On April 23, 1981, New Japan Pro-Wrestling took a risk few major professional wrestling promotions would have attempted: it brought a hero straight from a popular manga and anime series into a real ...

Before professional wrestling’s television heroes could become stars, somebody had to make them look unbeatable. In the 1950s, that meant a hard road, little glory, and the certainty that another ...

He spent his whole career getting hit with mustard bottles, kitchen skillets, and jars of pickles, but he always got back up. On November 29, 2003, inside the Mid-South Coliseum he loved more than any ...

Bob Holly remembered his whole body going numb during a match with Brock Lesnar. Then he agreed to try the powerbomb sequence ...

Most wrestlers are gone from the ring long before their bodies tell the full story. Yet, well into his 70s, Action Mike Jackson is still lacing up his boots, carrying memories from a version of ...

If you think the wildest wrestling drama happens in the ring, think again. The real intrigue lies backstage, in the secrets that wrestlers were never supposed to reveal. Pro wrestling shoot interviews ...

On a humid Thursday night in June 1996, fans poured into the Louisville Gardens expecting The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Vader, and a full World Wrestling Federation card. By bell time, almost none ...

In the unforgiving world of professional wrestling, respect isn’t given; it’s earned through blood, sweat, and sometimes tears. But what happens when “paying dues” becomes mistreatment? For Jeff ...

Pro Wrestling Stories is your number one source of wrestling history and nostalgia! Discover wrestling’s rich past from the sport’s finest writers with these 800-plus chapters of wrestling history.

John Rodriguez, better known to wrestling fans as “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and later World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) from 1965 to 1985, went from ...