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Abe Jacobs, pride of New Zealand, dead at 95

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 23, 2023 | Interviews, News, Obituaries

You’d be hard-pressed to name a better guy, in and out of the ring, than Abe Jacobs. An...

Lion’s Roar a fascinating tale about New Japan hopefuls

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Mar 29, 2022 | Documentary Reviews, Hollywood Headlock

“Life’s hard; New Japan training is harder” – Bad Luck Fale Over the decades, many wrestling fans...

Gordienko: Canada’s top wrestler worldwide from the 1950s-1970s

Posted by Steven Verrier | Jan 10, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

If you polled wrestling fans in Canada and asked who was the most successful Canadian wrestler...

New Zealand great John Da Silva dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 14, 2021 | News, Obituaries

John Da Silva, who died on April 8 at the age of 86, was one of the top pro wrestlers ever to come...

Fale Dojo a ‘precursor’ to New Japan dojo

Posted by Kari Williams | Dec 22, 2018 | Interviews

Tony Kozina has been in the wrestling industry for more than 20 years, and, six months ago, he...

Steve Rickard, key figure in New Zealand’s wrestling history, dead at 85

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 6, 2015 | Interviews, Obituaries

There were two distinct sides to the wrestling life of Steve Rickard. He was a globetrotting...

Fred Atkins was a tough man, tougher trainer

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 15, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, The Sporting Connection

In Crystal Beach, Ontario, along the shores of Lake Erie, Fred Atkins’ finishing school...

Emotional Firestorm Memorial show capped by belt presentation

Posted by Fred Johns | Dec 6, 2010 | Interviews, Other House Shows

VANCOUVER – There are moments that transcend the politics, ego and character of wrestling,...

Memorial show, special belt celebrate memory of Adam Dykes

Posted by Fred Johns | Dec 2, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

VANCOUVER – Just over a year has passed since the suicide of Adam Dykes, who wrestled as...

Mat Matters: A personal reflection on the suicide of Adam Firestorm

Posted by Marty Goldstein | Nov 17, 2009 | Obituaries, Opinion

When I first heard the news that Adam Dykes had taken his own life, I was standing in a Winnipeg...

Friends remember Adam Firestorm

Posted by Jason Clevett | Nov 8, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Thursday’s death of Adam Dykes, known in wrestling as El Antorchia and Adam Firestorm, has...

B.C. wrestler Adam Firestorm commits suicide

Posted by Marty Goldstein | Nov 7, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Adam Dykes, who wrestled across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada since 1996 as El...

Abe Jacobs’s fantastic wrestling voyage

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Dec 13, 2007 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Abe Jacobs took a decades-long ride on the strange torpedo called professional wrestling that...

Adam Dykes carrying the ‘Torch’ in ECCW

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 5, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame

REAL NAME: Adam Dykes 5’10”, 175 lbs. ALIASES/NICKNAMES: Torch By SAM HALSALL —...

Tag: New Zealand

Abe Jacobs, pride of New Zealand, dead at 95

Lion’s Roar a fascinating tale about New Japan hopefuls

Gordienko: Canada’s top wrestler worldwide from the 1950s-1970s

New Zealand great John Da Silva dies

Fale Dojo a ‘precursor’ to New Japan dojo

Steve Rickard, key figure in New Zealand’s wrestling history, dead at 85

Fred Atkins was a tough man, tougher trainer

Emotional Firestorm Memorial show capped by belt presentation

Memorial show, special belt celebrate memory of Adam Dykes

Mat Matters: A personal reflection on the suicide of Adam Firestorm

Friends remember Adam Firestorm

B.C. wrestler Adam Firestorm commits suicide

Abe Jacobs’s fantastic wrestling voyage

Adam Dykes carrying the ‘Torch’ in ECCW

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