Guest column: Meeting my hero, Negro Casas
Some people say don’t meet your heroes. I have never subscribed to that notion, but I do believe...
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Tag: Cauliflower Alley Club
Buff Bagwell’s CAC Men’s Wrestling Award acceptance speech
On Wednesday, August 21, 2024, Marcus Alexander Bagwell — Buff himself — was presented...
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Sting’s CAC Iron Mike Mazurki Award acceptance speech
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, Steve Borden — who wrestled as Sting — was presented with...
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Allison Danger’s CAC Women’s Wrestling Award acceptance speech
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, Allison Danger was presented with the Cauliflower Alley Club’s...
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Awards continue to pile up for Kurt Angle
There’s a famous story where hockey icon Wayne Gretzky kept all of his awards and trophies...
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Bagwell learns that CAC is actually the Stuff
Marcus Buff Bagwell attended his first Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, and was presented with the...
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It’s true, Kurt Angle a CAC hero
LAS VEGAS—Lou Thesz would be proud. The legendary world champion knew Kurt Angle was the real deal...
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Sting proves to be a perfect, pious headliner at CAC
LAS VEGAS — The top award in the pro wrestling business is the Iron Mike Mazurki Award, and...
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2024 Cauliflower Alley Club reunion photo gallery
LAS VEGAS — There is nothing like the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, and once again,...
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Mat Matters: Expect the unexpected at the CAC
LAS VEGAS — How else do you explain a Cauliflower Alley Club reunion but to expect the...
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‘Night Train’ Gary Jackson keeps on rollin’ down the track
The entrance of Gary Jackson to the world of pro wrestling is all about a special entrance. Too...
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Sting a worthy CAC Iron Mike Award winner
The Cauliflower Alley Club’s prestigious Iron Mike Mazurki Award will be presented to Steve...
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The unmatched loyalty of Lori McGee Hurst
In the bar after the WWE Hall of Fame induction of the Fabulous Freebirds in Dallas at...
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CAC Melby Award winner Jason Presley dug deep
There’s an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. The first time this writer...
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Negro Casas the CAC’s newest Lucha Libre Award recipient
The first four honorees of the Cauliflower Alley Club Lucha Libre Award have all been extremely...
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Allison Danger is CAC’s Women’s Wrestling Award recipient
The Cauliflower Alley Club announced that Allison Danger, real name Cathy Corino, will receive the...
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Sunnier days ahead for GLOW’s California Girl
Last August, “Sunny the California Girl” got her moment in the sun again, a testament...
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‘What’choo talkin’ ’bout?’ CAC to honor Todd Bridges
Attendees at the upcoming Cauliflower Alley Club reunion will have one really good reason to be...
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Sting to receive CAC’s Iron Mike Award
Las Vegas, prepare to welcome Sting this August. Steve Borden, who has wrestled as Sting since the...
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In his own words, the Life and Times of CM Punk
CM Punk is a singular, remarkable figure in wrestling and one of the most important people in the...
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CM Punk lets it fly at CAC banquet
LAS VEGAS—You don’t think CM Punk is a tough guy? Well, consider that the Straight Edge stalwart...
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Damn, that was a fun CAC Baloney Blowout
LAS VEGAS – Damn, if you are going to have a wrestling reunion in hotter-than-hell Las Vegas...
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2023 Cauliflower Alley Club reunion photo gallery
LAS VEGAS — There is nothing like the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, and once again,...
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Joe Malenko proud of upcoming CAC honor
Joe Malenko, brother of famed wrestler and trainer Dean Malenko and son of “Professor” Boris...
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Cauliflower Alley Club to honor CM Punk
The Cauliflower Alley Club has announced that CM Punk has been chosen as the 2023 recipient of the...
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Cauliflower Alley Club moves 2023 reunion to August
After two straight reunions in September, the Cauliflower Alley Club announced today the dates for...
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Steve Johnson’s Melby Award acceptance speech
Author and SlamWrestling.net contributor Steven Johnson received the James C. Melby Award for his...
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Joyce Grable’s beautiful CAC moment
One of the awards not announced ahead of time at the Cauliflower Alley Club reunions is the...
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JBL a humble top award winner at CAC finale
The 56th annual reunion of the Cauliflower Alley Club was touched by a wrestling god. But while...
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Memphis Mania runs wild at CAC Baloney Blowout
LAS VEGAS — Memphis Mania ran wild at the Cauliflower Alley Club Baloney Blowout on Tuesday...
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Huge voids unavoidable at CAC reunion
LAS VEGAS — The voids are there and absolutely unavoidable. One cannot help but think of the...
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Cauliflower Alley Club 2022 Reunion Photo Gallery
LAS VEGAS — There is nothing like the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, and once again,...
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JBL humbled, honored by CAC’s top award
John “Bradshaw” Layfield, a man known for being a boisterous, hard-hitting braggart, is anything...
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Historian Steve Johnson embodies spirit of CAC’s Jim Melby Award
Steve Johnson was wrapping up an interview with Virginia Wenzel – wife of wrestler Dave Levin – in...
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Tommy Rich ‘tickled to death’ by CAC honor
Storms were brewing outside in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina recently when Tommy “Wildfire” Rich...
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Jacqueline Moore’s passion for wrestling leads to CAC honor
Jacqueline Moore never planned to be the first Black woman to win a women’s championship in WWF....
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Billy Silverman’s five decades in stripes
A tradition of the Cauliflower Alley Club is to honor contributors from every level of the...
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Charlie Smith, unforgettable referee, dead at 92
There’s a reason that the Cauliflower Alley Club named its referee award after Charlie Smith...
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Karl Lauer, dead at 83, was the Cauliflower Alley Club
In 1979, Mike Mazurki, founder of the Cauliflower Alley Club, asked Karl Lauer, a wrestling...
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Cauliflower Alley Club announces 2022 reunion
The Cauliflower Alley Club announced today the dates for its 2022 reunion and a new/old location....
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‘The Yetty’ Bryan DeBord dead from COVID
Bryan DeBord, who wrestled in Arizona as The Yetty, has died from a heart attack, due to...
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Madusa’s CAC speech: ‘I’m not done; I am forever growing’
On September 15, 2021, Debrah “Madusa” Miceli — who wrestled as Alundra Blayze...
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Rey Mysterio’s CAC speech: ‘This journey has been incredible’
On September 15, 2021, Rey Mysterio was presented with the Cauliflower Alley Club’s Lucha...
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Mat Matters: A post-CAC Melby Award reflection … and transcript
LAS VEGAS — Just as I wrote back in November 2019, when it was announced that I would be...
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Cauliflower Alley Club 2021 Reunion Photo Gallery
Here are some photos from the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion, at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino...
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Madusa and Mysterio among trailblazing honorees at this year’s returning CAC
LAS VEGAS — Among the goals of the Cauliflower Alley Club is ensuring that those wrestlers...
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2021 CAC Bockwinkel Baloney Blowout a call to brotherhood and friendship
LAS VEGAS- After a year away due to COVID-19, the Cauliflower Alley Club comes back to the Gold...
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Humble Ricky Santana says his CAC award is result of others
Growing up in an environment filled with sports and competition can influence you to become a...
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Cauliflower Alley Club postpones reunion again
For the third time, the Cauliflower Alley Club has been forced to cancel its annual reunion due to...
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For Scott Hunter, commentary adds narrative to wrestlers’ stories
Scott Hunter has called nearly 1,000 matches in his career. But when he first stepped into the...
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