Author: Robski McFadden

The concept of the American dream is that anyone can come from nothing and make it big. But to escape the nightmare that was his life, Dennis Rodman choose to become one himself. Love him or hate him, you cannot ignore him. Dennis Rodman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1961. He was the oldest of three children that he knows about. His father abandoned them when they were still infants. His father alleges that Dennis has over two dozen half-siblings. Dennis believes it is twice as many. He doesn’t consider them to be family due to his father’s…

The word “extreme” has been overused in wrestling. It has long lost its meaning. Yet few people understood the concept quite like Rob Black did with Xtreme Pro Wrestling. He was so passionate about extreme entertainment that he was prepared to take on the U.S. legal system over it. Our modern society is developing a liberal attitude towards the sex industry. Rob Zicari formed this attitude because adult entertainment was the family business. His uncle was the adult entertainment producer Chuck Zane. As a result, Zicari started his own adult film company using the name “Rob Black.” Many of his…

Every wrestler has that moment where they will know they have made it. It could be winning a World Heavyweight Championship or competing at WrestleMania. Christopher Daniels never got his chance to reach to top of the biggest companies. So instead, he strived to make every company he was in the best. Every wrestler has that moment where they will know they’ve made it. It could be winning a World Heavyweight Championship, or simply competing at WrestleMania. Most of wrestling’s biggest accolades have eluded Christopher Daniels. And yet he has achieved more than most of his peers ever will. Few…

Progress is a process. Every profession requires you to work your way up. Those who take shortcuts often find they do not have the experience they need to stay there. It may seem like Danny Boy Collins had his success handed to him. That only made him work harder to earn what he already had. Daniel Collins was born in Bristol, England. He was a fan of wrestling for as long as he could remember. He watched it on television on with his parents every Saturday since he was ten years old. He knew this was what he wanted to…

The Bible tells of a story of a young farmer’s son called David. He defeated a giant and went on to become king for forty years. The story of Blue Demon is similar. A humble farmer’s son would conquer a giant in lucha libre, and ruled over the sport for forty years. The man who would become the Blue Demon was born on the outskirts of a small city within Nuevo León, Mexico, in 1922. It was renamed García in honour of its most famous resident. Joaquin García was born there, and went on to become a two-term state governor.…

Mercy is slowly becoming a forgotten concept. Agreeing or disagreeing with one opinion can be construed as aligning yourself with an entire ideology. D’Lo Brown often found himself beside people who expressed radical views. While he was deemed guilty by association, he never asked for mercy. Accie Connor was born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1970. He was taught the importance of working hard and living right at a young age. The world treating you poorly was no excuse for treating the world poorly. He met his closest friend in high school. Darren Lewis would call him “Ace”, and Connor…

Trailblazers are only celebrated if they are successful. Little thought is given to the ones who made way for them. Nobody dreams of following in the path of Men On A Mission. But when you are on a mission, you need to be brave enough to go forward, no matter who is behind you. Robert “Bobby” Horne was born in Monroe, North Carolina, in 1967. He played multiple different sports at school. But his favourite sport was pro wrestling. After graduation, he went to indie wrestling shows in a bid to get his foot in the door. He managed to…

Wrestling has always been regarded as a big man’s sport. Few have been bigger than King Mabel. His size got him to the top of the industry quickly, and it didn’t last long. He learned the hard way that staying on the mountain required more than being the size of one. Nelson Frazier, Jr. was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in 1971. He watched pro wrestling since he was three years old. Nelson Fraizer Jr – Before There Was A King Mabel He knew early on that it was what he wanted to do with his life. He started competing…

Chairman Ram Kaicho – Wrestling’s Child of Darkness. Humans may be at the top of the food chain, but we are not invulnerable. There are many creatures that could kill us in an instant if we dropped our guard. Nobody is afraid of a cub when it is young. But the smartest men know to make themselves scarce when they see a full-grown lion, a tiger, or a bear. We have all had a laugh at Chairman Ram when she was little. Now she is full-grown, she should not be taken so lightly. There has been no shortage of wrestling…

The term Lucha Libre translates literally as “free fighting”. This is not an industry trying to convince us the combat is real. Luchadors are fighters in a broader sense. They fight for honour, for fame, for money, or just for the passion of their craft. For Fray Tormenta, his cause may seem like the plot to a movie, but he fought for something greater than himself. Sergio Gutiérrez Benítez was born in one of the smallest municipalities of Hidalgo, Mexico, on May 9, 1945. San Augustín Metzquititlán has never had a population that reached ten thousand people. Yet most of…