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Sweet Daddy Siki dead at 91
"Mr. Irresistible" Sweet Daddy Siki, who wrestled from the 1950s into the 1980s, and helped train...
Is ‘Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II’ actually good?
I was presented with the simple question: Is Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II actually good?...
Ho, ho, ho all the way through Taya’s ‘L.A. Christmas’
There are many who think Taya Valkyrie is not utilized enough in AEW. Many others can be added to...
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Is the Leila Grey track a ‘Baddie’?
Leila Grey is a wrestling success story, from Ohio Valley Wrestling to a feature player in AEW and she's only been doing it for three years. But is she a "Baddie"? Musically, that is. Now, I'll admit I'm not a fan of Jade Cargill and after aligning herself with her as...
It’s Joe Hendry’s time — and tune
Wrestling fans believe in Joe Hendry. And Joe Hendry is looking to prove that their belief is well-founded by becoming the TNA World Heavyweight Champion on Saturday night at the company’s annual Bound For Glory pay-per-view event. To do so, Hendry will have to not...
Blondie’s Chris Stein’s often ‘Dreaming’ of wrestling
On August 27, 1979, a very junior Vincent Kennedy McMahon pulled two special guests from Madison Square Garden’s ringside seats for a brief interview to fill time between matches. To his right, dressed in a gold one shoulder dress, was Blondie lead singer Deborah...
Beauregarde was a musical wrestling pioneer
When news broke of the death of Larry Pitchford, known to wrestling fans as Beauregard or Beauregarde, it called to mind line that "Tough" Tony Borne had once told me about Beauregarde. "He was different," chuckled Borne, indicating he probably could have said more...
Eyan Brisco was a DIY musical wrestling wiz
When I conducted my interview with Eyan Brisco to talk about their wrestling-related music, we didn't talk much about Eyan as a person. While I worked on the story, much was going on in Eyan's world, which came to a crashing end in June 2024, when Eyan committed...
Revisiting WWF’s ‘The Wrestling Album’ track by track
My father yells, “What you gonna do with your life?” And there he is. It’s the video to Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and that man wagging his finger at her is Lou Albano. Captain Lou Albano, WWF well-loved manager. And he’s there because of the Rock ’n’...
