Crybaby Chris Alexander told me about this match when I was working on Bluegrass Brawlers. I honestly am not sure why this story did not make it into the book, other than…
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The First Scaffold Match
The scaffold match is the one match the WWE won’t touch because it’s too dangerous. The Road Warriors and the Midnight Express made the match legendary, but did you know the first scaffold…
Kamala Speaks!
One of the most dominant, charismatic heels in wrestling history has finally spoken! James Harris, aka Kamala the Ugandan Giant, tells his story in this brand new autobiography, Kamala Speaks. Harris has…
“The Black Panther” Jim Mitchell
One of the wrestlers I discovered while researching Bluegrass Brawlers was a man named Jim Mitchell. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Mitchell was one of the early African American pioneers in professional wrestling….
Eat like a wrestler: Banana Pancakes
Mad Man Pondo’s not the man he used to be. He’s two sizes smaller. The death match legend is in the best shape of his life. He’s lost a ton of weight…
CZW presents: Young Bucks vs OI4K
I had a Bluegrass Brawlers related story I was going to post tonight, but then I saw this promo about the upcoming CZW anniversary show. The best tag team I’ve ever seen…
Flashback: Brawl at the Louisville Gardens!
My friend Simply Badd shared this link with me on Facebook. He was there when this went down. If you want to know just how wild things were when Memphis wrestling ruled…
Louisville’s wrestling past
If you’ve read Bluegrass Brawlers, you already know some of the tales from the 1930s-1950s about Heywood Allen and the Allen Athletic Club. This coming year I am doing more research on…
For OVW fans who received WWE 2K15 for Christmas
A fan named Keith Woosley used the create your own arena and logo features in [amazon text=WWE 2K15&asin=B00KBZHSUY] to re-create a familiar location for Louisville fans: the Davis Arena of Ohio Valley Wrestling….
Punk vs. Hero
This is one of the greatest matches that most fans have never seen. An outstanding duel more than a decade old featuring CM Punk and his greatest rival, Chris Hero. This one…