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A worthy celebration of Handsome Johnny Bradford

Posted by Nate Mattson | Nov 4, 2021 | Interviews

On Friday, November 5th, Pro Wrestling All Stars of Detroit will be honoring the career of the one...

Tom Cusati – manager Royce Profit – ‘was a gimmick 24/7’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 29, 2021 | News, Obituaries

Tom Cusati, a long-time wrestling fan turned promoter and manager — as Royce Profit —...

A Captain’s son: Looking back at Lou Albano as Dad

Posted by Don Laible | Mar 20, 2021 | Interviews

What a con Louis Vincent Albano perpetuated throughout all his decades in the wrestling game. Way...

‘Squared Circle’ is a delightful visit with an indy wrestling manager

Posted 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...

Bobby Heenan photo gallery & story archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 17, 2020 | Photo Galleries, Story Archives

The great Bobby “The Brain” Heenan died on September 17, 2017. Here is a collection of...

Legendary Harley Race dies

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 1, 2019 | Interviews, Obituaries

By STEVE JOHNSON and GREG OLIVER – SlamWrestling.net He was the Greatest Wrestler on...

Size meant nothing: The Life of Otto Bahn

Posted by JEFF GOODRIDGE | Jan 31, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

To Ontario’s independent wrestling fans, he was Otto Bahn, the short-statured but loud and...

Joel Gertner loves being in (Lucha) Demand

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jun 9, 2018 | Interviews

Back in the heydays of ECW, invariably one of the highlights of each show was Joel Gertner....

Jimmy Jacobs managing just fine

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 1, 2018 | Interviews

Jimmy Jacobs, with a gifted mind for professional wrestling, believes that he’s on the...

‘Luscious’ Johnny Valiant killed in auto accident

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 4, 2018 | Interviews, Obituaries

Television station WPXI in Pittsburgh is reporting that “Luscious” Johnny Valiant has...

Mat Matters: When Bob met Bobby The Brain

Posted by Bob Kapur | Sep 19, 2017 | Opinion

A few years ago, I told Bobby “The Brain” Heenan that he was my hero growing up. He...

Mat Matters: Heenan wasn’t just The Brain, he was a genius

Posted by John Powell | Sep 17, 2017 | Obituaries, Opinion

Put down your burritos and your beers and listen up, humanoids. I may be a print, digital...

Wrestling legend Bobby Heenan passes away

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Sep 17, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries

A dark cloud hovers over the professional wrestling world today, as one of the most beloved...

Cancer claims Frenchy Martin

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 21, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

This morning, October 21, 2016, at 7:25 a.m. in Quebec City, Frenchy Martin lost his battle to...

Mr. Fuji dead at age 82

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 28, 2016 | Interviews, Obituaries

WWE is reporting that Mr. Fuji — Harry Fujiwara — has died. He was 82 years of age,...

Percival Al Friend was a friend to all

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 23, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries

Percival Al Friend, who died September 23, 2015, at the age of 70 after complications from a heart...

J.J. Dillion shares memories of past Manias and Sting

Posted by Caleb Smith | Mar 22, 2015 | Interviews

With WrestleMania 31 around the corner, J.J. Dillon, manager of the Four Horsemen and a WWE Hall...

Johnny Angel hated — and was hated — before he preached love

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 24, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries

There’s a much better chance that you saw Johnny Lee Clary, the Ku Klux Klan member turned...

Ken Ramey was a great referee, manager and booker

Posted by Steven Johnson | Oct 17, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries

By now, it’s been done to death in pro wrestling, but you can look it up. Ken Ramey was the...

What’s next for Paul Heyman?

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 6, 2013 | Interviews

Paul Heyman didn’t plan on being back in WWE for an extended period of time. He was...

Hell in a Cell has Paul Heyman intimidated

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 25, 2013 | Interviews

Paul Heyman swears he is not nervous about entering the Hell in a Cell complex on Sunday, teaming...

Gorgeous George Jr. dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 14, 2012 | Interviews, Obituaries

Right off the bat, it is necessary to point out that Gorgeous George Jr., who died May 12, 2012,...

Four Horsemen manager Dillon talks WWE HOF honor

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Apr 25, 2012 | Interviews, WrestleMania

What happens at the Hall of Fame usually stays at the Hall of Fame … unless you’re a...

Managers still managing to exist in today’s wrestling

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Dec 5, 2011 | Interviews

They were the original voices of the voiceless. But it seems like wrestling managers have...

Sir Oliver Humperdink dead at 62

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 20, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries

At the induction ceremony for the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in June 2010, Sir Oliver Humperdink...

Ellering deservedly shares in laurels for Road Warriors

Posted by Marshall Ward | Mar 14, 2011 | Interviews

It was in a dream that Paul Ellering first envisioned himself as a manager. “I think it was...

Racial prejudice in wrestling: Sonny Onoo’s story

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Jan 12, 2011 | Interviews

Despite all the progress that’s been made over the last century when it comes to equal human...

The celebrated career of the late Skandor Akbar

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

By GREG OLIVER & STEVE JOHNSON – SlamWrestling.net Long before he was Skandor Akbar, one...

Talking evil with Father James Mitchell

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Oct 30, 2009 | Interviews

Just a day away from Halloween, there is no telling what kind of ghouls and goblins will be...

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...

Armando Estrada open to another run

Posted by MATT JOHNSON | Jan 14, 2009 | Interviews

Wrestling fans may recognize Hazem Ali as Armando Estrada. The former manager of Umaga and General...

Sir Oliver Humperdink recalls career of yesteryear

Posted by Matt Mackinder | Jan 17, 2008 | Classics, Interviews

Sir Oliver Humperdink had such a unique look that Bobby Heenan once quipped that he “looked...

Ronnie P. Gossett – Life of a con man

Posted by Chris Schramm | Sep 10, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries

His place in Tennessee wrestling history may always be overlooked by the mistakes he made. Ronnie...

James Mitchell: Still in the picture

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 29, 2007 | Interviews

Though recently divorced from Abyss, manager Father James Mitchell is still very much in the TNA...

Estrada more than a mouthpiece

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 26, 2007 | Interviews

Armando Alejandro Estrada insists that John Cena’s pinfall victory over “Samoan...

DiBiase mulls teaching, plans preaching

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 2, 2006 | Interviews

Ted DiBiase has just gotten home to Mississippi from a Promise Keepers speaking engagement in...

Ramey set a standard for referees and managers

Posted by Steven Johnson | May 17, 2006 | Interviews

There was no reason for Ken Ramey to be in Amarillo, Texas in 1967, other than the fact that it...

Acting got Lou Pitoscia noticed

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 6, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock, Interviews

Appearing on iconic Canadian shows like Wayne and Shuster, SCTV and Seeing Things had a way of...

James Mitchell not so sinister

Posted by Bob Kapur | Oct 26, 2005 | Interviews

ORLANDO, Fl. — During the glory days of the ’80s and ’90s, managers were a...

Friends remember Lord Alfred Hayes

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 25, 2005 | Interviews, Obituaries

Lord Alfred Hayes will be sent off Tuesday with a funeral service in Plano, Texas. A few of his...

Lord Al Hayes dead at 76

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 21, 2005 | Interviews, Obituaries

Remembering Lord Alfred Hayes — who died Thursday, July 21, 2005, at age 76 — as just...

Nana an honourable Prince

Posted by Jason Clevett | Jun 2, 2005 | Interviews

While some consider the male manager a thing of the past, on the independent circuit there are...

Neil Drummond earned his stripes

Posted by STEVE RENNIE- SLAM! Wrestling | Apr 27, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Fans of All Star Wrestling may best remember Neil Drummond as the loudmouth heel manager who...

Freddie Blassie passes away

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 2, 2003 | Interviews, Obituaries

The King of Men is dead. The great Classy Freddie Blassie died Monday at age 85. Jim Ross and...

Eddie ‘The Brain’ Creatchman was one scrappy manager

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame

BORN: February 27, 1928 in Montreal DIED: March 9, 1994 at 66 AKA: The Brain, The Boss Best known...

Alfonso loving life in ECW

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 6, 1999 | Classics, Interviews

Bill Alfonso brought his client Sabu to Toronto last week despite the protests of ECW....

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...

JJ Dillon story archive

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

Referee, wrestler, manager, backstage executive … the wrestling life of James Morrison...

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