Mike Mooneyham

6 days ago | postandcourier.com | Mike Mooneyham

This is the fifth part of a series on the legendary “Russian Bear” Ivan KoloffLong before Brock Lesnar pinned Undertaker to end “The Streak,” Ivan Koloff slayed a dragon of his own to become world champion. On a cold January evening in New York City, in front of more than 20,000 shocked fans at Madison Square Garden, Ivan Koloff accomplished the unthinkable when he ended Bruno Sammartino’s record 7½-year run as WWWF heavyweight champion.

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Mike Mooneyham

This is the second part of a series on Randy Mulkey’s current health battle. Click here for Part 1. If not for a miracle, Randy Mulkey said he wouldn’t be here today. Although severe pneumonia and had him fighting for his life earlier this year, Mulkey is convinced that it’s a fight he’s going to win. “I shouldn’t be here right now,” said the Anderson native and one half of the 1980s cult favorite . “My blood pressure never got past 20 over zero at the hospital. I dropped down to 145 pounds.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Mike Mooneyham

This is the first part of a series on Randy Mulkey’s current health battle. Randy Mulkey was the kind of wrestler the late great announcer Gordon Solie was talking about when describing the toughness of a competitor in the ring. “He’d fight a buzzsaw and give it the first two rounds.”One half of the popular Mulkey Brothers tag team along with older sibling, Bill, Randy loved the physical aspect of the business.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Mike Mooneyham

This is the fourth part of a series on the legendary “Russian Bear” Ivan KoloffPrior to Ivan Koloff's long overdue enshrinement last month, Melodie Perras wrestled with the possibility that her grandfather might never be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. She had begun to wonder if it would ever happen. “It’s something my family definitely talked about since he passed. He always told us it wasn’t a true hall of fame. He said he was in the hall of fame that matters.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Mike Mooneyham

This is the third part of a series on the legendary “Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff. See Part 1 and Part 2 here. More than 250 men and women have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame since its inception. Created in 1993 when Andre The Giant was posthumously inducted as the sole honoree that year, the Hall has included names ranging from world champions like Bruno Sammartino to non-wrestling celebrities like Snoop Dogg and even an American president.