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Tag team wrestling can be one of the most exciting and entertaining match formats in professional wrestling. Some wrestling promotions...

Tag team wrestling can be one of the most exciting and entertaining match formats in professional wrestling. The good people at Canadian...

Tag team wrestling can be one of the most exciting and entertaining match formats in professional wrestling. Some wrestling promotions...

"The Living Legend" more than lived up to the hyperbole surrounding his life and his career. Join me as I look back on my memories of...

The world of wrestling is one where matches are scripted and the action is simulated. Nonetheless, wrestlers have died in the ring. Here...

A few years back, I looked at how Bruno Sammartino saved the World-Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from bankruptcy. Last week I looked...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II This book is packed with some of Superman's greatest stories from Action Comics, but is it worth...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall, I took a graduate-level class concerning James Joyce's Ulysses. Here is...

A few years back, I looked at how Bruno Sammartino saved the World-Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from bankruptcy. Join me for part one...

Wrestling has a considerable number of big men in the squared circle today, but once upon a time, giants were a rare sighting. One big...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Last week I began my analysis of Phillip Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator and its influence on...

Japanese sensation Shohei "Giant" Baba enjoyed an incredible career after he made the jump from the baseball diamond to the squared...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II While Superman was an innovative creation in comic books, the character of a superhuman living...

"The Showcase of the Immortals" is just days away and the good people at Canadian Bulldog's World have their predictions online. Check...

All wrestlers play a part in the spectacle of sports entertainment, from enhancement talent to main eventers. Although Joey Maggs never...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: My celebration of Superman's 80th anniversary continues with a look at how...

In 1997, Extreme Championship Wrestling aired its first pay-per-view, Barely Legal. However, the show almost was cancelled....

Eddie Graham distinguished himself in the ring and soared to incredible heights as the owner and promoter of Championship Wrestling from...

Buddy Landel in Jim Crockett Promotions Wrestling reuses names and nicknames on a regular basis whether it's Stan Stasiak using a...

In 1997, Extreme Championship Wrestling aired its first pay-per-view, Barely Legal. However, the show almost was cancelled....