Mickey Rourke is back in the headlines, reminding us of a talent that is as volatile as it is undeniable. But to truly understand the man, one must look back at the moment art imitated life too ...

Famed Sunnyside Garden Arena in Queens, New York, was a popular boxing and wrestling venue and site of many bouts until its demise in 1977. Older fans may have had the pleasure of seeing events there, ...

Winter Park, Florida. Summer, 1996. While the eyes of the world were fixed on Atlanta’s Olympic Games, a different kind of history was quietly taking shape a few hours south. Inside the bustling ...

“Live from New York, it’s SATURDAY NIGHT!” For over forty years, WWE and Saturday Night Live, better known as SNL, have shared one of the most quietly influential partnerships in entertainment history ...

If the title “Oooh Yeah!” had you expecting a story about ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, it’s understandable. Buckle up for a rousing ride as we delve into the life and exploits of the Wild Bull of the ...

Turn on professional wrestling in the early 1950s, and you might see a 42-inch champion balancing on his head or four little people wrestlers threatening to steal the show from the heavyweights. Their ...

What if we told you that one single wrestling event in the late ’90s was so catastrophically bad that it single-handedly ended multiple careers and left legends humiliated? The Heroes of Wrestling pay ...

When Torrie Wilson walked into the WWE locker room during the Attitude Era’s final days, she had no idea that two women were already watching her every move. One was the wife of one of the most feared ...

In the world of professional wrestling, the term unsung hero is often thrown around. The unsung hero takes many forms, from the forgotten wrestler who never put on a bad match to the bookers and ...

On June 9th, 1995, in front of a reported 16,300 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, “The Four Pillars of Heaven” of All Japan Pro Wrestling (Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada, and Akira ...

There was once a professional wrestler who spent nearly two decades hiding a disability so profound that even his toughest opponents refused to believe it. George Weingeroff, who won gold at the 1976 ...

Scary movies and professional wrestling have a long, intertwined history. These films, often low-budget thrillers, showcase wrestlers as monstrous villains and unlikely heroes, leveraging their larger ...