Category: Classics
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Card Exam: Louise Mondt an overlooked fe...
Card Exam: The Gentleman Geek
The many lives of the Octopus Man
‘A few more crosses to burn’...
Kazuchika Okada Story Archive
The hidden history of Mae Young, wrestli...
Frank Hewitt’s sad pre-Christmas d...
Virginia Mercerau Part 2: Champion, hero...
Virginia Mercerau: Early women’s c...
Last Smoky Mountain Wrestling show unearthed 28 years later
by Ryan Nation | Nov 26, 2023
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The final Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) event has been hiding, preserved and...
Remembering a veteran: The final flight of Ben Reuben
by Steven Johnson | Nov 10, 2023
Ben Reuben was a satisfied man when he ducked into an air transport plane on March 3, 1945. He was...
Card Exam: The mysterious Sheik Lawrence of Arabia
by Cory Santos | Oct 15, 2023
People always ask me why I love old wrestling so much. And no, not “old wrestling” like Dick...
The short, tragic career of Dennis Clary
by Greg Oliver | Oct 12, 2023
It’s impossible not to start at the end for Dennis Clary, his death coming in the ring just...
Card Exam: ‘Legalized murder’ debuts in Owen Sound, one dead
by Greg Oliver | Oct 7, 2023
The news on September 15 that Metroland was shutting down its weekly newspapers in Ontario...
Card Exam: It’s all about the Zoolah
by Cory Santos | Sep 19, 2023
Card Exam looks at a unique fundraiser from 1956. The Lady Angel takes on “Slave Girl Zoolah” in the main event in Lewisburg, KY.
Card Exam: It makes you (Mr.) Wonder
by Cory Santos | Aug 20, 2023
Wrestling is full of colorful characters, but what happens when the trail runs cold? This Card Exam takes a look at one such lost grappler, Mr. Wonder, a legless wrestler from India.
Mat Matters: Humbled by history
by Greg Oliver | Aug 13, 2023
Historians can be a smug bunch. It doesn’t really matter the subject, but if someone has...
Remembering Ginger the Bear on anniversary of her death
by Greg Oliver | Jul 7, 2023
In southern Ontario, July 4th is always a day of reflection, as it marks the anniversary of the...
Card Exam: A photographic challenge from Buddy Rose in Japan
by Greg Oliver | Jul 5, 2023
Having been privileged to be backstage at the D.K (Doc) Seaman Hockey Resource Centre in...
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