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Last Smoky Mountain Wrestling show unearthed 28 years later

Posted by Ryan Nation | Nov 26, 2023 | Classics, Interviews, Other House Shows

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The final Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) event has been hiding, preserved and...

Stephen P. New: Meet the consigliere of The Cult of Cornette

Posted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Dec 19, 2022 | Interviews

Stephen P. New gets a chuckle when he’s in a courtroom and a “Blue blood you’d never expect to...

Bobby Eaton dead at 62

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 5, 2021 | News, Obituaries

“Beautiful” Bobby Eaton, a part of the legendary tag team, The Midnight Express, has...

Dark Side of the Ring: Inside the mind of a Flyin’ Loose Cannon, Brian Pillman

Posted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | May 7, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

It’s the start of a new season of Dark Side of the Ring on Vice on TV, and when they kick off...

Dark Side of the Ring detours Brawl for All for yet another Cornette and Russo fight

Posted by Nolan Howell | Apr 8, 2020 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock, TV Reports

Promising the inside story on “wrestling’s worst idea ever,” this week’s...

Class of 2019 announced by Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 30, 2018 | Interviews, PWHF

Earlier this week, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2019, and...

Bobby Fulton hangs up his boots

Posted by Steven Johnson | May 28, 2018 | Interviews

CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO — The wrestling boots had served Bobby Fulton well. In the last 41 years,...

Cornette explains his confrontation with Santino on Prichard podcast

Posted by Don Davies | Oct 9, 2017 | Events, Interviews

DETROIT – On Sunday afternoon, before WWE’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, Jim Cornette...

Cornette-Santino confrontation steals spotlight from Detroit Cobo event

Posted by Bob Kapur | Oct 7, 2017 | Events, Interviews

DETROIT – Saturday afternoon, at a convention celebrating the storied history of...

Cornette takes his act — and opinions — to the UK

Posted by Darren Wood | Oct 5, 2016 | Interviews

Without a doubt, Jim Cornette is one of the most vocal personalities in wrestling. Having spent a...

Cornette and Sullivan Florida DVD has too much Graham

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Feb 15, 2016 | Shoot Interviews

I was looking forward to viewing the latest release in the Back to the Territories DVD series with...

Tommy Gilbert dead at 75

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 26, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries

In an article in The Wrestling News from the early 1970s, Jim Cornette — then a writer and...

Bill Apter book excerpt – Heyman, Cornette, Sunny … photographers?

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 12, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

HIS NAME IS PAUL HEYMAN AND HE WAS A WRESTLING PHOTOGRAPHER Some well-known wrestling...

Storm and Cornette’s look at Stampede’s heyday disappointing

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Oct 10, 2015 | Shoot Interviews

I was a little worried about the release of the new Back to the Territories with Jim Cornette...

Buddy Landel’s brief WWF run

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 22, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries

Like a lot of things, Buddy Landel was able to chuckle about his abrupt run with the World...

WCW wonder year of 1989 relived through Cornette

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Jun 6, 2015 | Shoot Interviews

The Timeline of WCW in 1989 by Kayfabe Commentaries has been on my list of things to see for a...

Cornette and Dillon have a blast revisiting the Mid Atlantic territory

Posted by Bertrand Hébert | Apr 25, 2015 | Shoot Interviews

The DVD series Back to the Territories, hosted by Jim Cornette, is getting better each time out....

Ron Wright was a rasslin’ star in East Tennesse

Posted by Steven Johnson | Apr 21, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries

By STEVE JOHNSON & GREG OLIVER – SlamWrestling There aren’t too many photos of Ron...

Old school speculates on TNA demise at Mid-Atlantic fan fest

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 1, 2014 | Interviews

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Even as wrestlers and fans gathered to celebrate the past at the...

New Cornette returns to old form discussing ROH, TNA and Russo

Posted by Nolan Howell | Jan 19, 2014 | Interviews

The old adage is that you can take the dog out of the fight, but you can’t take the fight...

Rockin’ ‘and rollin’ at wrestling fanfest

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 5, 2013 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE, N.C — The Midnight Express and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express shared the...

No ‘Quit’ at Charlotte Fanfest

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 2, 2013 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The theme of the first day of the Mid-Atlantic Legends Fanfest was...

Retro review: Cornette’s Midnight Express scrapbook a page turner

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 2, 2012 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Like a lot of people, no doubt, I have a stack of books that I keep meaning to get to. The...

Bennett beneficiary of Lance Storm’s ROH attention

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 8, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

If we could be serious for a minute, Lance Storm wants it to be clear — the storyline Lance...

Montreal’s Alex Silva inks TNA deal

Posted by Pat Laprade | May 1, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

From great depths often come great heights. For Montreal’s Alex Silva, the death of his...

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,...

ROH press conference details TV plans, iPPV

Posted by LEWIS CURRY | Jun 24, 2011 | Interviews

BALTIMORE, Md. — Ring of Honor held a press conference today to share details of its new...

Cornette roasted, stars meet fans at Legends of the Ring

Posted by BRYAN SOKOL | Oct 17, 2010 | Events

MONROE, NJ – Mix a comedic roast of a legendary, mouthy manager in with a fan fest, with...

Complex forging of ROH’s Adam Pearce

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Aug 5, 2010 | Interviews

Iconoclast. Old school wrestler. NWA standard-bearer. Ring of Honor booker. On the surface, that...

Cornette discusses ‘crucial’ ROH debut in Phoenix

Posted by Bob Kapur | Mar 27, 2010 | Interviews

PHOENIX – For the past few years, Ring of Honor Wrestling has smartly capitalized on an...

Starrcade ’83: The show that almost wasn’t

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 7, 2009 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE–Starrcade ’83 is remembered as a seminal event in wrestling history, the...

Cornette between the covers

Posted by Steven Johnson | Apr 21, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

When word got out that Jim Cornette was writing a book, the most common observation was that he...

Cornette talks highs and lows from today and yesterday

Posted by Brian Elliott | Jan 22, 2009 | Interviews

“I think I’m long past changing,” proclaimed Jim Cornette to SLAM! Wrestling at...

Carolina Fanfest unveils ‘Hall of Heroes’

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 12, 2007 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE — A new twist on an old idea produced a few tears and a lot of good cheer at the...

Jimmy remembers Mama Cornette

Posted by Ryan Nation | Jul 8, 2007 | Interviews

While some mothers may frown upon their children becoming involved in the world of professional...

Fans get close at TNA Fan Fest

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jun 16, 2007 | Events, Interviews

NASHVILLE – If Sunday’s Slammiversary is the main meal for TNA Wrestling fans in...

TNA revitalizes Jim Cornette

Posted by Jason Clevett | Jul 13, 2006 | Interviews

Jim Cornette is one of the most well known and respected minds in the business. His 25-year career...

Old school still rules in Charlotte

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 20, 2005 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE — Just declare this North Carolina city a “diva-free zone.” Diva...

Friends remember Candido

Posted by STEVE RENNIE- SLAM! Wrestling | Apr 29, 2005 | Interviews, Obituaries

They say the quality of a man’s life is measured by how deeply he has touched the lives of...

Cornette wows the audience in Charlotte

Posted by Steven Johnson | Feb 3, 2004 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE – Call him a loudmouth. Call him a hothead. Call him a “momma’s...

Cornette shouts down ICP

Posted by Steven Johnson | Feb 1, 2004 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE — Jim Cornette — backed by a legion of fans — shouted down members of...

‘Wrestling Gold’ a precious DVD collection

Posted by John Powell | Nov 14, 2001 | Hollywood Headlock

Wrestling Gold Kit Parker Films and VCI Entertainment (DVD) As consumers, we hear or read the...

Jim Cornette story archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 12, 1900 | Story Archives

In the early days of Jim Cornette as a manager, you had to get out of the way of his tennis...

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