Rousey vs. Tate

The Battles of Dan Gable

ESPN looks at the amateur wrestling legend.

The Iron Sheik

Here's the best and most accurate article ever written on him.

Can Diamond Dallas Page Save the World?

Great Deadpsin article on Page and his efforts to help Scott Hall and Jake Roberts turn their lives around.

They Called It Black Saturday

Twenty nine years ago tonight.

The Fabulous Fargos

The Midnight Express vs. the Rock n Roll Express

Great column by Mike Mooneyham.

Mr. Wrestling II vs. The Masked Superstar

House show footage from Columbus, Georgia circa 1981.

Paul Jones vs. Buddy Colt

Remembering the Fabulous Ones

Cracked magazine looks back at some of their promotional photos and videos.

Wrestling with the Facts

The Weekly Standard has a piece on Linda McMahon's Senate candidacy that contains this passage:

McMahon is not the first figure from professional wrestling to enter politics. In 1974, Jim Crockett, who ran the National Wrestling Alliance, ran for the Senate in North Carolina. He finished sixth in a field of six in the GOP primary. And, in 1990, Jesse “The Body” Ventura was elected mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Eight years later, he was governor of the state.

Where do we begin?

First, Jim Crockett Jr. wasn't elected NWA president until 1980, and I don't think it would be correct to say that he "ran" the NWA even then since the president's only two roles were to run the annual meeting and book the world champion.

Second, everything I've ever read says that Crockett ran for state Senate not the Senate as the Standard says.

Third, if you are taking about pro wrestles in politics, how can you talk about Crockett's failed run for Senate and not mention even Tom Drake, who served 32 years in the Alabama House of Representatives, including two terms as speaker, while maintaining a successful pro wrestling career?

RIP Roughhouse Fargo

Jackie Fargo was the king of Tennessee wrestling, but when Jackie would really get into trouble, maybe a couple of times a year, he'd say he was going to the insane asylum get his brother Roughhouse.

Jackie insisted his brother was a guard there, but the bad guys would insist he was an inmate and called him "Nuthouse." He acted the part - wandering around the arena, sitting in people's laps, hitting the referee. But the crowd loved his act, and he and Jackie always prevailed.

When Jim Crockett promotions took over the wrestling on TBS, I was surprised to find that Roughhouse was actually a referee in that Carolina-based promotion called Sonny Fargo.

Roughhouse passed away recently.

But I'm happy to see that brother Jackie is still alive. I'm also happy to learn that Jackie (real name Henry Faggart) refused to expose the business, even in his brother's obituary.