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Insight into Maritime wrestling highlight of ‘Real Wrestling’
There’s a new televised wrestling product available to many Canadians. It’s called Real Wrestling and it’s produced in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and...
GLOW’s Matilda the Hun dies
Deanna "Dee" Booher, who wrestled as Matilda the Hun and Queen Kong in GLOW and POWW, and who appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, died on...
‘The Flying Greek’ documentary celebrates unsung hero
Going into the recently released documentary called The Flying Greek about wrestler Mike Pappas (Manoli Savvenas), I found myself sharing a...
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‘Young Rock’ gets into the Christmas spirit
There's a rich tradition of network television shows doing Christmas specials, standalones that don't necessarily play into the ongoing storyline. Other times, they don't make much sense, like the notoriously cheesy Star Wars Christmas Special. Often, Charles Dickens'...
Documentarian’s chance meeting with Mike Pappas leads to film
A documentary called The Flying Greek, set to premiere next Friday, December 10th in Springfield, Missouri, came together as filmmaker and subject unexpectedly crossed paths, and the partnership formed brought equally unexpected benefits to both as well. Manoli...
McDevitt’s shot best part of Dark Side’s steroids episode
Ever get the feeling while watching a documentary that there is a far more interesting story to be presented than the one that’s currently on ? I must confess that this particular thought crossed my mind a time or two during the October 28th episode of Dark Side of...
Rock, Cena, Batista rumble for People’s Choice Awards
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena will be battling it out again -- but this time, it won't be in the ring. Rather, they will be fighting for Hollywood championship glory in the form of the 2021 People's Choice Award for Male Movie Star of 2021. The nominees for...
‘Dark Side of the Ring’ doesn’t hold back on XPW
Despite popular sentiment, there’s nothing inherently salacious or sleazy about either wrestling or pornography. Both have their extremes, ranging from relative tameness to hardcore. When adult film producer Rob Black decided to put wrestling and porn in business...
Nobody does it better? Here are 007 wrestlers that could be the next James Bond
As has been widely-publicized, the new movie No Time to Die marks the final time that actor Daniel Craig’s will play super-suave secret agent James Bond in the movies. With historical box office revenues for the Bond franchise totaling an estimated $14 Billion, it’s...
