Ever since the first pro wresting match, professional wrestlers have delighted enthusiastic crowds with their excellent showmanship and exciting acrobatic moves. Here are just a few of the legendary wrestlers.

Andre the Giant
This legendary wrestler was a fierce opponent because of his amazing size. This 7-foot giant weighed in at around 500 pounds. Although he was not known to be the most athletic wrestler, he still was a huge draw to the arenas.

Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan’s name rings bells across the Continue reading →

Professional wrestling is one of the most popular sports on television today. Some feared that it would meet its demise after the performance enhancing scandal of the early 2000s, but that only served to bolster the popularity of the sport. There have been a number of wrestling leagues through the years, but there are only two dominant ones today.

World Wrestling Entertainment is probably the most famous and successful of all the different wrestling leagues. Owner Vince McMahon has used the entertainment aspect of wrestling to the fullest, and he even engages in theatrics from Continue reading →

The one thing that pro wrestling will never be lacking in is the talent department. The sport is as hot as ever and men, as well as women, are lining up to get in on the action. There are numerous wrestling schools around the world that offer to teach up and comers the ropes, pun intended.
Among some of the newer professionals out there now, Zach Ryder is making a huge splash. From his YouTube series entitled “Z! True Long Island Story” to the raucous chants of “Woo Woo Woo” from the crowd, Continue reading →

Professional wrestling has greatly evolved over the years. The flashy, glitzy over-the-top entrances with fireworks and custom entrance themes dominate the sport today. While these fantastic entrances are sure to get the crowd in frenzy, the finishers really get them excited. A finisher is a move a wrestler uses right before pinning an opponent or forcing them to tap out, screaming, “I quit!” Here are two classic wrestlers and their finishing moves.

Ric Flair has been wrestling for almost 50 years and still entertains today. Ric’s favorite move is a submission move called the ‘Figure Four Continue reading →

Professional wrestling often gets a bad rap from people who never watch it. They claim that it is fake and not really a sport but that is far from the truth. While the outcome of the matches may be pre-determined, the athleticism and training the wrestlers have to go through are real. They do get injured, sometimes more than athletes in other sports.

What makes wrestling so interesting? For some of us it is just to see someone fighting another person. Allowing us to Continue reading →

There are very distinct differences
between professional and real wrestling. Any young male who has
participated in high school wrestling can quickly tell you that there
is a big difference between pro wrestling and what wrestling is in
high school. For the casual observer, just watch the wrestling at the
Olympics, and then tune into a pro wrestling show; the differences
are obvious! Pro wrestling is a staged production, for entertainment
purposes. Virtually all the wrestling moves seen in pro wrestling are
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There are so many great professional wrestlers out there but a few of the all time best pro wrestlers are, without a doubt, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair.

Steve Austin wrestled for fourteen years from 1989 to 2003 for a variety of different professional wrestling organizations. He was the most profitable wrestler in WWE history. He is known as “Stone Cold” because of his finishing move called the Stone Cold Stunner. The now forty seven year old actor has an extremely successful career as a television actor and holds twenty wrestling championship titles.

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