Aleksandr Karelin

February 19, 2019 0

“The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose.  Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.” Aleksandr Karelin is the…

March Matness

June 27, 2018 0

Each spring, wrestlers from 76 Division I schools compete for NCAA individual and team wrestling titles. First held in 1928, March Matness is college wrestling’s marquee event. …

Andre the Giant

May 16, 2018 0

For over a decade, Andre the Giant was the highest-paid professional wrestler on earth. A pro wrestler and actor, Le Geant Francais [The French Giant], was a…

Rulon Gardner

December 6, 2017 0

Since 1908, the United States has won a dozen medals in Greco-Roman Olympic wrestling.  Rulon Gardner earned two of them. The 1980 Winter Games gave…

Brandon Wrestling

January 5, 2017 0

Today we discuss the most impressive winning streak in the history of high school athletics. Brandon High School is a national Blue Ribbon School located…

Randy Savage

November 15, 2016 0

“Macho Man” Randy Savage was one of the greatest pro wrestlers in history. Randall Mario Poffo was born in Columbus, Ohio, on this date in…

Jeff Blatnick

July 26, 2016 0

In 1982, Jeffery Carl Blatnick was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  They removed his spleen and his appendix, and he underwent radiation therapy.  Two years later, he…

Banach Brothers

February 8, 2016 0

The Banach Brothers are one of the toughest and most accomplished sports families in wrestling history. Edward Joseph Banach was born in Newton, New Jersey,…

Anthony Robles

January 18, 2016 0

Wrestlers are notoriously tough, courageous and iron-willed. Anthony Marc Robles is all of these. Born in La Mirada, California, on July 20, 1988, he entered…

Bruce Baumgartner

November 2, 2015 0

Bruce Robert Baumgartner has won more Olympic medals than any freestyle wrestler in American history. Born in Haledon, New Jersey on this date in 1960,…