counselor. …
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Sunnyside owns wrestling in Arizona
Arizona Daily Star
Whatever the team is, chances are pretty good it can’t beat the record of success Sunnyside High School’s wrestling program has established over the past 30-plus years. The Blue Devils have won 14 straight state titles, have been either first or second …
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Girl spends summer in Lufkin training to be a top wrestler
KTRE
By Holley Nees – bio | email At 14 years old, daddy’s little girl isn’t afraid to take him down on thewrestling mat. “It’s kind of cool because if you throw a person that’s twice your size, you know you can throw anyone else,” wrestler Cassidy …
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TNA IMPACT Wrestling signs ‘Big Brother’ reality star “Mr.Pectacular”
Examiner.com
TNA IMPACT Wrestling annoucned Jessie Godderz who has appeared on several seasons of CBS’s “Big Brother” reality show has signed with the company. Godderz who also goes by “Mr. Pectacular” worked as a fittness model and recently made the jump into pro …
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