Wrestling world mourns Lanny Poffo
The reaction was immediate after Hacksaw Jim Duggan broke the news that Lanny Poffo was dead at...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Feb 2, 2023 | News, Obituaries
The reaction was immediate after Hacksaw Jim Duggan broke the news that Lanny Poffo was dead at...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 2, 2023 | News, Obituaries
Details are coming in about the sudden passing of Lanny Poffo. He was 68. Hacksaw Jim Duggan...
Read MorePosted by Marty Goldstein | Jul 1, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
In 1952, the very Catholic-Italian, Angelo Poffo, married the girl of his dreams, Judy Sverdlin, a...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 9, 2022 | Interviews, Obituaries
Former AWA Women’s World champion Candi Divine has died in hospice care. In April 2021, she...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 24, 2021 | Interviews, Obituaries
Paul Christy, a long-time wrestler based out of Chicago, has died. He was 82. He was born Paul...
Read MorePosted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | May 3, 2021 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock, TV Reports
A&E is still delivering their Biography series (alongside WWE’s participation), with the...
Read MorePosted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Nov 20, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Even if you don’t know former independent wrestling manager Joe Cool, by the end of Squared...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | May 4, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion
I think I just had the perfect weekend. Yes, I realize there is still a planet-wide pandemic going...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 16, 2015 | Interviews, PWHF
JOHNSTOWN, NY – The 14th annual Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame induction ceremony had a hint of...
Read MorePosted by Nolan Howell | Mar 29, 2015 | Interviews, WrestleMania
Anyone who has had the experience of watching a WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony knows to...
Read MorePosted by Bertrand Hébert | Nov 27, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, PWHF
Former AWA World heavyweight champion Rick Martel was touched to receive news of his induction...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 26, 2014 | Interviews, PWHF
The Class of 2015 for the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame has been announced, and...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Mar 19, 2014 | Interviews
Only in professional wrestling would men and women be seen walking the tops of cages like they...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 15, 2011 | Interviews
“The Genius” Lanny Poffo recently took the time to answer questions from SLAM!...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 2, 2011 | Interviews
Saturday night in Hawkesbury, Ontario, halfway between Ottawa and Montreal, “The...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | May 24, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries
If WrestleMania was Randy Savage’s greatest theater, then the Paducah, Ky., National Guard...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 21, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries, PWHF
AMSTERDAM, NY – Normally, the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame induction weekend in Amsterdam, NY...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | May 20, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries
Randy “Macho Man” Savage, one of the top wrestling stars of the last quarter-century,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 4, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries
Angelo Poffo, who died this morning at the age of 84 in Sarasota, Florida, needs to be remembered...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Dec 10, 2009 | Interviews
It’s every parent’s dream to have their children follow in their footsteps and enter...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Oct 6, 2009 | Interviews
School is now fully back in session, bringing back memories of school-related gimmicks from the...
Read MorePosted by Dan Wilson | Jun 18, 2009 | Classics, Interviews
In 1978, Lanny Poffo first came to the Maritimes with his brother and father to compete in Emile...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Aug 14, 2008 | Interviews
In 44 years of wrestling, Thunderbolt Patterson has seen his share of peaks and valleys. But right...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 18, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries, The Sporting Connection
Though Carl Engstrom, who died at the end of March, wrestled primarily in the 1950s, he was a key...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Sep 27, 2007 | Interviews
It would be easy to understand if Lanny Poffo felt sibling rivalry. His brother, Randy...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | May 24, 2007 | Interviews
WINNIPEG — Well-respected indy wrestler Chi Chi Cruz set off a firestorm that continues to...
Read MorePosted by CHRIS SOKOL | May 15, 2005 | Events, Interviews
CARTARET, NJ – Another weekend, another convention. As with most conventions, the Valiant...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 22, 1900 | Story Archives
Oooh yeaaahhh! How many websites can say that they interviewed the whole set — Angelo Poffo...
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