SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY: A STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL

WRESTLING

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

•FAMOUS WRESTLERS WITH BIOS•WHERE ARE THEY NOW?•WORKS CITED

•HISTORY OF WRESTLING ORGANIZATIONS

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HISTORY OF TNA•COMPANY STARTED IN 2002 BY JEFF JARRETT AND FATHER JERRY JARRETT

•UNLIKE OTHER PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING CORPORATIONS, TNA DOES NOT TOUR

•THIS CORPORATION ALSO DIFFERED FROM OTHERS BY USING A HEXAGONAL RING, OFFERING GREATER MOVE VARIETY

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HISTORY OF WWE/WWF•THE WWE FOUNDED IN 1952 (WWF IS A SUB-COMPANY CREATED BY VINCENT MCMAHON)•A PUBLICALLY TRADED, PRIVATELY CONTROLLED ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

•THE WWF RAN INTO SEXUAL HARRASSMENT PROBLEMS AND STEROID ABUSE ALLEGATIONS IN 1994

WRESTLING CORPORATIONS QUIZ

Q: WHICH CORPORTION OF THE THREE GIVEN IS THE OLDEST, AND IN WHAT YEAR WAS IT FOUNDED?

Q: WHICH CORPORATION IS THE ONLY CORPORATION THAT DOES NOT TOUR?

Q: WHAT SUB-COMPANY RAN INTO STEROID ALLEGATIONS AND SEXUAL HARRASSMENT PROBLEMS?

A: THE WWE AND IN 1952

A: TNA

A: THE WWF

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MANKIND•REAL NAME: MICK FOLEY

•BORN: JUNE 7, 1965•FIRST TELEVISED MATCH WAS AGAINST THE BRITISH BULLDOGS

•WAS A COMMENTATOR FOR “SMACKDOWN” FOR MOST OF 2008

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ANDRE THE GIANT• REAL NAME: ANDRE

RENE ROUSSIMOFF

• BORN: JUNE 19, 1946

• AT ONE POINT HE HAD A WINNING STREAK

THAT WAS OVER 3,000 MATCHES

•THAT WIN STREAK WAS BROKEN IN 1987

AGAINST HULK HOGAN

WRESTLERS QUIZ

Q: WHICH OF THE TWO WRESLTERS WAS BORN IN 1946?

Q: WHO FACED THE BRITISH BULLDOGS IN HIS FIRST TELEVISED MATCH? Q: WHO BROKE ANDRE THE GIANT’S 3,000 MATCH WINNING STREAK AND IN WHAT YEAR?

A: ANDRE THE GIANT

A: MANKIND (MICK FOLEY)

A: HULK HOGAN IN 1987

MANKIND IN THE PRESENT

•AS MENTIONED EARLY, MANKIND WAS A COMMENTATOR FOR “SMACKDOWN” FOR MOST OF 2008, BUT LATER IN THAT YEAR HE SIGNED A DEAL WITH TNA AND HAS RETURNED TO WRESTLING

•HE CAPTURES THE TNA CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST STING AT “LOCKDOWN 2009”

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ANDRE THE GIANT NOW

UNFORTUNATELY, ANDRE THE GIANT DOESN’T HAVE MUCH GOING ON FOR HIM THESE DAYS:

HE DIED ON JANUARY 27, 1993

WHERE ARE THEY NOW QUIZ

Q: ON WHAT DATE DID ANDRE THE GIANT PASS AWAY?

Q: WHO DID MANKIND BEAT AT “LOCKDOWN 2009?”

Q: WHO DID MANKIND SIGN WITH ONCE HE DECIDED TO START WRESLTING AGAIN?

A: JANUARY 27, 1993

A: STING

A: TNA

WORKS CITED

Cohen, Eric . "Mick Foley." About.com. 2010. 4 Feb. 2010. <http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wwerawwrestlers/p/mickfoley.htm>.

Imdb.com. 2010. 4 Feb. 2010. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000764/bio>.

Cohen, Eric . "History of Total Nonstop Action." About.com. 2010. 4 Feb. 2010. <http://prowrestling.about.com/od/thepromotions/a/historytn a.htm>.

"World Wrestling Entertainment." Wikipedia.com. 5 Feb. 2010. 6 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment>.