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Real Pro Wrestling (also known as RPW or RealPro Wrestling) is a professional sports league of wrestling, similar to the amateur wrestling found in the Olympic Games and at the college and high school level. The term "real" is meant to emphasize that it is professional (meaning the wrestlers are paid money) and it is wrestling, but that it is not professional wrestling in the traditional sense. Modern professional wrestling features predetermined outcomes and operates under a very different set of rules from amateur wrestling. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Ancient Greek wrestlers (Pankratiasts) Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two unarmed persons, in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of their opponent. ... FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman) Alexander Karelin throws Olympian Jeff Blatnick with his Karelin Lift Womens wrestling Andrell Durden (top) and Edward Harris grapple for position during the All-Marine Wrestle Offs. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... This article is about collegiate wrestling. ... Scholastic wrestling is a modification of collegiate wrestling. ... This article is about people called professionals. ... For the video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ...

Real Pro Wrestling, Inc was founded in 2002 by former Northwestern University wrestling teammates Toby Willis and Matt Case. The company is based in Nashville, Tennessee with brand offices in New York and Virginia. RPW is a television production company and a producer of live events. For other uses, see Northwestern. ... “Nashville” redirects here. ...

The league began operations in March 2005 and consisted of eight teams (see below). Although the teams had various city and state names, all matches were taped in on a soundstage in Nashville. ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F...

According to the official website, "In RPW, classic meets the future as the matches are conducted in a specially designed coliseum which showcases a raised circular mat to facilitate better camera angles and to afford the live audience a better viewing experience. The circular mat allows for 360 degree camera angles and aids in covering the close quarters that wrestlers frequently find themselves in as they maneuver for position."

Numerous similar projects were announced before RPW, but none had gotten off the ground. Lanny Bryant, the Montana-based editor of Wrestling USA magazine, proposed a similar league in the early 1990s, as one example. Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  Ranked 4th  - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²)  - Width 255 miles (410 km)  - Length 630 miles (1,015 km)  - % water 1  - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N  - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population  Ranked... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Wrestling style

The style of wrestling that is used in RPW is a combination of freestyle, folkstyle, sumo wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Because of this, wrestlers of many styles competed in the league. Currently, Greco-Roman and Freestyle are the most common wrestling backgrounds in the leagues, due largely to the Olympic experience of the wrestlers in the league. In fact, the team rosters consists of numerous Olympians and NCAA champions. This article is about freestyle wrestling. ... Collegiate Wresting is the commonly used name for the style of wrestling practiced at the university level in the United States. ... For other uses, see Sumo (disambiguation). ... This article is about Greco-Roman wrestling. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

Rules

The rules are similar to freestyle wrestling but were modified to encourage risk and intensity. The goal is to dominate the opponent and pin his shoulders to the mat. This is called a fall. Points are also awarded during the six minute match for controlling the opponent, placing him in danger, or escaping the opponent's control. If there is no fall, then the wrestler with the most points wins the match. Some of the most noticeable changes are as follows: This article is about freestyle wrestling. ...

1. Two 3-minute periods instead of 3 periods totaling 7 minutes
2. If a wrestler pushes his opponent out of the ring he gets a point.
3. The Bonus - if a wrestler manages to stay in the center of the mat and stay aggressive, their bonus meter will go up. If they get the bonus, they get to go into a special position in which they can't lose any points and can gain points by throwing their opponents.

For more rules and clarification visit the below listed websites.

• Season 1 and Season 2 Rules

Teams

• California Claw
• Chicago Groove
• Iowa Stalkers
• Minnesota Freeze
• New York Outrage
• Oklahoma Slam
• Pennsylvania Hammer
• Texas Shooters

Full Team Listings

League structure

Despite the existence of eight "franchises" in RPW, all tournaments have been conducted in a classic elimination bracket format thus far. No actual dual meets have been held. A dual meet is an athletic competition between two opposing teams (of a club, school, nation, etc. ...

Television coverage

In the league's first season, 2005-06, matches were televised on PAX TV (now ION Television) on Sunday evenings and on Fox Sports Net affiliates at various times. Rulon Gardner, one of the most famous figures in amateur wrestling in the United States, was the color analyst. ION Television is a broadcast and cable television network first broadcast on August 31, 1998 under the name PAX TV (early on in its development, it was called PaxNet). ... Fox Sports Net headquarters in Los Angeles. ... Rulon Gardner (born August 16, 1971 in Afton, Wyoming) is an amateur wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline from the United States. ... A color (or colour) commentator is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ...

Due to poor ratings and executive reorganizations at both networks, both PAX and FSN pulled the show. RPW then decided to syndicate coverage of the second season on various broadcast stations. Right now, about 50 television stations carry RPW, all of them in small and medium-sized markets throughout the United States. Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ... A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ...

Media

• RPW Podcast

RPW Gear

• RPW Store
• Wrestling Direct

Articles

• USA Today[1]

• FOXNews [2]

External links

• Real Pro Wrestling.com
• RPW Forums