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  Mark (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A mark is a professional wrestling fan who believes that everything associated with pro wrestling is real, rather than recognizing the existence of kayfabe (that is, it is a work).
That rival wrestling organizations do not exist (especially if they are not acknowledged by announcers), and that the career of a veteran wrestler who is new to a promotion does not exist.
The term mark derives from pro wrestling's early days as a carnival sideshow, where those who were unaware or not privy to the workings of the business were seen as gullible 'marks' who would believe anything they were told.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_(professional_wrestling)   (722 words)

  
 Professional wrestling - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Professional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches.
The tapout is not a traditional part of professional wrestling; it was introduced during the mid-1990s in response to the increased popularity of mixed martial arts competitions, where the tapout has always been accepted.
When professional wrestling moved to increasingly fixed matches around the early 1900s, there was still a strong push for most of the century to promote professional wrestling as being a legitimate sport; this movement is where the concept of kayfabe originated from.
www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Professional_Wrestling   (1667 words)

  
 Professional wrestling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating.
Modern professional wrestling is commonly associated within a company often referred to as a fed, where the participants create an entertaining show simulating a dueling match.
Women have long participated in professional wrestling, first in woman-versus-woman matches that were low on the bill compared to mens' matches, and then later as managers or valets accompanying male wrestlers.
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 Clique (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Clique (sometimes referred to as the Kliq) was a backstage group in the World Wrestling Federation of the mid-1990s, which some claim held virtually all booking power (the power to make matches and determine storylines), and were accused of refusing to put over (elevate, usually by losing a match) anyone outside the group.
One of the more talked-about actions involving the Clique was the MSG Incident, which took place on May 19, 1996 and involved all of the Clique except for Waltman.
Chyna was not a member of the clique or connected with them in any way; she did not join the WWF until several months after Hall and Nash left.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clique_(professional_wrestling)   (1892 words)

  
 PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING VIDEOS, BOOKS!
Historically professional wrestling has often involved matches where the outcome was predetermined, and nowadays the term professional wrestling or pro-wrestling is used almost exclusively to refer to predetermined matches, also referred to as "works".
In the earlier parts of the 20th Century, "professional wrestling" was at times just that, a professional contest of amateur-style wrestlers competeing for a purse with a league structure similar to professional boxing.
Professional wrestling is "simulated" in the sense that the outcomes are predetermined, and their effects upon the opponent exaggerated.
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 Professional_wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
These "non-wrestling" elements – used to build excitement and interest in professional wrestling matches – have been referred to as "sports entertainment".
While professional wrestling moved increasingly to fixed matches during the late-1800s and early 1900s, for most of the 20th century professional wrestling was promoted as a legitimate sport.
The WWF's "Rock and Wrestling" era has been derided by critics, and professional wrestling "purists", as presenting "cartoonish" characters, interviews, and slapstick skits as opposed to "real" wrestling.
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 wrestling
Wrestling news has greatly picked up over the last couple of days with ECW's future in jeopardy and the WWF looking to sign ECW's talent before WCW gets the chance.
ECW is known for its tremendous wrestling action and classic matches, and having Paul Heyman on their roster would surely help the WWF immensely.
Tate's defense attempted to pass the blame on wrestling, claiming that Tate was a big wrestling fan and was only imitating what he had seen on television.
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 Sports Wrestling Professional Wrestlers
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a bad example.
Clique 4 Life - Fan site dedicated to the bad boys of wrestling: Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, Triple H and X-Pac.
Wrestling Kingdom - Photographs and background information on numerous wrestlers from the World Wrestling Federation.
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 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In a wrestling world where I'd say the average IQ is, perhaps, dismally low, HHH has been one of the only men I have heard of to seek a career outside of wrestling for when he hangs up his boots; through taking classes in how to deal with the wrestling industry on the corporate side.
The idea of wrestling is a suspension of disbelief we know that it is set up, we know that they are not really fighting but we still watch and cheer.
Instead of spending time worrying about what professional wrestlers do when they are not doing their jobs, (you know, enternaining us), maybe those who do should concern themselves with their own lives and becoming the best person they should be.
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /columns/misc/alexkirkbride01.html   (3254 words)

  
 History of Professional Wrestling quiz -- free game
This legendary bruiser, now owner and operator of a wrestling school, is credited with graduates like Paul Leveques (Triple H) and Joanie Laurer (Chyna) among a host of others.
Rudolfo Guzman Huerta is known throughout Mexico and Latin America as one of the most beloved wrestling 'faces' (short for 'baby-face', good guy) of all time.
Known as the father of Puroresu, wrestling champion Mitsuhiro Momota was instrumental in establishing Japan as a major wrestling center.
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=3887   (301 words)

  
 WU :|: Wrestling Unlimited
The basis for each appealing aspect of professional wrestling, is rooted in the representation of fl and white.
Faces utilize a clean audience participation style of wrestling, seldom seen with his or her feet on the ropes, holding the tights, or bringing a foreign object into the ring.
And although there are certain characteristics that are stock standard for both faces and heels, the simple formula lends itself to modification, allowing professional wrestling to grow and remain original in the eyes of fans.
www.wrestlingunlimited.com /index.php?id=columns/119015392   (2160 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Professional wrestling Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Any pretence to be a sporting competition was dropped in the late 1990s, when Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation began describing its events as "sports entertainment," coincident with a formal change of moniker to World Wrestling Entertainment.
Currently, the only major wrestling organisations left in North America are World Wrestling Entertainment, and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and its member federation NWA:TNA.
However, outside North America, there are others federations in Japan and Mexico, where masked wrestlers are particularly popular.
www.ipedia.com /professional_wrestling.html   (1632 words)

  
 Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Spotlight on
He wrestled under the name Terra Ryzin' and entered the WCW in January of 1994.
HHH was part of an elite WWF group known as the "clique" with Shawn Michaels, Diesel, Razor Ramon and 1-2-3 Kid.
As part of their send off, all the clique (minus the Kid) celebrated in the Ring, clearly breaking kayfabe (the practice of keeping the inner workings of wrestling a secret).
www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/hunterhelmsley2.html   (773 words)

  
 Passion & Pain: A Clique Archive
Wrestling "insiders" (the term is used loosely) have been quick to write off the Clique as a disruptive group, formerly damaging to locker room morale and forever politicking and conniving.
What cannot be denied is that these five men are and were five of the most passionately devoted to the wrestling business in its history.
If you are a fan of the Clique, or just a wrestling fan looking to learn more about the business, feel free to look around and absorb the words and wisdom of the most controversial and misunderstood group in wrestling history.
www.angelfire.com /rings/passion_and_pain   (862 words)

  
 LAW :: LIVE AUDIO WRESTLING
Sting's signing proves that TNA is the new face of professional wrestling.
In the back, TNA Wrestling X Division champion Samoa Joe was asked for his comments on "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels.
The organization represents the future of professional wrestling.
www.liveaudiowrestling.com /news_detail.php?nid=421   (986 words)

  
 Wrestling //the invisible highway//
Wrestling has this reputation for being a bunch of beer swilling rednecks beating up on each other.
Vince McMahon took the failing sports-entertainment (the official term for what professional wrestling is) and turned it into a billion-dollar industry.
HBK still wrestles from time to time and still kicks ass with his sweet chin music.
www.invisiblehighway.com /wwe.html   (1457 words)

  
 The Grad's Wrestling Views and Career
As I grew older I realized I was different from most wrestling fans I met at school, or at arenas where I went to see the live events.
Everything you now see in wrestling, from Team Corporate in the WWF to the NWO in WCW, it's all a take off and version of what Ric Flair and his group were doing in the NWA in the mid-80's.
During the wrestling boom of the 80's led by Hulkamania and the WWF, my Dad would tell me he's seen the wrestling industry go through booms followed by slumps his entire life.
members.shaw.ca /kevthegrad/wrestlingviews.html   (914 words)

  
 Netsports Community Forums - SCW. Where professional wrestling reigns supreme
She is the reason the new age era of women’s wrestling exists today.
Now I want to change speeds a little bit and bring in a group of people who changed the face of professional wrestling when Vince McMahon was trotting sports entertainment out there and trying to pass it off as a wrestling program.
Many of these guys may be better than you..but you’re money...you’re ratings...and as long as professional wrestling exists, you’ll always be an asset.
forums.netsports.com /showthread.php?threadid=52822   (10865 words)

  
 History of Wrestling. Quizzes and Trivia -- FunTrivia
The National Wrestling Alliance was, arguably, the number one promotion in the world for over 30 years, from its creation in 1948.
This is a mish-mash of professional wrestling in America over the last 40 years.
This quiz covers some of the worst moments in the history of professional wrestling, in terms of being inappropriate or poorly executed.
www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/entertainment/pro_wrestling/history_of_wrestling.html   (998 words)

  
 HoganResults.com -- The Complete History of The Immortal Icon
In the world of professional wrestling (or "sports-entertainment"), where men and women put their bodies on the line every night to entertain their audience, there is one name which stands above all others in its long and illustrious history.
He is the most famous professional wrestler of all time, and the most phenomenal drawing card in the history of the business.
Prior to his death, father had urged son to return to wrestling and "fix it." His father's words of encouragement, coupled with a need to silence the detractors who had long been saying he was "washed up" and had been "holding down younger talents", reinvigorated the Hulkster.
www.freewebs.com /hoganresults/portraitofarealamerican.htm   (4240 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - 'WrestleCrap' is full of crap
I, personally, found it odd that someone who was ripping wrestlings' greatest promoters for using stupid antics to boost ratings would swear so much just to make his feelings felt in a book.
Afterall, a wrestling book can't be a wrestling book without mentioning the Clique and their influence on McMahon.
Wrestling and is very happy for the chance to spend her days writing about wrestling.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2004/01/21/320002.html   (806 words)

  
 About Us | Team Game Online
Both men were (and still are) wrestling fans for the majority of their lives and have extensive memories of their times viewing ECW, WCW, WWF/E, and other federations.
It was only fitting when they met on the IGN.com “Wrestling General Board”, they formed a mutual bond and appreciation for each others views and decided to create a site based on arguing about the industry and helping others with technical tips.
The sixty to ninety minute weekly podcast discussed the week that was in the world of professional wrestling from the global federations to the regional ones.
www.teamgame-online.com /?q=node/19   (780 words)

  
 Hunter's stable reverts back to `old days' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The days of The Four Horsemen ruling professional wrestling are gone.
What WWE's version of The Four Horsemen offers is a unique throwback to how simple professional wrestling and subsequent booking decisions were made: Good guy overcomes insurmountable odds and exacts revenge over the bad guy and his group of thugs.
The original Four Horsemen no longer dominate professional wrestling, but their affect on sports entertainment remains strong.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_116073.html   (691 words)

  
 The Wrestling Oratory: Leaving Its Mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
When the World Wrestling Federation formed and came calling, Piper took them up on their offer and quickly catapulted to the position of the #1 heel on the roster.
Personally, a lot of wrestling’s appeal comes from the sheer humour of it; whether that be listening to the Rock cut a humorous promo, or watching Nathan Jones in a match, the comedy never stops.
I’ve long been a fan of aggressive heels who are built up to simply be unemotional ass kicking machines and, predominantly before the age of the anti-hero, were despised because of their callous attitudes which meant they showed nobody any mercy.
oratory.rajah.com /index.php?archive=519   (9555 words)

  
 Rings of Fire Control Center
What the WCW has is a better assortment of junior heavyweight talent and the group is better known as the WCW Cruiserweight Division.
New Japan Pro Wrestling is the biggest professional wrestling promotion in the world and they know.
Click here to read e-mail concerning the best Clique matches, NWO Wolfpack, and other professional wrestling topics.
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