History bonds the Tragos/Thesz wrestling family
WATERLOO, Iowa — Just after 8 pm on Friday night, July 19, Coach Jim Miller stood at the...
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Tag: Tom Burke
Wrestling collectibles galore at inaugural Novi Toy Show
On Saturday, May 6, 2023, there was a trading card show in my area, there was a toy show, and it...
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A visit to Tom Burke’s personal museum
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When I was given the opportunity to interview Tom Burke I was beyond...
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Terry Justice, briefly, king of newsletters
Before the wrestling universe went digital, before it was truly a national entity, there was one...
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Initial IPWHF event hopefully first of many great times
By TOM BURKE – For SlamWrestling.net There is a line in the movie, Field Of Dreams,...
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Tom Burke at 62 years of collecting — and counting
Vince McMahon revolutionized pro wrestling in many ways. Today it is taken for granted how easy it...
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Flying Fred pens biography on The Wild Bull
He was banned in four countries. He was hardcore before ECW was even an inkling of an idea. And...
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Cora Combs was a pioneering woman wrestler
Cora Combs, who died June 21, 2015, at age 92, allowed her evil side to come to the forefront when...
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Tiger Joe Marsh: From the ring to On the Waterfront
With the Academy Award nominations just released, it is a good opportunity to look back on a pro...
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The history of wrestling ‘historians’
EDITOR’S NOTE: J Michael Kenyon is presenting this paper on the occasion of the annual...
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The life and times of ‘Flying’ Billy Anderson
Bill Anderson never wrestled a championship match in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Nor...
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Overwhelmed in Las Vegas at CAC
LAS VEGAS – Without a doubt, it is overwhelming when you first arrive at an annual...
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