Wrestling Features
In-depth features from the Fighting Spirit Magazine archive: profiles, retrospectives and long-form journalism on British and international professional wrestling.
Star Struck - RIP Kris Travis (FSM 125 - Oct 2015)
To celebrate Kris Travis’ career in and out of the ring, FSM asked his peers to share their memories of “The Shooting Star”.
Read ReportBurning Desire (FSM 105; April 2014)
John Lister talks to former WCCW director Mickey Grant about the hardships of making his latest film, Burning Green.
Read ReportRollerball Rocco: Mark Rocco's British Wrestling Career
A force of nature inside the ring, Mark Rocco helped to revolutionise World of Sport action in the 1970s.
Read ReportDragon Gate USA Untouchable & Enter The Dragon 2012
Dragon Gate USA made its return to iPPV in July with two shows that strongly showcased an athlete swarmed with rumours
Read ReportTNA HARDCORE JUSTICE 2012
TNA's pay-per-view on August 12 was a good, entertaining show.
Read ReportFSM ARCHIVE (July 2011): The Devil In Nick Diaz
While supremely talented, Nick Diaz never fails to court controversy. Will Cooling looks at MMA's charismatic enigma...
Read ReportDGUSA REVOLT / HEAT 2013
Dragon Gate USA made its return to California for a couple of entertaining shows on January 26 and 27 in Huntington Park.
Read ReportDragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 2012
The trilogy of shows climaxed with an outstanding main event in Deer Park,New York,as Johnny Gargano defended his Open The Freedom Gate title..
Read ReportPro Wrestling: EVE Wrestle-Fever
The Delphi Club in Sudbury played host to Pro Wrestling: EVE on November 10, as they held their 10th show. It was a fitting way in which to reach double-fi
Read ReportUFC on Fuel Franklin vs. Le
The UFC's debut in China marked the return to middleweight of the division's former champion Rich Franklin.
Read ReportTNA BOUND FOR GLORY 2012
In theory their biggest event of the year, TNA held Bound For Glory on October 14 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Read ReportNEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING POWER STRUGGLE
New Japan's second foray onto worldwide iPPV on November 11 produced yet another excellent card.
Read ReportUFC 154 St. Pierre vs. Condit
Georges St. Pierre has dominated the UFC welterweight division since winning his first title from Matt Hughes on November 18, 2006, with only a shock defea
Read ReportUFC The Ultimate Finale 16
While it may not feature in the 2012 FSM Reader Awards, one of the best books of the year was Paul Krugman's End This Depression Now , which argued a
Read ReportUK Promotion of the Year:
Insane Championship Wrestling In 13 years of wrestling, I can honestly say I've never worked for a promotion that oozes so much passion...
Read ReportThe Jewel In The Crown
Ireland's Fergal Prince Devitt is one of the finest performers in New Japan. FSM makes the case that he could be an important member of the WWE roster.
Read ReportBig Daddy Wrestler: Shirley Crabtree's British Wrestling Career
The biggest problem with Big Daddy is that he was a one-man superstar in a business never designed to work that way...
Read ReportRaw Materials
With believable performances by both Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, it was some of the best hype of its era...
Read ReportMade In Japan
Working in Japan was something Sabre had been building towards for a very long time
Read ReportCEREBRAL ASSASSIN
Dolph Lundgren talks everything from Rocky IV to his fight with UFC pioneer Oleg Taktarov in Moscow! Dolph Lundgren is like Shrek. Rather, he's like Shrek's onion - the man has some serious layers....
Read ReportEIGHT MEN IN A CAGE
It's 15 years since the UFC's first ever show, when there were no rules, no gloves, just eight men in a cage This month marks the fifteen anniversary of the first Ultimate Fighting Championship. Back...
Read ReportTOTAL NONSTOP GIMMICKS
Randy Savage impersonators, men pretending to be sharks pretending to be Steve Austin... welcome to TNA! Great gimmicks draw great crowds, plain and simple. WWE seized firmly upon the formula in the...
Read ReportKURT'S CATHARSIS
Angle's most controversial interview ever sees him shoot on Vince, Jericho, Brock, Cena, Batista... everyone! Having been forewarned by Kurt Angle's handlers to stay away from topics such as WWE,...
Read ReportThe Rise + Fall Of The FWA
What was once Britain's greatest wrestling promotion is now six feet under. This is the story of the FWA It's all over. The smoke has cleared, the dust has settled and any number of other clichés...
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