Wrestling Links (10-19-11)

Posted on | October 19, 2011 | No Comments

TNA Impact Wrestling spoilers for Thursday (10-20): Storm wins the World Title
Examiner.com
TNA Impact Wrestling taped this week’s Impact last night in Orlando, FL which will air this Thursday on Spike TV. Thanks to Jason K. for help with the results. -In what was well over a 20 minute segment, Sting comes to the ring and talks about taking …
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Ancient text proves wrestling is oldest sport on record
USA Today
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Whether he was at a youth tournament, the NCAA finals or the Olympics, the late wrestling public address announcer Ed Aliverti used to greet fans in every arena the same way. The wrestling instruction document is on display …
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USA Today

Purdue Wrestling Season Preview
Purdue Boilermakers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue wrestling team is set to begin the 98th year of competition in school history, opening practice on Oct. 18 with its first tournament scheduled for Nov. 5 at the Eastern Michigan Open. Head coach Scott Hinkel enters his …
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Purdue Boilermakers

Impact Wrestling Bound for Glory : Why BFG Was a Great Step Forward
Bleacher Report
Coming into Sunday’s big time pay-per-view, Bound For Glory in many ways was set to either make or beak Impact Wrestling. Thankfully with the recent removal from power of Vince Russo in the writing department, Impact did some really good things to make…
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Bleacher Report

Iowa Wrestling: Hawkeyes continue to stockpile future stars on the mat
Examiner.com
The Iowa wrestling team had maybe the best consecutive two days in program history this week when they got three verbal commitments from three of the nation’s top wrestlers. After Davenport Assumption’s Topher Carton committed to the Iowa Hawkeyes on …
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Wrestling Wrap Up: Triple H Gets Deported!
IGN
For the most part, aside from the mariachi band playing out in the parking lot and random wrestlers and announcers trying their hand at Spanish, RAW was fairly tame. Which is almost an evolutionary step at this point considering wrestling’s treatment …
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IGN

Mil Mascaras to Be Inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame: A Fan’s Memory
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 9 hours, 27 minutes ago Back before Rey Mysterio Jr. and Ultimo Dragon was a wrestler that paved the way named Mil Mascaras. Today’s WWE fans probably know little of “The Man of One Thousand Masks” but in my early wrestlingdays he …
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Yahoo! Sports

Brown Univ. president: Keep wrestling program if it can be self-funded
Examiner.com
Wrestling at Brown University, threatened for elimination in April, has been granted a reprieve by the school’s president… if the program can raise enough money in the next year to become self-funded, the Brown Daily Herald reported Monday. …
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Four Tips for Billy Corgan’s New Wrestling League
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
Corgan has launched a new professional wrestling league labeled “Resistance Pro” (complete with an edgy backwards “R” in the logo). “We’re going to try and bring back to Chicago the glory days,” he says in an interview with Fox News. …
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Worlds of Fun Promotes ‘Hardcore Midget Wrestling‘
fox4kc.com
That’s how Worlds of Fun is promoting hardcore wrestling at its family amusement park. Critics say the word “midget” is as offensive as the n-word. They know wrestling events featuring little people are nothing new, but they can’t believe that Worlds …
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Blogs

Hawkeyes reel in another top wrestling prospect | Hawk Central
By Andy Hamilton
Gilman is the fourth wrestler to commit to Iowa’s 2012 class and the third in two days. He joins a group including two other three-time state champions — Southeast Polk’s Cory Clark and Davenport Assumption’s Topher Carton — and Illinois …
Hawk Central

Shirzad Ahmadi named TheMat.com … – TheMat.com – USA Wrestling
Ahmadi won his seventh career Veterans Freestyle World gold, taking the 63 kg class in Div. D in Tirana, Albania.
TheMat.com News

A whole new Take On Wrestling With WWE All Stars Wii – China …
By Hu Chiu
THQ arrives employing its hottest wrestling recreation: WWE All Stars. This absolutely isn’t any typical wrestling recreation. It involves capabilities tha.
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Web

Candace Bailey And Sara Underwood Wrestling In Oatmeal: An …
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