Almanac Wrestling

Almanac Wrestling: A review of ‘Dark Side of the Ring – Owen Hart’

October 29, 2025 by RagingBull Leave a Comment

Callum Quirk looks back at the tragic death of Canadian wrestler Owen Hart.

Almanac Mongolian Life: Four minutes which changed a nation

August 14, 2019 by Max Wiggins Leave a Comment

Mongolia was in the deep throes of a political crisis in 2008. Max Wiggins deftly describes the impact that Neidan Tuvshinbayar’s maiden Olympic gold medal for his country in judo healed all tensions for the developing nation. [Great to have you back Max – Ed]

Wrestling with Reality – Part 1

December 12, 2016 by Phillip Dimitriadis 49 Comments

Mario Milano passed away on the weekend. Our sympathies go to the Milano family. No doubt many will remember him and his wrasslin’ opponents. It reminded us of Phil Dimitriadis’s piece from a few years ago. There are many memories in the piece and in the comments which follow.

Cheater – Who Me?

April 9, 2016 by Robbo 9 Comments

Cheating. What is it and how do we police it? Robbo takes through a few of the issues and highlights the differences between some sports. This is a topic worthy of much discussion.

BRAINBUSTER !!!

March 3, 2015 by Phillip Dimitriadis 27 Comments

Who was your favourite professional wrestler and what were some of the more memorable holds? Wrestling is a language, can’t you read?

A Tiger in a nest of Magpies

July 17, 2012 by Phillip Dimitriadis 3 Comments

By Phil Dimitriadis Alexander John Eastham is a different cat. In fact, he is a tiger. Yes, my grandnephew barracks for Richmond. The noteworthy feature of this highly unexpected phenomenon is that 99% of his immediate family are Pies fans. His paternal grandfather Jock is the president of the Gippsland Magpies and has [Read more]

Wrestle with this

January 26, 2011 by Phillip Dimitriadis 3 Comments

by Phil Dimitriadis I’ve noticed that there are some not so ‘closet’ wrestling fans on the Almanac site. I found this excellent article (click on the link below) that is well worth a read, particularly for its focus on the history of Wrestling in Australia. I will write a follow up soon on the symbolism, [Read more]