History bonds the Tragos/Thesz wrestling family
WATERLOO, Iowa — Just after 8 pm on Friday night, July 19, Coach Jim Miller stood at the...
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Tag: historian
Mat Matters: All about ‘Ballyhoo,’ my new book
Jon Langmead’s Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional...
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The end result: Don Luce’s death is history’s loss
Being a pro wrestling historian is tough at the best of times. It is often solitary work, poring...
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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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Mat Matters: An appreciation for the late David Williamson
No one works alone, and there’s always someone out there that knows more about a subject...
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When it comes to old-school wrestling, Mark James knows his stuff
Wrestling historian and author, 54-year-old Mark James knows a thing or two about old-school...
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Detroit historian Mark Bujan dies
How do you measure a wrestling historian? Is it their knowledge? Their collection? In the case of...
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Yohe the Great
Sitting in Steve Yohe’s living room and talking about wrestling history is an experience...
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Melby Award honours Koji Miyamoto’s many contributions
Koji Miyamoto fell in love with pro wrestling as a 10-year old living in Mito City and his deep...
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Don Luce the ‘godfather’ of pro wrestling research
No less of an authority than J Michael Kenyon called Don Luce, who is being honored by the...
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In Memoriam: J Michael Kenyon, Master of Mat History
If you combined Falstaff, Hemingway, and Gus the Wrestling Bear, you might just start to capture...
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Preeminent historian Fred Hornby, dead at 76, had rich radio past
By STEVEN JOHNSON and GREG OLIVER Whether he was running the desk at a highly rated all-news radio...
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Mat Matters: Clawmaster Zordani was a key part of the historian community
The name Jim Zordani won’t mean anything to most wrestling fans; even his online handle of...
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The history of wrestling ‘historians’
EDITOR’S NOTE: J Michael Kenyon is presenting this paper on the occasion of the annual...
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Mat Matters: Saying goodbye to Jim Melby
At a workplace Christmas function, nine years ago, a co-worker familiar with my love of pro...
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Noted historian James C. Melby dies
The name James C. Melby would be familiar to any wrestling fan of a certain age. He wasn’t a...
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Rodgers has Pacific Northwest covered
The recent passing of wrestler Johnny Kostas is yet another in a long string of wrestling deaths....
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Will finds a way for Toronto history site
The recent massive blackout turned out to be a good period to do some work for Waterloo,...
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