Book excerpt: ‘Sitting Ringside’ by David Penzer
On April 17, David Penzer announced the release of his new autobiography, Sitting Ringside, Volume...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Apr 22, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Gary Howard Memorial Library
On April 17, David Penzer announced the release of his new autobiography, Sitting Ringside, Volume...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Mar 8, 2024 | News
The PWTorch is reporting that veteran commentator Kevin Kelly has indeed been fired by AEW. Kelly...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 25, 2024 | News
PWInsider.com is reporting that Kevin Patrick has been let go by WWE. Earlier this week, Patrick...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 2, 2023 | Obituaries, The Sporting Connection
Russ Francis, who was both a Super Bowl-winning football player and a pro wrestler, has died in a...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Sep 5, 2023 | News
There will soon be some big shoes to fill in NJPW. Veteran announcer Kevin Kelly has revealed that...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Aug 25, 2023 | News, Obituaries
One night, during a taping of the Mid-Atlantic promotion’s World Wide Wrestling, host Rich Landrum...
Read MorePosted by Joseph Casciaro | Feb 8, 2023 | Interviews
Brittani Houghtlen, known for being a commentator, announcer and promoter, is now offering social...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Nov 8, 2022 | Interviews
Professional wrestling is all about storytelling and setting up angles. Many men over the years...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 28, 2022 | News, Obituaries
Dan Masters, a wrestling announcer who has been around the business for over 25 years, has died...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Aug 23, 2022 | Interviews
When you look at Joe Galli during broadcasts of the NWA POWERRR shows on the FITE app, he comes...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 12, 2021 | Interviews
Caprice Coleman, wrestler, announcer, preacher, and more, has a lesson in etymology. The word is...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Oct 27, 2021 | News
On his Instagram account, long-time WWE ring announcer Greg Hamilton has verified the speculation...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Oct 5, 2021 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion
Stampede Wrestling announcer Jim Davies died on August 15, 2021, at the age of 72, though the news...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Oct 1, 2021 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection
There are wrestling debuts over the years that either run the gamut of exhilarating or confusing....
Read MorePosted by Rasslin Merch Machine | Jul 11, 2021 | Interviews, Not Another Collectible!
Pro wrestling in China is in its infancy. Be it WWE or homegrown content, the market is a new,...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Jul 5, 2021 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Wrestling is a hard business, from being in the ring, to cutting promos out of the ring. Some...
Read MorePosted by Rasslin Merch Machine | Jun 20, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, Not Another Collectible!
Before AEW commentator Tony Schiavone fell in love with the great sport of pro wrestling, his...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Jun 6, 2021 | Interviews
With weather patterns, we can’t do anything to change what’s coming on the horizon. We can just...
Read MorePosted by Rasslin Merch Machine | Mar 14, 2021 | Interviews, Not Another Collectible!
Lenny Lilac is a pro wrestler, manager and more, however he started in the industry much...
Read MorePosted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Jan 27, 2021 | Opinion
On this past Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite, the Young Bucks went into a home described as brand...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 17, 2020 | Photo Galleries, Story Archives
The great Bobby “The Brain” Heenan died on September 17, 2017. Here is a collection of...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 19, 2020 | News
The big story circulating on Wednesday morning, broken by PWInsider.com, is that Renee Young is...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 16, 2020 | Interviews, Obituaries
Legendary ring announcer Howard Finkel, who lasted through the years as WWWF became WWF and then...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Dec 22, 2019 | Interviews
David Penzer’s life reads like a movie script — young kid has a dream and then is able...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jul 16, 2019 | Opinion
I was spoiled growing up as a wrestling fan. I had the late, great Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby...
Read MorePosted by Marty Goldstein | Jan 3, 2019 | Interviews
Long before achieving worldwide fame as the key interviewer and event pitchman for the World...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 2, 2019 | Interviews, Obituaries
“Mean” Gene Okerlund, the voice of the WWE and one of their biggest wrestling...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Jun 9, 2018 | Interviews
Back in the heydays of ECW, invariably one of the highlights of each show was Joel Gertner....
Read MorePosted by Caleb Smith | Mar 18, 2018 | Interviews
The first WrestleMania is known for the main event that saw special outside referee Muhammad Ali...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 21, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries
The voice that gave us “Hel-l-lo, wrestling fans” has been silenced. Kansas City...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 3, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries
Sad news today from the family of Lance Russell. Just days after his daughter died, Lance himself...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Oct 3, 2017 | Interviews
When Lance Russell gets behind the microphone Friday in Charlotte, N.C., he can talk easily,...
Read MoreA few years ago, I told Bobby “The Brain” Heenan that he was my hero growing up. He...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Sep 17, 2017 | Obituaries, Opinion
Put down your burritos and your beers and listen up, humanoids. I may be a print, digital...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Sep 17, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries
A dark cloud hovers over the professional wrestling world today, as one of the most beloved...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 7, 2017 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection
Over the past few months, Ian Riccaboni has been moved up into the role of the lead announcer for...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 3, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Fernand Ste-Marie, who died on October 29th at age 76, might be the second most famous wrestling...
Read MorePosted by Darren Wood | Oct 5, 2016 | Interviews
When ranking the greatest pro wrestling commentators of all time, it would be a travesty not to...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 6, 2016 | Interviews, Obituaries
When it comes right down to it, famed wrestler and announcer Lord James Blears, whose...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 6, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
There’s a new announcer on Smackdown, and while he may be new to WWE viewers, Mauro Ranallo...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Byer | Jul 5, 2015 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
The sun has disappeared from the sky and dusk has arrived. The crowd’s excitement grows for...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 11, 2014 | Interviews
During his wrestling career, Lord James Blears was known at various times as a snooty villain, a...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 1, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries
It would be wrong to remember Lee Marshall, who died earlier this week, just from his time in WCW,...
Read MorePosted by Caleb Smith | Apr 2, 2014 | Interviews, WrestleMania
There is a man who was at the centre of the first WrestleMania and has been a part of every one...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Jul 22, 2012 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Remember a guy named Rob Bartlett? Most of today’s wrestling fans probably don’t. But...
Read MorePosted by Mike Lano | Jun 17, 2012 | Obituaries, Opinion
EDITOR’S NOTE: A great wrestling match is like a great meal. You can have all the essential...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 8, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Days after his surprise passing from an aortic aneurysm, a better picture of the man, Milt...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 29, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Milt Avruskin, the voice of Superstars of Wrestling in the 1970s and International Wrestling in...
Read MorePosted by Darren Wood | Apr 1, 2011 | Interviews, WrestleMania
Former World Wrestling Entertainment announcer Kevin Kelly knows exactly what it’s like to...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 7, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
It’s mid-January, and Gair Maxwell is a featured speaker at the Atlantic Brand...
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