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More to Trish than T&A

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 5, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

ANAHEIM — Despite her years of fitness modelling and TV appearances, Trish Stratus still got...

Triple H WrestleMania’s big winner

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 1, 2000 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2000, WrestleMania

ANAHEIM — It was a good night for Canadians at WWF WrestleMania 2000 at the Arrowhead Pond...

Is No Way Out the last we’ll see of Cactus Jack?

Posted by John Powell | Feb 28, 2000 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2000

Goodbye and God bless, Cactus Jack, Mankind, Dude Love and Mick Foley. Have a nice...

Test & Trish ready to rev it up

Posted by Alex Ristic | Feb 18, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The World Wrestling Federation is getting into a higher gear in Canada. A joint venture with...

Joe Legend, he’s the Violence, not the Sex

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 27, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Joe Hitchen BORN: September 2, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario 6’1″, 252 pounds...

Legend ready for the WWF

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 27, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Joe E. Legend is finding it hard to sit at home, so close to achieving his goal of making the WWF....

Rocky wins the Rumble

Posted by John Powell | Jan 24, 2000 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2000

He said it best himself. Finally, The Rock is going to WrestleMania. As many fans...

Kurrgan dancing to a new beat

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 19, 2000 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Kurrgan is interviewed by Paul Leduc in Montreal, Dec. 29, 1999. — Photo by Greg Oliver He’s not Kurrgan anymore, but the fans still expect Robert Maillet to do his little dance, with his arms waaaay up in the air....

Rock’s autobiography disappoints

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jan 13, 2000 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Together with professional author Joe Layden, WWF star The Rock has released his autobiography....

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...

EncycRAWpedia software package a dream

Posted by John Powell | Dec 31, 1999 | Grappling with Gaming

If you are like me and don’t have a recordable CD Rom at home, you have wrestling pics, sounds and screensavers scattered all over every track of your hard drive. I’ve often wished I could gather up that...

Kurt Angle’s winning ways

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 27, 1999 | Interviews

Kurt Angle may be only a beginner in the WWF rings, but looking back at his gold medal win...

Rock ‘n’ Wrestling cartoon best left in the past

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 17, 1999 | Hollywood Headlock

The recently-released WWF Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling video tapes are a...

WrestleMania 2000 game, the best there is…

Posted by John Powell | Dec 16, 1999 | Grappling with Gaming

WrestleMania 2000 packs more punch than a Stone Cold Stunner. THQ has blended the very best aspects of the finest wrestling games ever designed: WCW / nWo Revenge and the Japanese import, Super Fire Prowrestling X Premium. Take...

Wrestlemania XV-The DVD Review

Posted by John M. Milner | Dec 15, 1999 | Other Reviews, WrestleMania

While the main event of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. the Rock (for the WWF...

Steph betrays Vince at Armageddon

Posted by John Powell | Dec 13, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

You gotta feel sorry for Vinnie Mac. The guy can’t even trust his own family. Son Shane...

New WWF vids big on attitude

Posted by John Powell | Dec 6, 1999 | Hollywood Headlock

It’s Our Time (Chyna And Triple H) Running Time: 70 minutes. Current WWF...

Foley announces retirement

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Dec 1, 1999 | Interviews

Mick Foley appeared on TSN’s “Off the Record” on November 30, 1999, to announce...

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...

Jim Johnston and his musical WWF career

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 17, 1999 | Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears

By PAUL CANTIN — Senior Reporter, JAM! Showbiz One of the hottest acts on the record charts these days is a 45-year-old resident of Connecticut who suffers from stage fright, doesn’t have his picture included on his...

Booking blows Survivor Series

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 15, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

If anyone disputed just how much the defection of television writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrera to...

Who is Edge? Here are the facts!

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 30, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Adam Copeland BORN: October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario 6’4″, 235...

Sammartino no fan of McMahon

Posted by John Molinaro | Oct 20, 1999 | Interviews

During his two reigns as WWF World champion, Bruno Sammartino defended his title against some of...

Tag match highlights No Mercy

Posted by John Powell | Oct 18, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

It is rare that a tag team match where no gold is at stake overshadows a World Heavyweight...

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...

Orton on bumps, Japan and his son

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 14, 1999 | Interviews

Cowboy Bob Orton has been wrestling a long time. Now, at 49, he can look back at his career with...

HHH regains title at Unforgiven

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Sep 27, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

By RICH YANG — For SLAM! Wrestling Triple H is the main man in the WWF again for the second...

Taz bound for WWF?

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 13, 1999 | Interviews

Just as ECW is starting hit the national scene with a primetime slot on TNN, their World champion...

Foley new champ at SummerSlam

Posted by John Powell | Aug 23, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999, Summerslam PPVs

Mrs. Foley’s little boy has done it again and made us look oh, so bad in the process....

Papa Shango haunts The Godfather

Posted by John Powell | Jul 28, 1999 | Interviews

Papa Shango. Kama, the supreme fighting machine. Kama Mustaffa. Whew! World Wrestling Federation...

Fully Loaded recycles Raw material

Posted by John Powell | Jul 26, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999

The World Wrestling Federation has fallen into a severe slump. Lacking any heel depth in...

Restoring European title D’Lo’s goal

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 26, 1999 | Interviews

Last night at the Fully Loaded pay-per-view in Buffalo, D’Lo Brown regained the WWF European...

Edge shocked by I-C title win

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 24, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

This story has both good and bad news for Edge fans. First, the good news. Edge, whose real name...

Godfather eyes tag straps

Posted by John Powell | Jul 24, 1999 | Interviews

Is the world ready for a wrestling pimp and a porno star to be holding tag team gold? The...

Venis high on promos and charity

Posted by Eric Benner | Jul 21, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

When one visits Val Venis during a Canadian promotional appearance, one cannot but help feel a...

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...

Carl Demarco was president of WWF Canada

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame

BORN Toronto, Ontario BIRTHDAY August 22 Carl Demarco was the president of the Canadian arm of the...

Mat Matters: McMahon, the beacon and blight of pro wrestling

Posted by John Molinaro | Jun 23, 1999 | Opinion

Recently, fans across North America let out a collective moan when Vince McMahon was revealed as...

Surprises from George ‘The Animal’

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 28, 1999 | Interviews

As one might expect, sitting down to interview Jim Myers is nothing like sitting down to interview...

Hart tragedy overshadows Taker win

Posted by John Powell | May 24, 1999 | PPV Reports 1999

It is with a heavy heart that I write this wrestling report. Tonight wrestling fans lost a...

Scorpio to take flight in Japan

Posted by John Molinaro | May 19, 1999 | Interviews

Pro Wrestling, above all else, is a business. Pro wrestlers, whether they ply their trade in the...

WCW return gives Hart mixed feelings

Posted by John Molinaro | May 14, 1999 | Interviews

Wrestling fans were no doubt beside themselves when they heard Bret Hart returned to the ring on...

Hit by an Anvil

Posted by Adam Burchill | May 12, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Former WWF tag team champion Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart continued his tour of the...

Foley considered retirement

Posted by John Powell | May 5, 1999 | Interviews

Nine months ago, Mick Foley almost retired from professional wrestling. His Mankind and Dude Love...

Montreal turns out en mass for Debra

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 26, 1999 | Interviews

On a sunny Friday afternoon in downtown Montreal, the box office opening for tickets to the May 29th WWF show. Close to two thousand fans lined up at The Molson Center on de La Gauchetière street hours before the tickets...