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    World Wrestling Entrainment (WWE) Network was original announced to be in the works back in 2011. It would launch in February of 2014, which many saw as a potential threat to the company in terms when it came to its revenue streams of PPV’s and Television deals (Solomon,2014). Despite its initial rocky start the network has seen a stable rise of the pass years with has reached 1.95 million as of this past years WrestleMania (Maziaue, 2017). The network offers the company 12 yearly pay-per-views,

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    Proffessional wrestling is not an easy sport nor a nice business. Most aspiring wrestlers hesitate before breaking into the business. The chances of making it in the wrestling business are very slim, yet men and women still strive to be wrestlers everyday. Proffessional wrestling is not liek being a laywer or a doctor, it is typically looked down upon. Many outsiders see professional wrestlers as screw ups and failures. Pursuing the dream of being a professional wrestler is a huge risk. Many wreslters

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    Pro Wrestling Bret Hart: Wrestling with Shadows Written and Produced by Biography Special Interview 15 December, 1997 Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling Narr. Steve Allen Written and Produced by A&E Special Documentary A&E New York, New York 1 March, 1998 WCW/nWo: Sting Unmasked Narr. Toni Shiavone Written by Eric Bischoff, Produced by Turner Broadcasting Co. Special Interview, Turner Entertainment Atlanta, Georgia

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    school career, all I really knew was wrestling. The hard practices, making weight, and the camaraderie of all my teammates is all I cared about. I lived and breathed the sport, all thanks to a friend of mine that encouraged me to go to one practice Freshman year. Looking back now that I have graduated, like many other people I wish I could go back and do it again. I want one more match. But life goes on and I must keep going. Going through high school wrestling has shaped who I am today, the confidence

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    Professional Wrestling Watching a well-built young man take a death-defying fifteen foot leap through a wooden table onto another man's prone body can be a thrilling experience. The fact is if you are a fan of professional wrestling today you have grown used to these stunts as if they weren't as spectacular as they sound. Professional wrestling's recent boom in popularity began in the late 90's, but unlike it's past success it is not as safe as once was

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    are squashed with images of men forcing themselves upon women and by diminishing wrestling roles in the WWE world that show any distinction of homosexuality. The women wrestlers are mostly used as illustrations of the men’s heterosexuality, thus dismissing any impression of homosexuality. Divas: Sex and Male fantasy. Before the 1990’s women were not characterized much in the WWE but to escort a man to the wrestling ring, usually as a girlfriend or wife. As Katz says, “the conventions of pornography

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    The History Of Wrestling My first year of wrestling was in high school my junior year. I wrestled at Forbush High School in the 106/113 pound weight class throughout this winter sport. Before, I must admit that I did at many different times think that the sport of wrestling was the most dumb and homosexual sport ever. One of my friends came up to me a few months after and asked me what I thought about wrestling. I told him like I said to everyone else, “It’s the most homosexual sport

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    contests were held throughout Europe, the Pacific Rim, and Japan during the early 1900s. The combat sport of vale tudo that came from Brazil from the 1920s was brought to the U.S by the Gracie family in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship . The more dangerous vale-tudo-style bouts of the early UFCs had been made safer by adding rules, leading to the popular regulated form of MMA seen today. Initially endorsed as a competition with the with reference to finding the best martial

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    all is. When Mick was a young boy, he started to like wrestling, so he made up his mind to be one of the greatest wrestlers ever, and made that dream came true. The life of Mick Foley is awesome because of his wrestling inside the independent wrestling circuits, his wrestling inside the World-Wrestling-Entertainment, and his personal life. Mick Foley was born on June 7, 1965, in Bloomington, Indiana. As a young boy, he was really into wrestling, as a teenager

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    Weston every year in Metrowest, and played them for the metrowest championship in 8th grade. I personally know everyone on their team, and whenever we play, it is extra competitive. The Wayland soccer team won a state championship this fall and in 2014, the wrestling team always goes nearly undefeated and has won a few state championships in the past years, the swimming team is always really good, and the golf team won a state championship last year. The point is, Wayland High School always has great

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