Mat Matters: Thoughts on the best reads for Canada Book Day
Did you know that April 23, 2024, is Canada Book Day? It’s celebrated on the same day as...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 23, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion
Did you know that April 23, 2024, is Canada Book Day? It’s celebrated on the same day as...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Apr 22, 2024 | Featured Home Page, Gary Howard Memorial Library
On April 17, David Penzer announced the release of his new autobiography, Sitting Ringside, Volume...
Read MorePosted by Josh Olsen | Apr 2, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
In 2015, Brad Balukjian opened a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, then he “embarked on a quest...
Read MorePosted by Adam Bazzana | Mar 20, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, News
As Becky Lynch prepares for her WrestleMania 40 bout against everyone’s favorite Mami, Rhea...
Read MorePosted by Cory Santos | Feb 11, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
I’m a sucker for wrestling history books and especially those that focus on the key...
Read MorePosted by Adam Bazzana | Feb 4, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
In his new book, For the Love of the Show: Pro Wrestling Fans Tell Their Stories, Dr. Jeremy...
Read MorePosted by Joseph Casciaro | Feb 2, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Eric Johnston, SlamWrestling.net producer Greg Oliver and contributor Joseph Casciaro have a new...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | Jan 30, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Opinion
Jon Langmead’s Ballyhoo!: The Roughhousers, Con Artists, and Wildmen Who Invented Professional...
Read MorePosted by Gina Femia | Jan 10, 2024 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
I’ll be the first to admit that, compared to most, I’m a newer wrestling fan. I only came to the...
Read MorePosted by Sean Dulaney | Dec 15, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Sean Dulaney’s The History of Professional Wrestling in Evansville, IN: The Sixties Part Two: 1963...
Read MorePosted by Jamie Hemmings | Dec 11, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
After facing some serious health issues after the 2022 Cauliflower Alley Club (CAC) reunion, not...
Read MorePosted by Gina Femia | Nov 28, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
When poet Quinn Carver Johnson started studying gender in college, they realized that “Wrestling...
Read MorePosted by John Cosper | Nov 21, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
EDITOR’S NOTE: SlamWrestling.net contributor John Cosper has a new book out. It’s called The...
Read MorePosted by Jon Langmead | Sep 11, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Towards the end of his life, the much-revered wrestling historian J Michael Kenyon was hoping he’d...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 26, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
Extreme Championship Wrestling Founder Tod Gordon has a new book out and appeared on John Arezzi’s...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 22, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF
WATERLOO, Iowa – There are four people who have been coming to the Tragos/Thesz Hall of Fame...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 9, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, News
From one “Nature Boy” to another, celebrated author Tim Hornbaker has announced that...
Read MorePosted by Trapper Tom Leturgey | Oct 15, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
King of New York: Who Was the MVP of the World Wrestling Federation? is a 2022 effort by...
Read MorePosted by Alex Podgorski | Sep 21, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Few people have the ability to become pro wrestlers; fewer still can become successful in that...
Read MorePosted by Todd Denault | Sep 6, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
It is impossible to overstate the impact that the advent and all-consuming popularity of the...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 28, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
Mike McGuire of Sunday Night’s Main Event spoke with former WWE Head Writer Brian Gewirtz about...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jul 3, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
If you’re like me and will read pretty much anything, you fall into certain bad habits. One such...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 10, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
Prolific author John Cosper admits that not every book he writes is going to find a big audience....
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Nov 7, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
What’s black and white and red all over? While that sounds like the set-up to a classic joke,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Feb 2, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, News
WWE champion Drew McIntyre will have one more title to add to his lengthy resume — author....
Read MorePosted by Caleb Smith | Sep 3, 2017 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
It was 1999 and I was watching Monday Night Raw with my younger brother Braydon. On the screen the...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 12, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Shooters, Heels & Heroes: The Life & Times of Rico Valentino is the best true crime book...
Read MorePosted by Richard Kamchen | Jun 26, 2008 | Classics, Interviews
Wrestling fans should be pleased to know the Larry Zbyszko they remember as a caustic heel and...
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