Interviews
Vampiro Q & A: El Vampiro Canadiense rises from the undead
Vampiro, with his ghoulish type makeup, is one of Canada’s greatest exports to lend his hand to...
For Richard Slinger, wrestling in Japan was as real as it gets
Few wrestling companies have enjoyed as widespread critical acclaim as Shohei ‘Giant’ Baba’s All...
RJ City talks David Arquette, showtunes, and climbing the stairway to obscurity
If you’re at all familiar with RJ City, it won’t be a surprise to hear that he holds degrees in Culture & Entertainment and Marketing. That’s...
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Dr. Edwards lays the ‘smackdown’ on philosophy
Pro wrestling and philosophy may seem like a mismatched tag team akin to WWE’s The Allied Powers team of Lex Luger and the late British Bulldog. But for Dr. Douglas Edwards, author of the book Philosophy Smackdown, out now from Polity, the two actually make a cohesive...
‘The Animal’ Bob Anger brings wrestle goddess ‘Mother Trucker’ to life
Now, more than ever, we need a place to escape from the world around us. How would you like to immerse yourself into a world of wrestling science fiction, and follow the journey of a grappling goddess? That’s what Andrew Belanger had in mind when creating his dream...
With husband in WWII, Alabama’s Manda Gunther stepped into promoting role
Move over Stephanie McMahon, Dixie Carter, Ann Gunkel, Lia Maivia, and Christine Jarrett. The first ever woman promoter of professional wrestling in the United States was Miranda “Manda” Bernice Gunther. While men were off to fight battles during World War II, the...
Time to strut; biography on Buddy Rogers announced
Not only did Scott Teal and Tim Hornbaker just announce their first ever joint book project, but it is indeed the book that “everybody has been waiting for!” Master of the Ring: The Biography of “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers is scheduled to be released at the end of...
The heroic service of Paul Boesch
August 28, 1987 was a red-letter day in the life of Paul Boesch. It marked the denouement of a career that had been going on for more than 55 years as a wrestler, booker, announcer and promoter, from the Great Depression to the era of Hulkamania. The WWF put on the...
The Good Brothers and Rocky Romero: an unbreakable camaraderie
Following their sudden departure from WWE, fans started asking where 40-year-old ‘Machine Gun’ Karl Anderson (real name Chad Allegra) and 36-year old Doc Gallows (real name Drew Hankinson) would end up. But those questions were answered only a few short months later,...
