Original Series
It was the head-butt heard around the world. While things have changed, but on April 9th, 2017, New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Katsuyori Shibata wrestled what many believed was his last match ever. He fought tooth and nail to try and claim the coveted IWGP Heavyweight Championship from the company’s new ace, Kazuchika Okada. But Shibata did something in that match that changed his career forever. And that’s because he did something that almost cost him his own life. The Head-butt Heard Around The World An Epic match-up Shibata had come a long way going into this match. He was once pegged…
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I will always be most thankful to wrestling for two things: friendships, and self-confidence. It is consistently teaching me lessons that can be translated into “real life” problems. As many of the boys say “Life is wrestling, and wrestling is life”. When I think of that small, but significant quote, I remember all the lessons that I have learned since I began this journey, and wanted to share a few. The first being “actions speak louder than words”. Everyone has always heard this quote, and if you haven’t before, now you have. In the wrestling industry, I truly believe that…
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“I was Handsome Jimmy (Valiant) in the ’60s and the ’70s, I was a bad cat, man. I strutted around and was one of the first blonds with a good body…When I went into the Carolinas in the ’80s I looked around and saw all the pretty boy blonds. “You know (Ric) Flair was there just getting going and Buddy Landel was just getting going, so there was a lot of those kids that already did that. So I reinvented myself, and you have to continue and have a long career like I did. So I threw away my razor…
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Iron Women are often an area of the history of professional wrestling that isn’t given nearly the amount of attention that it deserves. Whether that means in competition, stamina or opportunities women competing in “iron” competitions doesn’t appear to be one in which has happened extensively. In the case of men, the ‘iron-man’ match tests one’s endurance and stamina and is often tied to the term’ hour Broadway’. Iron Women of the Ring -A True Test of Endurance A match that pushes the limits on a wrestler’s ability to tell a story that pushes beyond the realm of a brief…
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When Wrestlemania 35 was set to take place, it became notable to recognize the performances that the showcase of the immortals deemed career-defining—one of those being 5 career defining performances at WrestleMania involving Canadians. The sheer dramatic tone that defines a career also suggests matches that wrestling pundits still discuss today. Canadian wrestlers have long been part of WWE, and many have been involved, past and present, in the company’s success, including at its biggest show of the year. But unlike simply acknowledging the performances of Canadians alone in this match, the matches themselves involved career-defining performances by at least…
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While many associate Jason Knight with his time in ECW as a wrestler and a manager, his life story is diverse, impressive, and successful. A few key facts that needed to be highlighted. Jason Knight’s diverse career he was the first ever Extreme Era ECW television Heavyweight Champion. He was a decorated military veteran, a model, acted in films, is a domestic abuse survivor, is a PTSD advocate, a successful promoter with Assault Championship Wrestling. As a trainer, he trained several individuals who later had legendary pro wrestling careers in TNA, AEW, WWE, and ROH. Ronald Knight Georgi was…