4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (1878+ words) Before the road stories, the ribs, and the incidents that never made the dirt sheets, Richard Steinberg had already built a respectable career outside of professional wrestling. A graduate of the University of Maryland with a degree in business administration…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (681+ words) Colin Hunter " longtime newspaper reporter, former Pro Wrestling Illustrated contributor under the pen name C.F. Hunter, and the sole voice behind nearly 4,000 satirical wrestling articles " has just published the Kayfabe News book, collecting the funniest and most popular stories from the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1800+ words) Beginning in the 1930s, newspapers covered professional wrestling the same way they covered baseball. Basketball wasn't yet a major draw, and football hadn't become the Sunday religion it would later be, but big-time wrestling cards filled arenas, generated banner headlines, and…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1692+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers Peter Thornley (Kendo Nagasaki)s early life was marked by hardship and abandonment. His childhood has been described as an "emotionally barren upbringing" that shaped his later persona. Born Brian Stevens in Wellington, Shropshire, on…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1803+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers Mario Milano was born Mario Bulfone in Trieste, Italy, on May 15th, 1935. Although he was from Italy, Bulfone grew up in Venezuela and began wrestling at the age of eighteen in 1953. Bulfone's talent and ambition eventually…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1490+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers Johnny Valiant used to say to me, "When a wrestler comes from behind the curtain, the fans should understand his gimmick within ten seconds. Is he a good Indian or a bad Indian? A good…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1803+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers Some promoters used a different model entirely, such as a flat fee: bad guys got $45 per match, good guys got $35 per match. But the door system was standard across the business. The 1950s marked the real…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1771+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers If anyone was more colorful than Superstar Billy Graham, we sure didn't know about it. Arguably one of wrestling's best interviews, and a great brawler and bleeder, Superstar's most notable WWWF feuds were against the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1605+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers Jim Phillips, author of this article and one of the great wrestling historians here at Pro Wrestling Stories, is in the challenge of his life after being paralyzed on January 21st, 2023. Learn his story and how…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1776+ words) Quick Tip for Facebook Readers Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki graduated from All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Dojo's rigorous training system in 1981, setting the stage for their careers. They would hone their skills at the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling…...