by Daniel Johnson Lorraine Johnson vs. Shirley Strimple At the Chicago International Amphitheatre in Fred Kohler’s NWA territory some of the best men of the day battled in wrestling matches that have been masterfully preserved by Chicago Film Archives through the… Read More ›
Verne Gagne
Old School Flashback: Verne Gagne Wrestles a 185 lbs Red Bastien
by Daniel Johnson Verne Gagne vs. Red Bastien Verne Gagne at 218 lbs outweighed his opponent, Red Bastien by more than 30 lbs in this performance preserved by Chicago Film Archives through the Russ and Sylvia Davis Collection, 1932-1970. Whereas… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: Vittorio Apollo Dazzles in his Match with Miguel Torres
by Daniel Johnson Vittorio Apollo vs. Miguel Torres I was recently on the Freakin’ Awesome Network (FAN) and came across an interesting thread regarding over 100 matches from Fred Kohler’s NWA territory based out of Chicago, Illinois that had been… Read More ›
Victor Andrews Interview
by Dave Pendleton Interviewer’s Note: I had the opportunity to interview Victor “Mr. Everything” Andrews at the end of 2013. Andrews had a wonderful 2013 traveling throughout the southern United States wrestling for Allied Independent Wrestling Federations (AIWF), New Skool… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 