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Mat Matters: The sadness and regret of an inbox cleanout

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 29, 2023 | Featured Home Page, Opinion

I don’t know what made me do it, but I did. Yep, I started down the road of cleaning up my...

Mat Matters: Flair vs Hogan in an old high school essay

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 4, 2023 | Opinion

The other day while looking for something else, I stumbled upon an essay I’d written for...

Mat Matters: Gibby’s wrestling love

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 11, 2023 | Opinion, The Sporting Connection

As the Toronto Blue Jays home opener approaches in the revamped Rogers Centre tonight, I know...

Mat Matters: No Rocky, no problem for Johnson kids

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 29, 2023 | Opinion

There are stories that come along every so often that are far bigger than we are. Journalism and...

Greg Oliver’s 25 for 52 photo gallery

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 2, 2023 | Photo Galleries

Through the years, I have had an unofficial policy to hold a unique story of mine to run on my...

Memphis Mania runs wild at CAC Baloney Blowout

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 27, 2022 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — Memphis Mania ran wild at the Cauliflower Alley Club Baloney Blowout on Tuesday...

Mat Matters: The ongoing search for book photos

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 15, 2022 | Opinion

As much as a book is about words, in my non-fiction world, it’s also about pictures. In...

Mat Matters: Hard truths on Rocky Johnson

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 30, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

A reflective editorial There is a story of mine at SI.com — “Finding Rocky’s...

Mat Matters: Without Mosca, I’m not writing this

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 7, 2021 | Obituaries, Opinion

Without Angelo Mosca, it’s unlikely that I would be writing this today. It’s noted in...

Mat Matters: A post-CAC Melby Award reflection … and transcript

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 17, 2021 | CAC, Opinion

LAS VEGAS — Just as I wrote back in November 2019, when it was announced that I would be...

Madusa and Mysterio among trailblazing honorees at this year’s returning CAC

Posted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Sep 16, 2021 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — Among the goals of the Cauliflower Alley Club is ensuring that those wrestlers...

Madusa announces her memoir is coming from ECW Press

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 15, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, News

In a press release sent out on Wednesday to coincide with her Iron Mike Mazurki Award at the...

2021 CAC Bockwinkel Baloney Blowout a call to brotherhood and friendship

Posted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Sep 15, 2021 | CAC, Interviews, News

LAS VEGAS- After a year away due to COVID-19, the Cauliflower Alley Club comes back to the Gold...

Mat Matters: ‘Why youa not call?’ asks Denucci

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 13, 2021 | Obituaries, Opinion

Taller than me, awkwardly boney, and very much a teenager, I asked my son, Quinn, for a hug last...

Mat Matters: RIP Jon Gallagher, my entry point to fandom

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 29, 2021 | Obituaries, Opinion

Honestly, I hadn’t thought of Jon Gallagher in a long time, so when the news came the other...

The duet of Arezzi and Oliver hit it out of the park with ‘Mat Memories’

Posted by Greg "Count Grog" Mosorjak | Mar 27, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

There are a lot of books about people involved in pro wrestling. There are a lot of books by...

LuFisto announces her autobiography

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Jul 30, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, News

One of the most important figures in women’s wrestling of the last 20 years is finally getting her...

Mat Matters: Terry Dart epitomized wrestling fandom

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 26, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion

I have never dreaded writing an obituary more than this one. Terry Dart, the epitome of an...

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...

Mat Matters: Video find brings back memories of chickening out

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 8, 2019 | Opinion

YouTube can be a pretty messed up place at times, full of questionable content, strange people...

The Storytellers reveals wrestling’s untold stories

Posted by Todd Denault | Aug 27, 2019 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Growing up I can still visualize my brother and I sitting in front of the TV endlessly watching...

The Canadian Bulldog’s World Interview: Greg Oliver

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 2, 2017 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

SLAM! Wrestling is, in many ways, the Rolling Stone of professional wrestling journalism. Part of...

Mat Matters: Looking back at The Canadian Wrestling Report

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

A few months back, I had the complete run of my Canadian Wrestling Reports digitized, but then...

Mat Matters: Happy 20th Canoe, love SLAM! Wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 4, 2016 | Opinion

Holy cow, this slipped up on me. It’s been 20 years since Canoe.ca launched into the...

Mat Matters: Mulling the memories from the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 30, 2015 | Opinion, PWHF

Jon Soto, one of the hard-working volunteers at the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in Amsterdam, New...

WWE live through the eyes of 7 and 5-year-old boys

Posted by GREG & QUINN OLIVER and NICK & JT TYLWALK - SLAM! Wrestling | Jan 2, 2014 | WWE House Shows

GREG & QUINN OLIVER and NICK & JT TYLWALK – SLAM! Wrestling In a real holiday treat,...

Mat Matters: Happily lost in the past

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 7, 2011 | Opinion

Verne Langdon’s passing had me going through some old letters that were sent to me when I...

Bret Hart’s speech from 2008 Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame induction ceremony

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 30, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

On June 28, 2008, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony in...

Melby Award winners deserving of honor

Posted by SHELLEY BONIN | Jul 3, 2008 | Opinion, Tragos/Thesz HOF

This past weekend, Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson were the recipients of the James C. Melby Award,...

Quickie Benoit book hits — and misses

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 19, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By MIKE JENKINSON – For SlamWrestling.net I approached the new book, Benoit, with...

Celebrating history’s great heels

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 18, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

By TIM BAINES – Ottawa Sun Many years ago, wrestling heels knew the wrath they’d face...

Hall of Fame tag book a historian’s dream

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jul 4, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By DONN WINGATE – For SLAM! Wrestling With the publication of Mick Foley’s Have a Nice...

Mat Matters: So long but not goodbye

Posted by John Powell | May 31, 2002 | Opinion

This is it. This is the last. I knew that one day I would have to write this. I just didn’t think it would be so soon or under these circumstances. Funny how life goes sometimes, eh? What you are reading is probably last...

Mat Matters: Saying goodbye to Slam Wrestling

Posted by John Molinaro | Apr 23, 2002 | Opinion

“And now, the end is here And so I face the final curtain”. — Frank Sinatra, “My Way” ‘Ol blue eyes said it best, folks. All good things must eventually come to end. As some of you might...

Mat Matters: In tribute to good friends

Posted by John Powell | Dec 17, 2001 | Opinion

As you all might have heard already, CANOE said goodbye to some of our colleagues last Friday. As the result of some cost-cutting measures, a handful of faithful employees and good people were laid off in the latest round of...

SLAM! Wrestling staff chat

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Dec 6, 2001 | Interviews

Wrestling Staff: Good day everyone. Thanks for joining us today (Thursday, December 6, 2001). Feel free to submit your thoughts and questions to us and we will do our best to answer them. The SLAM! Wrestling staff here...

My dinner with Mad Dog and Butcher

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 9, 2001 | Interviews

Mad Dog Vachon has a belief that you shouldn’t drink anything while you are eating. No...

SLAM! Wrestling Chat – John Powell & Greg Oliver

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 13, 2000 | Interviews

Moderator: We’ll get going in just a second. There are quite a few questions, but John & Greg are the patient sorts, and will do their best to answer most of them. Sheldon MacLean: How do you view the state of...

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