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  Professional Wrestling - MSN Encarta
Professional wrestling developed from amateur wrestling, but while the two sports resemble each other in some ways, they are not closely related.
The win-loss record of a professional wrestler, therefore, does not indicate how successful he or she is. Many professional wrestlers never win titles but nonetheless capture the imagination of fans and attract spectators and television viewers to the sport.
Many professional wrestling matches are held in huge arenas that seat thousands of people, but others take place in small venues, such as high school gyms, bingo halls, and halls operated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
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 Wrestling - MSN Encarta
Wrestling, sport in which two contestants try to force each other’s shoulders to the floor, thus scoring a fall and winning the match.
The points awarded for the various scoring maneuvers in wrestling are the same in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
For years the USSR was the world powerhouse in Greco-Roman wrestling, and after the collapse of the USSR in 1991, wrestlers from Russia continued to dominate international competition.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557370/Wrestling.html   (613 words)

  
 The Corporation (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Corporation was formed on November 15, 1998 when Shane and Vince McMahon reconciled, joining forces with The Rock, who was The Corporation's main star, holding the WWF Championship three times while part of the group.
The members of the Corporation began to dwindle throughout 1999, with Mankind, Ken Shamrock, Big Show and Test forming The Union to oppose the remaining members.
The Corporate Ministry fought against Austin, The Rock and Mankind throughout mid-1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Corporation_(professional_wrestling)   (438 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - PWHF announces fifth induction class
AMSTERDAM, NY - The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (PWHF) is pleased to announce the PWHF's Induction Class for 2006.
His wrestling talents took him to the 1928 Olympics held in the Netherlands and he later became the professional World Heavyweight Champion in 1931 by defeating Gus Sonnenberg.
Ray "The Crippler" Stevens began his wrestling career in Columbus, Ohio in the late 1940's at the tender age of thirteen and turning professional at seventeen.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Wrestling/2005/12/06/1340775.html   (1269 words)

  
 OJR article: Wrestling with the Web
When the World Wrestling Federation announced March 23 that it would purchase long-time rival World Championship Wrestling from media megalith AOL Time Warner, in effect creating a national monopoly over professional wrestling programming, Wade Keller was already on to it.
Amidst the activity and debate sparked by wrestling writers on the Web, perhaps it is inevitable that corporate media would also throw itself into the fray, using its connections and wealth to push out competition in an attempt to own a potentially lucrative niche.
Terms which reflect its carnival sideshow roots, such as 'kayfabe (maintaining the myth that wrestling is 'real'),' 'marks (wrestling fans),' baby-faces (the good guys),' and 'heels (villains)' have found their way to the mouths of the casual fan.
www.ojr.org /ojr/business/1017961682.php   (3524 words)

  
 Feud (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult.
While many feuds in professional wrestling are staged for entertainment value, there have been successful feuds that actually originated from a real life rivalry and/or complete real life dislike of each other.
Professional Wrestling has showcased some of the most memorable feuds in history, which have lead to many entertaining segments and matches in wrestling history and are often the most talked about amongst fans.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)   (409 words)

  
 IWIM - About the Museum
The mission of the International Wrestling Institute and Museum is to preserve, maintain and promote the long and illustrious heritage of mankind's oldest sport in a manner which will benefit the sport, educate and entertain the public, and financially support the Institute and its activities.
The Professional Wing of the museum has a half-size wrestling ring, a wall devoted to the legendary Frank Gotch, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hal of Fame, and many other exciting displays.
The Museum is a not-for-profit corporation and subsists on donations from the public, revenue from the many events it puts on every year, including the IWIM Celebrity Golf Tournament and the Dan Gable Classic, as well as the many unique wrestling products that it sells in the gift shop and online.
www.wrestlingmuseum.org /about.html   (570 words)

  
 Illustrated History of Pro Wrestling in Northern California
Wrestling had not been promoted much in the last few years, and in 1960 the crowds were small and wrestling matches were usually held in small meeting halls.
Wrestling matches were held on Friday nights in Modesto in the Uptown Arena, a building I remember as looking like a large barn inside.
The board in back of her shows who was wrestling on that TV show and the star on Ray Stevens' name shows that he won his match.
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 Amazon.com: Chokehold: Pro Wrestling's Real Mayhem Outside the Ring: Books: Weldon T. Johnson,Jim Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Wilson starts out the book by claiming he was a fan of pro wrestling while he was growing up, saying that he watched it on TV sometimes and went to the live matches twice.
I am a wrestling historian and fanatic, and an ex-wrestler myself (from the same period that Wilson tried working in the business) and to be honest, if it hadn't been for Wilson's lawsuits and TV expose of wrestling, I don't think that I'd have ever heard of him.
Professional wrestling isn't for everyone and this guy is unknown.
www.amazon.com /Chokehold-Wrestlings-Mayhem-Outside-Ring/dp/1401072178   (2077 words)

  
 WAM Wrestling - professional wrestling federation (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
However, some high profile talent are brought into the events and may be compensated and this is done on a case by case, event by event basis at the disgression of WAM Board of Directors if they feel paying the high profile talent will benefit the event in a positive manner.
is a independent professional wrestling federation whom is one of the very few federations remaining in the country that is not out to make a profit for its promoter.
WAM is a non-profit corporation whos purpose is to give a stage for local indpendent professional wrestling talent a stage to show off their talent to the public.
wam.ericextreme.com.cob-web.org:8888 /corporate.html   (241 words)

  
 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While the concept of a wrestling supercard was nothing new, even in North America (NWA's Starrcade had existed for a few years), McMahon drew the interest of the mainstream media by inviting celebrities such as Mr.
The event was known to wrestling fans as the Montreal Screwjob, and caused considerable uproar.
Borrowing many of the exciting wrestling and storyline styles from then-insurgent wrestling promotion ECW, the WWF Attitude Era was based largely on the growing popularity of the wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin.
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment.html   (3693 words)

  
 Vince McMahon Biography - Biography.com
McMahon represents the third generation of a professional wrestling dynasty: his grandfather, Jess McMahon, worked as a boxing and wrestling promoter, while his father, Vince McMahon, Sr., founded the Capitol Wrestling Corporation.
Capitol dominated professional wrestling in the Northeastern United States during the mid-20th century, when the sport was divided into strictly regional enterprises.
In 1982, he bought Capitol Wrestling from his father and began an expansion process that would fundamentally alter the character of professional wrestling in America.
www.biography.com /search/article.jsp?aid=9542235   (456 words)

  
 Ray Traylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
After wrestling a handful of matches, booker Dusty Rhodes saw potential in him and took him off TV for a few months to be repackaged.
He was introduced as a member of The Corporation, a group of wrestlers controlled by WWF owner Vince McMahon to combat rival Stone Cold Steve Austin as well as the infamous D-Generation X, as The Corporation's "personal security".
In fact, he was feuding with the Undertaker (as the Corporation at the time feuded with the Undertaker and his newly formed "Ministry of Darkness", despite both being heel factions).
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Ray_Traylor   (1160 words)

  
 WWF WCW Wrestling - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
World Wrestling Entertainment is a publicly-traded company, but the vast majority (70%) of voting shares are owned by Chairman Vince McMahon, his wife, CEO Linda McMahon, his son, Executive Vice President of Global Media Shane McMahon, and his daughter, Vice President of Creative Writing Stephanie McMahon-Levesque.
World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a professional wrestling promotion that was based in Atlanta and existed from 1986 to 2001.
Formerly known as NWA (National Wrestling Alliance), is a group of independent professional wrestling promotions, in operation since 1948.
www.wwfwcw-wrestling.com   (297 words)

  
 WWE Announces Relationship With New Territory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Established in 2001, it is the nation's #1 school for wrestling and the largest center for Professional Wrestling Training in the Northeast where students receive hands on training and instruction in all aspects of the sports entertainment industry.
Wrestling Legend Walter "Killer" Kowalski is the trainer emeritus at the center, and Head Trainer Mike Hollow has nearly 2 decades of wrestling experience.
The Chaotic Wrestling facility features 2 new professional wrestling rings, plus a wrestler's lounge equipped with closed circuit television and a big screen TV for immediate viewing and review of training classes.
www.impactwrestling.com /Content.aspx?ID=7909   (589 words)

  
 corporation - OneLook Dictionary Search
Corporation, corporation : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
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 ABC Radio National - The Sports Factor Transcript - 11 July 1997 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
World Championship Wrestling was broadcast on television from 1964 to 1978, and for thousands and thousands of families around Australia, no Sunday lunch was complete without tuning in to Jack Little and the boys.
I was 17 years old, it's the first time I saw wrestling there when I emigrated with my father after the war, and that's the first time I saw professional wrestling there, and I like it.
And I've always been a wrestling fan and my family were wrestling fans; and we used to go to Festival Hall and see Mario Milano and all the guys like Skull Murphy and Brute Bernard and all those sort of guys.
www.ausport.gov.au.cob-web.org:8888 /fulltext/1997/sportsf/sf970711.htm   (4058 words)

  
 Wrestling Books for Children and Young Adults
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.
Stuck in a small town where no one ever leaves and relegated by his wrestling coach to sit on the bench while his best friend becomes state champion, Ben decides he can't let his last high school wrestling season slip by without challenging his friend and the future.
The Rock gives his fans the inside story on growing up in a wrestling family, his meteoric rise in the Federation, his complex relationship with the Corporation, and his rivalry with the other Superstars of the WWF.
falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/wrestlingbib.htm   (545 words)

  
 CIS PROJECT--Topic Page
The phenomenol popularity of professional wrestling has made the psuedo-sport a winner among the fans.
One of the most well known teams within the WCW is the New World Order--NWO, and are one of the most popular wrestling teams of all time.
Extreme Championship Wrestling--ECW is an independent wrestling corporation that prides itself on no matches that end in disqualification as other companies do.
www-personal.umich.edu /~wigetor/wrestling.html   (504 words)

  
 brandchannel.com | WWE Brand | Sports Entertainment | brands | brand | branding news
The initial business and its corporate reincarnations have grown into an international media and consumer product powerhouse with fiscal year 2002 gross revenues of US$ 425 million and nearly 340 live and pay-per-view events broadcast in more than 130 countries in 12 languages.
From the corporation's perspective, the name change helped to focus on being an entertainment company, which will appeal to a much broader audience in the future.
Whether professional wrestling is trash or a modern, more plebeian version of Shakespeare or Greek tragedy, WWE has attracted and repulsed masses.
www.brandchannel.com /features_profile.asp?pr_id=98   (2056 words)

  
 Orion Wrestling Promotions
The Galactic Wrestling Federation (GWF) is the oldest of the 4 leagues, being first published in 1986, and is soon to celebrate its 18th anniversary with the release of its 32nd edition.
Colby Partnership Corporation Wrestling (CPC), spun off from the GWF in 1999, following two years (4 years, in "COTG-Time", as new editions were released by Filsinger Games bi-annually) of battling the GWF in a failed attempt to take over that promotion (A storyline later copied by World Championship Wrestling when they introduced the nWo).
The league was re-named Heavenly Wrestling Association in 2002, as my way of paying tribute to my favorite local promotion, Heartland Wrestling Association.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Picture/1190/owp.htm   (591 words)

  
 World Wrestling Entertainement is now at WWEfanforum.com
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is the company's main business module, which is the basis of the running of the organization.
It is a professional wrestling promotion, currently the largest in North America.
It has previously existed as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, preceded by the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), then the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/6/prweb402677.htm   (373 words)

  
 SportingNews.com Blogs
It was during this time he was introduced to the world of Professional Wrestling.
It was in the Dungeon where Hart would use his amateur wrestling background displaying a wide array of submission moves.
The National Wrestling Alliance reached out to 39 states and parts of Canada, and their first Champion was Lou Thesz.
www.sportingnews.com /blog/Chevans/tag/Wrestling   (2143 words)

  
 Four Horsemen (professional wrestling) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Four Horsemen(also spelled IV Horsemen) were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling.
Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling had a stable called the Xtreme Horsemen with Steve Corino, "The Enforcer" C.W. Anderson (a wrestler with a look and gimmick of Arn Anderson, but of no relation) and Barry Windham as its founding members.
The Xtreme Horsemen stable later appeared in Major League Wrestling, and across Japan, during this time Corino and C.W. Anderson were joined by Justin Credible and Simon Diamond.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling)   (2230 words)

  
 BSkyB Goes to the Mat By Steven Mallas Oct 07, 2004 - News Corporation Ltd., World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Viacom ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Our friends across the pond sure do like their American professional wrestling --which is a fine thing, since we owe them for such treats as Monty Python and the most famous lord of time himself, the forever-regenerating Doctor Who.
I'm not sure if Rupert Murdoch is aware of the dark tactics of the Undertaker or the rapping prowess of John Cena, but he'll benefit nevertheless, as WWE programming is an economically justifiable proposition for just about any broadcasting entity.
The company's corporate website states that two films are in the pipeline for WWE Films; one will be a vehicle for the aforementioned John Cena entitled The Marine, while another project, Eye Scream Man, will give Kane's thespian talents a workout (hopefully, there will be thespian talents to actually work out).
articles.fool.com /coms2/summary_0268-mft04100706_ITM   (440 words)

  
 Sumo Wrestling - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sumo Wrestling - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Sumo Wrestling, highly specialized form of Japanese wrestling, one of the oldest of the Japanese martial arts.
© 2006 Bell Canada, Microsoft Corporation and their contributors.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Sumo_Wrestling.html   (93 words)

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