Irv's Blog
May 13, 2009
The investigations of pro wrestling’s death culture can expect to take an intriguing new turn this week with new revelations by Michael Benoit, the father of wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife, their son, and himself over a weekend in late June.
May 13, 2009
World Wrestling Entertainment has announced the suspension of ten wrestlers for violations of its “wellness policy” after the district attorney in Albany, New York, produced information that they were on the client list of Signature Pharmacy, an Internet trafficker of steroids and human growth hormone.
May 13, 2009
WRESTLING BABYLON author Irvin Muchnick’s February interview on The Josh Kornbluth Show on San Francisco’s PBS affiliate, KQED-TV, Channel 9, will be replayed on Monday, August 20, at 7:30 p.m.
May 13, 2009
The Washington Post today has a long, thorough article on the Chris Benoit case and the pandemic of deaths in pro wrestling.
May 13, 2009
Brian Adams, who wrestled as “Crush” on the WWF tag team Demolition, has died at age 44.
May 13, 2009
Pro Wrestling Torch’s Wade Keller has tracked down the July 31 letter to World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon by Congressmen Bobby L. Rush and Cliff Stearns, the chairman and ranking minority member of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection.