wrestling

Why wrestlers like Kane have a strange hold on American voters

If politics is theatre, then no candidate is more authentic than the new mayor of Knoxville, Tenn.

How wrestling saved Andrew Stott’s life

Andrew Stott is a professional wrestler who goes by the name Superstar Shayne Hawke. Growing up in Montreal, he was steeped in the Spandex-clad hijinks of professional wrestling. It was a pastime, an obsession and finally a career. It also saved his life.

Inside the crazy, rowdy world of pro wrestling in Montreal

Text and photographs by Quebec bureau chief Martin Patriquin

Norman James Kenney, 1951-2016

A wild child, he left school in Grade 6. He worked with Stampede Wrestling (‘Mr. X’ in the ring), and later as a bus driver.

‘Push yourself to total self-destruction’

The Ultimate Warrior, wrestling’s mad genius, passes on in a nimbus of glory

Wrestling world embraces first openly gay wrestler in WWE

Wrestling star Darren Young comes out in interview with TMZ

Campus life at the University of Winnipeg

A photographic tour of the campus in Manitoba’s capital

WWE keeps on rolling—in cash

When it comes to making money, the Hogan era is no match for today’s men in tights

Tonya Verbeek’s silver lining

Canada’s best women’s wrestler is content to have tried her best, even if she came up short

Blood, sweat and fears

Blood, sweat and fears

Wrestling legend Abdullah the Butcher may cut himself, but he claims he didn’t give rival Devon Nicholson hepatitis C

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Russel John Karonia:re Curotte 1958-2009

A powerful athlete who was at home in and on the water, he became an avid hunter