Big Show now understands champ’s role
Paul Wight is a different World Champion this time around. Forget the name change from The Giant...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 21, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Paul Wight is a different World Champion this time around. Forget the name change from The Giant...
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | Nov 18, 1999 | Interviews
Tom Billington, known professionally as the Dynamite Kid, came out of seclusion last night to...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 30, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
REAL NAME: Adam Copeland BORN: October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario 6’4″, 235...
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | Oct 20, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
During his two reigns as WWF World champion, Bruno Sammartino defended his title against some of...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | Oct 15, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
Bret Hart was all smiles Friday morning as he greeted his public at Toronto’s Air Canada...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 14, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Cowboy Bob Orton has been wrestling a long time. Now, at 49, he can look back at his career with...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 31, 1999 | Interviews
Pierre Carl Ouellet wants to be in the spotlight again. He’s had enough of sitting at home...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jul 28, 1999 | Interviews
Papa Shango. Kama, the supreme fighting machine. Kama Mustaffa. Whew! World Wrestling Federation...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 26, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Last night at the Fully Loaded pay-per-view in Buffalo, D’Lo Brown regained the WWF European...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jul 24, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Is the world ready for a wrestling pimp and a porno star to be holding tag team gold? The...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 24, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
This story has both good and bad news for Edge fans. First, the good news. Edge, whose real name...
Read MorePosted by Eric Benner | Jul 21, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
When one visits Val Venis during a Canadian promotional appearance, one cannot but help feel a...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame
BORNÂ Toronto, Ontario BIRTHDAYÂ August 22 Carl Demarco was the president of the Canadian arm of the...
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | Jun 23, 1999 | Opinion
Recently, fans across North America let out a collective moan when Vince McMahon was revealed as...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jun 22, 1999 | PPV Reports 1999
The WWF has an “ass” for a king. Mr. Ass, that is. Despite Internet rumors which said...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jun 7, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Terry Funk announced his retirement on The Fan 590 radio station on Saturday night. Then on Sunday...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 28, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
As one might expect, sitting down to interview Jim Myers is nothing like sitting down to interview...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | May 19, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Pro Wrestling, above all else, is a business. Pro wrestlers, whether they ply their trade in the...
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | May 14, 1999 | Interviews
Wrestling fans were no doubt beside themselves when they heard Bret Hart returned to the ring on...
Read MorePosted by Adam Burchill | May 12, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
Former WWF tag team champion Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart continued his tour of the...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | May 5, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Nine months ago, Mick Foley almost retired from professional wrestling. His Mankind and Dude Love...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 3, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
At 35 years of age, Glenn Kulka finds himself duking it out on a regular basis with kids 10 years...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Apr 23, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Debra McMichael is a new breed of WWF woman. They’re independent, sexy and tough....
Read MorePosted by Kevin Nielsen | Apr 13, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
The Brood and The Ministry have gone their separate ways. It seemed like an inevitable occurrence....
Read MorePosted by Chris Gramlich | Apr 7, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
‘I’m really proud of Cactus. I’m proud of him for taking some of the things...
Read MorePosted by Chris Gramlich | Apr 7, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
‘I don’t want to push the envelope but I want to stay up with it’ When Funk...
Read MorePosted by Chris Gramlich | Apr 7, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
‘The salaries in all sports have escalated so much that it really tends to make a mockery of...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Apr 6, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
Test wants the Diesel-Test comparisons to stop. “They can say what they want, but...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Nielsen | Mar 25, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
Val Venis is a living oxymoron. He has one of the the most outrageous characters in professional...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Mar 24, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
Chris Benoit is well aware that the WCW World Tag title that he co-holds with Dean Malenko is...
Read MorePosted by Kevin Nielsen | Mar 10, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
Chris Jericho does not claim to have all the answers. He is not sure if he will be fighting at the...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Feb 12, 1999 | Interviews
By MIGUEL MARTIN — for SLAM! Wrestling How can you make a group of university students not...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 27, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
You’ll find wrestling’s garbageman, Duke ‘The Dumpster’ Droese, on the...
Read MorePosted by Adam Burchill | Jan 20, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Last month, the Ontario-based ICW welcomed former WWF superstars the Bushwhackers, to try their...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 13, 1999 | Classics, Interviews
Marc Mero finds his current situation rife with humour. He literally is carrying his wife’s...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 12, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame
REAL NAME: Gertrude Vachon BORN: January 12, 1962 5′ 6″, 140 pounds AKA: Luna Vachon,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 30, 1998 | Classics, Interviews
Months ago, an interview with King Kong Bundy was set up to promote a personal appearance he was...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 21, 1998 | Classics, Interviews
Well, it took nine months, but SLAM! Wrestling’s Greg Oliver finally concluded the fan...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 19, 1998 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews
REAL NAME: Ion William Croitoru BORN: December 7, 1965 in Hamilton, Ontario 6’0″, 300...
Read MorePosted by Guest Column | Dec 16, 1998 | Opinion
By STUART GREEN — For SLAM! Wrestling A few years ago I abandoned the World Wrestling...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 10, 1998 | Classics, Interviews
The collect call came in from the mysterious Blue Blazer. Should the call be accepted? The...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Dec 8, 1998 | Classics, Interviews
Seasoned grappler and all around tough guy – Greg “The Hammer” Valentine – is not living in the past. He’s keeping a close eye on the future as his could be a whole lot brighter than the...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Nov 27, 1998 | Interviews
It wasn’t Bobby “The Brain” Heenan or King Kong Bundy or “Nature...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Nov 26, 1998 | Opinion
A world without Hollywood Hulk Hogan One WWF World Heavyweight title match on January 23rd, 1984, in Madison Square Garden forever changed the course of wrestling history. Terry Bollea, now known as Hulk Hogan, soundly defeated...
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