In 2000, the first George Tragos/ Lou Thesz Hall of Fame Frank Gotch Award went to former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Managoff. In this match from 1958(?), he faces Angelo Poffo
The George Tragos/Lou Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame established in Newton, IA in 1999. Its' initial inductees were George Tragos, Lou Thesz, Verne Gagne, Frank Gotch, & Ed "Strangler" Lewis who in this match from 1932 faces Dick Shikat
We're a week away from the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame ceremonies. Today we look at JJ Dillon, the 2016 Lou Thesz Award recipient which is given to those in the #prowrestling industry who have used their skills in the realm of public service.
Unrelated, Windham joined the Horseman. Here, JJ explains how he got there.
Once upon a time, Bam Bam Bigelow entered the WWF and many managers vied for him. In the end, it boiled down to this question "Who does he choose? Slick or the debuting Sir Oliver Humperdink?"
Outside of #prowrestling, he was Ernie Roth but in it, he was the very excellent mouthpiece for the many wrestlers he managed and was known as the Grand Wizard. When given the mic, an E-Ticket ride was sure to come. Here's a segment with him in action.
The fine art of the #prowrestling manager is a lost one these days. This week, we're looking at some of the best ever. Starrcade 86 will be remembered for the awesome Road Warriors/Midnight Express scaffold match. Here, Jim Cornette prepares his team.
We wrap up The Great American Bash week, now under the NXT banner, with this from 2020...a Winner Takes All match for the NXT North American Title and the NXT title as NA champ Keith Lee takes on NXT champ Adam Cole
As time went on, WWE would purchase WCW in 2001 & the Great American Bash would go away until WWE brought it back in 2004. In this match from it, JBL would challenge Eddie Guerrero for the WWE Championship in a Texas Bullrope Match #prowrestling https://b23.tv/woqAaUs
This week, we take a look at the event of the Summer... the Great American Bash. During the summer of 85, Ric Flair faced a multitude of opponents. On this particular occassion, w/ David Crockett as referee, he faced Nikita Koloff #ProWrestling https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x88zktx
Today, we look at TNA Bound for Glory 2011 and if you go to the 1:16:03 mark, you'll see a matchup for the Knockouts title as Winter defends the title against Madison Rayne, Mickie James, & Velvet Sky (w/ Karen Jarrett as referee)
He/him Former ring announcer for SCWPro for 8 years and AAWPro for 1 year and a wrestling history librarian that provides video books daily for you to peruse.