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Title : NOTES & NEWS FOR FRIDAY 6/1/12
Author : Bob Mulrenin
Date : 06/01/2012 (01:39:32 AM)
This is a HUGE wrestling weekend in the Tri-State area with no less then over a dozen events going on. I'll have photos from the Philadelphia Wizard World Comic Con, Legends of the Ring 14 and the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event on Friday night. Other companies running shows this weekend include ECPW, NPWS, NEW, ECWA, FTW and ACE. Plenty of wrestling for fans of all ages.
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This weekend marks the 5 year anniversary of Pro Wrestling Syndicate and PWS will be celebrating by hosting the two biggest independent wrestling events thus far this year at The Rahway Rec Center on 275 East Milton Ave in Rahway, New Jersey. The events are also available live on iPPV by visiting www.ProWrestlingSyndicateLive.com
Friday night's event features Japanese Wrestling Legend The Great Muta, All Japan Jr Heavyweight Champion KAI, Big Van Vader, Mil Mascaras, The Million Dollar Man, Maria Kanellis, 2 Cold Scorpio, Tito Santana, Tony Atlas, Koko B Ware, Marty Jannetty, Sami Callihan, Colt Cabana, Jay Lethal, Anthony Nese, The Briscoes, PN News, Davey Richards, Adam Cole, Stacy Carter, and loads more.
Saturday's event features Great Muta, KAI, Scott Steiner, Vader, Phantasio, Simon Dean, Sami Callihan, The Briscoes, Sunny, and lots more.
Tickets for both shows will be available at the door for $20 each OR get one ticket to both shows for $30
For all the latest: www.ProWrestlingSyndicate.com
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Thanks to Devin
The WWE Smackdown house show on November 9th, 2012 will be held at the Jose Maria Martin Carpena Sports Palace in Malaga, Spain. Bell time is 7:30 PM.
WWE will be holding a Smackdown house show at the Linco Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, August 12th, 2012. Bell time is 6 PM.
Bowie, MD will host the IMPACT WRESTLING BaseBrawl event on Saturday, September 1 at Prince George’s Stadium at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 8 at http://www.baysox.com and charge by phone at 301-464-4852. Fans that purchase a $50 ticket will receive a special meet and greet with IMPACT WRESTLING Superstars at 5:30pm (redeemable with ticket the night of the show). Appearing live and in person will be Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode, the Knockouts and more!
Hulk Hogan's Micro Championship Wrestling will be holding 3 events at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, Texas during the Republic Of Texas Biker Rally. Here are the dates and times:
June 7th - 2 PM
June 8th - 2 PM
June 9th - Noon
All State Wrestling
Thursday, May 31st, 2012 - 7:30 PM
Big T Arena in Shelbyville, Tennessee
Ninja vs. LT Falk
Tim Renesto vs. Mike Woods
Travis Locke vs. Damien Payne
Yukon Jack vs. Hot Rod Biggs
Chris Michaels vs. Allen Shepard
More info @ http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=159438780803960
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Shooters: The Toughest Men In Professional Wrestling
Tales of tough men: bestselling author Jonathan Snowden reveals the men behind the myths
Jonathan Snowden, bestselling author of two recent books on mixed martial arts, reveals the secret history of professional wrestling’s biggest and baddest men in his new book, Shooters: The Toughest Men in Professional Wrestling (June 2012, ECW Press). Separating fact from fiction, Snowden tackles the mythology of the greatest fighters ever to step into the squared circle.
Spanning more than 130 years of wrestling history, beginning in the 1880s with New York’s legendary “Solid Man” (William Muldoon), Shooters takes readers around the world from Billy Riley’s infamous Wigan Snake Pit in Lancashire, England, to the legendary UWF Dojo in Tokyo, Japan. From catch wrestling masters Evan “Strangler” Lewis and Billy Robinson to pro-wrestling icons like Frank Gotch and Lou Thesz, from Olympic heroes Danny Hodge and Kurt Angle to the Japanese wrestler who trained the famous Gracie family and gave birth to the global phenomenon of MMA, Snowden traces the real stories of more than twenty-five wrestlers. Shooters provides both historical context and paints a detailed portrait of the men behind the myths—in some cases revealing legitimate tough men with fearsome reputations earned both on and off the mat and in others stripping away the larger-than-life mythology to expose reputations based more on style than substance.
USA Today praised Snowden’s The MMA Encyclopedia as “an exhaustive look at the arts, athletes, promotions and techniques that make up mixed martial arts.” With the publication of Shooters, his meticulous research and entertaining style once again delivers a fascinating read, one that sheds new light on the giants of professional wrestling’s past.
Jonathan Snowden is the author of the bestselling Total MMA (2008) and co-author of The MMA Encyclopedia (2010). He is a national lead writer of BleacherReport and is a former radio DJ and television producer. He currently works for the United States Department of Defense.
Title: Shooters: The Toughest Men in Professional Wrestling
Author: Jonathan Snowden
Publisher: ECW Press
Publication: June 2012
Available at bookstores and online booksellers
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Thanks to Mike Informer
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