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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: professional wrestling

professional wrestling stories: 11 news summaries
obituary

 Wrestling Dynamo 
 Captain Lou Dead at 76 

Manager's celebrity helped wrestling crossover to the mainstream

Oct 14, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Captain” Lou Albano, a professional wrestler who also enjoyed success as a mainstream entertainer, died today at 76. Starting in the late '50s as one-half of tag team “the Sicilians,” Albano’s wrestling career spanned four decades. With his signature look—Hawaiian shirt, rubber-band goatee—and a... More »

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ANALYSIS

GOP Lukewarm on Wrestling CEO's Senate Bid

McMahon has money to burn, but may not be able to unseat Dodd

Oct 5, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Linda McMahon eying him as the ultimate takedown of her takedown-filled career, Sen. Chris Dodd has reason to be nervous. The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment has sharp business acumen, star power—and, perhaps most significantly, $30 million she’s willing to spend to wrest his Connecticut Senate... More »

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primary • wrestling • professional wrestling • WWE • Connecticut • Chris Dodd • Senate race • Linda McMahon

 WWE Offers 
 Kanye $10M to 
 Get Into Ring 

West would have to do some 'light wrestling,' sources say

Sep 21, 09 10:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - World Wrestling Entertainment has offered Kanye West nearly $10 million to step into the ring, sources tells MediaTakeOut.com. The rapper, swamped by a wave of disastrous publicity following his award-show interruption of country star Taylor Swift, would be on the hook for some “light wrestling” in three events... More »

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entertainment • professional wrestling • World Wrestling Entertainment • Kanye West • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • MTV Video Music Awards • Vince McMahon

 Wrestling CEO 
 Linda McMahon to 
 Run for Senate 

Says Chris Dodd has 'lost his way and our trust'

Sep 16, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an announcement sure to inspire a barrage of “stepping into the ring” cracks, Linda McMahon, wife of Vince McMahon and until now CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, is seeking the Republican nomination to take on Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, the Hartford Courant reports. McMahon promised to be... More »

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Republican • Senate • professional wrestling • WWE • World Wrestling Entertainment • Chris Dodd • Linda McMahon

 Rourke Will Wrestle Off-Screen 

Actor will take his Wrestler character to WrestleMania 25

Jan 26, 09 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Mickey Rourke will take his character from The Wrestler to the off-screen world of pro wrestling, Wrestling Online reports. Rourke will appear at WrestleMania 25 in Houston on April 5, challenging star Chris Jericho. “The boys from the WWE called me and asked me to do it,” Rourke... More »

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(Newser) - The WWE isn’t the only pro-wrestling battleground: Outside the mainstream are several indie wrestling leagues where lesser-known fighters can duke it out, the Wall Street Journal reports. There’s little pay—sometimes only $25 a night—and crowds can range from 20 to 18,000, says one contender. ... More »

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sports • wrestling • professional wrestling • WWE

 WWE Comes Out
 Swinging in Japan

Wrestling giant opens Japanese office to compete in key Asian market

Sep 7, 08 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, sumo. WWE is pushing hard into Japan, tailoring its blend of sport and spectacle to this key Asian market, AP reports. The company opened a Japanese office this year—its only overseas outpost devoted to a single country—and now 35,000 Japanese users subscribe to WWE’s... More »

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'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

Furious Arkansas audience hurls beer

Jul 9, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The poster promised “hot chicks, cold beer, and hardcore fights"—but 1,600 Arkansas good 'ol boy wrestling fans instead fell victim to a sexy prank by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. Playing “Straight Dave,” Cohen pulled an in-the-know audience member into the fighting ring and... More »

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homophobia • film • Arkansas • wrestling • professional wrestling • prank • Sacha Baron Cohen

Death Takes Down the Fabulous Moolah

First Lady of pro wrestling dead at 84

Nov 5, 07 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Pro wrestling’s "Fabulous Moolah," 30-year champion of World Wrestling Entertainment, has died at 84. Mary Lillian Ellison was the first female wrestler inducted into the WWE’s Hall of Fame. When a promoter asked her why she wanted to wrestle, she answered: “For the money! I... More »

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Wiki Twist in Benoit Horror

Wrestler's Wikipedia page was altered hours before police found family's bodies

Jun 29, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a disturbing twist, police report that Wikipedia contributors in the U.S. and Australia made note of the death of wrestler Chris Benoit's wife 14 hours before her body, Benoit's, and their son's had been discovered. The first edit stated Benoit missed an event "due to personal issues,... More »

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suicide • Wikipedia • steroids • murder • professional wrestling • Chris Benoit • WWE • roid rage

Wrestler and Family Killed in
Murder-Suicide

Bodies of wife and young son found in dead champion's home

Jun 26, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A professional wrestler was found dead yesterday with his wife and 7-year old son in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Investigators believe Chris Benoit, 40, killed his family over the weekend in their secluded Georgia home before committing suicide yesterday. A neighbor alerted police, who discovered the bodies in... More »

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suicide • murder • murder-suicide • wrestling • professional wrestling • Chris Benoit • Houston • autopsy • WWE

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