Sami Zayn discusses his new WWE contract
Pat Laprade and Kevin Raphael, hosts of the French podcast Les Anti-Pods de la Lutte, welcomed...
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New André bio proved to be a Giant project
Bertrand Hébert and Pat Laprade had three “giant” goals while writing their latest...
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Mat Matters: My wish list grew exponentially after Bookmarks Covid-Con
I think I just had the perfect weekend. Yes, I realize there is still a planet-wide pandemic going...
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Review: We can still learn plenty from André the Giant
Hands down one of the saddest quotes this writer/reader has ever read is when André Roussimoff,...
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Mat Matters: The golden age of wrestling research
As much as everyone likes to celebrate the amount of televised wrestling that is available, much...
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Book offers a fascinating look into all of Mad Dog’s life
Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story tells the tale of an unlikely Quebec and Canadian hero —...
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‘Sisterhood’ book showcases powerful women with grace and respect
By HOLLY LENGYEL – For SlamWrestling I was flattered when I was asked to review Pat Laprade...
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Mat Matters: WrestleMania week was really emotional
Patric Laprade – Slam Wrestling WrestleMania weekend — or, really, WrestleMania week...
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New book the perfect companion to the Women’s Revolution
The year 2016 will undoubtedly be remembered as the year of the Women’s Revolution in WWE....
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Third DVD release brings Montreal territory back to life
Among old wrestling territories, Montreal was hardcore before “hardcore” was cool. The...
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French Mad Dog Vachon bio doesn’t shy away from his shortcomings
It’s more than a bit of an understatement to declare that Maurice “Mad Dog”...
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French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched
MONTREAL – In pop music, it is often claimed that producing the second album is a lot...
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Quebec old-school DVDs are ‘tres bon’!
Of all the former “territories” of the wrestling business, the blood-spattered...
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Mat Matters: A last goodbye and thanks to Shuhei Aoki
The deaths that you less expect are usually the ones that will shock you the most. That is...
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Mad Dog’s Montreal friends gather to celebrate his legacy
MONTREAL — While Quebec can lay claim to launching more than a few pro wrestling careers,...
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Quebec history book finally finds a French home
It’s not often that a book starts out in French, gets translated and published in English,...
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The rocky road to publication — twice — for ‘Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs’
One of the eternal debates within the wrestling community has been which territory has the richest...
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Mat Matters: Taking Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs on the road
Patric Laprade – Slam Wrestling After a great book launch, a lot of media attention and a...
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Montreal history book hard to put down
In Pat Laprade and Bertrand Hébert’s Mad Dogs, Midgets, and Screw Jobs, the duo points all...
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Almanac clarifies Quebec’s indy scene
Today’s wrestling scene in Quebec is a myriad of acronyms and haphazard promotions, running...
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