Wrestling Links (10-23-11)

Posted on | October 23, 2011 | No Comments

Canada’s Carol Huynh successfully defends her Pan Am wrestling crown
Globe and Mail
Canada’s Carol Huynh came close to giving up wrestling after winning Olympic gold at the Beijing Games in 2008. After achieving her ultimate goal, Huynh’s desire to continue in the sport was weakened as nagging injuries took a physical and emotional…
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Globe and Mail

The 100 Hottest Women in Wrestling History
Bleacher Report
Throughout wrestling history, beautiful—and sometimes not so beautiful—women have been used to enhance the product. Whether used as just eye candy, a storyline ploy or a wrestling manager, females have played a vital role in the success of the pro …
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Bleacher Report

ESPN piece paints sad portrait of Scott Hall
Charleston Post Courier
By Mike Mooneyham Former pro wrestling superstar Scott Hall admitted in an ESPN documentary last week that he “should have been dead 100 times.” Hall’s sad and tragic story was profiled in a gripping 18-minute segment on the sports network’s …
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Takedown, wrestling, boxing and grappling
Bangkok Post
This usually takes place in the first round when the classic standup Muay Thai technique of grappling and knee strikes is overpowered by the wrestling and jujitsu fighting techniques of MMA. For Hopkins, there wasn’t much martial art in Dawson’s attack …
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Bangkok Post

TNA Impact Wrestling scores a monster rating, Dixie brags about the success
Examiner.com
It appears that the recent storylines in TNA have brought some of the fans back to the #2 wrestling company in America. According to a Friday October 21st report by FW4Online.com, the October 20th episode of Impact Wrestling scored a 1.35 rating with …
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Nikiski wrestlers chase state crown
Kenai Peninsula Online
That same reclassification has made the Bulldogs’ path to a Class 1-2-3A state wrestling title more cluttered. The football reclassification moved schools like Kenai Central, Soldotna, Homer and Skyview from small-schools to medium-schools football. …
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Grapplers seize their mat moments
Sun-Sentinel
By Gary Curreri, Special Correspondent Wins have been hard to come by for Tianna Micklewhite, but spectators wouldn’t have known it by watching her performance in a recent USA Wrestling meet. After losing all eight matches while competing on the junior …
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Sun-Sentinel

Countdown to WWE Vengeance
CANOE
Wrestling It should go without saying that WWE has been catching a lot of heat as of late from the Internet-friendly portion of their audience as of late, primarily because of the softening of CM Punk’s once anti-establishment position against Triple …
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CANOE

Final card for WWE Vengeance on Sunday, October 23, 2011
Examiner.com
CM Punk & Triple H Wrestling fans in the New Orleans area can order WWE Vengeance by tuning to Cox Cable channel 501 and ordering the Pay-Per-View on In Demand. For e-mail updates whenever a new article is posted, please subscribe at the top of the …
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Nigel McGuinness Returning To The Ring, Foley, Graham
Wrestling Inc.
By Ryan Clark | October 22, 2011 | Comments — Heartland Wrestling Association out of Ohio has announced that former ROH Champion and TNA star Nigel McGuinness will return to the ring at their November 12th event in Hamilton, Ohio at the Great Miami …
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Blogs

Russia: Success of National Wrestling System Explained · Global …
By Donna Welles
Russian wrestlers are often considered to be the best in the world. Citizen media suggest that a possible explanation for this is the relationship between politics and wrestling in Russia as exemplified by Alexander Karelin. Mr. Karelin was an …
Global Voices

Web

Penn State University Official Athletic Site – Wrestling
Just 15 days stand between the Penn State wrestling squad and its competition mats that will be laid in Rec Hall for the season-opening Intrasquad Dual.
www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec…/101911aaa.html