Mat Matters: Remembering Red & Carol, king and queen of the CAC
Through the years, I’ve met plenty of memorable wives of pro wrestlers, but if pressed, I...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 30, 2018 | CAC, Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
Through the years, I’ve met plenty of memorable wives of pro wrestlers, but if pressed, I...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 7, 2017 | Interviews, PWHF
On Wednesday night, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2018, which...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 1, 2015 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Social media is all well and good for the people who are still around to be able to react and...
Read MorePosted by Pat Laprade | Jun 3, 2014 | CAC, Interviews
LAS VEGAS – Melissa Anderson is among the very best female wrestlers out there. She has...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 9, 2013 | Interviews, Obituaries
Over the years, I interviewed Dutch Savage a number of times, and received emails from him as...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 11, 2012 | CAC, Interviews, Obituaries
Rolland “Red” Bastien, who died August 11, 2012, after a lengthy battle with...
Read MorePosted by LARRY DWYER - For SLAM! Wrestling | Feb 25, 2011 | Events
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Texas Shootout started innocently enough. Red Bastien would meet...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 25, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
It is quickly evident that Billy Red Lyons was one of those few wrestlers out there that no one...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Nov 1, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries
Maria Garcia was a female wrestler during the 1960s, having trained under the Fabulous Moolah. She...
Read MorePosted by Kenai Andrews | Jul 16, 2008 | Interviews
Bill Anderson never wrestled a championship match in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Nor...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 13, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries
There have been countless father-son tag teams over the eons, but the first great team was Gino...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 18, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Billy Red Lyons was one of the biggest exports ever to come out of Canada in professional...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Mar 16, 2008 | Interviews, PWHF
The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is growing as both its honouree list and...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 10, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
Dave Sheldon was buried on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. His was a complicated life, and during...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Sep 8, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
In basketball, Bill Russell had Wilt Chamberlain. In tennis, Pete Sampras had Andre Agassi. And in...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jul 14, 2007 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF
WATERLOO, IA — The subject was wrestling, but the watchword was definitely...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Apr 22, 2007 | CAC, Interviews
LAS VEGAS—Just call it pro wrestling’s version of a Vegas-style variety revue. The 42nd annual...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Apr 21, 2007 | CAC, Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
LAS VEGAS—You won’t find forests of tall, whispering pines or Mounties sitting high in their...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 16, 2004 | CAC, Interviews
LAS VEGAS – The first day of the annual Cauliflower Alley Club is always abuzz with who is...
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