Category: The Sporting Connection

El Gigante / Giant Gonzalez passes away

Posted by Jon Waldman | Sep 24, 2010 | Obituaries, The Sporting Connection

Wrestling has lost another former superstar, as Jorge Gonzalez has passed away at the age of 44....

Clem Turner, football player/wrestler, dies in car accident

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 22, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries, The Sporting Connection

Clem Turner, one of countless football players turned wrestlers, died Sunday in a two-vehicle...

Trigg: ‘Wrestling tougher than it looks’

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Jun 11, 2009 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

One has to wake up pretty early in the morning to get the best of mixed martial artist/analyst...

Wristlocks and wristshots: Howell meets Hamilton wrestling legends

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 9, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Events, Interviews, The Sporting Connection

BURLINGTON, Ont. — In the room full of old wrestlers, shuffling along with their hobbled...

Fighting, not reality TV, comes easy to Butterbean

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Oct 31, 2008 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

Eric Esch, better known to the public as professional fighter Butterbean, likes to mix it up in a...

Trigg talks TNA

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jun 22, 2008 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

TORONTO – The popularity of mixed martial arts has never been lost on TNA Wrestling. Indeed,...

Carl Engstrom: Wrestler, dancer, teacher

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 18, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries, The Sporting Connection

Though Carl Engstrom, who died at the end of March, wrestled primarily in the 1950s, he was a key...

Art ‘The Great’ Shires: Ballplayer turned rassler

Posted by Andy McNamara | Apr 9, 2008 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

The crack of a bat, the sound of ball meeting leather, and the cheering of fans. Yes, ladies and...

Who is Floyd Mayweather?

Posted by Nick Tylwalk | Mar 27, 2008 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection, WrestleMania

The months leading up to WrestleMania 24 have seen the usual build-up of feuds that have wrestlers...

‘Money’ Mayweather focus of WrestleMania 24

Posted by Kurt Nielsen | Feb 25, 2008 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection, WrestleMania

LOS ANGELES – The biggest heel coming out of Monday’s press conference to promote...

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