BY JIM VARSALLONE<\/p>\n
After a delay in the start date, RealProWrestling, the first Olympic-style wrestling league, recently made its national television debut on PAX TV and Fox Sports Net.<\/p>\n
PAX coverage airs consecutive Sundays for eight weeks at 4 p.m. EST. Fox Sports Net coverage airs on consecutive Wednesdays at 3 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n
Dates and times are subject to change. Please check local listings.<\/p>\n
The re-schedule of the launch and a reduction of episodes was because of a $3.5-million fire on Dec. 26 that destroyed the suburban Nashville home and production offices of RealProWrestling founder Toby Willis.<\/p>\n
Willis, his wife and children were not injured. The fire consumed approximately 60 percent of the footage from the filming in October 2004.<\/p>\n
”The fire was an unfortunate situation, and we are thankful that no one was injured,” Chris Chickering, vice president of RealProWrestling, said in a release.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2002, RealProWrestling is based in Ashland City, TN and is the creation of two former Northwestern collegiate wrestling teammates — Toby Willis and Matt Case.<\/p>\n
The league consists of eight teams representing areas from throughout the country made up of wrestlers in seven different weight classes ranging from 55 kilograms\/125 pounds to 120 kilograms\/250 pounds.<\/p>\n
Regional teams include the New York Outrage, California Claw, Chicago Groove, Iowa Stalkers, Oklahoma Slam, Minnesota Freeze, Pennsylvania Hammer and the Texas Shooters.<\/p>\n
RealProWrestling features today’s top wrestlers and combines Freestyle and Greco-Roman rules and techniques. It provides wrestlers an opportunity to compete beyond collegiate and Olympic competition in a professional league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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