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	Professional wrestling - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the turn of the 20th century, wrestling was introduced to the public as part of a variety act spice up the limited action involved in the bodybuilder strongman attractions with one of its earliest stars Cornish-American ex-miner named Jack Carkeek challenging audience members to last 10 minutes with him.
		While amateur wrestling continued as a legitimate sport, grappling as a promotional business didn't catch on until the late 1920s when the success of the more worked aspects of professional wrestling in America, like gimmickry and submission holds, where introduced to British wrestling.
		The wrestling industry as a whole seemingly began to fall into dismay as the true nature of wrestling began to fall into question as many newspapers tried to exposed the worked aspects of the sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_Kingdom (1969 words)

	Professional wrestling / Female Single Combat Club
		Professional wrestling is a form of performance art where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches in the boxing-like ring.
		In essence, pro wrestling is a circus performance, a peculiar acrobatic clownery, which represents human relations in the hypertrophied and grotesque forms by means of "wrestling in the ring".
		Due to the term, "professional wrestling" is the traditional and stable name of this incredibly popular show, attempting to search in WEB for keywords "wrestling", "women wrestling" leads to getting the enormous number of sites dedicated to pro wrestling and to other pseudo-combat shows.
	www.fscclub.com /vidy/profi-e.shtml (2571 words)

	THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA
		Manifest Destiny was a philosophy that encouraged westward expansion in the United States: as the population of the Eastern states grew and as a steady increase of immigrants entered the country, settlers moved steadily westward across North America.
		The United States currently enjoys a positive relationship with the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Poland, among several others, in that these nations are participating as active military allies with, or logistical supporters of, the United States in all theaters.
		The United States is often under criticism from Western governments and NGOs concerning lengthy detention without trial, forced confessions, torture, and mistreatment of prisoners as well as some restrictions on freedoms of speech and the press, as being violations of their definition of human rights.
	www.speedace.info /united_states_of_america_usa.htm (8119 words)

	Culture Kingdom United (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Culture of the United Kingdom - The culture of the United Kingdom is rich and varied, and has been influential on culture on a worldwide scale.
		United Kingdom Patent Office - The United Kingdom Patent Office is the lead United Kingdom government agency responsible for developing and administering policy in most areas of intellectual property, under the overall aegis of the Department of Trade and Industry.
		Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom - Professional wrestling performed within the boundaries of the United Kingdom became popular when the television show World of Sport was launched in the mid-1960s and the sport remained a mainstay of British culture from the late then until World of Sport's cancellation in 1985.
	alabamasports.usamsoc.com /culturekingdomunited.html (965 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Professional wrestling is generally any form of performance art in which pro-wrestlers receive payment for participating in a "Show".
		Historically, European and North American professional wrestling have involved matches where the outcome was predetermined.
		The question of whether professional wrestling is a sport comparable to its freestyle, Greco-Roman, and collegiate counterparts can seem irrelevant, maybe even impossible, to compare as the key difference between both concepts is that professional wrestling's main focus is maintaining its audience and profiting as a business rather than as a form of athletic competition.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=professional_wrestler (2195 words)

	Financially Sound, Creatively Bankrupt: The Story of Wrestling's Monopoly Years are Retold in Wrestling’s ...
		Sunderland, United Kingdom (PRWEB) July 7, 2006 -- It’s been over five years since World Championship Wrestling was sold to the (then) World Wrestling Federation, and in that time, the professional wrestling scene in the Western world has gone through a lot.
		Wrestling’s Sinking Ship: What Happens To An Industry Without Competition (ISBN: 1-4116-1210-5) recounts the stories from those five years, as fans of “sports entertainment” watched all kinds of events unfolding in front of their eyes on their television screens every week.
		Wrestling’s Sinking Ship is available now at Lulu (www.lulu.com), the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books, and also at Amazon, Play.com and can be ordered wherever books are sold.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/7/prweb407898.htm (426 words)

	Term-Papers.us - Is Wrestling A Sport
		Professional sports are also about pleasing the fans because without the fans there would be no pro-sports.
		Professional wrestling is also a great example of the athlete having a desire to be the best.
		The first places they wrestle are in tiny federations where the matches are held in small venues such as high school gyms and bingo halls.
	www.term-papers.us /ts/ib/sjf42.shtml (1179 words)

	Ring of Honor Discussion Forum - ROH and Womens Wrestling
		She is the savior of American women's wrestling.
		ROH basically renewed my faith in Pro-Wrestling, so I thought it only a natural evolution that 'this' be the company to bring a little respect to a divison that's treated has long been treated as a joke in the States.
		Even if she is awesome, ROH is not going to be flying in a woman all the way from Japan so that they can have a good women's match.
	www.rohwrestling.com /MessageBoard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7773 (1153 words)

	Professional wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.
		In fact, a key distinction between McMahon and competitors like Jim Crockett Promotions (the forerunner to WCW) and the American Wrestling Association was the carnival atmosphere created by the promoter's gimmicks and angles.
		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.
	professional-wrestling.iqnaut.net (1703 words)

	Classic Wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Wrestling History : Welcome To The Wrestling History Ticker!: May 26, 1950 - Gorgeous George defeats AWA world champion Don Eagle in a double cross finish in Chicago.
		At Cyber Sunday, history will be made as the champions of all three WWE brands step into the ring to see who the “Champion of Champions” really is. This is the first time three champions have gone head to head, but it will not be the first champion vs. champion match in sports-entertainment history.
		Before the Monday Night Wars, and even before the Rock ‘n’ Wrestling era of the mid-1980s, WWE and the NWA were fighting for supremacy.
	retrowrestling.blogspot.com (804 words)

	VL of Sport - Professional Wresting
		Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) is an American independent circuit professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky.
		Pro Wrestling NOAH is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000.
		Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW) is a professional wrestling organisation in Ireland.
	sportsvl.com /rest/wrestling/wrestlingprohome.htm (682 words)

	Results - Big Time Wrestling - Hard Hitting Professional Wrestling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Big Time Wrestling was forced to cancel its public event for the evening of October 12, 2002.
		It was a shame that this could not have been a part of a bigger Big Time Wrestling event in front of a larger audience, but that will happen at the next Big Time Wrestling event.
		This match was a hair vs. hair match and Robert Evans had his head shaved in the middle of the ring after being knocked out from a chair to the head.
	www.bigtimewrestling.com /Results.htm (1734 words)

	WWE: WWE Worldwide > United Kingdom > Making the tryout.
		Here are the people that have been invited to try out for World Wrestling Entertainment in Manchester, England on 17th November.
		All World Wrestling Entertainment programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, and logos are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
		This website is based in the United States.
	www.wwe.com /worldwide/unitedkingdom/1453838 (119 words)

	Wrestling Exposed
		GLEN COVE, NY, October 28, 2003 - Wrestling fans around the world will finally have their long-held dream answered, as Ultimate Warrior, one of the most popular, beloved wrestlers in the history of professional wrestling, is returning to the ring.
		A professional wrestler since 1985, Ultimate Warrior is recognized predominately for his talent inside the ring; he is a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion.
		Acclaim owns and operates five studios located in the United States and the United Kingdom, and publishes and distributes its software through its subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France and Spain.
	www.wrestlingexposed.com /headlines/985.shtml (693 words)

	Interesting RUMOUR from the UKFF - Talk Wrestling Online
		The dates, October 27th and 28th, are a Saturday and Sunday, and the venue is a 300 seat WMC 7 miles to the outskirts of Doncaster, with excellent local transport links.
		No it isn't, it's about a certain clique of promoters who do not have the well being of UK wrestling at heart, but the well being of their own ego's and financial health much closer to their concerns.
		I call on you, the wrestling fan who it would be nothing without, show your anger and disgust; and make your voice heard on this matter.
	www.talkwrestlingonline.com /forum/showthread.php?threadid=32691 (1904 words)

	www.myspace.com/wrestlingssinkingship
		In 2001, the professional wrestling scene in the western world changed almost overnight.
		But success breeds complacency, and the five years since World Wrestling Entertainment stood triumphant over its rivals has seen unprecedented shifts in wrestling.
		Charting the highs and lows of the business in that time, Wrestling's Sinking Ship offers a unique look at the fall and rise of sports entertainment's most controversial characters.
	www.myspace.com /wrestlingssinkingship (181 words)

	1 Stop Wrestling » News » National Championship Wrestling arrives on the UK Scene!
		National Championship Wrestling (nCw) aims to offer the fans in the UK a new concept in live professional wrestling.
		There has been a huge craving amongst British wrestling fans for a regular home grown product that they can buying into and connect with and all that has been lacking until now have been the people with the know how and the elbow grease to give the wrestling public what they want.
		It is my hope and goal that the people who come to our shows will leave feeling not only that they have seen a great professional wrestling show, but that they have seen one of the best live shows in the country period.
	www.1stopwrestling.co.uk /view.php?ArtID=863 (629 words)

	G.L.O.R.Y. Wrestling: Women's Wrestling News
		North Carolina -The offices of the Professional Girl Wrestling Association have announced that PGWA Commissioner Penny Banner has sanctioned a championship title match between the champion, Pippa L'Vinn, and challenger Nikki Roxx.
		The PGWA was contacted by a number of noteworthy ladies, all of whom requested a match against Pippa to 'avenge' this slight to their honor.
		The New England native is a rising figure in the sport, particularly in the Northeastern United States.
	www.glorywrestling.com /WomensWrestlingNews/20050413_1330.asp (465 words)

	Open Directory - Sports:Wrestling:Professional:Promotions
		Only contain professionally trained athletes (backyard federations should be submitted to Sports: Wrestling: Backyard_Wrestling.
		The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is a confederation of 20 wrestling promotions located in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Japan.
		World Championship Wrestling was carried along side the World Wrestling Federation (known as World Wrestling Entertainment starting in on May 6, 2002) brand for a short time as well before being disolved along with Exreme Championship Wrestling.
	dmoz.org /Sports/Wrestling/Professional/Promotions/desc.html (467 words)

	International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom Biography on DanceAge
		International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom (IPW:UK) is a British professional wrestling promotion based in South East England.
		The promotion would soon reach a deal with the The Wrestling Channel to broadcast a weekly one-hour television show.
		This working relationship with FWA would seem to take a turn for the worst when several incidences involving IPW:UK using FWA talent when the same talent were schedualed to appear in FWA events, and promoting FWA title defences without asking for permission from the FWA management team.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_IPW:UK (297 words)

	Most Haunted… Dead
		For those of you who like a dash of professional wrestling with your paranormal television fare, Living TV’s Most Haunted is just what you are looking for.
		The show was to be aired in the United States (tape delayed) for the first time, with the concluding episode to be aired live - simultaneously in both countries on Monday.
		I was put in the show to give a professional slant to it, to give it an element of credibility, but the skeptical argument is just swept away.
	www.csicop.org /specialarticles/mosthaunted.html (1289 words)

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		McMahon is doing it again, but this time, there's $1 million on the line and a new format.
		WWF changed their name in May 2002 from WWF to WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), in a statement from Linda McMahon she explained it was due to the worldwide growth of the WWF.
		In reality the WWF had lost a court case in the UK and had lost the rights to use the initials and logo in the United Kingdom and so where forced to change their name.
	www.lycos.com /info/world-wrestling-entertainment--linda-mcmahon.html (176 words)

	Pro wrestling news and analysis WWE, TNA, Ring of Honor, 1PW and more - WrestleMag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In our prior announcement to you, the wrestling media and public, we announced ourselves as the promotion hoping to shake up professional wrestling in the United Kingdom.
		We announced that a huge part of our show would be the UK wrestling debut of Ring of Honor’s World Champion Austin Aries.
		This explosive superstar’s involvement in the show just intensified; 1PW officials have been in negotiations with Ring of Honor officials this past week, and we are very pleased to announce that Austin Aries will defend his ROH World Championship at 1PW’s “A Twist of Fate".
	www.wrestlemag.com /news/index.php?p=509 (532 words)

	Dr Reed
		Reed religiously watches WWE and has done so for over a decade, he makes no secret for his admiration for people with powerful positions such as Eric Bischoff and Vince McMahon, this year Reed has enjoyed New Years' Revolution and of course the 'big time' Wrestlemania 22.
		Aside from wrestling Chris Reed has been in talks with various publishers regarding a book deal, and he has done some work for Utopian Pictures (independent production company based in the United Kingdom specialising in the creation and development of low budget genre films).
		Reed is hoping to bring a new version of entertainment to Wrestling 101 as well as fact (and possibly fiction!) he will indulge his readers, and he always promises to leave them crying, hopefully in a positive way.
	www.wrestling101.com /101/bio.php?authorid=59 (280 words)

	MiamiHerald.com \| 09/28/2006 \| Wrestling events, shows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The goal of Queens of Chaos is to promote female wrestling shows on a regular basis with hopes of becoming the hottest female independent wrestling promotion in Europe.
		The Pro Wrestling School of Hard Knocks is credited to teaching many superstars including Mike Awesome, Dustin Rhodes, Tracey Smothers, Dennis Mideon Knight and Diamond Dallas Page.
		Because of the time constraints of his full-time job as a World Wrestling Entertainment talent agent, Keirn handed day to day operations of the wrestling school to co-head trainers Iceman Buck Quartermaine and Modern Miracle Steve Madison.
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/sports/wrestling/15626395.htm (930 words)

	Ring of Honor Discussion Forum - Samoa Joe updates his LiveJournal
		In it he says that, and I quote "I have some serious concerns about my future in the realm of professional wrestling".
		That worries me, I wonder what's wrong with him, I personally love his style and all of his matches that I've seen are good, it's just too bad that he has these doubts because I seriously think he could be a huge star in the wrestling business in the future.
		I think it would be awesome if everybody brought some Samoans to the show on Saturday (or any show for that matter) just to show our collective appreciation for Joe.
	www.rohwrestling.com /MessageBoard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9608 (486 words)

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