Word: wrestlers
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...Connor had beaten Pami twice in the regular season last year, including in Las Vegas, but the Cal Poly wrestler won on the big stage in March, knocking O’Connor out of the national tournament and denying him the chance to earn All-American status for a third year...
...Another wrestler on the brink of success was Peppelman, whose third-place effort demonstrated tremendous improvement over last season. Although the sophomore fell to eventual champion Donnie Vinson, 2-0, in the semifinals, his strong showing earned praise from Weiss...
...played bass guitar for nearly 10 years before becoming a wrestler. What was the switch like? After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time. There were just six or seven huge 300- or 400-lb. wrestlers in a room, and to get in the business you had to take the livelihood away from one of them, take their place. So when I first went into the ring, they exercised me until I was ready to faint. And then they broke my leg. (See sports pictures...
...couldn't believe that was your first experience. That's the way it was 30 years ago. I was a huge fan. We call them "marks." They hang around the wrestlers and all of a sudden go, "Oh my gosh, I want to be a wrestler too." So it was like an unwritten law of camaraderie or fraternity of wrestlers that you protected the business. If anybody dared say wrestling was fake, you'd punch 'em. And you never used the word show. If you used the word show it was an insult...
...feel films like The Wrestler have affected the popular perception of the industry? I thought it was great film, but as far as capturing the wrestling business it was a snapshot of a very small percentage of ex-wrestlers. It's not really how every wrestler ends up. It wasn't as intense as what the business is all about. And Mickey Rourke making so much drama out of cutting himself with a razor blade. Making a phone call from the dressing room is harder than cutting yourself with a razor blade. I've done that thousands of times...