http://www.wrestling-online.com/news/general/GA_wrestling_rules.shtml

11/21/2007 4:18:58 PM

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"females must wear trunks and tops etc."

gay

11/21/2007 4:33:11 PM

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"Contestants shall have their fingernails trimmed closely."

All of these rules are totally reasonable.

11/21/2007 4:35:38 PM

that link is blocked from my work computer, so are we talking about Professional Wrestling here, or olympic/college/high school?

in High School wrestling, there are plenty of rules concerning fingernails and hair and acceptable clothing/uniforms.

11/21/2007 4:37:21 PM

professional wrestling, hence why its in entertainment and not in sports.

[Edited on November 21, 2007 at 4:47 PM. Reason : ]

11/21/2007 4:46:43 PM

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"(11) A physical or verbal threat of aggression shall not be directed toward any member of the audience."

This sucks for indie shows with smarks.

Best line ever:

Fan (to Allison Danger): Hook the leg!

Allison Danger: Shut up...you've never been inside a women, let alone a ring!

11/21/2007 5:57:49 PM

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"(6) Wrestlers MAY NOT deliberately cut themselves and all wrestlers must be over (18) years of age."

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" c. No wrestling contestant shall use a foreign object(s) or prop(s) with the deliberate intent to lacerate himself or herself, or one’s opponent. No animal blood or human blood, other than that of the wrestling contestants that is incidentally introduced during a match, may be used as a prop or special effect in any wrestling match. Vials, capsules or any vessel containing a gel substance appearing to be or simulating blood may be used as a prop or special effect during a wrestling contest so long as the container cannot cause lacerations upon breakage."

no cutting is gonna suck, they can say byebye to any future WWE payperviews taking place in Atlanta. house shows and regular tv probably won't be as affected, since bleeding during those shows isn't as prevalent

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"a. A wrestler shall be clothed in clean apparel."

and thus, Big Van Vader has been banned from wrestling in georgia...

but seriously, other than the cutting thing a lot of this is just codifying the "rules" that already exist, like this one

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" i. Shall break a hold when instructed by the referee; ii. Failing to break upon instruction by the referee, the offending contestant shall be given a count of ten (10) to release the hold; and iii. Failing to release the hold after the count of ten (10), the offending contestant shall be disqualified and the opponent shall be awarded the match by the referee."

also

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"This sucks for indie shows with smarks."

the banter can still happen, you just can't directly threaten the fans... stuff like "why don't you put on some boots and come into the ring so i can kick your ass" can still happen, since it's not a threat so much as a challenge

11/21/2007 6:54:55 PM

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""a. A wrestler shall be clothed in clean apparel.""

Guess the Boogey Man won't be in GA.

11/21/2007 6:58:35 PM

they are worried about staph, thats pretty clear given their choice of rule implementation

11/21/2007 10:02:09 PM

so hooters can have their competitions there and women can have swimsuit competitions there and the summer olympics was able to have women in bathing suits for the diving but wrestling can't have women wearing the same shit?

11/23/2007 2:58:26 PM

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"so hooters can have their competitions there and women can have swimsuit competitions there and the summer olympics was able to have women in bathing suits for the diving but wrestling can't have women wearing the same shit?"

Most likely you don't have to worry about the swimsuit contestants body slamming each other.

But if they do, we all wanna watch

11/23/2007 4:14:49 PM