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Mat Matters: Wasn’t that a party? Lots of Bull!
When you mix family, friends, drinks... and a few wrestlers. It's usually a great time. Saturday,...
‘Pro Wrestling Erasure Poems’ an emotional slobberknocker
The subgenre of wrestling poetry, or poetry about wrestling, is a thriving art. Books such as...
Becky Lynch is now both ‘The Man’ and ‘The Writer’
Rebecca Quin has been known by many names. Rebecca Knox. Becky Lynch. Irish Lass Kicker. The Man....
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Headlocked Comics returns with new collection of stories
Michael Kingston is back with the third installment of his ongoing professional wrestling comic book series, Headlocked: Tales from the Road. Kingston’s popular “anthology of short stories set in the Headlocked universe, co-created by some of the biggest names in...
Professor Ole Anderson lectures on wrestling of today and yesteryear
EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece originally ran in Wrestling Revue in January-March 2004. It is reprinted with permission of Arcadian Vanguard. I've been writing about wrestling for over 18 years now, and a fan just as long. But in just two-and-a-half hours on the phone with...
‘Trash Talk’ at core of wrestling, new book
A book about trash-talking? You’d better believe that there’s pro wrestling in there, brother! “Wrestling is a business built on trash talk, in the most fundamental way,” explained Rafi Kohan, the author of Trash Talk: The Only Book About Destroying Your Rivals That...
‘Ballyhoo!’ centers on Jack Curley but tells a bigger, important tale
I'm a sucker for wrestling history books and especially those that focus on the key formative and transitional years in the sport. That's why Ballyhoo! The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional Wrestling (published by the University of...
‘For the Love of the Show’: A book for the fans by a fan
In his new book, For the Love of the Show: Pro Wrestling Fans Tell Their Stories, Dr. Jeremy Housewright gives fans a chance to tell their own stories related to wrestling, including everything from a man who got a life-size replica of a championship belt tattooed...
Excerpt from Run with the Bull: Three Generations of Sports & Entertainment
Eric Johnston, SlamWrestling.net producer Greg Oliver and contributor Joseph Casciaro have a new book out. It's called Run with the Bull: Three Generations of Sport & Entertainment. It is the story of Eric, a rising star on the stand-up comedy scene, his father...