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‘Tod is God’ a revealing look at ECW

Posted by Adam Bazzana | Aug 5, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

You would expect a book written about the origins of a company revered for its violence and...

Billy Blue River dead at 79

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 15, 2024 | Interviews, Obituaries

Billy Blue River, the long-time wrestler and promoter, and dedicated husband to women’s...

Maritimes promoter Al Zinck dead at 91

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 7, 2024 | Canadian Hall of Fame, News, Obituaries, The Sporting Connection

Al Zinck, a former amateur wrestler turned pro, and a boxing and wrestling promoter in Atlantic...

The Polinsky promotional era returns to Pittsburgh

Posted by Adam Bazzana | Feb 23, 2024 | Interviews

While you might not know the name Dan Polinsky, chances are you know his two sons: WWE announcer...

The hidden history of Mae Young, wrestling promoter

Posted by Cory Santos | Jan 5, 2024 | Classics

Did you know you know that Mae Young was a wrestling promoter? Read the extraordinary story of Mae Young and her partner, Eva Lee, on Slam!

DC Drake: A life of honor, nobility … and violence

Posted by Brendan Higgins | Mar 6, 2023 | Interviews

It would be difficult for today’s wrestling fan to imagine life without the internet or the newest...

Mat Memories: A Farewell to Johnny Powers

Posted by Steven Johnson | Jan 8, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

I always thought it was incongruous that Johnny Powers, the rugged hero of my youth, a man who was...

Johnny Powers dead at 79

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 7, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

To be a big star in professional wrestling is to have your name on the marquee. Very few ever got...

JBL on Doc Holliday: ‘Bob was special’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 29, 2022 | Interviews, Obituaries

Former WWE World champion JBL — John Bradshaw Layfield — is already missing his friend...

Guest column: Sun colleague remembers ‘colorful’ Doc Holliday

Posted by Guest Column | Dec 28, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion

By DOUG LUNNEY – For SlamWrestling.net WINNIPEG – Bob “Doc” Holliday, who...

Winnipeg WWE promoter ‘Doc’ Holliday dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 28, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, News, Obituaries, Photo Galleries

There was a time when World Wrestling Entertainment relied on people in different towns to help...

Howard Brody, promoter and former NWA President, dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 24, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, News, Obituaries

Howard Brody, who was a long-time promoter of pro wrestling, an author, and a former NWA...

Mat Matters: Looking back on my time with NorCal promoter Kirk White

Posted by Mike Lano | Mar 25, 2022 | Obituaries

It’s been almost three months since long-time Northern California promoter Kirk White died...

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 —...

Behind the Gimmick Table: Adrian Gomez living the American Dream in China

Posted by Rasslin Merch Machine | Mar 7, 2021 | Interviews, Not Another Collectible!

A decade ago, Adrian Gomez traded the desert of Phoenix, Arizona, for the harsh winters in China’s...

Promoter Jim Crockett Jr. dead at 76

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 3, 2021 | Interviews, News, Obituaries

Jim Crockett Jr., the promoter who took his father’s Mid Atlantic Wrestling regional...

The heroic service of Paul Boesch

Posted by Steven Johnson | Nov 10, 2020 | Classics, Interviews

August 28, 1987 was a red-letter day in the life of Paul Boesch. It marked the denouement of a...

Guest column: New England Championship Wrestling at 20 highlights the importance of indy wrestling

Posted by Sheldon Goldberg | Oct 5, 2020 | Opinion

In the midst of a global pandemic, New England Championship Wrestling, like most independent...

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...

The legacy of Joe Malcewicz

Posted by Steven Johnson | Mar 25, 2015 | Interviews

When WrestleMania tees it up in San Francisco this Sunday, the most evocative nicknames that...

Mat Matters: An appreciation for Bob Clark, R.I.P.

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 20, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion

The passing of Bob Clark of Hamilton didn’t get much mention, if any, for which I deserve...

Al Mandell, dead at 92, was ‘Forrest Gump of wrestling’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 28, 2012 | Interviews, Obituaries

The contributions of Al Mandell to the business of professional wrestling are harder to classify...

Pat Milosh: The key to Oshawa wrestling for 40 years

Posted by Andrew Calvert | Jan 4, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Wrestling broadcast pioneer Barry Lloyd Penhale covered the Golden Age of the sport in print for...

Rod Fenton: Rough wrestler, respected promoter

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 30, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

When most wrestlers around today talk about Rod Fenton, they are referring to the long-time...

Al Tomko — a true original — dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 6, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Historian Vern May once said, “To hear Al Tomko tell it, nothing special ever happened in...

Lia Maivia was a pioneering woman promoter

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 23, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries

Lia Maivia, who died on Sunday, October 19, 2008, at the age of 81, was one of the first female...

The life and times of ‘Flying’ Billy Anderson

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Jul 16, 2008 | Interviews

Bill Anderson never wrestled a championship match in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Nor...

Seattle promoter Harry Elliott dead at 101

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 26, 2006 | Interviews, Obituaries

There are 101 reasons to remember the life of Seattle promoter Harry Elliott, who died Sunday, in...

Frank and Jack Tunney controlled Toronto for decades

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

The Tunneys controlled wrestling in southern Ontario for over sixty years. Frank Tunney was a...

Merv Unger had many roles in wrestling

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

Merv Unger was a newspaper reporter for one of the Winnipeg daily papers in the late 1950s when...

New England’s Eddie Quinn made it big promoting in Montreal

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

REAL NAME: Edmund R. Quinn BORN: 1906 in Waltham, MA DIED: December 14, 1965 Eddie Quinn was the...

Sam Muchnick dead at 93

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 31, 1998 | Obituaries

Wrestling has lost one of its legendary promoters. Sam Muchnick, who was the St. Louis promoter...

Sheldon Goldberg Story Archive

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 7, 1900 | Story Archives

A legendary promoter and now an accomplished author, Sheldon Goldberg’s got a few stories to...

Tag: promoter

‘Tod is God’ a revealing look at ECW

Billy Blue River dead at 79

Maritimes promoter Al Zinck dead at 91

The Polinsky promotional era returns to Pittsburgh

The hidden history of Mae Young, wrestling promoter

DC Drake: A life of honor, nobility … and violence

Mat Memories: A Farewell to Johnny Powers

Johnny Powers dead at 79

JBL on Doc Holliday: ‘Bob was special’

Guest column: Sun colleague remembers ‘colorful’ Doc Holliday

Winnipeg WWE promoter ‘Doc’ Holliday dies

Howard Brody, promoter and former NWA President, dies

Mat Matters: Looking back on my time with NorCal promoter Kirk White

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

Behind the Gimmick Table: Adrian Gomez living the American Dream in China

Promoter Jim Crockett Jr. dead at 76

The heroic service of Paul Boesch

Guest column: New England Championship Wrestling at 20 highlights the importance of indy wrestling

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

The legacy of Joe Malcewicz

Mat Matters: An appreciation for Bob Clark, R.I.P.

Al Mandell, dead at 92, was ‘Forrest Gump of wrestling’

Pat Milosh: The key to Oshawa wrestling for 40 years

Rod Fenton: Rough wrestler, respected promoter

Al Tomko — a true original — dies

Lia Maivia was a pioneering woman promoter

The life and times of ‘Flying’ Billy Anderson

Seattle promoter Harry Elliott dead at 101

Frank and Jack Tunney controlled Toronto for decades

Merv Unger had many roles in wrestling

New England’s Eddie Quinn made it big promoting in Montreal

Sam Muchnick dead at 93

Sheldon Goldberg Story Archive

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