Stone Cold Steve Austin Turned “Texas Tough” Into Megacelebrity
Through his wrestling career and beyond, Austin’s renegade spirit shone through, whether he was stomping opponents or cooking lima beans.
Through his wrestling career and beyond, Austin’s renegade spirit shone through, whether he was stomping opponents or cooking lima beans.
The Von Erichs' story is about tragedy—but also about a survivor. Writer John Spong reflects on why ‘The Iron Claw’ family still resonates with audiences.
‘The Iron Claw’ portrays the tragic side of the Dallas wrestling dynasty. Watching the Von Erichs’ matches reminds us of their days of glory.
The film portrayal of the Dallas wrestling titans delivers an emotional suplex, but it could have used more moves.
Over half a century in professional wrestling, Terry Funk built a legacy that stretches from Amarillo to Tokyo.
With WWE in San Antonio for the Royal Rumble, we look at the history of a particularly Texan contribution to the world of scripted combat.
From playing hoops at Texas Wesleyan to dropping Tombstone pile drivers at Jerry World, Mark Calaway recalls how he rose to WWE superstardom.
Fighters in one of the state’s newest sumo clubs, in Dallas, want the sport to keep growing—without losing the traditions that define it.
Mack Beggs, a two-time Texas high school champ, is one of three trans athletes featured in the Hulu documentary 'Changing the Game.'
“We can sell. And we need to be respected.”
Nearly fifty years ago, photographer Geoff Winningham spent months documenting wrestlers, and the fans who cheered them on, for his book ‘Friday Night in the Coliseum.’
Party World Rasslin', a wrestling league cum theater troupe, is keeping things weird in Austin.
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The El Paso Times profiles the 41-year-old "exotico," a 24-year veteran of the lucha libre circuit.
The tragedy of the Von Erichs—the state’s first family of pro wrestling—is well known not just to fans of the sport but to the many groupies who oohed and aahed at the matinee-idol athletes over the years. Still, you haven’t really heard the story until it’s told by the sole
Wrestling isn’t fixed; it was never broken.