Posts about wrestling history
As far back as I remember I always wanted to be six foot ten. That’s right: six foot ten. Not seven feet, not eight feet, but six foot ten. All of my heroes back then were six foot ten: Ted Cassidy, Richard Kiel, Dave Winfield, and Big John Studd. If you don’t know who any … Read more
I was struggling to write this episode so I turned to poetry for inspiration. The poem was Maya Angelou’s CAGED BIRD. It is a poem that sounds like an allegory to the victims of morbid jealousy–the kind of extreme jealousy I can only assume Elizabeth Hulette struggled with for years; the kind of jealousy I grew up … Read more
I was shaving my face a few weeks ago, listening to old Jean Shepherd radio programs on YouTube, when I thought about something Bobby Heenan said about ringside commentating. He said he learned how to do it by shaving in front of a mirror. Shaving in front of a mirror allowed him to practice his … Read more
This summer I was totally enthralled by the audiobook BLOOD, SWEAT & CHROME by Kyle Buchanan. The book is about the rigors of filming MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. I’m a big fan of the MAD MAX movies so I still can’t believe I almost passed on listening to the book just because I read a few reviews that came down hard … Read more
ROGER: BRYAN CLARKE as ADAM BOMB– one of four wrestlers we’ll be discussing on this SPECIAL edition of SISKEL & EBERT we’re calling: THE HIDDEN GEMS of THE SQUARED CIRCLE. GENE: Each of the wrestlers we picked for this episode is underrated and deserving of a second look by wrestling fans everywhere. I’m Gene Siskel … Read more