It offers the slugging gusto of professional wrestling as its appeal to young males.
The popularity of professional wrestling should broaden his appeal to white and black voters alike.
But when it comes to professional wrestling, outrageous fakery is central to the appeal.
Flashy lights, a silly mascot, giant fiberglass animals, and the official China debut of professional wrestling.
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One of the main characters in an American professional wrestling league is a conservative "patriot" who wants to rid the US of illegal immigrants.
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Hard to believe a professional wrestling company would stretch truth in advertising, but the two became set for a return bout once Rock beat C.
He's sensitive to the charge of elitism "You wouldn't believe the amount of time I spend watching professional wrestling" but defends the notion of a hierarchy of taste.
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In a form of make-believe known in professional wrestling as "kayfabe", RJ Brewer is said to be from Phoenix, Arizona, arguably the political centre of the US anti-illegal immigration movement.
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The player in the best shape each year is rewarded with a garish leather belt specifically designed by Top Rope Belts in North Carolina to resemble a professional wrestling accessory.
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Parents will forbid their children, the very fans who will grow to love and eventually finance the game, from watching the NFL just like they outlaw professional wrestling or violent movies.
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Some of those training at Bordeaux's school and pumping iron on the beach may one day make it onto the professional wrestling circuit, earning the right to wear the wrestler's traditional pre-fight regalia.
Mick Foley is still active in professional wrestling.
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He is one of the main characters in the professional wrestling league Lucha Libre USA, which aims to spread into the American market one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Mexico - freestyle wrestling.
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If the Olympics seem to be too attentive to the broadcasters, the Olympic Games could start to feel like professional wrestling or the XFL. For a short time NBC did well televising the violent football games geared completely towards television's lowest common denominator.
"Our lives at this point are speeding up.....it's so nice to just sit with people and go back to the way things used to be where it really is about being together for an hour and talking smack about stupid stuff, " says Mr. Corgan, who also owns a professional wrestling promotion company.
Former professional-wrestling executive Linda McMahon will get another crack at a U.S. Senate seat after she coasted to victory over former Rep. Christopher Shays in the Republican primary in Connecticut.
Now more than a dozen years into his post-basketball career, having already made a professional-wrestling tour of Australia and spent some time on "Celebrity Rehab, " he's testing his skills as a diplomat.
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