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Mat Matters: Banks, Naomi owe fans, their colleagues and the WWE an apology
In 2002, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin did the unthinkable. He walked out on the WWE. Upset with being booked against the nWo and Scott Hall at...
Mat Matters: Revisiting my talks with Mr. McMahon’s mom, Vicki
The late Victoria Hanner “Vicki” Askew is known as the mother of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, but to me, she was a kind – and unlikely – pen pal....
Mat Matters: The Figure Gore four finally meet in person
There we were: four podcast co-hosts trying to out run the terrifying and fiery explosion behind us. OK that’s not exactly accurate. There were four...
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Wrestler’s Court: Young Rock(y) sucks… or maybe it’s just you
Professional wrestling fans are a weird bunch. I know since I’m one of them. We are loyal to a fault to our favorite form of entertainment despite its inherent absurdity. Recently, I posted one of my columns to a broader online forum, hoping to get a few more eyes on...
Guest column: The ‘Toughest’ call, promoting again in Ontario
Is that actually happening? I’m back on Slam Wrestling and I’m helping run an indy wrestling promotion. Is it 1999? I feel like I just stepped into the second act of Avengers: End Game, or Back to the Future. I was taken aback when Greg Oliver recently extended the...
Mat Matters: How 1932’s ‘Freaks’ meant David Arquette was accepted
When I interviewed David Arquette in March 2018 for my book, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Storytellers (written with Steve Johnson), he gave a great quote about being accepted in World Championship Wrestling, referencing a strange 1932 movie. From the beginning...
Guest column: My book on The Sheik secures his legacy
By BRIAN R. SOLOMON - For SlamWrestling.net As you’re reading this, the fulfillment of my greatest writing project has currently come to fruition. After nearly three years of work, Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling’s Original Sheik, a book...
Wrestler’s Court: The Russians are coming … or not
Professional wrestling has a weird relationship with reality. Inside the ring or on the microphone, wrestlers behave in ways that would get most of us confined or arrested; from screaming promos to the series of staged, underwear-clad assaults that make up a match....
Wrestler’s Court: The days of the giant are over
On Sunday, April 3 WWE presented the second of its two-night WrestleMania extravaganza. Most fans no doubt focused on the main event, in which Universal Champion Roman Reigns pinned WWE Champ Brock Lesnar to unify the E’s two most important titles and cement his...
