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If You Go: A Wrestling Fan’s Guide to Lexington

Posted on January 27, 2023August 18, 2023 by eatsleepwrestle

  Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to see AEW live at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. I’ve lived on the north side of the Ohio River from Louisville for 35…

FTC Lights Up the (Mid)Night

Posted on July 25, 2022 by eatsleepwrestle

The setting felt as outlaw as they come. Nestled less than a stone’s throw between the Ohio River and an active rail line sat a rusted, metal warehouse with an empty gravel…

Lou Thesz vs. Gorgeous George

Posted on September 28, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

The Champ vs. the Human Orchid… it happened in Louisville. Thesz and George met on November 27, 1954 at the Jefferson County Armory (now the Louisville Gardens). Thesz and George split the…

Louisville’s Greatest Show – Coming Soon!

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

Coming Soon!! For 22 years, the Allen Athletic Club’s weekly wrestling show at the Columbia Gym was the place to be on Tuesday night. Promoters Heywood Allen and his successors Francis and…

The “Strange” Tale of New Origins Wrestling

Posted on December 3, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

John Strange didn’t choose wrestling. Wrestling chose him. At age 15 he found himself at an independent wrestling show that looked nothing like the wrestling he knew from TV. It was bad. Really…

Countdown to 900: OVW Classic Match

Posted on November 15, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Time was when the Louisville wrestling fans could go and see John Cena, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, Batista, Shelton Benjamin, and dozens more future stars for free every Wednesday night. OVW re-posted…

From Bad for Business to Big Business

Posted on July 16, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Three years ago, I sat across a table from an official at a top name wrestling promotion in Kentucky and listened to him dog the multiple Indiana promotions across the river. They…

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…

A new day for Kentucky wrestling?

Posted on May 19, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin surprised the wrestling world yesterday when he announced the creation of a new governing body dedicated to expanding fight sports in the Commonwealth. The Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling…

Louisville’s Own Sgt. Buck Moore

Posted on April 27, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Not every star who appeared on a card for the Allen Athletic Club was a national star. Heywood Allen and Francis McDonough brought many of the country’s biggest names to Louisville during the promotion’s…

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