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|  #1 Posted on 12.1.06 1501.32
Reposted on: 12.1.13 1501.45 | An article on Yahoo's front page today talks about how Italian youth are crazy about WWE programming. Sadly, no mention of Nunzio as a beloved Italian hero... Yahoo (news.yahoo.com)
A brief snippet
Originally posted by Yahoo
National soccer coach Marcello Lippi recently complained that home-grown talent risked drying up because children no longer played soccer in the streets as they were hooked on wrestling.
In November, the muscle-bound heroes of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc's television shows toured Italy. The appearances sold out in a few days.
"I prefer to watch wrestling than soccer because it's more dramatic; anything can happen," said Oliviero D'Ascanio, a 9-year-old schoolboy in Rome who, like his friends, also follows the behind-the-scenes storylines that come with the WWE product.
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| #2 Posted on 12.1.06 1551.43
Reposted on: 12.1.13 1551.49 | You can always tell when the writer follows wrestling when he composes gems like this one:
"Italian boys have new heroes: beefy, loud American wrestlers like Rey Mysterio and Undertaker."
The beefy, gregarious Rey Rey. I guess they only get Smackdown in Italy...and they still like it?
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| #3 Posted on 12.1.06 1656.33
Reposted on: 12.1.13 1657.23 | Originally posted by Yahoo
"I prefer to watch wrestling than soccer because it's more dramatic; anything can happen," said Oliviero D'Ascanio, a 9-year-old schoolboy in Rome
That 9-year-old sounds suspiciously like a WWE flak. | Spank E
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|  #4 Posted on 12.1.06 1740.28
Reposted on: 12.1.13 1740.51 | | I refuse to accept that any nine-year-old boy in Italy prefers wrestling to soccer (boy, I hate using that term). Call me old fashioned, call me naive, call me whatever, but I just don't believe it. | Tribal Prophet
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|  #5 Posted on 12.1.06 1951.15
Reposted on: 12.1.13 1951.38 | Originally posted by asteroidboy
Originally posted by Yahoo
"I prefer to watch wrestling than soccer because it's more dramatic; anything can happen," said Oliviero D'Ascanio, a 9-year-old schoolboy in Rome
That 9-year-old sounds suspiciously like a WWE flak.
That's what I was thinking too. I half suspect that the original quote ended with "Vince McMahon is a genius!"
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| #6 Posted on 12.1.06 2159.22
Reposted on: 12.1.13 2159.34 | | Can anyone pinpoint the WWE moment mentioned at the end of the article that supposedly involved someone sticking a screwdriver into someone's head? I certainly couldn't place it. | BigTimbo
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| #7 Posted on 12.1.06 2253.07
Reposted on: 12.1.13 2253.50 | | Survivor Series 2005....Flair vs. HHH in a Last Man Standing Match | Snookum
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| #8 Posted on 13.1.06 0453.29
Reposted on: 13.1.13 0454.00 | | Ah! That explains it. I still haven't watched that. Thanks. | | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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