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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Meet Lindsay, the 6ft 9in model who makes her living as an Amazonian wrestler

Towering above her terrified opponents at 6ft 9in and with the ability to lift a man over her head before smashing him to the canvas, Lindsay Hayward presents an overwhelming sight.

The Amazonian 23-year-old - known to fans as Isis - has achieved minor celebrity status in the U.S. as a professional wrestler and model who can leg press an astonishing 50st.

Now Lindsay hopes to make an impact on Hollywood as only she can.

She said: 'I want to be that tough chick that strides in and beats the hell out of everyone.

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Don't mess with Isis: Lindsay Hayward and a fan in New York. the 23-year-old wrestler wants to become a Hollywood star
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Driving force: Lindsay shows her incredible strength





'I can easily spin a grown man over my head and throw him across the room,' said Lindsay, from Miami, Florida.

'I've done it many times in the ring and a few times outside the ring. You don't want to see me angry.'

Lindsay, who weighs a healthy 17st, said her passion for grappling came from an unhappy childhood

She said: 'I decided I wanted to be a wrestler. To be the strongest and the best.

'I didn't want to take any grief from anyone ever again. Now if someone decides they want to fight me they really regret it.'

By the age of nine, Lindsay was 6ft tall and towered above her classmates.

'You'd think my height would stop people teasing me but it didn't,' she said.

'I was shy back then. My basketball team became like family to me. I always felt more comfortable with taller people, they knew what it was like.'

At 13 Lindsay had shot to 6ft 9ins, but she became withdrawn and self-conscious and turned to alcohol and self-harm.

'I'd drink in the park on my own,' she said. 'My home life was really bad and, back then, I hated the way I looked.

'Everywhere I went people were staring. I didn't know how to deal with that when I was young.'

Despite her size, people still picked on Lindsay.

'When I was 16 a girl punched me from behind so I picked her up and threw her into a brick wall,' she said. 'She never bothered me again.'

Unhappy with her life, Lindsay left home at 18, and turned her height to her advantage by becoming a model.

Gradually, she grew to love her imposing body. 'I started working out and I realised that what I have is a gift,' she said.

The powerful blonde is one of the tallest women in America and she's getting stronger by the day.

'I'm building muscle,' said Lindsay, who eats 5oz of chicken every two hours to keep her strength up to lift weights for up to three hours a day.

She said: 'Normally I eat about 3lbs of rare steak a day. I'm always hungry. I need a lot of food.'

However, despite her attractive looks, Lindsay has so far been unlucky in love.

'I haven't had many serious relationships. I went out with one guy for a year but I mostly just date people. I'm always dating.'

Her past boyfriends in the past have included basketball players and bodybuilders and she will not date anyone under 6ft 4in.

She said: 'The taller the better really. I like basketball players because they're sometimes taller than me.

'The tallest guy I ever dated was 6ft 11in. When I date someone like that people really stare in the street. Everyone turns around and gets out of our way pretty quickly.

'I think it gets a man kudos to have a tall girlfriend like me. If he's big, it makes him look like even more of a man.'

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Model behaviour: The 6ft 9in star hopes to make it big in Hollywood
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No sweat: Lindsay as Isis, manhandling a referee during a professional wrestling bout

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Sunday, January 3, 2010

The world's most dangerous job? Crocodile wrestlers who put their head on the line


Playtime's not over yet! Somphop wrestles with the crocodile

Let's not get snappy here: Somphop gives the camera a little smirk as he puts his head in between the jaws of death

Staring into the abyss: Crocodile wrestler Somphop, 22, risks not seeing his 23rd birthday as he puts his head into the crocodile's mouth at Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo



The daily grind at the office may not seem so bad after viewing these startling images.

For, no matter how grumpy your boss may be this morning, at least you aren't actually risking life and limb by sticking your head in his jaws.

But that is exactly what the crocodile wrestlers at a Thai zoo do on a daily basis.
This astonishing series of photographs shows the men at the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo performing what may well be the world's most dangerous job.

The wranglers have been performing the stunts at the zoo on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, since it was set up in 1985.

During the hour-long shows they stick their head between the jaws of some of the zoo's biggest crocs, in the style of Krai Thong, a legendary Thai crocodile hunter.
Photographer Bronek Kaminski, who witnessed the feat on a trip to the attraction, said: 'They are quite lively crocodiles. They are not lying around half asleep all the time.

'They are chomping at a bamboo stick and snapping their jaws and then they guys put them into some sort of trance and put their head into the croc's mouth.
He keeps it in there for a long time, and puts his arm in, right up to his shoulder.

'Then the crocodile goes back to being a wild animal. It's very impressive.

'I was not sure if they were actually going to do it so when they do you are really taken back by it.'

The centre also doubles up as a breeding zoo, and has more than 10,000 crocodiles.

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Smile for the camera: Another wrestler grips a surprisingly docile beast and hoists him into the air

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Ageing wrestler Hulk Hogan stages bloody set-to with rival Ric Flair ahead of comeback


A bloodied Hulk Hogan is led away by a minder after he came to blows with rival Ric Flair in Australia today in what was believed to be a staged fight

The 'fight' started as Hogan and Flair traded insults about their failed love lives

The Nature Boy takes the Hulkster by surprise as he throws a punch

He lays into him and pummels his head repeatedly

Hogan is helped up following the bust-up, but it is thought he 'bladed' himself to start the flow of blood at the press conference to promote their tour of Australia
Wrestling star Hulk Hogan is left pouring with blood after coming to blows with his arch enemy Ric Flair.

The ugly scenes erupted after the pair traded insults about their failed love lives during a press conference in Australia.

But it is believed it was a staged fight - known as a 'work' among wrestling fans - in a bid to stoke some publicity as they launched their tour of the country.

t is thought Hogan, 56, 'bladed', cutting himself to start a flow of blood which then poured down his face and all over his white T-shirt.

Australian media groups were unsure what to make of the incident, with many reporting it as a serious bust-up.

According to local reports, one photographer had his flash broken when Flair threw a table off the stage and into the press gathering before diving on photographers.

As Flair laid into Hogan, his head began to bleed 'profusely' and the wrestler appeared unable to get to his feet.

The two wrestling icons are heading up the HulkaMania: Let The Battle Begin tour Down Under.

The match-up between the pair is eagerly anticipated, especially since the Hogan has never wrestled in Australia during his 31-year career.

Hulk - who recently divorced wife Linda - said: 'The fans here have stuck with me through the highs and lows.

'In the last couple of years my personal life got flipped upside-down and the fans stayed with me through everything, so what better place to start over than right here.'

Flair, 60, who last week got married for the fourth time, said of the match: 'Two guys are going to walk down that aisle.

One will walk back. I've never, ever not made it back down that aisle.'

Others on the tour include former WWE superstars Rikishi, The Nasty Boys, Shannon Moore, Umaga, Mr Kennedy and Val Venis.

Once the tour is finished, Hogan is off to work for TNA and Flair is rumoured to be following him.



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