TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… SEPT. 26th: The Dream battles The Superstar at The Garden
Dusty Rhodes travels north and takes a bite out of The Big Apple, challenging The Superstar for the WWWF title
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TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… APRIL 11th: The Birth of the WWE World title
Buddy Rogers becomes the inaugural World Champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation, after supposedly winning a ‘mysterious’ tournament in Brazil
IN MEMORIAM: ANDRE THE GIANT
Remembering the Life, Legacy & Legend of wrestling’s biggest icon, who sadly passed away 25 years ago today, on January 27, 1993
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… JAN 24th: Thesz defeats Rogers
1963 – Lou Thesz takes the NWA World title from Nature Boy Buddy Rogers, and northeast promoters break away to form what would eventually become the modern WWE
THE WRESTLING TERRITORIES: WWF part 5 – The End of an Era
Senior Editor Jim Phillips continues his journey through this series, charting the transformation of the WWF, from a Northeastern promotion to a global wrestling superpower
THE WRESTLING TERRITORIES: The WWF part 2 – The Departure From the NWA
Senior Editor Jim Phillips returns with Part Two in this series tracing the formative years of WWE, as they forged out on their own under the WWWF banner
THE WRESTLING TERRITORIES: THE BIRTH OF CAPITOL WRESTLING – The WWF part 1
This week, we take a look at Jess McMahon and the very roots of a company that his grandson would eventually grow into a billion dollar empire