Ricky Cortez: From Chrysler to the mat
“Crusher” Ricky Cortez was one of those mainstays of wrestling for an older generation...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jul 3, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries
“Crusher” Ricky Cortez was one of those mainstays of wrestling for an older generation...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jun 27, 2008 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF
Rows of wrestling photographs encircle heavy-duty gym equipment wedged into the first floor of...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jun 6, 2008 | Interviews
Susan Tex Green has scored a pinfall — a difficult one, but a pinfall nonetheless —...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | May 30, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries
His given name was George Dahmer, his family called him Hootie, but to a generation of pro...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Mar 17, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries
He wasn’t under the klieg lights at the Omni in Atlanta. No one was chucking rotten tomatoes...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Mar 16, 2008 | Events, Interviews
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — It’s been a quarter-century since the heyday of World Class...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jan 27, 2008 | Interviews
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — You might not find it on Mapquest.com, but to Jimmy Valiant, there was no...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Nov 1, 2007 | Interviews
When he learned that Chris Benoit murdered his wife and seven-year-old son in late June before...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Oct 17, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
As of the late 1960s, Rey Urbano had been wrestling for about 15 years, happily earning the wrath...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Sep 12, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
Before Gorgeous George was “Gorgeous,” back when Stu Hart was just...
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