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Steve Argintaru’s WWE Smackdown in Buffalo Photo Gallery

Posted by Steve Argintaru | Nov 9, 2024 | Photo Galleries

SlamWrestling.net’s Steve Argintaru was at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, on...

Steve Argintaru’s AEW Dynamite in Buffalo Photo Gallery

Posted by Steve Argintaru | Jun 27, 2024 | Photo Galleries

SlamWrestling.net’s Steve Argintaru was at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, on...

Buffalo’s ‘None of a Kind’ Anthony Gaines dead at 30

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 24, 2024 | Obituaries

The greater Buffalo wrestling community was rocked by the sudden death of Anthony Nicometi Jr.,...

Buffalo’s Haley Dylan a newcomer to indy wrestling

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Aug 14, 2023 | Interviews

Buffalo, New York’s Haley Dylan isn’t used to getting a call for work at two in the...

Steve Argintaru’s WWE Raw in Buffalo Photo Gallery

Posted by Steve Argintaru | Jul 11, 2023 | Photo Galleries

SlamWrestling.net’s Steve Argintaru was at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, on...

Vince Evans, author of Destroyer’s autobiography, passes

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 9, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, Obituaries

Vince Evans, who wrote Masked Decisions: The Triangular Life of Dick ‘The Destroyer’ ‘Doctor X’...

Mat Memories: A Farewell to Johnny Powers

Posted by Steven Johnson | Jan 8, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

I always thought it was incongruous that Johnny Powers, the rugged hero of my youth, a man who was...

Johnny Powers dead at 79

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 7, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

To be a big star in professional wrestling is to have your name on the marquee. Very few ever got...

Rampage Taping Spoilers

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 7, 2022 | AEW House Shows, Event Reports, House Show Reviews

Here are your spoilers for this Friday’s edition of Rampage, taped on Wednesday, September...

Kevin Bennett remixes pro wrestling, hip hop

Posted by Kari Williams | Feb 24, 2020 | Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears

Hip hop and wrestling have been a part of Kevin Bennett’s life since childhood. His parents...

SmackDown Live in Buffalo: A story of Buffalove and a father’s love

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 2, 2019 | WWE House Shows

There were a couple of interesting stories for me to follow at The Keybank Centre in Buffalo as...

WWE Buffalo: The Man and Kofi’s pancake mayhem

Posted by Caleb Smith | Mar 25, 2019 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – Kofi Kingston appeared on the entrance ramp and the crowd went ballistic. The...

WWE Buffalo house show filled with young, excited fans

Posted by Caleb Smith | Dec 31, 2018 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – The WWE rolled into Buffalo on Sunday night and it put on a great show. Over...

Mat Matters: Let me love you again, WWE

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jul 16, 2018 | Opinion

BUFFALO, NY — Last week I was watching my children participate in their swim team practice...

Anthony Gaines catapults into the spotlight with crazy bump

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jul 6, 2018 | Interviews

It is the bump heard ’round the world! A small clip of a wrestling match was posted on...

Terrell Kenneth ready to make his mark

Posted by Caleb Smith | May 15, 2018 | Interviews

The 6-foot-3, 335-pound Terrell Kenneth steamed at this reporter’s question of “Why...

Mat Matters: When a WWE house show helps with the tough times

Posted by Caleb Smith | Mar 26, 2018 | Opinion

Wrestling, for me, has always been a way of escaping. It has helped me put the pain of the real...

Empire State Wrestling one long-running, happy family

Posted by Caleb Smith | Mar 4, 2018 | Interviews

Independent wrestling is thriving across North America. Small towns and big cities have fans that...

Tattoo this: Kevin Blackwood’s only getting started

Posted by Don Davies | Nov 17, 2017 | Interviews

With a little more than a year under his belt, Kevin Blackwood is quickly making his way up the...

Buffalo crowd hot and into the heroes

Posted by Caleb Smith | Nov 14, 2016 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – Monday Night Raw in Buffalo was an event that has taken a few years to create....

Lessons to consider from a 7-year-old fan at Smackdown

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jul 27, 2016 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO – The Smackdown show in Buffalo on Tuesday evening was a fun affair that was helped...

Buffalo legends event gives back to the community

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jul 16, 2016 | Events, Interviews

The greats of the squared circle return to Buffalo for “Wrestling Legends of the Aud 20th...

Buffalo Legends event spreads a little happiness

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jul 2, 2016 | Events, Interviews

BUFFALO, NY – The Nasty Boys have spent the last 25 years living up to their name in...

WWE in Buffalo a traditional kind of night

Posted by Caleb Smith | Mar 20, 2016 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – The WWE continued its Road to Wrestlemania tour with a stop in Buffalo at the...

Comparing a weekend of ROH vs WWE

Posted by Caleb Smith | Oct 3, 2015 | ROH House Shows, WWE House Shows

This past week I had the pleasure of attending a Ring of Honor TV taping and WWE Monday Night RAW....

Young families love WWE action in Buffalo

Posted by Caleb Smith | Sep 29, 2015 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO – The WWE rolled into Buffalo for Monday Night RAW and the show was appreciated by...

Spring fever grips Buffalo SmackDown taping

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | May 7, 2014 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – Friday Night SmackDown (and also Main Event) performed for its Tuesday night...

WWE Buffalo house show highlighted by tag teams

Posted by Caleb Smith | Jan 12, 2014 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – The WWE entered the First Niagara Centre in Buffalo on Saturday night with a...

Pepper Parks brings spice to the ring

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Nov 7, 2012 | Interviews

He is a former male cheerleader, but could he be a future WWE Champion? No, it’s not Dolph...

WWE leaves Buffalo on a high note

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 12, 2012 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY — House shows like Sunday afternoon’s Raw roster edition in Buffalo are...

‘Raw’ live in Buffalo: Blue-collar appreciation

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Mar 1, 2011 | WWE House Shows

BUFFALO, NY – A sports-talk radio personality recently pegged sports fans in Buffalo as just...

Marine, wrestler, ichthyologist Donn Lewin dead at 84

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 20, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

Donn Lewin, the oldest of the three wrestling Lewin brothers from upstate New York, died Saturday...

Announcer Martinez was instrumental in IWA, video world

Posted by Steven Johnson | Feb 24, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

The bid to establish a national wrestling promotion in the 1970s came about because Ron Martinez...

Wrestlers fit right in with Buffalo tough guys

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 19, 2008 | Events, PWHF

BLASDELL, NY – The slogan for the city of Buffalo used to be “Talking Proud.”...

The Billy Red Lyons Q&A session

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 18, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Billy Red Lyons was one of the biggest exports ever to come out of Canada in professional...

Golden Era star Don Curtis dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 7, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries

Right off the bat, Don Curtis faced the best. As an amateur wrestler at the University of Buffalo...

Sgt. Slaughter still commands respect

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 14, 2006 | Interviews

BUFFALO, NY — It shouldn’t be surprising, but it almost always is. As fans, we tend to...

Monty Brown pounces back into Buffalo

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 8, 2006 | Interviews

BUFFALO, NY — “Wide Right!” “No Goal!” “Poooounce?”...

Ballpark Brawl DVD worth the wait

Posted by Emanuel Melo | Feb 23, 2006 | Other Reviews

The amount of ‘Carnage’ on the DVD Ballpark Brawl III: Canadian Carnage may be...

Buffalo fans blasé over Bash

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Jul 25, 2005 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2005

BUFFALO, NY – Followers of the Bills and Sabres are no strangers to disappointment, so when...

CM Punk mulls over his future

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Jun 6, 2005 | Interviews

BUFFALO, NY — CM Punk was a busy man Saturday night before the debut Ring of Honor show in...

Nothing fishy about this Executioner

Posted by Steven Johnson | Oct 29, 2004 | Classics, Interviews

In tropical Honolulu, Donn Lewin surveys his 11,000 square feet of property, which grows more...

A beauty of a Ballpark Brawl

Posted by CHRIS SOKOL | Aug 18, 2004 | Event Reports, Events, Other House Shows

BUFFALO, NY — Moonsaults, chair shots, ladders and baseball? Where does that all fit...

Nitro in Buffalo – Dec. 8, 1997 – viewed from above

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 9, 1997 | Event Reports, House Show Reviews, Other House Shows, WCW House Shows

BUFFALO — We didn’t get stung at WCW Nitro in Buffalo. Instead, we got Sting. Three...

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