Cowboy Bob Kelly's Wife Dies

Cowboy Bob Kelly lost his wife to a lengthy illness last week. She had been in and out of the hospital for a long while.

Give Lance Cade A Visit

Deaths have become way too commonplace for the younger wrestlers, either by natural or other causes. Lance Cade was one oft hem., a while ago.

If you are interested in visiting his gravesite, you may find him resting at the Holy Cross Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

A Year Later.

A year has passed since the baffling and unneeded death Marvin Lambert, better known in the wrestling world as Brain Damage. Evidently fighting long term depression, which he would have denied and in fact did deny to those around him, (which this correspondent can personally attest to) was a tougher brattle to face than any opponent in the ring. Sadly, he hanged himself last year.

"Everything's fine," he kept muttering in his unnaturally soft voice. "Everything's fine."

Clearly, all was not fine.

This past week, the tributes have flown online everywhere and he is still fondly remembered by those who knew him.

Many of this wrestler's matches may be seen on You Tube. He was known for his extremely violent style He is especially remembered for savage feuds with Mr. Insanity and Necro Butcher. .

Meet Dale Pierce November 4 In Minerva, Ohio

The next lecture on pro wrestling and book signing for Wrestling in Akron (again, many of the people in the book were also Arizona mainstays) will be November 4, at 6 pm at the library in downtown Minerva, Ohio.

Tucson Championship Wrestling

Look for a new promotion, Tucson Championship Wrestling, to be starting soon in... well...Tucson.

The group has a roster and ring, but now seeks venues.

You can find them on Facebook also.

Shadow Fox

Arizona has had some wrestlers with odd and colorful names before. as well as wrestlers with unique, even uncanny styles. The Black Mamba, Stinky The Garbage Man, Section 8,  Masked Frankenstein. The list goes on and on.

Meet Shadow Fox.

A mysterious wrestler in blue gear and a blue mask, Shadow Fox is one of the newer faces catching he eye of fans in the southwest.  He has a fast-paced style and is rapidly becoming he talk of the independent scene. Look for him to be booked for a number of Tucson area cards in the future.

For those wishing to learn more about this colorful new masked man, one may find a number of his recent matches posted on You Tube.

He also has a Face Book page.

Billy Anderson Doing New Book

Retired wrestler, Billy Anderson, is working on a new book that ahs nothing to do with wrestling for a change. Instead, the Arizona based former grappler has been making trips to California to take photos for a new book on Hollywood tragedy.

The book will evidently be a guide to graves, murder locations and other tragic times for the Los Angeles area.

Cousin Luke Dies

Former WWF wrestler Cousin Like has passed away after a long battle with a number of health issues, one of the foremost being diabetes, which has  been a tragic killer and crippler of retired wrestlers in recent years.

Luke made his first Phoenix showing for the WWF as part of the hillbilly connection used in the Fed in the 1980s, where he beat local wrestler, Silver Shadow, who was a fill-in for a no show at the Phoenix Fairgrounds Coliseum. 

October 7 For Ohio Fans

Do not forget the lecture on Ohio wrestling at the Dover Library in Dover, Ohio, October 7 at 6:30 pm. A book signing of Wrestling In Akron will follow.

Keep in mind that many Ohio area stars also appeared in Arizona in winter months to escape the snow. Chris Colt, Luis Martinez, Don Arnold, Cowboy Bob Ellis, Don Kent..,.,.,