Gary Will's Toronto Wrestling History
General:
A Brief History of Pro Wrestling in Toronto
Top drawing matches, year-by-year, 1929-1977
Toronto's Longest Runs -- The 25-Year Club
Unmasked! -- Wrestlers who lost their masks in Toronto
Toronto Ring Announcers, 1929-1986
Toronto Debuts in Main Events, 1930-1989
Pre-1929:
Artie Edmunds: The Pocket Hercules
Jack Johnson vs George Hackenschmidt, 1910
1929-1939:
Ivan Mickailoff: "The man who made wrestling in Toronto"
The First Weekly Show: May 4, 1929
Arena Gardens: Toronto's original wrestling palace, 1922-38
Stanley Stasiak: Toronto's wrestling fatality, 1931
Two Leafs wrestle, rival promoters combine for charity: 1932
Toots Mondt charged after fatal car crash, 1932
The Panther vs the Lion: A Hand-Drawn Ad, 1933

The OAC, Jack Corcoran, and the bribery scandal of 1934
PHOTO: Dan O'Mahony headlocks King Clancy, February 21, 1935
Canada's most notorious criminal gets in the ring, 1935
PHOTO: Gordon Sinclair and the Duseks, May 22, 1936
Toronto's own world title, 1938
Commission halts Masked Marvel bout, September 22, 1938
1940s:
Smiling John, The Forgotten Tunney
Everett Marshall vs King Kong Cox, 1940: A Real Contest?
Al "Bunny" Dunlop: wrestler, referee, promoter
1950s:
Grey Cup Preview: The 1952 Edmonton Eskimos
Parkhurst wrestling cards, 1954-1955

Whipper vs Gorgeous George, March 12, 1959
1960s:
Frank Tunney's 30th Anniversary, 1969
1970s:
The Sheik's unbeaten streak: 1969-1974
"The Sheik causes wrestling revival," 1970
Whipper Watson's fifth decade in wrestling, 1970
Hercules Angelo Mosca?, 1970
Indie show with Terry Yorkston, 1972
PHOTOS: Dory Funk Jr. defends NWA title, 1973
1980s:
Tunney-Crockett partnership approved, 1980
Pictured above are (L-R): Billy Red Lyons, Lee Henning, Pat Flanagan, Whipper Billy Watson, Stanley Stasiak, Jack Corcoran, The Beast, Bobo Brazil, Earl McCready, Nanjo Singh, Lou Thesz, and Frank Tunney.