History bonds the Tragos/Thesz wrestling family
WATERLOO, Iowa — Just after 8 pm on Friday night, July 19, Coach Jim Miller stood at the...
Read MorePosted by John Cosper | Jul 20, 2024 | Interviews, News, Tragos/Thesz HOF
WATERLOO, Iowa — Just after 8 pm on Friday night, July 19, Coach Jim Miller stood at the...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | Jan 30, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion
Jon Langmead’s Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 27, 2023 | Obituaries
Being a pro wrestling historian is tough at the best of times. It is often solitary work, poring...
Read MorePosted by Kari Williams | Sep 9, 2022 | CAC, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
Steve Johnson was wrapping up an interview with Virginia Wenzel – wife of wrestler Dave Levin – in...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 10, 2022 | Obituaries, Opinion
No one works alone, and there’s always someone out there that knows more about a subject...
Read MorePosted by Amos Mina | Jul 6, 2021 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF
Wrestling historian and author, 54-year-old Mark James knows a thing or two about old-school...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 12, 2021 | News, Obituaries
How do you measure a wrestling historian? Is it their knowledge? Their collection? In the case of...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | May 12, 2019 | CAC, Interviews
Sitting in Steve Yohe’s living room and talking about wrestling history is an experience...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | Jul 9, 2018 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF
Koji Miyamoto fell in love with pro wrestling as a 10-year old living in Mito City and his deep...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | Apr 14, 2018 | CAC, Interviews
No less of an authority than J Michael Kenyon called Don Luce, who is being honored by the...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | May 8, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries
If you combined Falstaff, Hemingway, and Gus the Wrestling Bear, you might just start to capture...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jul 16, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries
By STEVEN JOHNSON and GREG OLIVER Whether he was running the desk at a highly rated all-news radio...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 15, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
The name Jim Zordani won’t mean anything to most wrestling fans; even his online handle of...
Read MorePosted by J MICHAEL KENYON - For SLAM! Wrestling | Jul 7, 2010 | Interviews
EDITOR’S NOTE: J Michael Kenyon is presenting this paper on the occasion of the annual...
Read MorePosted by Bill Fernow | Feb 11, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Obituaries, Opinion, Tragos/Thesz HOF
At a workplace Christmas function, nine years ago, a co-worker familiar with my love of pro...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 11, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, Obituaries
The name James C. Melby would be familiar to any wrestling fan of a certain age. He wasn’t a...
Read MorePosted by Fred Johns | Jul 7, 2005 | Interviews
The recent passing of wrestler Johnny Kostas is yet another in a long string of wrestling deaths....
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 27, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
The recent massive blackout turned out to be a good period to do some work for Waterloo,...
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