Tag: Johnny Barend

Original WWWF title found in attic

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 13, 2012 | Interviews, Not Another Collectible!

A major piece of wrestling history was recently discovered: The title belt that Buddy Rogers...

Mat Matters: Goodbye to ‘Handsome’ Johnny Barend

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 21, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

When I heard that “Handsome” Johnny Barend had died yesterday, Sep. 20, 2011, at the...

Marine, wrestler, ichthyologist Donn Lewin dead at 84

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 20, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

Donn Lewin, the oldest of the three wrestling Lewin brothers from upstate New York, died Saturday...

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...

A visit with ‘Handsome’ Johnny Barend

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 21, 2008 | Interviews

Usually stories end with a coffin, but this one begins with one. There is no telling the tale of...

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