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• n  combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

• Of all professional sport performers none receives less respect from the Press than the wrestler.
• Georgia had Lester Maddox and Louisiana had Earl Long, and now Minnesota has gone and got an interesting Governor of our own: a pro wrestler with a shaved head and a bad-boy .
• His receptiveness to anybody who will join him can be ludicrous, as when he took a wrestler named "Silo Sam," who claims to be seven-foot-seven, along on several stops the day .

• grappler
• matman

News & Articles

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• Ex-WWE wrestler Doink the Clown dies in Texas
  LOS ANGELES, June 28 (UPI) -- Ex-professional wrestler Matt Osborne, best known as the grease-painted Doink the Clown when he performed for the WWE, died Friday in Texas, TMZ.com reported.
  June 29, 2013 - UPI
• Irish WWE wrestler Sheamus next mega-champ? Fight looms with star John Cena
  Irish wrestler Sheamus O'Shaughnessy will battle for the WWE title against popular champion John Cena in a pay-per-view event that is expected to draw millions of viewers worldwide.
  June 28, 2013 - Irish Central
• Indy Wrestler MoPizza Releases New Hip Hop Album
  Independent wrestler and rapper MoPizza has never been remarkably conventional, and his recent tweets have indicated that this will not change any time soon. The New England territory Luchador and hip-hop emcee has been hinting at releasing a new mix tape for some time, and it looks like it has arrived via a six-song album that dropped on www.mopizza.bandcamp.com this morning. The mixtape ...
  June 28, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Chris Nowinski in Forbes
  I got four concussions in three years as a professional wrestler,said Nowinski, who works for the WWE on its initiative to encourage young people to vote. "A lot of concussions happen from mistakes."
• Hulk Hogan in San Francisco Chronicle
  As I raised his hand and said he's the greatest wrestler in the world, they had to turn me back red and yellow (his pre-villain colors) immediately,Hogan said. "It's kind of interesting, that was going to be the nail in my coffin. It...
• Rey Mysterio in Hawaii Channel.com
  Hopefully : one day my son (will) be a wrestler, then he'll have outfits there he can use,Mysterio said. "Recently I've gotten into the Louis Vuitton and the Gucci prints. You would only see that in rap videos where a lot of the rappers...