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Seattle Smacks Down Fake Wrestling League

Classifies spoof as a sport, then regulates it

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 25, 2009 9:39 AM CDT

(Newser) – Seattle has put the smackdown on a mock-wrestling circuit that stages WWE-style bouts in bars, putting the fake league is in the strange position of trying to prove its antics aren't a sport. Seattle Semi-Pro Wrestling, which started as an "art joke" in 2003,...   Read full story »

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