Waterloo, Iowa might just be the center of the wrestling universe. The city lives and breathes wrestling. The President’s Hotel, now an apartment complex, was the birthplace of the National Wrestling Alliance,…
Louisville’s Greatest show is a labor of love that is truly four years in the making. When I started digging deep into Louisville’s rich wrestling history for Bluegrass Brawlers, I had no…
Early in my research on Louisville’s pro wrestling history, I found this photo in the U of L archives: This week, my friend Herschel Zahnd took this photo of the same building…
My newest wrestling book, Lord Carlton: Wrestler, Artist, My Father, is now for sale on Amazon, but if you’re a Goodreads member, you can sign up for a free giveaway this week!…
What do you do after winning a huge prize on a game show? For “Wee Willie” Davis, the $24,000 answer was, “You open a wrestling promotion.” Allegedly standing at 6’6” and weighing…
Dale Pierce, author of the Ohio wrestling history “Wrestling in Akron,” is now blogging about the history of pro wrestling in Arizona. He’s got a great website, filled with wonderful stories, and…
Wrestling promotions are always slinging mud. Here in Southern Indiana there are a half dozen promotions running at any given time, and not a day goes by some fan, wrestler, or promoter…
Roni Jonah, who is now hosting Eat Sleep Wrestle: The Golden Age on the INC Channel, used to be a wrestler herself. In fact, when she was at Ohio Valley Wrestling in…
It’s been a year since I started this blog experiment, and it’s been exciting to see it grow. Here are the top ten posts from the past year: 1. The Black Panther Jim Mitchell…
