The Sheik and Big Time Wrestling celebrated by The Detroit History Podcast
DETROIT – The Detroit History Podcast kicked off its sixth season telling the tale of The...
Read MorePosted by Josh Olsen | Apr 20, 2024 | Events, Interviews
DETROIT – The Detroit History Podcast kicked off its sixth season telling the tale of The...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Schwartz | Nov 6, 2022 | Opinion
On November 2, AEW aired its latest edition of Dynamite. The show featured four title matches and...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Apr 28, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion
By BRIAN R. SOLOMON – For SlamWrestling.net As you’re reading this, the fulfillment of my...
Read MorePosted by Brad McFarlin | Mar 24, 2022 | Opinion
One of the more disturbing incidents of my career in pro wrestling happened in Flint, Michigan....
Read MorePosted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Feb 14, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Gary “G.J.” Rowell has an interesting library of wrestling books out. The latest, Mat...
Read MorePosted by Dave Drason Burzynski | Jul 23, 2021 | Classics, News, Opinion
It was a hot Summer in the City of Detroit in 1967. Lyndon Johnson was president, “Light My...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 2, 2020 | News, Obituaries
Tom Farhat, the youngest of two sons born to “The Sheik” Ed Farhat and his wife Joyce,...
Read MorePosted by Justin Cousineau | Mar 1, 2015 | Documentary Reviews
When you say the name “Iron Sheik” to a wrestling fan, regardless of generation, a number of vivid...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
Remembering a Where Are They Now? article published by the Toronto Star in 1983 which I’d...
Read MorePosted by Matt Bishop | Apr 26, 2014 | Documentary Reviews
Whether you’re an old school wrestling fan from the 1980s, or someone who learned about The...
Read MorePosted by Yves Leroux | Apr 24, 2013 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
Award-winning producer Mark Nowotarski is trying to finalize his documentary on the history of...
Read MorePosted by Joe E. Legend | Feb 6, 2011 | Joe E. Legend
We’re in 1982, and I’m going to my very first independent wrestling show. And I...
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | Jun 8, 2010 | Documentary Reviews
Long before ECW put itself on the map with its hardcore style, The Sheik was terrorizing opponents...
Read MorePosted by Matt Mackinder | Mar 3, 2010 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews
The last time The Sheik was in the national wrestling spotlight was back in 2007 when he was...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Feb 3, 2009 | Interviews
In the 1960s, The Original Sheik was perhaps the most violent character that the professional...
Read MorePosted by Gary Howard | Aug 25, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Throughout the rich history of professional wrestling there are a thousand stories that have never...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 6, 1900 | Story Archives
The Sheik (Ed Farhat) was one of the greatest villains in pro wrestling history and his nephew,...
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