Browsing: Trailblazers

Naomichi Marufuji. Think of the first image that comes to mind when you hear the term ‘modern professional wrestling’. Is…

As Paul Heyman said in a 2022 interview with Fox Sports, Professional Wrestling in the 1990s needed disruption, and Heyman…

Gene LeBell. Every industry has their icons. Hollywood has John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Music has Elvis. TV has David…

If there’s a royal family of Japanese pro wrestling, Akira Hokuto is the Queen. Her career is filled with legendary…

Trailblazer, mentor, and survivor are the words that describe Rita Marie Chatterton, aka Rita Marie. Rita Marie was the first…

The landscape of pro wrestling in Mexico is dominated by wrestling families. No matter the era, it’s hard to find…

The Crush Gals were one of the most popular Joshi Puroresu tag teams in wrestling history during the eighties. Lioness…

Many of us have fond recollections of the Women’s Evolution of 2016. Divas became Superstars, and the WWE began to…

When the professional wrestling contributions of Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Strode are introduced into conversations by well-meaning mat historians, the establishment…

Most pro wrestling historians will tell you that Ron Simmons defeated Vader on August 2nd, 1992, to become the first…