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LJN style WWF rubber dolls still a hit

Posted by Marshall Ward | Jun 4, 2009 | Interviews, Not Another Collectible!

The recent line of Jakks WWE Classic Superstars series of action figures, vintage LJN style, has...

Albano book surprisingly coherent and factual

Posted by Greg "Count Grog" Mosorjak | Jun 2, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

I must admit that when I picked up the book Captain Lou Albano: Often Imitated and Never...

Singing new rush for Pat Patterson

Posted by Mike Lano | May 14, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Music for Cauliflower Ears

NEWARK, Calif. — Wrestling legend and WWE creative genius Pat Patterson recently released...

AWA World champion Rick Martel — 25 years later

Posted by Brian Elliott | May 13, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

For those of us who have been around that long, looking back 25 years can be like peering into a...

Health updates dominate Cauliflower Alley Club reunion

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 14, 2009 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS – For as much laughter and hugs that the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion provides...

CAC to honour ‘King of Belts’ Reggie Parks

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 13, 2009 | CAC, Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Reggie Parks has been designing belts for 45 years, cleaning carpets for 30, and in wrestling for,...

‘Hillbilly Heroin’ cause of death for Martin

Posted by Jon Waldman | Apr 10, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Findings by the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner have determined that an overdose of the...

DiBiase’s book has a price worth paying

Posted by Richard Kamchen | Mar 29, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

With an evil laugh and the flaunting of a roll of hundreds, he once told millions of wrestling...

Friends remember Andrew ‘Test’ Martin

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 23, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

It’s been more than a week since the unexpected passing of Andrew “Test” Martin,...

A father’s grief: Test had shown progress

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 16, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

The parents of Andrew “Test” Martin thought that their son had turned a corner in his...

Mat Matters: Test may leave more impact after his passing

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 15, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

While writing yet another obituary that should not have to have been written so early in...

Andrew ‘Test’ Martin found dead

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 14, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Former WWE star Andrew “Test” Martin has died at his condo in Tampa Bay, Florida. He...

Santana & Rose reflect on WrestleMania’s debut bout

Posted by Marshall Ward | Mar 9, 2009 | Interviews, WrestleMania

With the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania right around the corner, Tito Santana and Buddy Rose...

WWF days focus of Andre the Giant book

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Feb 23, 2009 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By PETE JARVIS – For SLAM! Wrestling When I first saw Andre the Giant: A Legendary Life in...

Lanny Kean, a.k.a. Cousin Junior, dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 13, 2009 | Interviews, Obituaries

Lanny Kean, who found brief fame in the WWF as Cousin Junior, and later worked as Moondog Cujo,...

Harley Race still going strong

Posted by MATT JOHNSON | Dec 18, 2008 | Interviews

Just 48 years after his first match, Harley Race is still a major player in professional...

Mat Matters: Hardy “unconscious” angle went too far

Posted by Brian Elliott | Nov 26, 2008 | Opinion

When the tragic deaths of Brian Pillman, Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were first announced by...

Jack Reynolds: A ‘believer’ who convinced the fans

Posted by Steven Johnson | Oct 17, 2008 | Interviews, Obituaries

For wrestling fans in the lower Great Lakes during the 1970s, one TV memory lingers even with the...

Early years of Santana’s career were rocky

Posted by Brian Elliott | Aug 28, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

While the names Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, Jr. immediately spring to mind as Hispanic stars...

A visit to Luna’s ‘little land of lunacy’

Posted 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...

The life and times of ‘Flying’ Billy Anderson

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Jul 16, 2008 | Interviews

Bill Anderson never wrestled a championship match in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Nor...

The Hillbilly Jim story not far off reality

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 9, 2008 | Interviews

The arrival of Hillbilly Jim in the WWF in 1984 as a hick from Mud Lick, Kentucky, entering the...

Former WWF announcer Porter keeps the faith

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Dec 24, 2007 | Interviews

As an employee during one of its most memorable eras, Kim Michael Porter joined the WWF in 1988 as...

Reno Riggins: Getting the job done

Posted by Kenai Andrews | Sep 2, 2007 | Interviews

Fans who watched the old WWF programs, like Superstars and Wrestling Challenge, will remember the...

Anyone for tennis? Mr. McMahon!

Posted by Ryan Nation | Aug 22, 2007 | Interviews

During the storyline to find his illegitimate son, Vincent K. McMahon took the time to help his...

The highs and lows of Dusty Wolfe

Posted by Bob Kapur | Aug 17, 2007 | Interviews

Back in the ’80s when squashes were the norm on TV, people used to joke about matches...

WrestleMania III re-release OK, but not extraordinary

Posted by Matt Mackinder | May 16, 2007 | Other Reviews

It’s been 20 years since the infamous (but not first) Hulk Hogan bodyslam of Andre the Giant...

Fan fests bring Demolition back together

Posted by Jason Clevett | Apr 26, 2007 | Interviews

With studded leather, heart-pounding theme music, hockey masks, distinctive face paint and a...

For Dillon, it’s all about emotion

Posted by Steven Johnson | Apr 5, 2007 | Interviews

This used to be a pretty exciting time of year for J.J. Dillon. In the almost eight years that he...

Main Event light look at ’80s WWF

Posted by Chris Schramm | Jan 18, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Every generation tells the next that wrestling was better when they were little. Makes you wonder...

Hogan DVD a mix of the rare and the repeated

Posted by Jon Waldman | Dec 19, 2006 | Other Reviews

I’m not sure if I was ever a Hulkamaniac. Sure, as a kid I enjoyed watching the Hulkster in...

Roddy Piper diagnosed with lymphoma

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 29, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Wrestling legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has been diagnosed with lymphoma and will begin...

Christy Hemme: From Diva to Wrestler

Posted by Chris Schramm | Nov 7, 2006 | Interviews

DETROIT – She started out as a Diva, but Christy Hemme hopes to soon be known as a wrestler....

Dr. D dominates PWHF dinner

Posted by Steven Johnson | Oct 9, 2006 | PWHF

FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY — When last seen on national TV, David Shults — “Dr....

The Big Event 20 years later

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 28, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

In many ways, it’s quaint to look back on The Big Event, on August 28, 1986 at...

Time for some Honky love

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Mar 29, 2006 | Interviews

REGINA, Sask. — Saskatchewan received a much-needed dose of Honky love this past weekend....

Gerrard a Maple Leaf regular

Posted by Andrew Calvert | Feb 16, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The name may not jump off the page like a Roddy Piper or Ric Flair, but ask a Toronto fan about...

Many lessons in Superstar Graham’s book

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 11, 2006 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

If Superstar Billy Graham is the man most responsible for bringing steroids into pro wrestling,...

Barry O breaks his silence

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Jan 4, 2006 | Interviews

The story so far… In Part One of the Barry Orton epic, SLAM! Wrestling writer Jamie Hemmings...

The other Orton

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Jan 3, 2006 | Interviews

Of course, I knew of his father and his brother. His nephew, Randy, was the first big name I ever...

Guerrero died of heart disease

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 15, 2005 | Obituaries

The intial autopsy report following Eddie Guerrero’s death Sunday morning in Minneapolis...

Eddie Guerrero found dead

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 13, 2005 | Interviews, Obituaries

Eddie Guerrero was found dead Sunday morning, November 13, 2005, in his hotel room in Minneapolis,...

Bret Hart happy again

Posted by Bob Kapur | Oct 28, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Bret Hart seems to be happy again. Not that he wasn’t necessarily happy before, but over the...

Book’s completion a relief to Alkaissy

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Sep 18, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Within the pages of Adnan Alkaissy and Ross Bernstein’s book The Sheikh of Baghdad, Alkaissy...

Ahmed Johnson: Found!

Posted by LEWIS CURRY | Aug 29, 2005 | Interviews

One of the most personable and interesting wrestlers from the ’90s, Ahmed Johnson, often...

Hitman lets loose in Q&A

Posted by Steven Johnson | Aug 22, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

CHARLOTTE — If Bret Hart didn’t precisely know the first query that would be directed...

’80s DVD falls short of expectations

Posted by Jon Waldman | Aug 1, 2005 | Other Reviews

When I first heard about that WWE Home Video was releasing a DVD set honouring the stars of the...

Life’s been good to Mean Gene

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jul 28, 2005 | Interviews

His voice is unmistakable. Familiar and warmly comforting to any wrestling fan, his dulcet tones...

The Birdman flies back north

Posted by STEVE RENNIE- SLAM! Wrestling | Apr 28, 2005 | Interviews

It’s been years since the “Birdman” last flew through a WWE ring, but wrestling...

Rhyno and Matt Hardy released

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 11, 2005 | News

In a posting on WWE.com, the company confirmed rumors that former hardcore champion Rhyno has been...

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