Month March 2005

Bryan Van Kley publisher Mocco pinned name on Hodge Trophy Oklahoma State’s Steve Mocco finished a perfect 37-0 season at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo. with his second national title. The Cowboy junior rolled up 17 pins this…

Guys we know the rules weren’t explained enough and this is a result of the fire we had. We planned on showing every second of the quarterfinal round matches and there we explained the rules much more in detail. After…

A new league of superhero’s made its long-awaited and highly-anticipated television debut Sunday. Real Pro Wrestling, which features many of America’s top freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers competing for $250,000 in prize money, was shown Sunday across the nation on PAXTV.…

SOLACE ON THE MATAfter a family tragedy, Toby Willis turns to the sport he loves–wrestling By Michael HirsleyTribune staff reporter NASHVILLE — When Toby Willis lost five brothers and a sister in a gruesome traffic accident that had a bitter…

They’ll be competing for $250,000 in prize money on national TV By Tom Reed Beacon Journal staff writer Markus Mollica and Joe Heskett are entering a world of professional wrestling void of turnbuckles, turncoats and turn-and-look-away referees. The Walsh Jesuit…

By CARMINE FRONGILLO, Sun Staff DRACUT — Professional wrestling on television has come a long way since the days when the Grand Wizard, wearing a turban and sunglasses, Bruno Sammartino and Chief Jay Strongbow were the rage. While World Wrestling…

Go figure-four MASKS, CHAIRS NOT ALLOWED By John Ryan Mercury News Our head is spinning. We grew up in the glow of baseball’s purity, and now we don’t know where to turn. But wait. There’s something new, something real, to…

If you tune in PAX-TV today at 4 p.m. or Fox Sports Net on Wednesday at 3 p.m. and think you see West Liberty-Salem prep legend Tim Dernlan wrestling, don’t call your cable company or try to fix your television.…

Wins 11 of 13 bouts for 5th win in a row By Ken Wunderley, Tri-State Sports & News Service With a lineup that featured eight wrestlers who had won four or more titles, it was no surprise that the United…

By Heidi Pederson Star-Telegram Staff Writer Wrestler Teague Moore had been in the spotlight plenty of times as an amateur. Moore, 29, was an NCAA champion for Oklahoma State, a U.S. champion many times over, and had won a world…

North Iowa Sports Story Wrestling: Sanderson enjoying time as assistant coach By KIRK HARDCASTLE, Of The Globe Gazette CHARLES CITY ” One by one the Charles City high school students asked for an autograph or a picture. And one by…

Not even a day-after-Christmas fire could ruin the gift Toby Willis is trying to give Olympic-style wrestling. That December blaze destroyed Willis’ Nashville-area home and adjacent production facility containing the master copies of the inaugural seasonof his Real Pro Wrestling…