Legacy of Wrestling - Preserving Wrestling History
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
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