Superstar Billy Graham’s Amazing Comeback
By Mike Mooneyham Oct. 27, 2002 Superstar Billy Graham finally got the call that he had been waiting and praying for. It was delivered on a recent Friday afternoon and came, as he now admits, “just in the nick of time.” Graham (real name Wayne Coleman), one of pro wrestling’s biggest stars during the 70s [...]
Past Still Haunts Former WWF Ring Boy
By Mike Mooneyham Oct. 20, 2002 It’s been more than a decade since Tom Cole made headlines as part of one of professional wrestling’s most sordid stories. A young ring attendant for the World Wrestling Federation at the time, Cole hurled charges against the company that resulted in the resignation of two longtime employees and [...]
Wrestlers Take Message To The Pulpit
By Mike Mooneyham Oct. 13, 2002 Some familiar names – The Red Rooster, The Million Dollar Man, The Russian Bear, Little Naitch and Gorgeous George – will all be in town this week. But they won’t be wrestling. They’ll be pursuing another passion – sharing their testimonies and spreading the Gospel – as part of [...]
Vince Always Gets The Last Laugh
By Mike Mooneyham Oct. 6, 2002 What goes around sometimes comes around. Dusty Rhodes played the role of a toilet-cleaning, polka-dotted buffoon more than a decade ago. More recently Ted Turner suffered the ultimate indignity of watching – on his own network – his long-despised rival gloat over buying his beloved mat company from right [...]