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Collecting Vintage Professional Wrestling Photos

Most wrestling memorabilia collectors include photos in their collection. For some, photos are the only memorabilia they collect. Photos capture a moment in time, bringing back memories to those that were there and historical perspective for those wh...

Collecting Professional Wrestling Posters and Programs

Wrestling memorabilia collectors are always searching for posters and programs. Both event posters and programs were extremely limited in number at their printing. Event posters were used to promote wrestling cards - sometimes they were the only mea...

Collecting Professional Wrestling Autographs

Wrestling autographs have been avidly collected since the turn of the last century when wrestling stars were major celebrities. Those old autographs are very hard to find today. It can take years to find an autograph of a major talent like Frank Gotc...

Collecting Vintage Wrestling Magazines

Magazines are very popular among wrestling fans. For some, it is the only wrestling memorabilia they collect. Though they are true collector's items, magazines as far back as the 1980's can be purchased for little more, and sometimes less, than the o...

Vintage Professional Wrestling Collectibles

America's love for professional wrestling dates back many years before Wrestlemania, Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon. In 1916, fans actually paid to see Joe Stecher and Ed "Strangler" Lewis wrestle to a five hour draw and the finish was preplanned just...

Wrestling Stars 

Man Mountain Dean - More Than a Wrestler

Man Mountain Dean, at a little over 6 feet tall and 300 pounds, was a giant of a man in more ways than size. Man Mountain Dean led a colorful life: soldier, football player, pro wrestler, actor, strongman, police officer. He was a sparring partner f...

Tojo Yamamoto: One of the South's Greatest Wrestling Villains

In real life, he was Harold Watanabe, a native Hawaiian. In the ring, he was Tojo Yamamoto, tough Japanese wrestler who was one of the South's best wrestling draws from the early 1960's to the mid 1980's.

Haystack Calhoun - Wrestling's Best Super-Heavyweight

At a billed 604 lbs, Haystack Calhoun was the most well known super- heavyweight wrestler of his time. Never staying with a promotion very long, he was an attraction that worked all over the United States and as far abroad as Australia. Unlike most o...

Gorgeous George - Pro Wrestling's Greatest Showman

In 1948, television was introduced to American homes. Along with the Milton Berle Show, professional wrestling aired on Tuesday nights. It's biggest star was "Gorgeous George, who just a few years earlier had been wrestling as the capable, but bland...

Maurice Tillet and Wrestling's Angels

Dating back to 1939, the Angels were a group of enormously successful wrestling characters. Maurice Tillet, the French Angel, was a mainstream celebrity in his day. Another, Tor Johnson, has become a modern day cult figure. Wrestling impresario Jack...

Nick Gulas 

Nick Gulas - Southern Wrestling Promoter

Nick Gulas operated what was at once the largest wrestling promotion in the South. Gulas did not have the best reputation within the industry, but there is no denying that he was one of the most successful wrestling promoters during the territorial d...

More Wrestling Stars 

Fred Blassie

Fred Blassie was a major figure in the wrestling industry for more than 40 years, beginning in 1935 when he was only seventeen. Blassie was an impact player in the wrestling business who wasn't reluctant to push wrestling fans to the limit. He was ca...

Jackie Fargo

Many wrestlers have claimed to be Memphis' top draw - good arguments can be made for both Sputnik Monroe and Jerry Lawler. But there is truly just one king - Jackie Fargo (real name Henry Faggart.) For many Memphis wrestling fans, Jackie Fargo was wr...

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