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A big life in photos: Darling Dagmar (1942-2024)

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 14, 2024 | Obituaries, Photo Galleries

As we reflect back on the life of Kathy Moreland (nee Carlton) — better known as little...

Scary accident ends latest ‘Big Little Brawlers’ episode

Posted by Arin De Castro | Jan 16, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

Happy, intense and scary describe some of the moments on this week’s episode of Big Little...

Pinky and Syko find therapy through filming ‘Big Little Brawlers’

Posted by Arin De Castro | Jan 16, 2024 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews

On Big Little Brawlers, there is no doubt that the show draws it’s attention to the...

Discovery’s ‘Big Little Brawlers’ off to a good start

Posted by Arin De Castro | Jan 9, 2024 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

Big Little Brawlers debuted on Tuesday, January 9, on Discovery, and it definitely is offering...

‘Big Little Brawlers’ coming to Discovery

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 14, 2023 | Hollywood Headlock, News

The Warner Bros. Discovery channels sure seem to love pro wrestling. There’s all the AEW...

Micro wrestler ‘Cowboy’ Hank Dalton dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 4, 2022 | Obituaries

Steven McGregor, who wrestled as “Cowboy” Hank Dalton, TT, and “Ironman”...

Bad Boy Buck dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 7, 2022 | Obituaries

EDITOR’S NOTE: The previous version of this story had incorrectly noted that Blevins was...

Card Exam: Drawn in by Fuzzy Cupid’s odd pose

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 20, 2022 | Classics, Event Reports, Events

Publicity photos are a big part of pro wrestling … or at least they used to be. A wrestler...

Actor, wrestler Puppet The Psycho Dwarf, dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 10, 2020 | News, Obituaries

The name Stevie Lee Richardson is not one known by the majority of wrestling fans. But Puppet The...

Beautiful Bobby Dean dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 3, 2017 | Interviews, Obituaries

Beautiful Bobby Dean, son of the great Lord Littlebrook, has died. According to sources, his death...

Lord Littlebrook dies at 87

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 9, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Lord Littlebrook, easily one of the most famous midget wrestlers in history, has died after a long...

Chief Lone Eagle: Newfoundland’s contribution to midget wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 16, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

While there were thousands of matches in the wrestling career of Jimmy Buckle — mostly as...

A Little Fabio goes a long way

Posted by Matthew Asher | Sep 13, 2015 | Interviews

To some people midget wrestling is nothing more than a carnival-esque attraction or something akin...

Skullion hoping Mighty Mini’s are the next big thing

Posted by Bob Kapur | Feb 6, 2015 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

To anyone who’s ever seen Toronto’s hardcore icon Bill Skullion covered in blood after...

Mike Hammer returns to the ring for a ‘little’ tour

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Jul 22, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Manitoba-based indy wrestler Mike Hammer is not the biggest name on the circuit, though that is...

Remembering Little John Adams

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 14, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

John Adams, a midget wrestler who wrestled as Little John, died Monday in Hamilton, Ontario. His...

Short Sleeve Sampson a veteran on the Micro circuit

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 16, 2013 | Interviews

Short Sleeve Sampson has been wrestling for almost 15 years now, and for the last four, it has...

Losing Little Tokyo, and other fond memories

Posted by "Dirty" Dan Denton | Sep 8, 2011 | 'Dirty' Dan Denton, Obituaries

I got a call a couple of months back from Greg Oliver. He told me that a long-lost friend was very...

Little Tokyo remembered with laughter

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 6, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries

Midget wrestling star Little Tokyo (Shigeri Akabane), who died today of a heart attack in St....

Blast From the Past: Dagmar’s Night Out

Posted by Roger Baker | Oct 6, 2010 | Interviews

Digging into the archives of writer/photographer Roger Baker, we revisit a Wrestling Revue...

Darling Dagmar re-enters the wrestling world

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 6, 2010 | CAC, Interviews

One would think that a star grappler known as the “Marilyn Monroe of midget girls”...

Mat Matters: Little Brutus’ overlooked passing a reminder that stories need to be kept

Posted by Gary Howard | Sep 17, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Opinion

Perhaps it was because of his size or the fact he was content to live a quiet life in retirement,...

Cuddles Anderson was embraced by fans wherever she appeared

Posted by Gary Howard | Aug 30, 2010 | Interviews

She was only a tiny bundle of raw energy with a burning desire to succeed but the fact that she...

Tiny is as Tiny does – and Tiny Roe did it all

Posted by Gary Howard | Oct 7, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Whenever you call to mind all the great midget wrestlers who worked the territories in the glory...

Midget Little Brutus shares his remarkable story

Posted by Gary Howard | Feb 11, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

If there is one segment of professional wrestling that many fans miss more than any other, it is...

Pee Wee James a pioneer midget wrestler

Posted by Gary Howard | Sep 28, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

He may have been small in stature but midget wrestler Pee Wee James was one of the giants in pro...

Remembering the unordinary life of Little Bruiser

Posted by ANNIE JOHNSON | Jul 9, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Dwarf wrestler Murray “Little Bruiser” Downs lived a life unordinary. He was the only...

Midget star Cowboy Lang dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 9, 2007 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

As a wrestler, Cowboy Lang played some of the biggest venues in the sport on some of the biggest...

All thumbs up for Major Tom Thumb

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 4, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame

REAL NAME: William (Billy) Bowman 46″, 105 pounds DIED: October 1981 AKA: Major Tom Thumb...

Tiger Jackson travels the world

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 13, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Claude Giroux BORN: July 13, 1956 in St. Jean, Quebec 4’0″, 95 pounds AKA:...

Nova Scotia’s Farmer Brooks had a brief career

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

REAL NAME: Clifford Fraser BORN: October 10, 1957, New Glasgow, N.S. Farmer Brooks was the...

Little Beaver might have been the greatest of them all

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 30, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame

REAL NAME: Lionel Giroux 4-foot-four-inches, 60 pounds BORN: In Quebec DIED: December 4, 1995 at...

Gino Brito’s career meant family, Italian Connections and midgets

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 18, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Louis Gino Acocella BORN: May 18, 1941 in Montreal 5’10 1/2 “, 240-245 pounds AKA: Louis Cerdan, Gino Brito You can’t talk about Gino Brito without talking about his long-time partner Tony Parisi and...

The life of Lord Littlebrook

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 24, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame

REAL NAME: Eric Tovey BORN: January 3, 1929 in England DIED: September 9, 2016 4’4″,...

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