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Card Exam: A photographic challenge from Buddy Rose in Japan

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 5, 2023 | Classics, Results

Having been privileged to be backstage at the D.K (Doc) Seaman Hockey Resource Centre in...

‘Pretty Boy’ Doug Somers dead at 65

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 16, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries

“Pretty Boy” Doug Somers, who died today at age 65, took the really long road to the...

Piper’s legacy through the voices from the past

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 1, 2015 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Social media is all well and good for the people who are still around to be able to react and...

Mat Matters: My personal memories of Buddy Rose

Posted by Kurt Nielsen | May 4, 2009 | Obituaries, Opinion

I have worked in and around professional wrestling for many years, and have been involved in...

‘Playboy’ Buddy Rose dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 29, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries

In 2006, “Playboy” Buddy Rose told this writer, “Every day I get up is a gift. I...

Art Crews a post-wrestling success story

Posted by Chris Schramm | Apr 10, 2009 | Interviews

The Wrestler tells the story of a past his prime grappler who is still trying to figure out what...

Santana & Rose reflect on WrestleMania’s debut bout

Posted by Marshall Ward | Mar 9, 2009 | Interviews, WrestleMania

With the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania right around the corner, Tito Santana and Buddy Rose...

‘Hustler’ Rip Rogers learned his lessons well

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 22, 2007 | Classics, Interviews

There’s a reason that “Hustler” Rip Rogers is still involved in training...

Promoter Sandy Barr loved the business

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 4, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries

Promoters are not especially loved in the wrestling business. The Us versus Them mentality of...

Northwest mainstay Sandy Barr dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 2, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries

Sandy Barr, a longtime fixture on the Pacific Northwest wrestling scene as a wrestler, referee,...

Seattle promoter Harry Elliott dead at 101

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 26, 2006 | Interviews, Obituaries

There are 101 reasons to remember the life of Seattle promoter Harry Elliott, who died Sunday, in...

Guest column: Col. DeBeers: It’s an honor to be honored

Posted by Guest Column | Apr 17, 2004 | CAC, Opinion

By ED “COLONEL DEBEERS” WISKOSKI – For SLAM! Wrestling LAS VEGAS – Man,...

Fan Slam honors first ‘Mania

Posted by Steven Johnson | Mar 16, 2004 | Events, Interviews

TOTOWA, NJ — After toiling for years in the raucous, but notoriously low-paying Memphis...

News & notes from CAC in Vegas

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 3, 2003 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS – The annual Cauliflower Alley Club reunion keeps growing and growing. This year,...

CAC reunion year’s highlight

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 2, 2003 | CAC, Interviews

Forget Celine Dion and her big, ridiculously expensive Vegas show. There’s an even better...

CAC reunion full of magic

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 10, 2001 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — There are many magicians around Las Vegas, both those working magic in their...

Tag: Buddy Rose

Card Exam: A photographic challenge from Buddy Rose in Japan

‘Pretty Boy’ Doug Somers dead at 65

Piper’s legacy through the voices from the past

Mat Matters: My personal memories of Buddy Rose

‘Playboy’ Buddy Rose dies

Art Crews a post-wrestling success story

Santana & Rose reflect on WrestleMania’s debut bout

‘Hustler’ Rip Rogers learned his lessons well

Promoter Sandy Barr loved the business

Northwest mainstay Sandy Barr dies

Seattle promoter Harry Elliott dead at 101

Guest column: Col. DeBeers: It’s an honor to be honored

Fan Slam honors first ‘Mania

News & notes from CAC in Vegas

CAC reunion year’s highlight

CAC reunion full of magic

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