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Tales from the NWA President: Blizzards and meeting Jushin Liger

Posted by BRUCE THARPE | Feb 8, 2015 | Opinion

The first time I met the legend Jushin “Thunder” Liger was in 2013 in Kobe, Japan....

Hayden set to make rare Canadian defense of NWA women’s title

Posted by Dan Murphy | Jan 28, 2015 | Interviews

When Barbi Hayden captured the NWA women’s championship last January, she vowed to be a...

‘Beast’ Severn reflects on brief WWF run

Posted by Caleb Smith | Dec 20, 2014 | Interviews

An invasion is often thought of in terms of armies or gangs. Rarely is an invasion thought of as a...

Tales from the NWA President: Our first trip to Japan

Posted by BRUCE THARPE | Dec 5, 2014 | Opinion

We were apprehensive on that first trip to Japan. Even though we had met with New Japan Pro...

Throwback Severn continues to live by the golden rule

Posted by Caleb Smith | Dec 4, 2014 | Interviews

Dan Severn has done it all. He is a two-time Olympian, 13 AAU wrestling titles, two-time...

NWA 60th anniversary a special event

Posted by Christine Coons | Nov 12, 2014 | Event Reports, Events

ATLANTA – The first wrestling convention that I attended was the NWA 50th Anniversary event...

Bob Geigel was a man’s man

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 30, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries

Looking through my extensive file on Bob Geigel, who passed away October 30, 2014, at age 90 today...

NWA’s Byron Wilcott all about giving back

Posted by Kari Williams | Aug 29, 2014 | Interviews

NWA North American Champion Byron Wilcott is — and always has been — a champion for...

Steiners and Snyder headline 2014 Class for Tragos/Thesz Pro Hall

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 26, 2014 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Well before they were “Big Poppa Pump” and “The Dog-Faced Gremlin,” Scott...

Thesz would approve of Wilbur Snyder as a hall of famer

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 17, 2014 | Interviews, PWHF, Tragos/Thesz HOF

EDITOR’S NOTE: This biography is courtesy the book, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes...

CAC award ultimate honour for Scrap Iron Pearce

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jun 24, 2014 | CAC, Interviews

After 15 years, Adam Pearce has done almost everything the world of pro wrestling. He’s a...

Conway regains NWA World title in Las Vegas

Posted by Dan Murphy | Jun 3, 2014 | CAC, Other House Shows

LAS VEGAS – “Iron Man” Rob Conway became a two-time NWA World champion on...

Don Muraco surfs a wave into Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

Posted by Marshall Ward | May 15, 2014 | Interviews, PWHF

In an intense promo from 1982, “Magnificent” Muraco told the fans: “When they...

NWA’s Invasion DVD shows improvement and fun action

Posted by Matthew Byer | Dec 26, 2013 | Other Reviews

When SLAM! Wrestling last reviewed a National Wrestling Alliance DVD there were some production...

NWA’s Parade of Champions DVD has great matches, but subpar production values

Posted by Matthew Byer | Nov 10, 2013 | Other Reviews

With the National Wrestling Alliance’s return to prominence comes with it increased exposure...

Rob Conway’s memories of WWE and La Résistance

Posted by Matthew Byer | Sep 18, 2013 | Interviews

In the first of our two-part interview with NWA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Conway, SLAM!...

Rob Conway proud standardbearer for revamped NWA

Posted by Matthew Byer | Sep 5, 2013 | Interviews

To those in the professional wrestling industry, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship is one of...

Brad Armstrong dead at 51

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 1, 2012 | Interviews, Obituaries

Brad Armstrong has died at the age of 51. He was a southern star for many years, the son of the...

Award honours Dan Severn’s MMA successes

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jul 11, 2012 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Dan Severn had an amazing career as an amateur wrestler, a pro wrestler and an MMA fighter. He was...

Vance Nevada’s brief, shining moment as NWA World champ

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 24, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

How fast things can change in professional wrestling in this social media world. On the phone from...

TNA hopes to make an Impact with name change

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 26, 2011 | Interviews

The re-branding of TNA into Impact Wrestling has taken place both on-screen and behind the scenes,...

The Warlord was the right body at the right time

Posted by Marshall Ward | Jan 25, 2011 | Interviews

During a 1987 episode of Jim Crockett Promotions’ World Championship Wrestling, currently...

Sheepherder Luke Williams recalls all the blood and guts

Posted by Marshall Ward | Aug 24, 2010 | Interviews

WARNING: The following article is not for the faint of heart, and contains an excessive amount of...

Complex forging of ROH’s Adam Pearce

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Aug 5, 2010 | Interviews

Iconoclast. Old school wrestler. NWA standard-bearer. Ring of Honor booker. On the surface, that...

General Skandor Akbar still has heat

Posted by Marshall Ward | Jul 29, 2010 | Interviews

General Skandor Akbar, the evil manager from the Middle East — who wreaked havoc throughout...

Danielson eyes NWA’s top prize

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 27, 2010 | Interviews

Although no longer in the running for WWE titles, Bryan Danielson has his sights set on another...

Terry Funk Q & A

Posted by Marshall Ward | May 6, 2010 | Interviews

There will never be another quite like Terry Funk. He is a former NWA World champion, and has...

Gene Kiniski dead at 81

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 14, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Gene Kiniski was so media savvy that he instructed this writer on what to write when the...

Tommy Rich returns to Atlanta for fan fest

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 12, 2010 | Interviews

It takes “Wildfire” Tommy Rich a while to get going, especially when the interview is...

Friends remember Brisco both in and outside the ring

Posted by Chris Schramm | Feb 2, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

Known as a World champion in the ring, Jack Brisco’s friends and fellow wrestlers remember...

Jack Brisco dead at 68

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 1, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

At his induction into the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005, Jack Brisco was introduced as having...

NWA Midwest promoter Ed Chuman was colourful figure

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 16, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

Ed Chuman, a longtime wrestling promoter in the Midwest, has died at the age of 62. With his...

Moondog Rex still howling at the moon

Posted by Marshall Ward | Dec 7, 2009 | Interviews

As southern-rock band Molly Hatchet sings in the opening line of the song Mississippi Moondog:...

Los Angeles promoter Mike Lebell dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 24, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries

Mike Lebell, the promoter of the NWA Los Angeles territory during the 1960s and 1970s died this...

Reunions rule at Charlotte Fanfest

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 9, 2009 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE — Ah, reunited, and it feels so good. That was the theme of North Carolina...

Starrcade ’83: The show that almost wasn’t

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 7, 2009 | Events, Interviews

CHARLOTTE–Starrcade ’83 is remembered as a seminal event in wrestling history, the...

Blue Demon: ‘I don’t think I’m a superhero’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 22, 2009 | Interviews

TORONTO – The crowd, peppered with lucha masks, is hot, nearing a frenzy. Their hero, the...

Tales of Buddy Rose, courtesy Easy Ed Wiskoski

Posted by Marshall Ward | Jul 12, 2009 | Classics, Interviews

“I hope we all get out that easy,” Ed Wiskoski recently told SLAM! Wrestling while...

NWA’s Skull Krushers ‘all definitions of ugly’

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | May 27, 2009 | Interviews

Just when it seems like tag teams in pro wrestling have become a thing of the past, The Skull...

The evangelization of John Paul Henning

Posted by Gary Howard | Apr 12, 2009 | Classics, Interviews

While many former professional wrestlers followed challenging careers when they left the ring for...

The Sheik still lives … in Florida

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Feb 3, 2009 | Interviews

In the 1960s, The Original Sheik was perhaps the most violent character that the professional...

Harley Race still going strong

Posted by MATT JOHNSON | Dec 18, 2008 | Interviews

Just 48 years after his first match, Harley Race is still a major player in professional...

For fans, NWA Legends Fanfest is the main event

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 13, 2008 | Events, Interviews

For nearly 20 years, the National Wrestling Alliance’s wrestling signature event was...

Gary Hart: ‘With a little help from my friends’

Posted by Steven Johnson | Mar 17, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries

He wasn’t under the klieg lights at the Omni in Atlanta. No one was chucking rotten tomatoes...

Manager/booker Gary Hart dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 17, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries

In front of the camera, Gary Hart, who died Sunday, was one of the most vile and hated managers of...

Reno Riggins: Getting the job done

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Sep 2, 2007 | Interviews

Fans who watched the old WWF programs, like Superstars and Wrestling Challenge, will remember the...

Getting into MsChif

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | May 2, 2007 | Interviews

It has been said that MsChif’s spine is either non-existent or it has to be made of lime...

A lifetime of rewards for Bob Geigel

Posted by Ryan Nation | Apr 19, 2007 | CAC, Interviews

Bob Geigel has seen and done a lot in wrestling in his 82 years, and it’s payback time. He...

For Dillon, it’s all about emotion

Posted by Steven Johnson | Apr 5, 2007 | Interviews

This used to be a pretty exciting time of year for J.J. Dillon. In the almost eight years that he...

Title run crest of Sting’s last wave

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 13, 2006 | Interviews

Heading into TNA’s primetime slot on Spike TV and its Genesis pay-per-view, there is perhaps...

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