Confirmed months later, Karl Von Steiger has died
Lorne Corlett, who wrestled under numerous names but was most known as Karl Von Steiger, died on...
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Tag: Hawaii
Did The Rock ‘lift’ The People’s Eyebrow from Gil Hayes?
An interesting assertion came up during SlamWrestling.net’s discussion with the second wife...
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Remembering Hawaiian photographer & writer George Beppu
If you were a die-hard wrestling fan in the 1960s and 1970s, you cannot have missed a regular...
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Let the King Curtis Iaukea stories flow!
Curtis Iaukea stories are like opinions — everyone has one. Or more than one. So, since he...
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King Curtis Iaukea dead at 73
King Curtis Iaukea, who died at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday, December 4, 2010, at the...
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‘Ho! Ho! Ho!’ cries still ring out for Dean Higuchi
The sound of the tomato cans called to Dean Higuchi. That’s right―tomato cans. Growing up as...
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Lia Maivia was a pioneering woman promoter
Lia Maivia, who died on Sunday, October 19, 2008, at the age of 81, was one of the first female...
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A visit with ‘Handsome’ Johnny Barend
Usually stories end with a coffin, but this one begins with one. There is no telling the tale of...
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Sam Steamboat was a Hawaiian legend
Beach boy, surfer, wrestler, teacher. These words and many more are used to describe Sam...
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Rick Martel talks to SLAM! Wrestling
SLAM! Wrestling’s Greg Oliver interviewed Rick Martel over the phone from his Quebec City...
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