Card Exam: The Gentleman Geek
On the evening of Saturday, December 11, 1954, in the dimly lit Akron Armory, an unknown figure emerged from the shadows, casting an awe-inspiring...
The many lives of the Octopus Man
It was the eve of October 31, 1934, at Arena Nacional in Mexico City. Tiger Hernandez had just...
‘A few more crosses to burn’: A KKK threat to Tiger Flowers Johnstone
During Black History Month, it’s worth telling how forgotten Black wrestler Tiger Flowers Johnstone is more than just a museum piece.
Steve Argintaru’s AEW Toronto Mar. 20, 2024 photo gallery
SlamWrestling.net's Steve Argintaru was at the Coca-Cola Coliseum on the Exhibition Grounds, in...
Kazuchika Okada Story Archive
Pick any story from below to read all about one of the GOAT's of NJPW, Kazuchika Okada Okada Stories: Jan. 26, 2024: Mat Matters: The Rainmaker's out of rain in NJPW Jan. 19, 2024: Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW Jan. 3, 2024: Danielson vows to break Okada's arm and...
The hidden history of Mae Young, wrestling promoter
Recurring payments you set and forget are an unfortunate part of modern life. Whether it’s your cell phone bill or your streaming service, seeing that chunk of change debit out of your account each month can be frustrating – especially when it’s a subscription to a...
Frank Hewitt’s sad pre-Christmas death
Can a photo foretell the future? The photo at the top of this sad tale has "Tarzan" Frank Hewitt looking off into nothingness, his face blank, emotionless. It was taken in May or June 1958, in London, Ontario. He'd be dead by the end of the year, at the age of 38. * *...
Virginia Mercerau Part 2: Champion, hero, star, survivor
The year 1924 had been disastrous for both Marie Didderich and Virginia Mercereau – the ring name of the woman who rose from obscurity to stake her claim to the women’s middleweight wrestling championship of the world. If she had experienced career highs, they were...
Virginia Mercerau: Early women’s champ bamboozled away from ring
There are those whom the fates look favorably upon. The people who stroll through life blessed with love, happiness, and success. Marie Diderrich was one such person, enjoying a quiet, happy life in Wisconsin as a clerk and part-time athlete on the company basketball...
Last Smoky Mountain Wrestling show unearthed 28 years later
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The final Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) event has been hiding, preserved and now re-discovered on YouTube. On Sunday, November 26, 1995, SMW’s Thanksgiving Thunder tour rolled into the Cookeville Community Center. The house show would serve as...
The hidden history of Mae Young, wrestling promoter
Recurring payments you set and forget are an unfortunate part of modern life. Whether it’s your cell phone bill or your streaming service, seeing that chunk of change debit out of your account each month can be frustrating – especially when it’s a subscription to a...
Frank Hewitt’s sad pre-Christmas death
Can a photo foretell the future? The photo at the top of this sad tale has "Tarzan" Frank Hewitt looking off into nothingness, his face blank, emotionless. It was taken in May or June 1958, in London, Ontario. He'd be dead by the end of the year, at the age of 38. * *...
Virginia Mercerau Part 2: Champion, hero, star, survivor
The year 1924 had been disastrous for both Marie Didderich and Virginia Mercereau – the ring name of the woman who rose from obscurity to stake her claim to the women’s middleweight wrestling championship of the world. If she had experienced career highs, they were...
Virginia Mercerau: Early women’s champ bamboozled away from ring
There are those whom the fates look favorably upon. The people who stroll through life blessed with love, happiness, and success. Marie Diderrich was one such person, enjoying a quiet, happy life in Wisconsin as a clerk and part-time athlete on the company basketball...
Last Smoky Mountain Wrestling show unearthed 28 years later
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The final Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) event has been hiding, preserved and now re-discovered on YouTube. On Sunday, November 26, 1995, SMW’s Thanksgiving Thunder tour rolled into the Cookeville Community Center. The house show would serve as...
Remembering a veteran: The final flight of Ben Reuben
Ben Reuben was a satisfied man when he ducked into an air transport plane on March 3, 1945. He was in his second world war and wrestling, his great passion, had seen him through both conflicts — first, as a fresh-faced kid of 22 teaching men 10 and 15 years older how...