New André bio proved to be a Giant project
Bertrand Hébert and Pat Laprade had three “giant” goals while writing their latest...
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Mat Matters: My wish list grew exponentially after Bookmarks Covid-Con
I think I just had the perfect weekend. Yes, I realize there is still a planet-wide pandemic going...
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Review: We can still learn plenty from André the Giant
Hands down one of the saddest quotes this writer/reader has ever read is when André Roussimoff,...
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Mat Matters: The golden age of wrestling research
As much as everyone likes to celebrate the amount of televised wrestling that is available, much...
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Book offers a fascinating look into all of Mad Dog’s life
Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story tells the tale of an unlikely Quebec and Canadian hero —...
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Patterson accepted into Montreal’s literary community
MONTREAL – Paragraph bookstore in Montreal specializes in English language volumes and,...
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Patterson’s book revealing and honest
There are few men as important to the professional wrestling business as Pat Patterson. In every...
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Q & A with Bertrand Hébert, author of Pat Patterson’s book
When ECW Press announced that the Iron Sheik autobiography, written with Keith Elliot Greenberg,...
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Third DVD release brings Montreal territory back to life
Among old wrestling territories, Montreal was hardcore before “hardcore” was cool. The...
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French Mad Dog Vachon bio doesn’t shy away from his shortcomings
It’s more than a bit of an understatement to declare that Maurice “Mad Dog”...
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French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched
MONTREAL – In pop music, it is often claimed that producing the second album is a lot...
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Quebec old-school DVDs are ‘tres bon’!
Of all the former “territories” of the wrestling business, the blood-spattered...
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T.O.W. brings wrestling back to Quebec TV
The Top Of the World promotion — T.O.W. — reaches a pinnacle this Sunday, December 1,...
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Quebec history book finally finds a French home
It’s not often that a book starts out in French, gets translated and published in English,...
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The rocky road to publication — twice — for ‘Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs’
One of the eternal debates within the wrestling community has been which territory has the richest...
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Mat Matters: Taking Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs on the road
Patric Laprade – Slam Wrestling After a great book launch, a lot of media attention and a...
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Montreal history book hard to put down
In Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hébert’s Mad Dogs, Midgets, and Screw Jobs, the duo points all...
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Missed flight leads to new ToW main event
MONTREAL — A ToW show is always full of surprises, good or bad. Sometimes, it’s an...
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Anna Minoushka likes a big challenge
The NCW Femmes Fatales promotion has its fourth gala this Saturday in Montreal, and the company...
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