Guest column: My Mom is still my hero
By BAMBI HALL – For SLAM! Wrestling I love hearing stories from when I was a kid at...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Apr 22, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion
By BAMBI HALL – For SLAM! Wrestling I love hearing stories from when I was a kid at...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 21, 2014 | Interviews
The Maritime provinces are getting an extra kick of estrogen in the coming two weeks, with a...
Read MorePosted by Dan Murphy | Apr 17, 2014 | Interviews, Other House Shows
Based on the showings at the recent DVD tapings on April 12-13, a youth movement is under way in...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 10, 2014 | Interviews
If Japanese, American and Canadian women wrestlers have a strong reputation, Australian women have...
Read MorePosted by Marshall Ward | Mar 31, 2014 | Interviews, WrestleMania
Lita was lying in a hammock at her home in Nicaragua when she got a text from Stephanie McMahon....
Read MorePosted by Dan Murphy | Mar 27, 2014 | Interviews
In early March, Jessica James embarked on her second tour of Japan. We asked her to provide...
Read MorePosted by Dan Murphy | Feb 26, 2014 | Interviews
In recent years, women’s independent wrestling has developed a passionate following in the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 18, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Nothing like waking up to find yourself as the SUNShine Girl in the Toronto Sun newspaper. But...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 10, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries
Gloria Barattini, who died at the end of January, got a lot of publicity during her wrestling...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 15, 2014 | Interviews, Obituaries
Ed “Strangler” Lewis once told Mae Young, “I don’t like women’s...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 23, 2013 | Interviews, Obituaries
Vivian St. John, who died on December 20th, was a complicated woman: a wrestler, a single mother,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 23, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
With her funky hairdo, piercings, and tattoos, Quebec’s Angie Skye tries to stand out in a...
Read MorePosted by Ranjan Chhibber, Ph.D. | Jul 9, 2013 | Interviews
You don’t usually find a booker carrying a birthday cake for three of her wrestlers. If you...
Read MorePosted by Ranjan Chhibber, Ph.D. | Jul 3, 2013 | Interviews
Watching up and coming female wrestler Santana Garrett at the May 2013 SHINE event, one could see...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
In a 1973 newspaper article, Vivian Vachon, the Wrestling Queen who died in 1991, vowed that she...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 19, 2013 | Interviews
Erin Angel has just spent three weeks wrestling straight through for Atlantic Grand Prix...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Apr 5, 2013 | Interviews, WrestleMania Features
What is it about WrestleMania that makes it so special? Perhaps the best person to answer that is...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 7, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
When Gordon Nelson spotted a young Marie Laverne at a Charlotte swimming pool, he didn’t...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Nov 28, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
As Leah Von Dutch counters the Stratusfaction and takes Trish Stratus out with the Flying...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Nov 5, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame
This past year, Gail Kim’s life has changed for the better in a number of ways. She returned...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 2, 2012 | Interviews
Things are falling into place for the up-and-coming “Wrestling Goddess” Athena. The...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Aug 10, 2012 | Interviews
Despite being the current TNA Knockout Champion, Miss Tessmacher still feels that she has...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 29, 2012 | Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears, Obituaries
Rita Cortez, the woman wrestler who died Friday at the age of 73, perhaps contributed more to the...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Asher | Jul 17, 2012 | Interviews
WWE may have its Divas and TNA may have its Knockouts, but companies like SHIMMER and the newly...
Read MorePosted by Pat Laprade | Jul 8, 2012 | Other House Shows
MONTREAL – For the first time in its history, a SHIMMER title switched hands outside of the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 28, 2012 | Interviews
It takes an understanding boss at your day job to be able to say, “I can’t come in...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Byer | Jun 20, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
A lot can happen in three years. When SLAM! Wrestling last spoke with Nicole Matthews, she was a...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 19, 2012 | CAC, Classics, Interviews
By WENDI RICHTER At Wednesday’s Cauliflower Alley Club banquet, women’s wrestling...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 12, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
This weekend marks a rare chance to see a Mexican wrestling star on her home turf. But in a bit of...
Read MorePosted by Pat Laprade | Mar 11, 2012 | Other House Shows
MONTREAL — On Saturday night, NCW Femmes Fatales presented its most important show to date,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 6, 2012 | Interviews
Usually the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal takes place in late June into early July....
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Mar 4, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Geneviève Bernier is similar to many young women. She dreams of traveling the world, would like to...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Dec 8, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
It’s a rare thing for daughters to follow their fathers into the wrestling business, and...
Read MorePosted by Darren Wood | Nov 29, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
When Maryse Ouellet went to the Bell Center in Montreal to watch a wrestling event for the first...
Read MorePosted by Darren Wood | Nov 24, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
It’s been a strange couple of months for current TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim. Back in...
Read MorePosted by Darren Wood | Nov 10, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Gail Kim is no stranger to championship matches. The former TNA Knockout and WWE Women’s...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 26, 2011 | Interviews
Lisa Varon, whether she’s been Tara or Victoria in the ring, has never lacked for side...
Read MorePosted by JEFF LEEN | Oct 6, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries
A natural blonde and a stunning physical specimen, Ella Waldek was one of the most golden figures...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Byer | Sep 8, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
“If this is your first time hearing about me, then @#$% son you must be living under a rock!...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 29, 2011 | Interviews, Obituaries
Donna Christantello, who died Friday at 69, was the “right-hand person” to the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 9, 2011 | Interviews
Some remember the dates of their first championship or their wrestling debut. For Princess...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Aug 4, 2011 | Interviews
Henry Ford famously said that “Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 5, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
There can be a lot to a name. When the Ontario-based rocker-chick wrestler P.J. Tyler switched to...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 3, 2011 | Interviews
She may pronounce it “SHIM-MAH” in her Australian accent, but Madison Eagles is doing...
Read MorePosted by Matt Bishop | May 30, 2011 | Interviews
Mickie James has been in TNA nearly eight months now and has had her fair share of memorable...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 12, 2011 | Interviews
Melissa Anderson has been out of the TNA spotlight for more than a year now, but that...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | May 8, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
It is often said that a mother’s work is never done. For Cathie Cougar, this familiar saying...
Read MorePosted by Jason Clevett | Mar 10, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Over its 14-year history SLAM! Wrestling has interviewed most of the Canadian women that have...
Read MorePosted by Colin Hunter | Feb 10, 2011 | Interviews
The conversation begins with “G’day,” and is peppered with Australian lingo like...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Feb 2, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Some people visit a psychologist or watch Doctor Phil to deal with their frustrations. Maggy...
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