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Bled Dry: The Legacy of the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance has been named an Official Selection of the 2026 Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival in the Documentary Feature category.
Absolute Intense Wrestling returns tonight to Lakewood, Ohio with TNA Champion Nic Nemeth, Swoggle, Shotzi Blackheart and more. For more, click here.
Ozark First featured a piece on the Mid-States Wrestling live event tomorrow 10/3 at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, MO featuring appearances from WWE Hall of Famers The Godfather/Papa Shango and Bob Orton. The story also dives into the history of professional wrestling at the venue.
Guardian Sports Entertainment is running Long Island, NY tomorrow at The Massapequa PAL -The Lou Anthony Sports Complex with Matt Striker, Papadon, Joey Conway, Bam Sullivan, Evil Kip Stevens and more. For tickets, click here.
Virginia Championship Wrestling will celebrate 30 years tomorrow Saturday 10/3 in Norfolk with Andre Chance vs. Rex Lawless, The Boar and more at the Norfolk Masonic Temple. For details, visit vcwprowrestling.com.
FOX News spoke to WOW - Women of Wrestling Champion Santana Garrett.
The Indianapolis Star featured a piece on the legendary Dick the Bruiser.
Author Irv Muchnick sent the following:
The website has been updated to facilitate orders, through our PayPal store, of Irvin Muchnick's PACHINKO MAN: The Life and Meaning of Pro Wrestling Legend Rikidōzan. Publication date is January 2027, with inventory expected in December. Complete information on ordering from our PayPal store or from online booksellers is here. Our Books page also now has complete PayPal store and online booksellers links for Muchnick's five other books.
Direct orders include autographed copies with free shipping to U.S. addresses. Reserve your copy of PACHINKO MAN by remitting $24.95 in U.S. currency to paypal@muchnick.net. (Canadian orders, add $10 for shipping. All other foreign orders, add $20.) You can also get your autographed copy through the PayPal store.
PACHINKO MAN is published by ECW Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster.
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Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner for his novel The Orphan Master’s Son
”Important and long overdue contribution to the study of Japanese pop culture and Korean diaspora, and Irvin Muchnick is just the author to bring this amazing story to life.”
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Robert Whiting, author of The Chrysanthemum and the Bat and Tokyo Underworld
”Impressive, knowing biography of an iconic, legendary ring figure in Japan and Korea, and a primer on the world of professional wrestling at the same time — densely researched, rich in detail, brimming with fascinating facts, memorable tidbits and insights.”
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