Music, boxing, wrestling promoter Rob Russen dies
Rob Russen, who has died at age 75, had notable careers as a musician and songwriter, as a boxing...
Category: Obituaries
Mat Matters: RIP Jon Gallagher, my entry point to fandom
Honestly, I hadn’t thought of Jon Gallagher in a long time, so when the news came the other...
Los Angeles veteran ‘Pistol’ Pete Marquez dead at 65
“Pistol” Pete Marquez, one of the hard-working grapplers from the Los Angeles...
New Zealand great John Da Silva dies
John Da Silva, who died on April 8 at the age of 86, was one of the top pro wrestlers ever to come...
Detroit historian Mark Bujan dies
How do you measure a wrestling historian? Is it their knowledge? Their collection? In the case of...
Kathie Vachon, widow to Mad Dog, dies
Kathie Vachon, who was married to Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon for 40 years, including...
Mat Matters: My friend Barry Orton
Sometimes as a journalist a story becomes more than just a story. In 2005, my clumsy self...
Sheik’s son, Captain Ed George, dead at age 71
Ed Farhat Jr., the oldest son of “The Sheik,” died this morning, March 22, 2021, due...
My dad, Buddy Colt
By RICKY NANCE – For SlamWrestling.net I’m going to do my best to put what my father, Buddy...
Douglas Summerville, dead at 44, was a Carolina indy fixture
Douglas Summerville, who died on March 10 at the age of 44 from cancer, was a fixture on the North...
Legendary Buddy Colt dies
Where to start to celebrate the long career of Buddy Colt, who died today, March 5, at the age of...
Promoter Jim Crockett Jr. dead at 76
Jim Crockett Jr., the promoter who took his father’s Mid Atlantic Wrestling regional...
Women’s great Ann Casey dies
Ann Casey, one of the top women wrestlers from the late 1950s into the 1970s, has died. She was...
Beloved bodybuilder turned wrestler Dean Ho dies
Dean Higuchi, the beloved Hawaiian who wrestled as Dean Ho, has died. He was 82. The news was slow...
Pittsburgh legend Jumpin’ Johnny DeFazio dies at 79
Both Bruno Sammartino and George “The Animal” Steele once mused that John DeFazio could have very...
NWA’s Jocephus / Question Mark passes away
Joseph Hadley Hudson, who wrestled as Jocephus and in NWA Powerrr Question Mark, has died. In the...
Journeyman Don Serrano dies
Hector “Don” Serrano, a long-time pro wrestler and occasional promoter, has died. His...
Mat Memories: Revisiting Tom Cole makes for a tough show
This weekend, my Pro Wrestling Spotlight Live YouTube and Facebook show was one of the hardest I...
Family says goodbye to Tom Cole at funeral
On February 19, 2021, a small group of family and friends gathered to say goodbye to Tom Cole, in...
Mat Matters: Cole, dead at 50, was the original whistleblower for #SpeakingOut
When the #SpeakingOut movement, where men and women brought to light allegations of abuse they...
