Knocked out by the growth in women’s wrestling
Perhaps no other social group in history has had to work longer and harder than women to earn the...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Dec 16, 2010 | Interviews
Perhaps no other social group in history has had to work longer and harder than women to earn the...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Dec 2, 2010 | Interviews
Being known as “The Queen of Wrestling” must mean that Sara Del Rey is the best female...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Nov 10, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Moving to a foreign country is never easy. The food is different; the language is different; the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 20, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
The NCW Femmes Fatales promotion has its fourth gala this Saturday in Montreal, and the company...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Oct 13, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Taylor Wilde has worn a lot of titles. First, she was billed as TNA’s Upset Queen, by...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Oct 1, 2010 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2010
TNA Wrestling’s Knockout division has been a highlight of the company since it officially...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 9, 2010 | Interviews, Obituaries
Beverly Lehmer, who died August 30, 2010, spent a few years in the early 1950s under the thumb of...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 30, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
The family of Gertrude (Trudy) Vachon — known to wrestling fans as Luna — have opted...
Read MorePosted by Gary Howard | Aug 30, 2010 | Interviews
She was only a tiny bundle of raw energy with a burning desire to succeed but the fact that she...
Read MorePosted by Howard Brody | Aug 28, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion
Wrestling and death. All too frequently those of us who spent a fair amount of time in the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 27, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Luna Vachon has died. She was 48. According to family, she was at her mother’s house and was...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jun 10, 2010 | Interviews
Madison Rayne is nobody’s jobber any more. The girl who debuted in TNA in January 2009 but didn’t...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 3, 2010 | CAC, Interviews
Kia Stevens is nothing like her intimidating Awesome Kong character, and that’s a good thing...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 29, 2010 | Interviews
Melissa Anderson is not confused about who she is any longer. There was a time she was three...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Mar 23, 2010 | Interviews
On the eve of 2010’s WWE Hall of Fame and WrestleMania bonanzas, we’re reminded again...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Feb 26, 2010 | Hollywood Headlock, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Interviews
Ever since their preview video appeared on YouTube in March 2009, Wrestlicious has been the buzz...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 19, 2010 | Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears, Obituaries
Once Ida Mae Martinez Selenkow asked, “How many wrestler/nurse/yodelers do you know?”...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Dec 23, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
That crafty Bob Kapur was so desperate to spend extra time with WWE diva Maryse that he somehow...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Dec 12, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
A few weeks ago, Maryse Ouellet made her return to Monday Night RAW after an injury had put her...
Read MorePosted by Mike Lano | Oct 15, 2009 | Interviews
Having seen and talked with Lacey Von Erich at wrestling shows and conventions the past few years,...
Read MorePosted by Pat Laprade | Sep 9, 2009 | Other House Shows
MONTREAL — In a city known for beautiful women, Saturday’s NCW Femmes Fatales gala was...
Read MorePosted by Gary Howard | Aug 18, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Since the code of silence among the wrestling fraternity was broken some years ago, there has been...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 13, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries
“After ten years in the wrestling business, I decided to try something easier, so I switched...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 29, 2009 | Interviews
It might come as something of a surprise to learn that 20-year-old Tenille Dashwood has been in...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jul 28, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
When Millie Bliss was toiling as a teenage waitress on an Indian reservation in New Mexico, the...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 24, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
WWE Divas’ Champion Maryse Ouellet is ready to finally step into the ring and put her title...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 17, 2009 | Interviews
Daffney is the toast of TNA and is happy to feel appreciated again. Mick Foley recently wrote on...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jul 15, 2009 | Interviews
In mid-June, at a show in Walterboro, S.C., longtime star Susan Green dropped an elbow smash on a...
Read MorePosted by Andy McNamara | Jul 10, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
TNA Wrestling rides into Hamilton at Copps Coliseum tonight and for one Knockout it will be a...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 8, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Catherine Power has come a long way from the small town girl who had pro wrestling dreams....
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | May 28, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Nicole Matthews has enjoyed a very quick rise through the pro ranks and her contemporaries believe...
Read MorePosted by Brian Elliott | May 9, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries
Princess Jasmine, who passed away Friday morning at age 60 after a long battle with cancer, died...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | Jan 19, 2009 | Interviews
Princess Jasmine owes much of her career — and her name — to her mentor, Dick Afflis,...
Read MorePosted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Dec 4, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
If looks could kill, Deanna Conda would be wanted for murder. At 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds, Conda...
Read MorePosted by Chris Schramm | Nov 1, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries
Maria Garcia was a female wrestler during the 1960s, having trained under the Fabulous Moolah. She...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Sep 9, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
For TNA Knockout Champion Taylor Wilde, wrestling at the company’s upcoming No Surrender...
Read MorePosted by Jon Waldman | Aug 24, 2008 | Other Reviews
After watching WWE DVDs on a near-constant basis, I thought I’d give myself a break and take...
Read MorePosted by Fred Johns | Aug 7, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
LAS VEGAS – On a better day, perhaps in the time directly after Wrestlemania XIV, the man at...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jul 30, 2008 | Other Reviews
If you’re partial to skit-free pro wrestling and lascivious babes beating the tar out of each...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Jun 6, 2008 | Interviews
Susan Tex Green has scored a pinfall — a difficult one, but a pinfall nonetheless —...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 13, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
One of the true legends of women’s pro wrestling, Penny Banner, died Monday night, May 12,...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 19, 2008 | Interviews
Women’s wrestling great Susan “Tex” Green has been hospitalized in Columbia, SC,...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | Apr 7, 2008 | CAC, Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
A 1973 issue of The Wrestler contains the headline, “Sandy’s Always Got...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Mar 27, 2008 | Interviews, WrestleMania
At 85, Johnnie Mae Young will become the oldest living female to be inducted into the WWE Hall of...
Read MorePosted by Kenai Andrews | Mar 9, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
The women of TNA have worked hard over the past two years to keep the spotlight on the wrestling,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 3, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
Lillian Ellison, better known to the world as The Fabulous Moolah, has died. She was 84. To more...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Oct 26, 2007 | Interviews
With less than a day to go before participating in the first ever TNA Women’s Championship...
Read MorePosted by Steven Johnson | Aug 8, 2007 | Interviews
Judy Martin is laughing is as she remembers the driving motivation behind a wrestling career that...
Read MorePosted by Mike Lano | Jun 21, 2007 | Obituaries, Opinion
It’s unfathomable that wrestling’s witchy woman is gone at only 49. That was one of...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 15, 2007 | Interviews, Obituaries
“Sensational” Sherri Martel died Friday morning at the age of 49. Details are still...
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