The next two weeks, hardly a night will go by when there’s not some independent wrestling to be had. If you’re disgruntled with the continued Roman Reigns push or that disappointing kendo…
Some people like deathmatches. Some people like the WWE. Some people like flips and dives. Some of my favorite wrestlers are guys like Big Zo, who are more concerned with making an…
In 1950 Louisville wrestling promoter Francis McDonogh signed an agreement with WHAS TV to broadcast live professional wrestling in Louisville from the Columbia Gym on Fourth Street. McDonogh had been offered television…
On May 7, 1915, the night before the Kentucky Derby, wrestling promoter George Beuchel presented a show at Jefferson County Armory in which the World Champion Charley Cutler defended his title against Louisville…
J. Michael Kenyon refused to read my last book. After reading Bluegrass Brawlers and Lord Carlton, JMK refused to read Louisville’s Greatest Show. He got a few pages in before he gave…
Episode 67 of the 6:05 Superpodcast is now available for download. It was my pleasure to do an interview with The Great Brian Last this week about the lost history of Louisville…
1947 was the year the Allen Club changed ownership, from Heywood Allen, Sr., to his partners Francis and Betty McDonogh. Here’s the bill “Mac” and Betty offered on May 2, 1947, seventy…
Seventy-five years ago today… May 1, 1942 – Jefferson County Armory Derby Eve Show, presented by the Allen Athletic Club. Heywood Allen, promoter. NWA World Heavyweight champion Bill Longson def. Sandor Szabo…
This coming weekend, I’ll be making my first podcast appearance promoting my latest book, Louisville’s Greatest Show. You can hear me with Brian Last on the 605 Superpodcast this weekend discussing the…
If you missed Breakfast with Bolin, you missed one of the funniest, most entertaining live wrestling chats ever held in Louisville. Even with a bad case of, well, whatever it was that…