Category: The Sporting Connection

Jeff Gaylord dead at 64

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured Home Page, News, Obituaries, The Sporting Connection

Jeff Gaylord, a football player turned pro wrestler, has died. He was 64. His brother, Joel...

Mike Tyson faces rape lawsuit

Posted by John Powell | Jan 25, 2023 | News, The Sporting Connection

Boxing legend Mike Tyson has been accused of raping a woman in the nineties and is facing a civil...

Soccer star disguises himself as a luchador

Posted by John Powell | Jan 12, 2023 | News, The Sporting Connection

Stealing a page from the playbook of The Black Scorpion, The Machines or perhaps Mr. America, a...

New documentary ‘For the Love of Catch’ should catch all combat sport fans’ interest

Posted by Nathan Hatton | Nov 28, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews, The Sporting Connection

Over the last few decades, fans of professional wrestling have heard Jim Ross occasionally...

Butterbean wants another match

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 24, 2022 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

On this weekend’s episode of Sunday Night’s Main Event (snmeradio.com), host Mike...

Wrestling not the main event in Dick Ebersol’s memoir

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 15, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Sporting Connection

If you go buy Dick Ebersol’s memoir, From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of...

Catching a ride with Sylvester Terkay

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Aug 17, 2022 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

His face appeared on social media one Saturday morning as a Pittsburgh-area autograph promoter...

It’s true! Kurt Angle perfect Biography subject

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 1, 2022 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock, The Sporting Connection

There are some people whose lives are perfectly suited for the A&E Biography treatment. Kurt...

MMA’s Valerie Loureda joins WWE

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 29, 2022 | News, The Sporting Connection

America’s Top Team has expanded to the WWE. MMA, Balator fighter Valerie Loureda, nicknamed...

Mike Tyson attacks man on plane

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 21, 2022 | News, The Sporting Connection

As first reported by TMZ, former professional boxer and sometime pro-wrestling personality Mike...

Latest Stories

Slam Poll

CALENDAR

Apr 1: WWE WrestleMania
Apr 2: WWE WrestleMania
Apr 7: NWA 312
Apr 16: Impact Rebellion
May 27: WWE King & Queen Of The Ring
May 28: AEW Double or Nothing
Jun 25: AEW Forbidden Door
Jul 1: Money in the Bank
Aug 5: WWE SummerSlam

About Slam Wrestling