Author: Pete Moon (Assistant Editor)

In the world of Lucha Libre, there is one name that stands above all others, and that name is El Santo. The average pro wrestling fan probably hasn’t heard that name before. However, when he was alive, El Santo was a bigger star in Mexico than Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and John Cena ever were in the United States. El Santo was not the first wrestler to compete under a mask. That honor goes to “The Masked Wrestler,” an anonymous competitor at the 1865 World’s Fair. Santo wasn’t even the first masked wrestler in Mexico. That trend took off after…

While the team that dons the maple leaf in The Olympics is commonly referred to in press and commentary as “Team Canada,” that wasn’t always the way. The first use of ‘Team Canada’ to refer to a team representing Canada was in the 1972 Summit Series. The 8-Game ice hockey series pitted the inaugural Team Canada against a team from the Soviet Union. Team Canada scored an upset victory in game 8, bringing hope to a world on edge due to the Cold War and easing relations with Soviet Russia. The nickname stuck, and ever since, any team representing Canada…

Shane Douglas Throws Away the NWA Championship. In July of 1991, relations between World Championship Wrestling and The National Wrestling Alliance began to break down. Ric Flair, then recognized as both WCW and NWA World Heavyweight Champion, debuted for the World Wrestling Federation, taking the WCW/NWA belt with him. WCW insisted Flair vacated the title upon his departure in July. This is the story of how Shane Douglas threw away the NWA Championship. Meanwhile, the NWA wouldn’t strip Flair of the title until he officially signed with the WWF in August. WCW would crown a new champion on July 14th,…

Before I took up the pen for this here little ol’ website about wrasslin’, I worked for a traveling carnival. One of the very few days off I had while working on the road was a day in Windsor, Ontario. As I wandered around downtown in “the City of Roses”, I encountered a poster for an IMPACT Wrestling live show at St Clair College. In that moment, I remembered “Oh yeah, Scott D’Amore is from here.” My mind flooded with memories from the early years of TNA and the stories I had heard from Border City Wrestling, one of the…

AEW’s tour of Canada rolls on as Dynamite comes to the SaskTel Center in Saskatoon as we preview AEW Dynamite IGNITE for 07/12/23! The fans in Saskatchewan and around the world can expect a night of exciting action. We will see semifinal matches in the Women’s Owen Hart Memorial Cup and the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament, along with the debut of a hot young indie prospect. All that and the reveal of the final members of The Elite and Blackpool Combat Club in the lead-up to AEW Blood & Guts. Let’s find out more in this week’s installment of…

It’s another exciting week in All Elite Wrestling as the promotion makes its debut in Edmonton, Alberta, as we preview AEW Dynamite IGNITE for 07/05/23. We will see the kickoff of the Gold Rush Blind Eliminator Tournament while both the Men’s and Women’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament roll into the quarterfinals. All that and a special rematch from Double or Nothing. AEW talent will be looking to pick up more of the all-important momentum on Wednesday, as both Blood & Guts and All In and loom on the horizon. But who exactly can we expect to see on Wednesday night?…

When we think about professional wrestlers, we picture a myriad of colorful characters that spring to mind. Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, The Undertaker, Andre the Giant, and a slew of others all captured our imaginations with the vibrant, larger-than-life characters they portrayed. However, professional wrestlers weren’t always like this. Had you asked somebody a century ago to describe a professional wrestler, it is unlikely they’d be describing a character to you at all. That’s not because Kayfabe didn’t exist. It was in its infancy in the 1920s, but because the pro wrestling gimmick as we understand it hadn’t been invented…

Adrian Street came from a coal mining family in Brynmawr, Wales. Before he was one year old, his father, Emrys Street, was conscripted into WWII. The young Adrian only knew of his father through what his mother told him. The British Army stationed Emrys in the Pacific, where Japanese forces captured him. The time spent in the P.O.W. camp made Emrys bitter. Adrian describes his father as “a hateful bigot who never had a kind word to say about me in his life.” Emrys went back to coal mining upon his return from the war. He would often threaten to…

On June 9th, 1991, The Universal Wrestling Federation held their first pay-per-view event. The Supercard, known as The UWF Beach Brawl, would also be their last pay-per-view event. The Universal Wrestling Federation began in late 1990 when California businessman Herb Abrams saw the then-WWF was going national. Allegedly, Herb approached Vince McMahon with an offer to promote wrestling events under the WWF banner on the West Coast. However, McMahon declined the offer, leading Herb Abrams to build a competitor on his own. Abrams announced the launch of his Universal Wrestling Federation at the Wrestling Fans Fantasy Weekend convention in August…

Ricky Steamboat. In the early 1990s, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat was in a tough spot. Having returned to the WWF after a storied run with the NWA, Steamboat seemed to be just another face. The Dragon was racking up wins over jobbers every week, but nothing ever seemed to come his way. Making matters worse, WWE top brass lumbered Steamboat with a more cartoonish version of his “Dragon” persona, sporting a draconic-inspired headdress and breathing fire on his way to the ring. And on top of all that, commentators barely referenced his iconic Intercontinental Championship win over Randy Savage at…