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Big John Quinn dead at 78

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 22, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Big John Quinn, who died April 22, 2019, at age 78, from complications after an operation for a...

Don Leo Jonathan dead at 87

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 13, 2018 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Don Leo Delaun Heaton, better known to the pro wrestling world as “The Mormon Giant”...

Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 14, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries

Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz, a legend as a wrestler and promoter in Germany and Austria,...

Everyone’s got an Ox Baker story

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 20, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries

Ox Baker. Man, what a character. Whether you met him at a fan fest in recent years, or knew him...

Hamilton’s Vic Rosettani dies of cancer

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 12, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Cancer claimed Hamilton, Ontario wrestling great Vic Rosettani on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. He...

The imprint of Hans Schmidt

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 28, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Over the years, many, many wrestlers have shared their stories of Hans Schmidt, and, in...

Duncan McTavish dead at 80

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 6, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Matt Gilmour, who died Monday morning, is one of those wrestlers who traveled the globe, perhaps...

Let the King Curtis Iaukea stories flow!

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 7, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

Curtis Iaukea stories are like opinions — everyone has one. Or more than one. So, since he...

Al Tomko — a true original — dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 6, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Historian Vern May once said, “To hear Al Tomko tell it, nothing special ever happened in...

The mystery of Arman Hussian

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 10, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries

Usually, when someone passes on, friends tell stories about their lost colleague that they knew so...

Giant Don Leo returns to Cloverdale

Posted by Fred Johns | Nov 7, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

CLOVERDALE, BC — The last time Don Leo Jonathan was in the Alice McKay building in...

In celebration of John Quinn

Posted by Fred Johns | Aug 4, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

For 200 fans inside Twister’s Gym at the Abbotsford Agri-fair, the heat was not even a...

Tag: John Quinn

Big John Quinn dead at 78

Don Leo Jonathan dead at 87

Former AWA World champion Otto Wanz dies

Everyone’s got an Ox Baker story

Hamilton’s Vic Rosettani dies of cancer

The imprint of Hans Schmidt

Duncan McTavish dead at 80

Let the King Curtis Iaukea stories flow!

Al Tomko — a true original — dies

The mystery of Arman Hussian

Giant Don Leo returns to Cloverdale

In celebration of John Quinn

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