Legacy of Wrestling - Preserving Wrestling History
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Last Updated: 09/03/2010
A lot of content will be added in the coming days and weeks, so check back often.
Tim Hornbaker
Author of National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling
Legacy of Wrestling is committed to the preservation of professional wrestling history.
While still in construction mode, this site will eventually feature a comprehensive
examination of the sport's past from the 1800s to the history that is being made weekly.
Expansive research, articles, biographies, and featured pieces will offer content not found
elsewhere, so please check back often.
Use the search feature to look for your favorite wrestlers, important dates in history, title
changes and much more:
Contributors are always welcome. If you have any questions, additions, corrections, results,
photos or other information, drop me an e-mail at THornbaker@aol.com.
Legacy of Wrestling Contributors
Updated Features:
Wrestlers Information Section - **HUGE UPDATE** - MUCH MORE TO COME
Major Frank Gotch Wrestling History - Long Read
Miami Results - **MAJOR UPDATE** - 9/3/2010
San Francisco Results - UPDATED 9/2/2010
Southern California Results - UPDATED 9/2/2010
Researcher's Corner - Page 2 - UPDATED 8/30/2010
Researcher's Corner - UPDATED 8/28/2010
Sam Muchnick's Speech to the NWA from 1953 - UPDATED 8/28/2010
Lou Thesz vs. Leo Nomellini, 1955, San Francisco - UPDATED 8/27/2010
Nebraska (Omaha) Wrestling Results - UPDATED 8/27/2010
Joe Stecher vs. Ed "Strangler" Lewis 5 Hour Marathon - UPDATED 8/27/2010
Northern California Wrestling Results - UPDATED 9/2/2010
Philadelphia Wrestling Results - UPDATED
New Jersey Wrestling Results - UPDATED
Rocky Mountain Wrestling Results - UPDATED
New York City Wrestling Results - UPDATED 8/26/2010
Promotional & Syndicate Wars - 1930s
Important Message to Old "Friend"
Update to the NWA World Heavyweight Title Lineage
Article - The Empire Athletic Association: Secretly Ruling Pro Wrestling?
Biography - The Master of Medicine and Gimmicks: Dr. B.F. Roller
Obituaries - UPDATED
Montreal World Heavyweight Title
African American World Champ Seelie Samara in 1938, Boston
Mississippi Valley Sports Club in St. Louis
Heart of America Sports Attractions Corporate Documents
National Wrestling Alliance Annual Convention - 1961
A Snapshot of Wrestling History - Updated 3/1/2010
National Wrestling Alliance Monopoly
National Wrestling Alliance Blacklist
Scans Section
Buddy Rogers Military Record
Johnny Doyle NWA Application
World Wrestling Titles
Wrestler Ancestry
Dallas Wrestling Results
Chicago Wrestling Results
Plus Read the new article on the famous "Beat the Champ" series in Los Angeles and the many
controversies and in-fighting that occurred between promoters in Southern California during the
early 1950s. It can be found here.
There are also articles on The Daros, Jim Crockett, and Max Jacobs.
Biographies on Dr. B.F. Roller, legendary promoter Tom Packs, Paul Bowser, and Jim Browning are
featured.
All Material on this Website is Copyright Tim Hornbaker, 2010
