Greg Klein

My column for @slamwrestling about Morris P. Sigel, Houston Wrestling promoter and Texas wrestling forefather, is now live. Thank you @gregmep for the opportunity. If you vote in the WON HOF, please vote for Morris Sigel & the Junkyard Dog. @WONHOFTracker @WONF4W @davemeltzerWON

Every time I try to nail down when Houston Wrestling became a weekly town the date moves earlier. Here is evidence Morris Sigel planned to run 50 shows in 1930. Houston Post Dec. 31, 1929! @tonyrichards4 @lizzyflanagan @Sparks3rdCoast @mk96flores @RoFlo @Fgbrisco @davemeltzerWON

New: We've updated our database with the latest financial filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift. propub.li/4kYnulF

For anyone out there getting all pissy because I'm making fun of Hulk Hogan, I just want to remind all of you that THIS is the person you're defending. He's posing in front of detainees at a concentration camp that's openly referred to as "Alligator Alcatraz." Terry Bollea was…

Late night Whiskers Savage search turned up this Morris Sigel gem. Oct 35 vs Strangler Lewis. @tonyrichards4 6000 fans somehow packed the Houston City Aud normally listed as a 4000 seater. And guess who ref'd the bout? @Sparks3rdCoast @SteelBeltSteve @mk96flores @RoFlo @Fgbrisco

@tonyrichards4 Mystery No. 2 from today's Time Tunnel solved. How did Fritz Von Erich and John Tolos both win a pole battle royal? Fritz won the pole check and Tolos won the battle royal prize.

History mystery solved @tonyrichards4 and I discuss on this week's Time Tunnel the mystery of Maurice Rose and how and why he wins a match with Mad Dog Vachon in San Antonio in July 1975. The Aug. 1, 1975 San Antonio Evening News answers the questions.

50 Years Ago On This Day In Pro Wrestling HIstory, July 22nd, 1975: Jack Brisco (CH) and Al Madril go for 90 minutes to a time limit draw for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. An amazing hour and a half for the title! @JYDbook and I…

From the things I find when I am not finding what I am looking for file: Jan. 1953 San Antonio Light column about Gorgeous George.

Now, do the Epstein files.

Hunter Biden's assessment of politics is basically mine. I don't see much daylight between us. I had no idea.

Holy discoveries, Matman: Dallas Morning News June 25, 1953, Jack Pfefer helps Ed McLemore break ground on a new Sportatorium after the old one burned May 1. Pfefer was supplying McLemore with talent during the Texas Wrestling War. @tonyrichards4 @lizzyflanagan @Sparks3rdCoast

If you're wondering why Republicans have always hated PBS, it's the usual reason washingtonpost.com/history/2023/0…

Ep 76 of Old School Rasslin Talk: The Television Title Tournament is live. We discuss MSWA TV in Feb 1984. Horribly made tournament brackets but great action. Rock-n-Roll has stellar debut. Wrestling II begins turn. Hacksaw goes to Fla. Reed & Landel team buzzsprout.com/1997141/episod…

An early 1950s promotional smear campaign against Buddy Rogers by Jack Pfefer. Rogers had dumped Pfefer in 1951 after 5 prosperous years. You typically only see the first page of this, so I figured to show off all the rest. Enjoy:

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50 Years Ago Tonight at the Sam Houston Coliseum in Houston, Texas, Johnny Valentine will defeat John Tolos two falls to one fall on July 18th, 1975. My East Texas expert & analyst @JYDbook will cover this match and more in next week's Episode 15 of my Time Tunnel podcast…

March 19, 1950 Houston Chronicle: Sterling Dizzy Davis issues a grandstand challenge to Gorgeous George after George refused to help Davis run opposition to Morris Sigel & the NWA Texas Wrestling Agency promotion in Houston @tonyrichards4 @Sparks3rdCoast @mk96flores @black_bile