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Please support our site and help keep our tribute alive. We don't make any money from this site. All donations received, as well as all proceeds earned from the sale of merchandise and ads, go to two places. The first is to pay for the monthly costs of running the site and the second is to our AZWL Benevolent Fund. The fund helps those Arizona Wrestling Legends in time of need. In the past, our main use for the funds has been to provide travel assistance (such as hotel rooms) to our legends traveling to our annual reunion from out of state. Thank you for your generousity. We sincerely appreciate your support.
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Welcome To The Home of Arizona Wrestling & Western States Wrestling
 Arizona has a rich history as a "hot bed" of professional wrestling. Unfortunately, much of Arizona's wrestling history has long been ignored by the mainstream wrestling press.
Our goal is to write that wrong. Many legends of wrestling have graced Arizona rings. Top attractions such as Gorgeous George, Lou Thesz and Buddy Rogers all saw action in the "Grand Canyon State." In the 1970s, wrestling greats such as Jody Arnold, The Lumberjacks, The Comancharos, Tito Montez and "Cowboy" Bob Yuma (just to name a few) thrilled Arizona mat fans. We see this site as a permanent work in progress.
MEMBERSHIP IS FREE! There is absolutely no cost to join our website and members receive special access that is not available to guests (such as access to our message boards, etc.) Additionally, members receive e-mail notices of special AZWL events. We hope that you will support our site by becoming a member. It's easy. All you have to do is click here to register.
We thank you very much for stopping by and hope that you will visit with us often.
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Written by Tim Hicks
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
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Some site visitors, who use Internet Explorer, may have trouble accessing all of the menu options on the main page. This is due to a java script conflict. We are working on a solution as we speak. We apologize for the inconvenience. Visitors who use Firefox should not experience this difficulty.
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Written by Tim Hicks
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Sunday, 01 July 2007 |
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 Can you believe how fast this year is flying by? It seems like it was only yesterday when we were sending out the ballots for the 2007 AZWL Hall of Fame Awards and now it's almost time to do it again.
This year, however, it will be different. In the past, voting was restricted to those wrestling professionals who appeared in the State of Arizona prior to 1982. This year, we're expanding who may vote to include the performers (of course) but also all members of the AZWL website. That's right. If you sign up for a free account on our website, you will get a say in who our next inductees are.
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Written by Tim Hicks
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 |
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We've been busy adding photos to our brand new gallery section. So far, we've added pictures from the 2004 and 2005 Arizona Wrestling reunion. This coming weekend, we'll be adding photos from the 2006 & 2007 reunions as well as classic wrestling photos and shots from the demolition of the historic Phoenix Madison Square Garden. Enjoy.
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Legendary Lady Wrestler Tona Tomah Passes Away |
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Written by Tim Hicks
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Sunday, 24 June 2007 |
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 It is with great sadness that we report the passing of legendary lady pro wrestler Tona Tomah (Tona Ford). She passed away on June 15 at the age of 72.
You may view her obituary at here.
If you have memories of Tona that you would like to share, please e-mail them to the webmaster at
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. We'll be including these memories on the site.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 June 2007 )
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Written by Tim Hicks
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Sunday, 24 June 2007 |
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Hi Folks.
I just wanted to drop a quick update here on the site. We're making good progress in getting the site back up and running. So far, we've put most of the pages back up. We've also installed a brand new forum and gallery.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 June 2007 )
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