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Category: Wrestling History

America’s First Wrestling Star

Posted on October 5, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

It’s been nearly twenty years since Jesse “The Body” Ventura was elected governor of the state of Minnesota. Since that time, wrestling fans have wondered when a professional wrestler would make a…

Jim Mitchell vs. Gorgeous George

Posted on September 23, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

Here’s a great little piece of history, courtesy of Tom Burke. This is the newspaper article about the riot that began after Gorgeous George got “The Black Panther” Jim Mitchell disqualified during…

A little gift for a Giant

Posted on September 21, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

Kenny Casanova’s running a small fund raiser for James Harris, aka Kamala the Ugandan Giant. James is a diabetic and currently spending 10 hours a day on dialysis. To help him pass…

Take Your Spot, Ladies

Posted on September 1, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

There’s a lot of talk about why Nikki Bella hasn’t dropped her Divas title, and whether or not she will break A.J. Lee’s record for most days as champion. I’m not going…

Special offer for Kenny Bolin fans!

Posted on August 4, 2015August 5, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

Did you get screwed by Kenny Bolin? Did you pay a king’s ransom to get his new biography signed by Ma Bolin? If so, I have a deal for you. Now through…

It all happened in Louisville

Posted on July 23, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

What era of Louisville wrestling do you remember best? Are you one who remembers the good ol’ days with Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, Handsome Jimmy Valiant, and the rest of the Memphis…

Cora and Buddy

Posted on June 23, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

We seem to lose wrestling stars in waves. What began two weeks ago with Dusty Rhodes has sadly taken two more from us. Cora Combs is not as well known to today’s…

RIP American Dream

Posted on June 12, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

There’s a story in Eat Sleep Wrestle about Dusty Rhodes from Ian Rotten. Ian was in his early twenties when he booked one of his great heroes for IWA Mid-South, Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes…

Terry Garvin Wants to Rule the World!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

One of the guys I enjoyed meeting while writing was Bluegrass Brawlers was Terry “Garvin” Simms. I first learned of Terry through my wife, an avid Reddit reader, who found an AMA…

Thank you, Verne

Posted on April 28, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

RIP to an undisputed legend. NCAA champion, AWA founder and champion, wrestler, and promoter Verne Gagne.

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