OFFICIAL SITE OF AUTHOR MICHAEL RICKARD

Tired of all the bad news concerning COVID-19? I am too which is why I've decided to mine it for the comedy gold in some of the news...

Tired of all the bad news concerning COVID-19? I am too which is why I've decided to mine it for the comedy gold in some of the news...

Editor's Note: Here's a blast from the past, a column I wrote nearly 12 years ago for World Wrestling Insanity. No edits made other than...

It's hard to believe but 35 years ago, Hulk Hogan defeated the Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden to win his first WWF Championship....

Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II For years I’ve been writing about the enduring legacy of Hulk Hogan; yet it’s difficult to...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Tim Hornbaker’s Death of the Territories proves that wrestling history can be informative and...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Madison Square Garden had hosted two brutal and bloody encounters between World Wrestling...

Copyright 2018 by Michael W. Rickard II Madison Square Garden was the home of the second encounter between World Wrestling Federation...

In June of 1985, Randy “Macho Man” Savage entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after working in the Memphis territory, a...

Hulk Hogan's early WWWF days back when he was "The Fabulous Hulk Hogan In 1979, wrestling fans in Madison Square Garden got to witness...

Join me for the conclusion to my look at some of the hottest summer wrestling supercards from yesteryear. This time, I look at Mid-South...

My series looking back at some of professional wrestling's biggest summertime events continues with a recap of the 1986 WWF supercard,...

While WrestleMania is the WWE's equivalent of the Super Bowl, summertime always meant something special for wrestling fans. For many...

WrestleMania III holds a very special place in my heart as I consider it one of the best-booked and hyped pay-per-views of all time....

Originally presented at Canadian Bulldog's World. In part one of my epic look back at the first ever WrestleMania, I talked about how the...

Originally presented at Canadian Bulldog's World. On March 31, 1985 the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) ran a little show at Madison...

WrestleMania III holds a very special place in my heart as I consider it one of the best-booked and hyped pay-per-views of all time....

WrestleMania III holds a very special place in my heart as I consider it one of the best-booked and hyped pay-per-views of all time....

Holy Ground: 50 Years of WWE at Madison Square Garden (The History of Professional Wrestling) For the first time ever, the entire history...

Originally published at Canadian Bulldog's World No discussion of 1985 would be complete without discussing the advent of wrestling...