Bill Apter Archives - Slam Wrestling

Mat Matters: When Apter’s show falls into your lap

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 18, 2024 | Event Reports, Events, Interviews, Opinion

ST. LOUIS — It’s all fun and games until Bill Apter lands in your lap. And that makes...

‘The Flying Greek’ documentary celebrates unsung hero

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 20, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

Going into the recently released documentary called The Flying Greek about wrestler Mike Pappas...

Documentarian’s chance meeting with Mike Pappas leads to film

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 3, 2021 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews

A documentary called The Flying Greek, set to premiere next Friday, December 10th in Springfield,...

Bill Apter’s memories of Road Warrior Animal

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 23, 2020 | Obituaries, Opinion

Bill Apter has a story about everyone in the business, so it’s no surprise that he is able...

Inside the Ropes to launch new monthly pro wrestling magazine

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Sep 14, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

I think by now it is quite evident that I, Jamie Hemmings, love to read! But here’s a little...

Mat Matters: My wish list grew exponentially after Bookmarks Covid-Con

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | May 4, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion

I think I just had the perfect weekend. Yes, I realize there is still a planet-wide pandemic going...

Documentary showcases history of Championship Wrestling from Florida

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 16, 2020 | Documentary Reviews

A recent documentary production from HighSpots Wrestling Network aims to provide a chronicle of...

Apter continues to stay in the picture

Posted by Jon Langmead | Aug 29, 2018 | Interviews

Bill Apter has kept himself more or less near the center of the pro wresting universe for over 40...

Magnum TA documentary offers insight and inspiration

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Dec 12, 2016 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

Thirty years after a car crash slammed the door on Magnum TA’s in-ring wrestling career,...

Unavoidable void at this year’s CAC reunion

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 16, 2016 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — There is a definite void this year at the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, with a...

Bill Apter inducted into St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame

Posted by Kari Williams | Oct 28, 2015 | Events, Interviews

Those who know Bill Apter can vouch for the fact that few things leave him speechless. But minutes...

Bill Apter book excerpt – Heyman, Cornette, Sunny … photographers?

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 12, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

HIS NAME IS PAUL HEYMAN AND HE WAS A WRESTLING PHOTOGRAPHER Some well-known wrestling...

Apter delivers a winner with his memoir

Posted by LANCE LUMLEY | Oct 4, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There are many great wrestling books that have been released in the past few years; however, Bill...

Hanging out the highlight of The Big Event

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 9, 2013 | Events

QUEENS, NY — If I had only been concerned about my book and T-shirt sales, then my trip from...

Chuck Conley, 75, was a Scufflin’ Hillbilly

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 29, 2013 | Interviews, Obituaries

Over the last years of his life, in nursing homes and a hospice, Chuck Conley had three artifacts...

Award honours Dan Severn’s MMA successes

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jul 11, 2012 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Dan Severn had an amazing career as an amateur wrestler, a pro wrestler and an MMA fighter. He was...

SLAM! Wrestling memories from WrestleReunion

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 17, 2012 | Events

TORONTO — The strange thing is that WrestleReunion 8 was in the backyard of SLAM! Wrestling,...

JBL talks Lou Thesz Award, future in WWE … and rugby!

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 30, 2011 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

JBL has taken his first non-WWE wrestling booking since his retirement at WrestleMania XXV. He has...

NWA Fanfest full of old-school enthusiasm

Posted by Mike Andrews | Aug 6, 2011 | Events, Interviews

ATLANTA – In reality, fans walking into the second day of the 2011 NWA Legends Fanfest were...

Los Angeles an untapped market for approaching WrestleReunion 4

Posted by Jason Clevett | Jan 19, 2010 | Events, Interviews

January 29th-31st are big dates for west coast wrestling fans. WrestleReunion 4 invades the LAX...

Let the John Tolos stories roll!

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 31, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews, Obituaries

John Tolos, who died Thursday, May 29, 2009, at age 78, was a reluctant interview — for the...

The many looks of marketing — Watts to Heyman

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Jan 23, 2009 | Interviews

The year is 1980. Screaming fans would fill arenas all over the Mid South. They travelled from...

Heyman ousted from ECW: Storyline or fact?

Posted by Matt Mackinder | Dec 5, 2006 | Interviews

Paul Heyman has been ousted from ECW. Believe it or not. Reportedly, WWE chairman Vince McMahon...

Ricky Romero passes away

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 16, 2006 | Interviews, Obituaries

Ricky Romero, patriarch of the Youngblood wrestling clan, has died in Texas of complications from...

Mat Matters: Lamenting Total Wrestling’s sudden end

Posted by Mike Altamura | Apr 5, 2004 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, Opinion

I arose on April 1st expecting to be bombarded with the usual tomfoolery and jokes from those...

George Scott: WWF’s biggest booker

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 15, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Being a booker for any promotion is basically a thankless job. There’s always somebody upset...

Flair, friends remember Johnny Valentine

Posted by John Molinaro | Apr 25, 2001 | Classics, Obituaries

Johnny Valentine was a man’s man and tough as nails. He had been battling and fighting for...

The plane crash that changed wrestling

Posted by John Molinaro | Dec 28, 2000 | Classics, Interviews

It was supposed to be a routine flight. On October 4, 1975, a twin-engine Cessna 310 plane...

Experts pick Flair as greatest NWA champ

Posted by John Molinaro | Sep 28, 1999 | Classics, Interviews

It was 1948. War-torn South Korea dominated headlines. U.S. President Harry Truman had ordered the...

WOW! Apter explains departure from PWI

Posted by John Molinaro | May 13, 1999 | Interviews

Wrestling icon Bill Apter sent shock-waves through the wrestling world two weeks ago when he left...

Bill Apter story archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 5, 1900 | Story Archives

From Madison Square Garden to Madison, Ohio, he was clicking pictures and taking names. Who...

Tag: Bill Apter

Mat Matters: When Apter’s show falls into your lap

‘The Flying Greek’ documentary celebrates unsung hero

Documentarian’s chance meeting with Mike Pappas leads to film

Bill Apter’s memories of Road Warrior Animal

Inside the Ropes to launch new monthly pro wrestling magazine

Mat Matters: My wish list grew exponentially after Bookmarks Covid-Con

Documentary showcases history of Championship Wrestling from Florida

Apter continues to stay in the picture

Magnum TA documentary offers insight and inspiration

Unavoidable void at this year’s CAC reunion

Bill Apter inducted into St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame

Bill Apter book excerpt – Heyman, Cornette, Sunny … photographers?

Apter delivers a winner with his memoir

Hanging out the highlight of The Big Event

Chuck Conley, 75, was a Scufflin’ Hillbilly

Award honours Dan Severn’s MMA successes

SLAM! Wrestling memories from WrestleReunion

JBL talks Lou Thesz Award, future in WWE … and rugby!

NWA Fanfest full of old-school enthusiasm

Los Angeles an untapped market for approaching WrestleReunion 4

Let the John Tolos stories roll!

The many looks of marketing — Watts to Heyman

Heyman ousted from ECW: Storyline or fact?

Ricky Romero passes away

Mat Matters: Lamenting Total Wrestling’s sudden end

George Scott: WWF’s biggest booker

Flair, friends remember Johnny Valentine

The plane crash that changed wrestling

Experts pick Flair as greatest NWA champ

WOW! Apter explains departure from PWI

Bill Apter story archive

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