Peggy Gilbert, family matriarch, passes
Peggy Gilbert, the Gilbert wrestling family matriarch, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024,...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Jan 4, 2024 | Interviews, Obituaries
Peggy Gilbert, the Gilbert wrestling family matriarch, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024,...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Nov 26, 2023 | Interviews, Other House Shows
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The final Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) event has been hiding, preserved and...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Feb 15, 2023 | Obituaries, Opinion
The wrestling world lost a breadth of knowledge, and I lost an occasional pen pal – and mentor –...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | May 16, 2022 | Obituaries, Opinion
The late Victoria Hanner “Vicki” Askew is known as the mother of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, but...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Mar 15, 2022 | Obituaries, Opinion
On March 1, legendary Tennessee wrestling promoter Jerry Jarrett shared on social media, “Just got...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Aug 8, 2021 | Obituaries, Opinion
The sudden passing of someone you grew up watching, such as both Bobby Eaton and Bert Prentice,...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Nov 26, 2020 | Interviews, Obituaries
I first met Bob Ryder when I used to make the 80-mile (128 kilometer) one-way drive to cover pro...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Apr 13, 2020 | Collectibles
A-tisket a-tasket, this writer bought himself a pro wrestling Easter basket. Recently, I was...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Jun 27, 2016 | Interviews
Tojo Yamamoto has been gone for 24 years now. When he took his own life, he affected a great many...
Read MorePosted by Ryan Nation | Feb 20, 2016 | Other Reviews
With footage of Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) now available on the WWE Network, what is old is...
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