Obituary

Aug 24

Thank You, Bray Wyatt

So sad to be writing about a deceased wrestler for the second time in two days, and this one is far more shocking. Bray Wyatt (Windham...

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Aug 23

Remembering Terry Funk

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Aug 23

Thank You, Terry Funk

I remember where I was when I watched one of the first "great" wrestling matches of my lifetime. It was in my basement and I was watching...

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Jun 30

RIP Droz

Darren Drozdov had a lot going for him during the colorful Attitude Era - a great look, a decidedly-different nickname ("Puke") and a...

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Jun 7

Thank You, Iron Sheik

The Iron Sheik was one of the industry's most colorful stars, and someone who deserves his own chapter in the history of professional...

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Feb 2

My Poetic Obituary For Lanny Poffo

Lanny Poffo's wrestling career was severely underrated, He was loved as Leaping Lanny, but as The Genius, he was hated. A staple of the...

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Mar 14, 2022

Thank You, Scott Hall

"Hard work pays off. Dreams come true. Bad times don't last. Bad guys do." Scott Hall was an iconic a character as there ever has been in...

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Dec 23, 2021

Thank You, Corporal Kirchner

The sad thing is, we as a wrestling community already eulogized the good Corporal, more than a decade ago, when WWE.com reported his...

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Aug 5, 2021

Thank You, Beautiful Bobby

Beautiful Bobby Eaton was an original in wrestling who definitely never got his just due as a performer and legitimate Hall of Famer....

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Jul 12, 2021

Thank You, Mr. Wonderful

It was 35 years ago next month that I stood about 12 rows from ringside at Toronto's CNE Stadium for The Big Event (a/k/a Wrestling...

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Jul 1, 2021

RIP The Patriot

See this picture? Standing tall among the Val Venis, Ahmed Johnson and TAKA Michinoku BendEms on my shelf is none other The Patriot, a...

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May 15, 2021

RIP New Jack

But for me, I will never forget the time he called me a f*cking dumbass as part of a nutty prank email gone horribly wrong. In a loving way,

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Feb 5, 2021

RIP Butch Reed

I first heard of Butch Reed from the Apter Mags when he went by the nickname of Hacksaw in Mid-South. It was only when he arrived in the...

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Dec 26, 2020

Thank You, Brodie Lee

Just read the terrible news that Jon Huber, a/k/a Luke Harper, a/k/a Mr. Brodie Lee, passed away at the far too young an age of 41. One...

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Dec 2, 2020

Thank you, Pat

Damn. I've been working on the Top 50 Wrestling Headlines of 2020 feature, which will be published later this month, and have been noting...

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Sep 23, 2020

Thank You, Animal

Road Warrior Animal (a/k/a Joe Laurinaitis) was one of wrestling's true originals. Beyond being half of the greatest tag team that ever...

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Aug 9, 2020

Thank You, Kamala

On behalf of Wrestling Merchandise and Memories, we'd like to say thank you to Kamala, the larger-than-life character that terrorized...

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Jun 4, 2020

Thank You, Hyatte

Admittedly, not everyone reading this will know who Chris Hyatte is. To me, he was one of the most controversial (yet entertaining)...

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May 20, 2020

Thank You, Shad

Not that it truly matters at this point in time, but I always thought that Cryme Tyme were an underappreciated WWE act and much more...

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Apr 16, 2020

Thank You, Fink

Howard Finkel was as integral to professional wrestling as Hulk Hogan or Stone Cold Steve Austin. That may be a bit controversial to say,...