We have been fortunate to have many, many guest columns through the years at SlamWrestling.net, from major names (Terry Taylor, Adrian Street) to soon-to-be major names (Johnny Gargano). Gathering them all in one place sure makes it look even more impressive, eh?
GUEST COLUMN ARCHIVE
- Mar. 13, 2024: Paige “Von Hess” Sutherland: It’s been 25 years since my Dad, Kurt Von Hess, died
- Feb. 26, 2024, by “Massive Damage” Sean Dunster: The trials and tribulations of ‘The Death Tour’
- Jan. 22, 2024, by Jeremiah Plunkett: Francisco Ciatso was more than a ‘Journeyman’, he was a ‘good human’
- Nov. 7, 2023, by Colin Hunter: My documentary opens the eyes to referees
- Aug. 9, 2023, by Kevin Snow: Memories of TV Guide Canada’s WWE Covers
- Jun. 19, 2023, by Brian Gorie: Brian Gorie’s XICW Hall of Fame Induction Speech
- Jan. 25, 2023, by Dick Bourne: Remembering photographer Eddie Cheslock
- Dec. 28, 2022, by Doug Lunney: Sun colleague remembers ‘Colourful’ Doc Holliday
- Nov. 30, 2022, by “The face of Pittsburgh” Lou Martin: My Journey, My Destiny!
- Aug. 11, 2022, by Mike Chapman: Gene Lebell was one of a kind
- Aug. 10, 2022, by Bob Calhoun: What was it like writing Gene Lebell’s book? Squirrely
- Jun. 21, 2022 by Stefan “Epic” Richard: All hail Wavell Starr, the true First Nations sensation
- May. 2, 2022, by Donnie DaSilva: The ‘toughest’ call, promoting again in Ontario
- Apr. 28, 2022, by Brian R. Solomon: My book on the Sheik secures his legacy
- Apr. 3, 2022, by Brian Ferguson: My first Wrestlecon
- Mar. 17, 2022, by Matt Sigmon: Crockett Cup a path for more Heatseekers NWA glory
- Jan. 19, 2022, by Josh Olsen: Virgil runs through my wrestling fandom
- Nov. 16, 2021, by Gair Maxwell: Brand guru Gair Maxwell returns to wrestling roots
- Nov. 15, 2021, by Geoffrey Cole: Calendar a small way to pay tribute to my friend, Curt Sturrock
- Nov. 6, 2021, by Leonard Brand: My hero, Brad McFarlin
- Aug. 17, 2021, by Shazza Mckenzie: Shazza Mckenzie and her battles with Lipedema
- Aug. 10, 2021, by Brendan Higgins: A belt for the Boogie Woogie man’s birthday
- May. 2, 2021, by Paul Gabriel: When Bruno Sammartino gave way to Lawrence Welk
- Feb. 15, 2021, by Ken Raftery: The undeniable greatness of Aja Kong
- Oct. 5, 2020, by Sheldon Goldberg: New England Championship Wrestling at 20 highlights the importance of indy wrestling
- Aug. 25, 2020, by Dave Boyce: Pandemic planning a Kaizen Pro Wrestling show
- May. 31, 2020, by Robert Piskor: Book helping me deal with Devil Bhudakahn’s suicide
- Apr. 15, 2020, by Irvin Muchnick: Dark Side of the Ring blandly convicts Snuka in the court of public opinion, blanket-censoring the whole story
- Feb. 5, 2020, by Steve Rivers: How can Steve Gillespie be gone?
- May. 23, 2019, by Canadian Bulldog: Owen Hart’s death still haunts me 20 years later
- May. 6, 2019, by Don Luce: The truth about Charley Fox
- Feb. 27, 2019, by LuFisto: LuFisto retires — in her words
- Feb. 24, 2019, by Emerson Murray: My passion for Bruiser Brody has never waned
- Jan. 10, 2019, by Sebastian Suave: Buffalo Brothers’ accident proves wrestling is a family
- Dec. 9, 2018, by Ry Levey: My film ‘Out in the Ring’ focuses on wrestling’s LBGTQ ties
- Oct. 29, 2018, by Ricky Johnson: A 10-bell salute to Ontario’s Tor Hart
- Oct. 21, 2018, by Ben Nelson: Don Leo Jonathan was legitimate, and legitimately humble
- Jul. 31, 2018, by Dave Drason Burzynski: Catching up with famed Detroit photographer Wilson Lindsey
- Apr. 9, 2018, by James Beard: Remembering Terry Garvin Simms and his two ring characters
- Apr. 3, 2018, by Carmine DeSpirito: Read up on the late ‘Gigolo’ Johnny Mercedes, ya rummies!
- Apr. 1, 2018, by Nate Mattson: Fond memories of ‘Machine Gun’ Mike Kelly
- Mar. 1, 2018, by Bernadette Johnstone: Brian da Silva was a loyal Ontario indy fan
- Aug. 15, 2017, by Sam Cino: My day hanging out with the Nature Boy
- Aug. 9, 2017, by TARIK: Smash Wrestling’s growth has been a wild ride
- Jul. 15, 2017, by Jonathon ‘Fuzzy’ Sayers: The Rock and I had the same trainer — Rocky Johnson
- Jul. 13, 2017, by Sean McCaffrey: In praise of Mercedes Martinez
- Jun. 11, 2017, by Michael Majalahti: The story behind ‘Battleground Valhalla’
- May. 19, 2017, by Dr. Bob Bryla: How the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame was built
- May. 18, 2017, by Gabe Sapolsky: Time is right for Evolve in Chicago and Detroit
- Apr. 30, 2017, by Jonathon ‘Fuzzy’ Sayers: Remembering Tiger Dori Singh
- Mar. 19, 2017, by Dr. Bob Bryla: Belts can speak — If we will only listen
- Mar. 9, 2017, by Rock Riddle: My many miles with the Bass Family
- Feb. 3, 2017, by Christ & Patrick Voros: Voros twins share the magic of RoH’s seminar
- Nov. 1, 2016, by Kaitlin Diemond: Facing LuFisto makes a dream come true
- Sep. 16, 2016, by Tyson Dux & Scott Hunter: Smash vs Progress brings UK’s best to Toronto
- Aug. 28, 2016, by Nate Mattson: Funeral for Dennis Kass a chance to say thanks
- Aug. 16, 2016, by Sheldon Goldberg: The legend of D.C. Dillinger
- Mar. 25, 2016, by Dave Drason Burzynski: Don Wilson was so much more than a fan club legend
- Jan. 23, 2016, by “Cowboy” Dan Kroffat: Remebering Archie ‘The Stomper’ Gouldie
- Jan. 18, 2016, by Launy Schwartz: Iron Mike Sharpe, an appreciation
- Nov. 20, 2015, by Suzie Tanner: Working out with Oly; BC’s female ref remembers
- Oct. 5, 2015, by Irvin Muchnick: We’re beginning to learn ugly truths about the 32-year delay in Jimmy Snuka’s murder indictment
- Jul. 13, 2015, by Shelley Bonin Melby: Torch’s Wade Keller worthy of Melby Award
- Jun. 16, 2015, by Josh Alexander: ‘Why I am walking away from wrestling’
- Jun. 15, 2015, by Howard Brody: Reflections on an American treasure
- May. 23, 2015, by Rip Impact: Rip Impact’s Atlantic Grand Prix Tour diary
- May. 11, 2015, by ‘CHAKAL’ David St-Martin: Dealing with injuries and the GAEA James Bond trip
- May. 6, 2015, by Mick Karch: My hero, my mentor, my friend, Mr. Nick Bockwinkel
- Mar. 24, 2015, by Johnny Gargano: ‘This is my moment’
- Mar. 4, 2015, by LuFisto: The Kimber Lee/Chris Dickinson video and why are you wrestling?
- Feb. 7, 2015, by David Muro: Macho Man in the WWE HOF – ‘I can dig it!’
- Dec. 12, 2014, by Tiger Ali Singh: The fulfilling feeling behind Miracle on Main Street
- Oct. 21, 2014, by Dave Drason Burzynski: Ox Baker, 45 years of memories
- Jun. 27, 2014, by Sean Murley: Living the dream along with Michael Elgin
- Jun. 15, 2014, by Dave Linton Rector: Is the love of wrestling genetic?
- Apr. 22, 2014, by Bambi Hall: My mom is still my hero
- Apr. 17, 2014, by Harry Smith: Harry Smith remembers Billy Robinson
- Mar. 12, 2014, by Steve Hooper: How an unprofessional referee can ruin a great match
- Mar. 1, 2014, by Ashley Sixx: My personal fight against cancer
- Dec. 27, 2013, by Evan Ginzburg: Tireless agent Scott Epstein never lost his enthusiasm for pro wrestling
- Dec. 2, 2013, by Bob Wayne: Bob Wayne’s crazy ride in a crazy business
- Oct. 22, 2013, by James Beard: Remembering ‘Hardbody’ Calvin Knapp
- Sep. 11, 2013, by Arda Ocal: Thank you, Jim Ross
- Jul. 17, 2013, by Arda Ocal: WWE Performance Center is something special
- Jun. 10, 2013, by Sebastian Suave: Finding comfort in Japan’s Zero-1
- May. 17, 2013, by Eli Daitchman & Avi Stern: A ‘crazy and improbable’ Wrestlemania moment
- May. 7, 2013, by Irvin Muchnick: Revisiting Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka and the death of Nancy Argentino
- Mar. 22, 2013, by Irvin Muchnick: Bruno’s bad call on WWE Hall of Fame shows Vince is right – everyone has a price
- Mar. 17, 2013, by James Beard: Time for the Oldtimers to give back
- Mar. 10, 2013, by Kevin Jefferies: Remembering George Labash, Vancouver’s super-fan
- Feb. 22, 2013, by Mark Chetcuti: Remembering my late mentor, Ted Herbert
- Oct. 15, 2012, by Sebastian Suave: How a knee injury didn’t derail my Mexico adventure
- Aug. 28, 2012, by Dru Onyx: On tour in Ireland with Dru Onyx
- Jul. 29, 2012, by Mary Bond: Goldie Rogers – One in a million Jack!
- May. 23, 2012, by Doug Willcocks: John Cena, fascist without a cause
- Mar. 25, 2012, by Mark Nulty: My mentor, Joe Blanchard, was the real thing
- Jun. 2, 2011, by Derek Ruttle: Remembering Macho Man, one month later
- May. 25, 2011: by Sebastian Suave: Wrestling in Nunavut a real ‘life experience’
- May. 5, 2011, by Michael Elgin: Returning home with RoH special for Michael Elgin
- May. 3, 2011, by “Cowboy” Dan Kroffat: The three people key to my career
- Apr. 7, 2011, by Michael Ryan: Raising a hat to the late Stinky the Homeless Guy
- Aug. 28, 2010, by Howard Brody: Saying farewell to my friend Luna
- Oct. 12, 2009, by Terrance R. Machalek Sr.: I remember … Al Tomko
- Sep. 28, 2009, by Terrance R. Machalek Sr.: I remember … Kerry Brown
- Aug. 13, 2009, by Oly Olsen: Thanks for everything, Al
- Feb. 22, 2009, by Oly Olsen: Public perception of pro wrestling still an issue
- Jan. 4, 2009, by Vance Nevada: Vance’s Rant – Are you thinking about your product?
- Dec. 10, 2008, by Bryan Renda: Fantasy Camp was a dream come true
- Dec. 2, 2008, by Irvin Muchnick: The unbearable ambiguity of Benoit
- Oct. 2, 2008, by Sam Ford: Top-rope learning; A guide to pro-wrestling academics
- Aug. 4, 2008, by Irvin Muchnick: Strange case of the ‘Benoit Wikipedia Hacker’
- Jun. 3, 2008, by Irvin Muchnick: Dr. Astin, steroid pusher – ER, painkiller pusher – to the stars
- May. 5, 2008, by Irvin Muchnick: Benoit case is closed – but far from settled
- Feb. 27, 2008, by Irvin Muchnick: McMahon botches his spot, and Congress is back
- Dec. 26, 2007, by Irvin Muchnick: Looks like wrestling will dodge Congress’ steroid bullet
- Nov. 13, 2007, by Irvin Muchnick: Hitman is off-target on steroid issue
- Aug. 11, 2007, by Meredith Renwick: Author reflects on Dewey Robertson’s many struggles
- Apr. 9, 2007, by Jim Bregman: Allen Coage, my hero, our hero
- Nov. 13, 2006, by Canadian Bulldog: Toronto still wrestling’s ‘Mecca’
- Oct. 2, 2006, by Mark Dow: The Iron Claw and other childhood lessons
- Aug. 3, 2006, by Jeff Morris: Bearing it all for Ginger – the stupidest thing I’ve ever done
- Jun. 1, 2006, by Dutch Savage: Dutch Savage says adios ‘mano’ to Bull Ramos
- Mar. 9, 2006, by LuFisto: Female wrestler pins Ontario Athletic Commission
- Feb. 1, 2006, by James Beard: Refereeing 101, a refresher course
- Nov. 17, 2005, by SSG Paul H. Modesto – Camp Victory Iraq: Meeting Eddie, a soldier’s story
- Sep. 11, 2005, by Adrian Street: Adrian Street pays tribute to the Gladiators
- Aug. 30, 2005, by Chris Kovachis: One fan’s dream trip to Wrestlereunion 2
- May. 3, 2005, by: “Cowboy” Bill Watts: In memory of Chris Candido
- Oct. 28, 2004, by Dave “The Kidd” Franks: The Kidd remembers dad and the old days
- Apr. 20, 2004, by Jeff & Scott Walton: Recalling the Great Goliath
- Apr. 17, 2004, by Ed “Colonel Debeers” Wiskoski: It’s an honor to be honored
- Sep. 24, 2003, by Griff Henderson: Confessions of a Canadian title junkie
- Aug. 26, 2003, by Jim Connolly: Father-son bonding on a wrestling vacation
- Dec. 28, 2000, by Phil Moreau: The strange attraction to Maple Leaf Wrestling
- Nov. 7, 2000, by Mauro Ranallo: Watching Vancouver’s all-star a family affair
- Aug. 15, 2000, by Rusty Loudermilk: What Klondike Bill means to me
- May 9, 2000, by Phil Moreau: Memories of Wrestlemania VI
- Jun. 7, 1999, by Brad McLaughlin: Grand Prix still thrills
- Jun. 3, 1999, by Michael Taube: Ratings game turns lethal
- May 5, 1999, by Harris Black: Tales from a Montreal mark
- Dec. 16, 1998, by Stuart Green: WWF wallowing in the dirt
- Aug. 19, 1998, by Colin Vassallo: Give WWF titles some meaning