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The Legend of Wild Bill Cantrell

Posted on September 20, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

If you’re a fan of racing on the road or the water, the name Wild Bill Cantrell might sound familiar. Cantrell’s wrestling career was not a long one, lasting not even a…

Gorgeous George in “Alias the Champ”

Posted on July 6, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

In the early days of broadcasting, two stars did more to put televisions into homes than anyone else: Milton Berle and Gorgeous George. Born George Wagner, the gorgeous one began his wrestling…

Lord Carlton: Now available on Amazon

Posted on June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

From the author of Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville and the woman who co-founded Kranken Welpen, the world’s only heavy metal polka band, comes the story of a…

Ali vs. Inoki

Posted on June 5, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

A year or so ago, I wrote the following story for a book project I have since set aside. In honor of the recent passing of Muhammed Ali, I thought it would…

Finding the Columbia Gym

Posted on March 23, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Rumors of the demise of the fabled Columbia Gym have been… somewhat exaggerated. In Bluegrass Brawlers I noted that the building that once hosted the Allen Athletic Club’s weekly wrestling shows was…

New Book Announcement: Lord Leslie Carlton

Posted on February 16, 2016February 16, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Time to announce the release my next book project, coming in March! From the author of Bluegrass Brawlers: The Story of Professional Wrestling in Louisville and the woman who co-founded Kranken Welpen, the…

Gorgeous George Returns

Posted on February 9, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Gorgeous George is one of the most influential wrestlers of all time. If there were no Gorgeous George, one could argue there would be no Buddy Rogers, Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Superstar…

(Not Yet Gorgeous) George in Louisville

Posted on January 21, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

I’ve written about Lord Patrick Lansdowne before. He’s the farm boy from Ohio who became a British aristocrat in wrestling trunks. Lansdowne was the first to don a cape and monocle and…

Return to the Golden Age!

Posted on January 5, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Eat Sleep Wrestle: The Golden Age is a new wrestling program available only on the INC Channel on Roku featuring some of the greatest stars in the history of wrestling. ESW is…

Jim Mitchell vs. Gorgeous George

Posted on September 23, 2015 by eatsleepwrestle

Here’s a great little piece of history, courtesy of Tom Burke. This is the newspaper article about the riot that began after Gorgeous George got “The Black Panther” Jim Mitchell disqualified during…

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