Final countdown to RealProWrestling showtime - Four Days Left!
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Oklahoma Daily ()
03/23/2005
In just a few short days, the long-awaited television debut of RealProWrestling (RPW) will be delivered straight to your living room in Monday Night Football fashion. On Sunday, March 27th at 4PM EST, 3 CST, PAX TV will broadcast the first of eight (8) episodes, featuring the best wrestlers in the U.S competing for over $250,000 in prizes and the chance to become RPW's first national champion! For those of you who have not experienced RPW yet, RealProWrestling features the best wrestlers in the U.S. and possibly the world using innovative rules designed to maximize the sport of real wrestling. Eight cameras, a round, elevated stage, and graphics rivaling any pro sports league, will play supporting cast to arguably the most highly trained, highly skilled athletes in sports today. If you miss the PAX broadcast, be sure and catch the re-airing as each episode will be replayed on Fox Sports Net, Wednesdays at 2 or 3 p.m. Check your local listings to confirm exact times as each region may be slightly different. Click here for the complete listing of stations. Advanced Screening of RPW Episode 1 "Scores Big" This past weekend in St. Louis, around 1,800 hyped NCAA Wrestling Division I Championship attendees got the chance of a lifetime as they were invited to an exclusive advanced screening of RealProWrestling Episode I. Located in a massive 100-foot high tent right behind the HardRock Cafe in St. Louis Union Station, RealProWrestling hosted the premier parties on Friday, March 18, 2005 at 1:15pm, 3:00pm and 9:30pm to standing room-only crowds of wrestling fans and influencers as well as various members of the wrestling media community RPW Featured in Sports Illustrated, March 21st Issue This week, RealProWrestling is featured in the leading national sports magazine Sports Illustrated, through an exceptional full-page article written by journalist Bill Syken. Article excerpt: For decades amateur wrestlers have resented the "professional" version of their sport -- not just for its choreographed action, bad acting and buxom ring valets but also because that being a part of that spectacle was the only way to make big money for doing anything even resembling wrestling. The amateurs, with their iron discipline and abs to match, remained true to their sport and spent their careers mostly grappling for medals. "Look at baseball, football or basketball players," says Jeff Prescott, a two-time NCAA champion who now coaches high school and club wrestling in South Florida. "I'm not taking anything away from those athletes, but I know how tough my sport is. I know not one of those guys could make it through my wrestling [training] room for one week." For more of this article, see the March 21st issue of Sports llustrated at your local newsstand.