George Gordienko

George Gordienko finally has his day with great biography

Posted by Cory Santos | Dec 20, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

George Gordienko might very well be the greatest wrestler you have never heard of. As an American...

BC police on hunt for stolen Gordienko art

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 28, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, News, The Artistic Canvas

Just days after SlamWrestling.net ran a piece about wrestler-turned-artist George Gordienko comes...

Gordienko was destined to be an artist

Posted by Steven Verrier | Apr 25, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

As great a wrestler as George Gordienko was, there probably wasn’t a time in his life, from...

Thesz wanted Gordienko, not Watson, to win NWA title in 1956

Posted by Steven Verrier | Jan 17, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Though extremely well respected by his peers in the wrestling business and widely acknowledged as...

Gordienko: Canada’s top wrestler worldwide from the 1950s-1970s

Posted by Steven Verrier | Jan 10, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

If you polled wrestling fans in Canada and asked who was the most successful Canadian wrestler...

The wrestlers Al Oeming knew

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 16, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Al Oeming had a story on just about everyone who came through Edmonton in the 1950s. Here are a...

Superfly, JYD, Samoans, Cornette among 2012 PWHF inductees

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 3, 2011 | Interviews, PWHF

The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2012, and it includes an Angel,...

Nephew aims to boost Gordienko’s legacy

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 12, 2004 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

George Gordienko was one of the most interesting and intriguing persons ever to come out of Canada...

‘Iron’ Mike Koncur stayed home near Winnipeg

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 24, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Mike Koncur 5’9″, 230 pounds BORN: April 24, 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba...

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