Scott Teal

Retro Review: Griffin’s ‘Fall Guys’ historically important but flawed

Posted by Thomas Starr | Sep 29, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Retro Reviews

Falls Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin was released in 1937, making it one of the...

CAC Melby Award winner Jason Presley dug deep

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Jul 29, 2024 | CAC, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

There’s an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. The first time this writer...

Terry Justice, briefly, king of newsletters

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 2, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Before the wrestling universe went digital, before it was truly a national entity, there was one...

Entry in Venues’ Series chronicles Amarillo’s early days

Posted by Jon Langmead | Jul 15, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Scott Teal and Kriss Knights’ new book, The Great Pro Wrestling Venues Volume 6: Amarillo:...

Hornbaker fills a ‘glaring void’ in wrestling history with Rogers bio

Posted by Nathan Hatton | Mar 1, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The absence of a full length biography on Buddy Rogers has, for years, been a glaring void in the...

Frankie Cain autobiography is ‘a beacon of light in a congested genre’

Posted by Nathan Hatton | Jan 8, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Things have come a long ways since Lou Thesz, arguably the greatest heavyweight champion who ever...

Time to strut; biography on Buddy Rogers announced

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Nov 10, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, News

Not only did Scott Teal and Tim Hornbaker just announce their first ever joint book project, but...

Rikidozan Years fills a void in a ‘gaijin’s’ understanding of Japanese wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 23, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I’m not a results guy, and have never really been consumed by the collection and analysis of...

Babe Bisignano’s life in and out of wrestling a wild read

Posted by Jon Langmead | Jul 14, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Jimmy Wheeler’s love of pro wrestling was cemented the first time he was able to see it live. Just...

Breznikov’s book comes from the heart of a fan

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 17, 2019 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It took a couple of tries before Nikita Breznikov was able to convince Scott Teal of Crowbar Press...

Don Luce the ‘godfather’ of pro wrestling research

Posted by Jon Langmead | Apr 14, 2018 | CAC, Interviews

No less of an authority than J Michael Kenyon called Don Luce, who is being honored by the...

Teal’s ‘Classic 20th Century Mat Memories’ interviews truly marvelous

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 4, 2016 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

It’s a mouthful of a title — The Wrestling Archive Project – Classic 20th...

Don Fargo lets it all hang out in ‘The Hard Way’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 5, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The Hard Way by the enduring Don Fargo is no doubt the best book ever written by a many-named...

Ken Lucas, dead at 73, was a consummate babyface

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 7, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries

Ken Lucas, who died on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at age 73, was often seen as a wrestler who...

‘I Ain’t No Pig Farmer!’ offers a rare promoter’s perspective

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 17, 2014 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

To adapt a famous movie line, “You had me at Chris Colt.” Simply put, Dean...

Insight into Japan one great part of Stan Hansen book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 29, 2013 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Sometimes an autobiography comes out that, for whatever reason, doesn’t get the attention it...

Brisco book reprinted, reworked

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 23, 2013 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The second edition of BRISCO: The Life and Times of National Collegiate and World Heavyweight...

Mat Matters: In praise of Scott Teal

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 26, 2012 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion

Scott Teal loves this quote — with good reason — and pastes it at the end of his...

Jim Ross’ acceptance speech for the Lou Thesz Award

Posted by JIM ROSS | Jul 27, 2011 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

Jim Ross proved Saturday night he is far more than the best announcer in the wrestling business....

J.R.’s passion shows through at Tragos/Thesz ceremony

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 23, 2011 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

WATERLOO, Iowa — Jim Ross, the Lou Thesz Award winner Saturday night at the Tragos/Thesz Pro...

Atlas blames no one but himself in autobiography

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 30, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Tony Atlas, freshly relieved of his duties in World Wrestling Entertainment, now has time to push...

Funk Jr., Duggan thrilled by Hall of Fame honour

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 21, 2010 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

With its focus on wrestlers who could actually wrestle, and on the good works that wrestlers do...

Tragos/Thesz HOF to honour Funk Jr., Monsoon, Ross, Duggan

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 15, 2010 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

The actual induction class is its smallest yet, but one cannot deny that the George Tragos/Lou...

Atlas: Too Much…Too Soon one of the most truthful wrestling books ever

Posted by Chris Schramm | Nov 7, 2010 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The rise, fall and recent resurrection of the life and career of Tony Atlas is perfectly told in...

The history of wrestling ‘historians’

Posted by J MICHAEL KENYON - For SLAM! Wrestling | Jul 7, 2010 | Interviews

EDITOR’S NOTE: J Michael Kenyon is presenting this paper on the occasion of the annual...

Cancer claims southern star Jim White

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 10, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries

Jim White, who wrestled through the American south during the 1960s and 1970s and was a...

The Solie Chronicles tells the life of greatest wrestling play-by-play announcer of all time

Posted by Chris Schramm | Nov 5, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

A man who Jim Ross calls the greatest wrestling play-by-play man ever, Gordon Solie, left behind a...

Retro review: Old school wisdom packs Assassin’s book

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 14, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Jody “The Assassin” Hamilton comes from an era that gives genuine meaning to what has...

Brody book arty and interesting

Posted by Chris Schramm | May 4, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Why not have the life of Bruiser Brody told by the people who knew him best? That is what the new...

Not a lot of dirt in Sammartino & Koloff bios

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 23, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The careers of Ivan Koloff and Bruno Sammartino are very much intertwined. Bruno was...

Ivan Koloff ‘bears’ all in new autobiography

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 5, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

At the pinnacle of his career, he was WWWF World champion, ending the reign of the legendary Bruno...

Remembering newsletter pioneer Ron Dobratz

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 28, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Obituaries

On February 11th, Ron Dobratz died. To today’s fan, used to the Internet and newsletters,...

New peeks into the McMahon empire

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 28, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Two recently-published books offer compelling behind-the-scenes looks at the way the McMahon...

Ole Anderson offers insights and insults

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 5, 2004 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Simply put, there isn’t any other wrestling book out there like the new Ole Anderson...

Ole lets loose in new book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 22, 2003 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Ole Anderson was never one to hold back his opinions. As a wrestler and a booker for decades, he...

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