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Stasiak targets Hennig at Slamboree

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 7, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Like many of the feuds heading into Slamboree, there is something deeper to the match between Curt...

The Maestro speaks out

Posted by John Powell | May 6, 2000 | Interviews

A wrestling traditionalist to his very core, Rob Kellum was shocked when he learned that David...

Kidman: Pinning Hogan a career highlight

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 19, 2000 | Interviews

The change in Billy Kidman is pretty representative of the changes in WCW as a whole. It...

Stampede: Spring back in WCW’s step

Posted by John Powell | Apr 17, 2000 | PPV Reports 2000

Heading into Spring Stampede in search of new WCW champions we understood that quantity would...

Kidman aiming for U.S. title

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 14, 2000 | Interviews

Billy Kidman’s pretty confident heading into Sunday’s U.S. title match on the WCW...

Ready to Rumble review: Wrestling flick rumbles with excitement

Posted by John Powell | Apr 7, 2000 | Hollywood Headlock, Movie Reviews

As a Slam Wrestling reporter and editor, I have met insane-o grappling fans like Ready To...

Kanyon plays wait and see with WCW

Posted by Alex Ristic | Apr 6, 2000 | Interviews

For those of you wondering about the whereabouts of one Chris Kanyon, the explanation is pretty...

Tenay loves his lucha libre

Posted by John Molinaro | Mar 22, 2000 | Interviews

Talking about Lucha Libre and Japanese Puroresu with Mike Tenay is like discussing rock ‘n...

Going in depth with Mike Tenay

Posted by John Molinaro | Mar 21, 2000 | Interviews

There is a moment during the Rey Misterio Jr. versus Eddie Guerrero match on the Halloween Havoc...

Uncensored elevates WCW

Posted by John Powell | Mar 20, 2000 | PPV Reports 2000

From a management standpoint, you can say that WCW is in disarray. It is fair to state that...

Benoit thrilled to be a team player

Posted by John Molinaro | Mar 7, 2000 | Interviews

Three months ago, Chris Benoit was in Toronto wrestling Bret Hart for the World title in the main...

Super Brawl equals Super Bore

Posted by John Powell | Feb 21, 2000 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2000

If you didn’t know better, you’d swear that someone was deliberately sabotaging...

Tenay on Benoit, state of WCW

Posted by John Molinaro | Feb 15, 2000 | Interviews

The wrestling world was sent into shock last month when WCW failed to meet the demands of Chris...

Swinger looking for WWF action

Posted by John M. Milner | Feb 14, 2000 | Interviews

By JOHN M. MILNER and TREVOR GIBERSON — For SLAM! Wrestling Many Ontario and Michigan...

Sabu’s departure downplayed by Styles, RVD

Posted by John Powell | Feb 11, 2000 | Interviews

The news that ECW mainstay Sabu signed a deal with the rival World Championship Wrestling...

Bret Hart bio gets March release date

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 11, 2000 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Perry Lefko Well, it’s got an unwieldy title, but it’s bound to sell well. It’s...

Hitman Hart speaks from the sidelines

Posted by John Molinaro | Feb 10, 2000 | Interviews

Amidst all the chaos that’s been going on in WCW the past two weeks, former WCW World...

Benoit crowned World champ at Souled Out

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 17, 2000 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2000

By ROD BOUDREAU — For SLAM! Wrestling Not exactly how WCW planned, we’re sure. But...

A few more stories with Ronnie Garvin

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 12, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Nagging injuries are just part of the life as a pro wrestler. But gone untreated, years later...

Goldberg screwed at Starrcade

Posted by John Powell | Dec 20, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

In wrestling circles it has become known as the “Bret Hart finish” based on...

Starrcade was the original super card

Posted by John Molinaro | Dec 17, 1999 | Interviews

Wrestling announcers are renowned for using hyperbole: “This is the greatest pay-per-view...

Mayhem: The Music shows WCW’s growth

Posted by Alex Ristic | Dec 9, 1999 | Music for Cauliflower Ears

Have to hand it to WCW on this one. Not only are they slowly climbing in the ratings war, and their overall wrestling product improved, but they’ve also put out a kick-ass compilation of original music and wrestler theme...

Gordon Solie’s influence still felt

Posted by Chris Schramm | Dec 8, 1999 | Obituaries

The voice of wrestling can no longer be heard. For Gordon Solie, a man who has been called the...

Misfits part of Vampiro’s master plan

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 2, 1999 | Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears

The past year has been a rocky one for Vampiro. And a rock’n’roll one. The Thunder...

Art Barr: What could have been

Posted by John Molinaro | Nov 29, 1999 | Interviews, Obituaries

What might have been? That’s the question Eddie Guerrero asks himself every day. What if he...

Smiley’s screaming his way to the top

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 25, 1999 | Interviews

Screaming Norman Smiley is over. There is no denying it. They chant his name, laugh at his...

Hart executes sixth world title reign

Posted by John Powell | Nov 22, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

It was one for the record books. At the WCW Mayhem pay-per-view broadcast from the Air...

Big Show now understands champ’s role

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 21, 1999 | Interviews

Paul Wight is a different World Champion this time around. Forget the name change from The Giant...

Vampiro to create Canadian Mayhem

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 19, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

This Sunday at WCW Mayhem, Vampiro will make his Canadian pro wrestling debut. Kind of strange for a lad from Thunder Bay who has been wrestling for a dozen years, eh? El Vampiro during WCW Thunder. “I’ve wrestled a...

Guerrero thrilled with WCW role, making Canadian debut

Posted by John Molinaro | Nov 18, 1999 | Interviews

Last New Year’s Eve Eddie Guerrero lay prone in a hospital bed wondering if he’d ever...

WCW rebounds at Havoc

Posted by John Powell | Oct 25, 1999 | PPV Reports 1999

Much to the relief of wrestling fans who’ve complained bitterly for the better part of two...

Hart confident about WCW future

Posted by John Molinaro | Oct 15, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Bret Hart was all smiles Friday morning as he greeted his public at Toronto’s Air Canada...

Fans turn out for Hitman

Posted by John Molinaro | Oct 15, 1999 | Interviews

Bret Hart made a long, cross-country trek Friday morning from Calgary to Toronto, greeting close...

NWA prez not fond of ECW

Posted by John Molinaro | Sep 23, 1999 | Interviews

NWA President Howard Brody isn’t a fan of ECW. Perhaps he’s still upset over Shane...

Eric Bischoff ousted!

Posted by John Molinaro | Sep 12, 1999 | News

The wrestling world was thrown for a loop on Friday as word broke that World Championship...

Sting wins World title at Fall Brawl

Posted by John Molinaro | Sep 12, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

WCW presented its annual Fall Brawl PPV from the Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, NC. This...

Brian Hildebrand passes away

Posted by John Molinaro | Sep 9, 1999 | Obituaries

The wrestling world lost one of its most beloved members yesterday as Brian Hildebrand, known...

Hogan – Nash, an embarrassment at Road Wild

Posted by John Powell | Aug 15, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

When I was about 10 years-old I witnessed one of the worst matches I’ve ever seen....

Jericho’s dad a proud papa

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 14, 1999 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

Everyone knows that Chris Jericho has signed with the WWF by now. Well, everyone except for his...

Savage new WCW champ at Bash

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 12, 1999 | PPV Reports 1999

Last Monday on Nitro, Randy Savage and his girlfriend-valet Gorgeous George participated in a...

Sid returns at the Bash

Posted by John Powell | Jun 14, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

Don’t look now but there’s another vacated locker at the ailing Extreme Championship...

Mat Matters: The Greatness of the Great American Bash

Posted by John Molinaro | Jun 11, 1999 | Opinion

In 1985, promoter Jim Crockett Jr. came up with an idea for a summer wrestling spectacular called the Great American Bash. One of the most anticipated events on the wrestling calendar in the 80’s, the Bash has survived the...