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How much does the success of UFC in Canada owe to pro wrestling?
As regular readers may have gathered, I'm not a big fan of the "MMA is pro wrestling" stuff, but I agree that the the fanbases and promoting styles can overlap, among other things. After creating a Canadian sports here in Georges St. Pierre, UFC has done amazing PPV business in Canada, especially...
[Black History Month] Black wrestlers and the world heavyweight title
This is the first in a series of Black History Month posts here at Cageside Seats. Special thanks to Hisaharu Tanabe's Wrestling-Titles.com for being an invaluable resource. Throughout wrestling history, there's a topic that's constantly come up on wrestling shows when a black wrestler had a world...
[UFC 118] YouTube takes us back to 1976, lets us watch Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki with all of the buildup
With the new biggest boxer vs wrestler/boxer in MMA fight ever coming up tonight in James Toney vs Randy Couture, let's take a look at the previous holder of that crown: Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki in 1976. Originally scheduled to be a traditional worked wrestling match with Inoki winning (Ali...
That Was Extreme! Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Rob Van Dam 4.4.98
With TNA's HardCORE Justice set to air on Sunday night I thought it would be in interesting to take a look at the glory years of the little promotion that could -- Extreme Championship Wrestling.Thanks to the wonders of the internet there are countless matches available for free. The first...
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