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Mat Matters: When Sweet Daddy met Charley Pride
Allen Abel, the great, retired columnist for the Globe and Mail newspaper, wrote a feature on...
Singer John Condrone, with a past in wrestling, dies from COVID
Singer-songwriter John Condrone passed away on October 20, 2020, from complications due to...
Mat Memories: The Prince of Rock ‘n’ Roll Mickey B
When my sister Donna called me in tears this past week and told me about the death of one of our...
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Cheap Pop shows passion for pro wrestling through song
Jacqui Pratt has been a musician and pro wrestling fan her entire life. All it took was inspiration from WWE Hall of Famer, Mick Foley, to mash her two passions together. Pratt was watching WWE with her husband, Nick Dailey, and some friends, when Foley came on the...
Kevin Bennett remixes pro wrestling, hip hop
Hip hop and wrestling have been a part of Kevin Bennett's life since childhood. His parents bought him a wrestling ring at 13 years old, while his older brother introduced him to the music. Years later, those talents came together between the ropes to turn the humble...
Jericho releases Christmas charity tune
Chris Jericho is getting into the holiday spirit. Jericho, currently the AEW World Champion, and The Christmas Helves have released "Father Christmas," a cover of The Kinks song. The song tells the yuletide tale of a department store Santa who is attacked by a gang of...
Mat Matters: The Wrestling Album and old friends
This past winter I was thinking of story ideas when I remembered my seventh grade music project. I was obsessed with professional wrestling -- so nothing much has changed! -- and I wanted to incorporate rock and wrestling into my classroom. The 1986-87 school year was...
Guest column: Catching up with famed Detroit photographer Wilson Lindsey
As a fan, when you initially catch the wrestling bug, the first thing you do is to gravitate to one or more of your favorite wrestlers. Mine as a child were Leapin' Larry Chene, Bobo Brazil and Mark Lewin. The more you watched them, the more you wanted to be like...
Kevin Bennett remixes up the wrestling scene
Kevin Bennett brings a unique blend of athleticism and rap music to the ring. Dubbing himself "The Remix of Pro Wrestling" Bennett also works as a producer and audio engineer. But professional wrestler is the profession that defines him. On Sunday in Toronto, Bennett...
