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  Brad Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brad wrestled in the Universal Wrestling Federation with Horner and they feuded with the "Sheepherders", later known as The Bushwackers, Butch Miller and Luke Williams.
In fact, the theme song he used for the character was very similar to the New Age Outlaws theme song in the World Wrestling Federation.
Since then, he has wrestled on the independent circuit and is still active as of 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brad_Armstrong   (489 words)

  
 Universal Wrestling Federation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An American professional wrestling promotion, started by Bill Watts.
An American professional wrestling promotion, started by Herb Abrams.
One of a number of related Japanese puroresu (pro wrestling) promotions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation   (143 words)

  
 Pro Wrestling USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Pro Wrestling USA was a Professional wrestling promotion in the United States of America in the mid 1980s.
Similarly, Universal Wrestling Federation would also become a national federation for a short while.
By this time, the WWF had firmly been established as a national federation, and Jim Crockett Promotions had bought out many NWA territories and also gone national, and was being sold to Ted Turner as World Championship Wrestling.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Pro-Wrestling-USA.htm   (792 words)

  
 Borg . Assimilation (Star Trek) . Data (Star Trek) . Scorpion (Star Trek)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Originally intended as the new enemy for the United Federation of Planets, representing the United States, the Ferengi failed to assert themselves as a convincing threat because of their comical, unintimidating appearance and devotion to capitalist accumulation or "free
In the universe of Star Trek, a popular science-fiction television series of TV shows, the term assimilate which often refers to the way that a fictional race, the Borg, incorporate aliens...
The court stated that this should be interpreted broadly and thus must include both statute law and common law.
www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Borg   (349 words)

  
 Wrestling Digest: The doctor is in: after 20 years in the ring, Steve "Dr. Death" Williams is still going strong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Wrestling Digest: The doctor is in: after 20 years in the ring, Steve "Dr. Death" Williams is still going strong
Prior to his career in pro wrestling, Williams was a star football player and wrestler at Oklahoma University.
Wrestling promoter Bill Watts quickly offered Williams a contract with the Universal Wrestling Federation, and an amazing journey began.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_6_4/ai_98249766   (1234 words)

  
 WAWLI REDUX #71-80
Indiana's state medical board in 1999 suspended the license of physician Joel Hackett after he was accused of illegally prescribing painkillers or steroids to at least 11 professional wrestlers, including some WWF employees.
Wrestling is at an all time high, and I question these networks who are ready to make such a huge investment in a business that has always been cyclical.
Wrestling may be experiencing a boom business period and it may be the subject of unparalleled coverage in the mainstream media and it may be enjoying unmatched levels of popularity.
www.wrestlingclassics.com /wawli/REDUXNos.71-80.html   (19158 words)

  
 Paladin Press Author Of the Month - Bart Vale
Federation (UWF) in 1988, traveling overseas practically every month to learn the grappling secrets of this new system and to fight in matches against Japan's best.
In the States the approach is that of a hobby.
Vale: When we brought it to the States we decided that we did not want to cause confusion with the "choreographed" sport of professional wrestling.
www.paladin-press.com /authormo_0601.aspx   (1205 words)

  
 WrestleLine.com: Columns - The Plancha Ranch By Zac Hanscom - Pro Wrestling Opinion and Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In the 1980s, it was very popular to have wrestling pay-per-views on Christmas and Thanksgiving Day, to compete with football for the lazy, drunk audience both pseudo-sports craved.
The Midnights went back down to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championships and after two runs with that title, they were ready to face the Horsemen.
Their style of high-flying wrestling did revolutionize the industry, and to a great extent, ECW was simply an extension of the Midnight Express's tag team work, with FMW garbage match wrestling thrown in.
www.wrestleline.com /columns/plancha/plancha042005.shtml   (1578 words)

  
 Articles - World Championship Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In March 2001, the company's assets were purchased by the World Wrestling Federation, who continued to use the name as part of a storyline until November, when the promotion officially ceased.
In 1987, Crockett's buying spree continued, with the purchase of Florida Championship Wrestling, and the Universal Wrestling Federation (which covered Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana), which was not an NWA member.
He was in a similar situation to that of the WWF in the early 1980s: a large debt load, and the success or failure of a federation hinging on the success or failure of a couple of PPVs.
www.estorea.com /articles/WCW   (4705 words)

  
 ICHIBAN PURORESU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Though a visit to any wrestling message board will show that they are by and large not any smarter in terms of accuracy of the details (after all, this is still a business often based on misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation and confusion).
However problematic (and maybe ignoring the fact there was another wrestling company on TV that would not comply to the same rules), in time, he believed fans would have a reborn enthrallment for the top-rope moves and thus, they would mean something again.
Wrestling in the 80s was fucking awesome -- a time when the men were men and they fought and they bled and paid the price.
www.ichibanpuroresu.com   (9415 words)

  
 Steve Jason- Profile
At this point, he journeyed to the United States for three long years of professional wrestling training.
When he emerged from this at twenty-three, he was a definitive pro-wrestling expert, not only excelling in street-fighting, but also became a proficient high flier and one of the greatest technical wrestlers in the world.
Steve managed to successfully win a second Universal Championship at Bad Medicine, and while he lost at Leap of Faith, it again took biased referees, fast-counts, feet on the ropes and two-on-one assaults with weapons to put him down, thus reinforcing Steve's reputation as being impossible to defeat one on one.
fwrestling.com /host/shurikenxwf/profiles.htm   (1299 words)

  
 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Bill Watts' wrestling career was heavily influence by Leroy McGuirk, Danny Hodge and Dale Lewis..
Late 1967: Bill Watts began appearing on wrestling shows all over the upper Midwest of the United States..
May 1986: The Universal Wrestling Federation evolved from Mid-South Wrestling when it grew to nationwide syndication..
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/b/bill-watts.html   (685 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
They sent flyers out to every wrestling promotion in the country but only Jerry Jarrett was ballsy enough to take a chance on the two green but eager stars in the making.
They wrestled together in the Universal Wrestling Federation until after a contract dipute and his take no shit attitude not going down too well with Watts, Hellwig left the promotion.
In WCCW he continued learning about the wrestling business and developing his skills and character and was rewarded on 17/11/86 when he won his first honours in the wrestling business when he and Lance Von Erich defeated Matt Borne and Master Gee in Fort Worth Texas for the WCCW World Tag Team Titles.
www.impactwrestling.com /Biopage.aspx?ID=168   (2026 words)

  
 Total Nonstop Action -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
However, TNA Wrestling has acquired the rights to use the NWA's World Heavyweight Championship and World Tag Team Championship belts until the year 2014, and their champions will still be known as NWA champions.
While it's not unusual for a federation to air a monthly pay-per-view (ECW, WWF/E, and WCW used to all follow this practice, and WWE continues to do so today), not having a weekly network, syndicated, or cable show at the beginning was a radical departure from the usual practice of televised wrestling federations.
Some say that TNA Wrestling hopes they will be able to sell their weekly show and make a profit from that, rather than paying for the time slot.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/total_nonstop_action.htm   (1830 words)

  
 Steve Williams
He was so impressive that he was soon given an athletic scholarship to the University of Oklahoma, joining the football team as an offensive lineman.
Williams returned to All Japan wrestling for a while in '99, but he was still set on trying to gain ground in the US, reportedly because his son was growing up in America, and Williams wanted him to see his dad in action.
Williams signed on with World Championship Wrestling again, coming in in 1999 as a very similar wrestler to how he was in the WWF, complete with a Jim Ross-lookalike, Oklahoma (Ed Ferrera).
www.accelerator3359.com /Wrestling/bios/drdeath.html   (4694 words)

  
 Wrestling news 1/7/01 - @forums
After rumors claiming that ECW has signed a TV deal with FX began to circulate, a spokesperson for the network announced that there are currently no plans of adding a wrestling program to their schedule.
Since he can't wrestle due to his back injury, the booking crew (of which he is a part of) decided to use him as an announcer, which he has done a bit of in the past.
New Jack is scheduled to appear at the January 21st Primal Conflict Wrestling event in Johnston, Rhode Island.
www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=28584   (831 words)

  
 Ty's Professional Wrestling Tape Page
My name is Ty States, and this site is the home of my complete wrestling tape list.
Find out who the first inductees are to the Independent Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Please read "THE STATES EVIDENCE" at The Sports Network, my weekly wrestling column.
tystates.0catch.com   (309 words)

  
 WrestleMart Video - Home
Gulf Coast was the greatest of the Alabama wrestling territories and was the place to go for Alabama wrestling.
Tri-State Wrestling was Leroy McGuirk's territory that was the predecessor to Mid-South Wrestling
WCW became one of the big three wrestling federations and was at one time, the most popular federation in the world.
wmvideo.proboards12.com /index.cgi   (961 words)

  
 The Japanese Pro-Wrestling/Reality Based Martial Art Connection, by Sam Chan
Mention the words "professional wrestling" in the United States and most martial artists will picture in their minds bad acting, ridiculous costumes, and cartoon like tactics such as jumping off the top rope.
Thesz was trained by wrestling legends such as George Tragos, Ed "Strangler" Lewis ("Judo" Gene LeBell's teacher as well), and Ad Santel and won the NWA, the so-called "Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship" in 1948.
However, Gotch was not treated well in the United States since he was simply a "shooter" (by this time, pro-wrestling in the United States had already deteriorated and consisted mostly of "works") and many were afraid of his "hooks".
www.bjj.org /editorials/19980215-prowrest   (2513 words)

  
 Wrestling With Attitude   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Stern has a section devoted to wrestling’s minor World titles: USWA (United States Wrestling Association), UWF (Universal Wrestling Federation), WWA (World Wrestling Association), and the WWC (World Wrestling Council) in Puerto Rico.
Other lists include Olympic amateur wrestlers that turned pro, the 95 wrestlers that passed away prior to their 40th birthdays, wrestlers arrested, the author’s thirty six dumbest wrestling names, and a list of movies that professional wrestlers have appeared in.
For wrestling geeks and historians, this is a must book to have in your collection.
www.gerweck.net /wwa050801.htm   (451 words)

  
 The History of WCW, Part IV
In the mid-eighties, Watts ran the Mid-South / Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) - which was considered the most cutting edge wrestling promotion in the United States at the time.
He made some rule changes to make WCW wrestling more sport-like in appearance - no mats at ringside, no brawling outside the ring, no using the barricades or corner posts as weapons, and the big one - all moves off the top rope were banned.
Rick Rude was injured in a match and he was supposed to wrestle in a tag team cage match on the upcoming Clash of the Champions.
www.ddtdigest.com /features/histor04.htm   (3633 words)

  
 The Real Sting-Official Website of Steve Borden AKA Sting - Sting Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Sting and the Warrior were called The Blade Runners (a probable reference to the movie of the same name) in the Universal Wrestling Federation.
Sting was one of the few high profile wrestlers in WCW who did not work for the WWF at any point throughout the 1990s, and who remained with WCW in the late 1990s when dozens of other wrestlers "jumped ship" to the WWF.
However Sting has never signed; he is one of the few famous wrestlers in the United States since 1980 to have never worked for the WWF/WWE.
therealsting.com /content/view/15/36   (1120 words)

  
 Bill Watt's Mid-South Wrestling and Universal Wrestling Federation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Grizzly Smith comes in, and states that Murdoch cant wrestle because he was injured at the hands of The Nightmare earlier in the evening.
Hot Stuff announces that he's holding a contest for people to write in, 25 words or less, about why you would want this painting, and the winner will recieve the "beautiful portrait".
Ross mentions he was watching a WWF match recently between Don Muraco and Ricky Steamboat, and implies that the chair that they used in the match was tampered with i.e.
members.aol.com /luslurid/Mid-SouthWrestling.html   (2752 words)

  
 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Tommy Rogers was an avid surfer, and was often spotted at beaches when not wrestling..
Tommy Rogers formed one of the most popular tag teams with Bobby Fulton known as the Fantastics..
Tommy Rogers had a stint in WCW in the mid and late 90's, often appearing on WCW Television..
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/t/tommy-rogers.html   (191 words)

  
 Joe Malenko
Joe Malenko was trained to wrestle by his father, Boris Malenko.
His first success overseas came in May of 1985 when he wrestled as Joe Solkoff for the Universal Wrestling Federation.
He has had a hand in training some future wrestling stars, but today, Joe focuses on his career as a certified pharmacist in Florida, but still occasionally wrestles in Japan and on the Independent circuit in the United States.
www.geocities.com /malenkofanpage/Career_History/Joe.html   (514 words)

  
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 Loose Cannon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The federation was divided into three regions: UWF (Universal Wrestling Federation) based in Montreal, DWA (Diversified Wrestling Association) in the Northeastern United States, and GCW (Global Championship Wrestling) in the Southeastern U.S. PTP wrestled in the UWF region of the CIWA and had brief appearances in GCW.
This time, the PTP moniker was dropped and he became the "Loose Cannon" Brian Anthony in Rose City Championship Wrestling.
The HoA had formed the Tuesday Night wrestling show, Darkness and were winning the war with the Entertainment Industry.
members.aol.com /jtthemac21/Anthony.htm   (1720 words)

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