Wrestling Links (12-3-11)
Professional wrestler Mick “Mankind” Foley turns his focus to comedy Buffalo News By Anne Neville The world of professional wrestling is built on exaggerated characters, histrionic dialogue, amped-up feuds and over-the-top brutality. The decidedly unphysical world of stand-up comedy demands intelligence and mental and verbal … See all stories on this topic » Wrestling: Sandburg takes down Lockport Chicago […]
Wrestling Links (7-11-11)
How Do You Dress a Turkish Wrestler? In Olive Oil and Leather Britches Wall Street Journal It’s the annual Kirkpinar oil-wrestling tournament, which has been staged here for 650 years. To the uninitiated, it seems little more than an open field of oily mayhem. Not so to the appreciative crowd, which roars with excitement at sudden […]
Wrestling Links (4-29-11)
Schutta: New weights make wrestlers biggest losers NorthJersey.com The federation released a new set of weight classes to be used in high school wrestling for the 2011-12 season. They will be: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. While keeping the same number of 14 weight classes, … See all […]