“Mr. Irresistible” Sweet Daddy Siki, who wrestled from the 1950s into the 1980s, and helped train…
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Colleagues remember Jax Dane after sudden Christmas Day death
The death of Jeremy Laymon at age 48 — who was Jax Dane in the ring…
2025 Class: Honour Category
Chris MaloneyProud Father, Loving Husband, Pet Owner, Maritime Born, Senators Fan, Destroyer of Peanut Butter Cups,…
Former ROH boss Joe Koff dies
Joe Koff, who was the Chief Operating Officer of Ring of Honor while it was owned…
Brantford Sports Hall adds ‘Outlaw’ Scott Chase
There are sports hall of fames across the world, some big, some honoring local heroes in…
The night Greektown went A-R-R-G-O-O-S for A.J.
TORONTO — It’s not often you see a Grey Cup ring used as a weapon. Or…
Buffalo’s ‘None of a Kind’ Anthony Gaines dead at 30
The greater Buffalo wrestling community was rocked by the sudden death of Anthony Nicometi Jr., who…
Wrestlers, co-workers praise outgoing boss D’Amore
News broke today that Scott D’Amore had been relieved of his duties as the President of…
2024 Class: Honour Category
Chris MaloneyProud Father, Loving Husband, Pet Owner, Maritime Born, Senators Fan, Destroyer of Peanut Butter Cups,…
Emile Dupre dead at 86: The promoting years
Writing about the wrestling days of Emile Dupre, who died on September 17, 2023, at the…
Emile Dupre dead at 86: The wrestling years
Emile Goguen, who wrestled as “Golden Boy” Emile Dupree or Dupre, and later promoted in Atlantic…
Madusa on her new book, monster truck driving and the “lost era” of women’s wrestling
Chris MaloneyProud Father, Loving Husband, Pet Owner, Maritime Born, Senators Fan, Destroyer of Peanut Butter Cups,…
Jerry Jarrett dead at 80
Wrestler, promoter and construction business owner Jerry Jarrett has died. He was 80. Details are still coming…
JBL on Doc Holliday: ‘Bob was special’
Former WWE World champion JBL — John Bradshaw Layfield — is already missing his friend Bob…
Winnipeg WWE promoter ‘Doc’ Holliday dies
There was a time when World Wrestling Entertainment relied on people in different towns to help…
Joe Hendry bets on himself, plans an Impact
Wrestling fans in North America are about to be exposed to a whole new Joe Hendry…
Mat Matters: GCW’s Indie Hall of Fame was magical
It goes part and parcel for those that work in journalism that you are a healthy…
Strong Kobayashi dead at 81
Shozo “Strong” Kobayashi, who was one of the major wrestling stars in Japan in the 1970s…
Death match wrestler Markus Crane dies
Mark Pobanz, who wrestled as Markus Crane, has died. He was 33. The ICW New York…
Mat Matters: Without Mosca, I’m not writing this
Without Angelo Mosca, it’s unlikely that I would be writing this today. It’s noted in my…