Girls Can’t Wrestle
Wrestling is not a sport I know much about. It’s been a popular design request here lately so I bumped it to the top of my list. 
I attempted to Google up some good women’s wrestling resources to go along with this article and it was honestly a bit more challenging than I’d hoped. Seems trying to find info on “women’s wrestling” or “girls wrestling” can lead you to some…um…interesting sites to say the least. It’s too bad some people have to pervert a perfectly healthy sport like this, but sadly that’s the culture we live in.
That aside, I did locate some safe sites for women’s wrestling information:
- World Women’s Wrestling
- Joey’s Wrestling Room (Wrestle Girl)
- Women’s Pro Wrestling Blog
I’m certain there have to be a lot more resources than just this, so I’m counting on you to fill in the gaps. I’d also love to hear your stories and the challenges you have faced as a female wrestler. Please share with us in the comments below.
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kristina
i like them. how much are they. i want them
kristina
do they come in sweaters.:-?
gretchen
Visit the shop and the click on the design you want.
kristina
they were kwel. im going to ask my mom to get me one and my grandma and aunt also. i hope they do, there pretty awesome
gretchen
Thanks. I’m glad you like it.
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kristina
np any time. how do u design them anyways
kristina
well goodnight. im going to bed. have sweey dreams
kristina
i mean have sweet dreams
gretchen
Sometimes I use a photograph to get some idea of the subject matter, but other times I just get an idea in my head and start drawing. Some designs take a couple of hours to complete and others can take a LOT longer depending on how detailed it may be. I do all the work on the computer. There is no way I could draw these by hand. My art background is in painting, not drawing, but my college major was in music (drumming). Go figure. b-)
kristina
o i c. sounds like fun.thanks
Sarah
lol yeah its hard to find good sites but love this picture im a girl that also wrestles im weight class 112 and the season has just started alot of people dont relize that in high school league witch im currently in we wrestle mostely guys and very few girls becasue theres so few that wrestle but a site that has alot of great resorces is http://www.themat.com it is realy great and i shows alot about womes high school to colledge and all the way to the olympics
kortney
wow thank u! girls wrestling can be twisted majorly thanx for this! :d
Rosio
Hello All, I’m a former High School wrestler and let me tell you it wasn’t easy. Thankfuly my older sister also wrestled so it made it easier for the guys to understand me. At first though, the guys never really liked having a female in the their team! my sister and i were the first two female wrestler to ever join the team since the school was built in the 1950′s!!! So as you can see this was a big task to handle. However, as time went by the guys started warming up to us and before you know it they had become our brothers. Always protecting you and watching out for you…even in the off season. So for those girls who are having a hard time with the boys, dont stress it they’ll come around before you know it.
Evey
Hey. Found this on google. I’m a girl that wrestles on a school team full of guys, and I appreciate finding a site like this. Thanks for designing it.
gretchen
Thanks Evey – feel free to share your story with us.
ashly
I used to wrestle at this company
it was REAL wrestling
not like wwe or f or watever
when people say i cant do something
it makes me go like this x(
but when people say girls r equal or better then guys
it makes me go like this ;;)>:d<8->:x:x:x
Emily
I’m currently a manager for our high school wrestling team, and I’m planning on joining the team next year. I’ll be a junior, and I have no wrestling experience, but I’m willing to work hard at it and join summer camps. I already run and stretch with them and I hope to expand my practices until I can do everything they can.
Here is a great story that I read: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/nyregion/17wrestle.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1
gretchen
Hi Emily! Sounds like you’re on the right path. Good luck with your goal and thanks for the link!
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jill
I wrestle my sis all the time, does that count? Lol ! I put her in headlocks and wrap her body up with my legs and squeeze till she gives up
Emily
Here is a book that I read about a girl who joins an all-boys wrestling team: http://www.amazon.com/Theres-Girl-Hammerlock-Jerry-Spinelli/dp/1416939377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262035062&sr=1-1#noop
It’s called “There’s a Girl in my Hammerlock” by Jerry Spinelli. It’s not a very high reading level, but it is an amusing book and a quick read with some inspiring moments.
By the way, LOVE the t-shirts! I hope I can get one next year when I join the team!
gretchen
Thanks for the book recommendation, Emily!
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Freestylefan
Try my Yahoo group–lots of stuff about (real)
female wrestlers.
Yahoo keeps trying to put this in the Adult section–bizarre. Please ignore that.
Wrestling women
Great stuff! Love it. Yahoo trying to put women’s wrestling related stuff into the adult section is nothing new unfortunately…
a REAL wrestler
You are total crap, you know nothing about wrestling
stop.
gretchen
Uh yeah… and your response was helpful?
eT
There are a few girls on my team (by that I mean a ratio of 17:1 boys to girls) but what really bugs me is that, as I found in football, most of them are just there because their boyfriend/crush is. It irks me because the way it’s set up, girls can only wrestle girls, but most of the other girls don’t even enjoy it that much – they just like to see their boyfriends show off. At least my school lets girls wrestle though.