May 22, 2013

Rant Mode On: Wrestling Gets The Montreal Screwjob

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So here’s a great idea. Let’s take a sport that predates the existence of the modern Olympic Games themselves and remove it from the Olympic program. That won’t piss off too many people, right? In case you missed today’s shocking news, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in a secret ballot today to remove wrestling [...]

U.S. finally medals at wrestling championships in Turkey

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) – On the fifth day of competition, the USA finally made it to the medal podium at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Ali Bernard (158.5 pounds) and Adeline Gray (147.5) won bronze medals Friday. The USA had previously gone without a medal in men’s Greco-Roman and the first five [...]

Autopsy shows Macho Man died from heart disease

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404521 18: Pro-wrestelr Randy “Macho Man” Savage arrives at the premiere of the film “Spider-Man” April 29, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA. (April 28, 2002 – Photo by Getty Images) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) A medical examiner says something went wrong with professional wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage’s heart before he crashed his car and [...]

Breaking News : ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage dead after car crash

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[Updated at 2:39 p.m.] Pro wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage, 58, was killed Friday morning in Florida when the Jeep he was driving jumped a median and hit a tree, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Savage, whose real name is Randy Poffo, and his wife, 56, who lived in Seminole, Florida, were both in the [...]