Jeremy Hanna is a Newsweek contributor based in Los Angeles. His focus is on professional wrestling, sports, and entertainment. Jeremy has been with Newsweek since 2024 from LA Sports Report.

Blackjack Mulligan was the patriarch of the ... was one of the most successful managers in WWE history. "The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd became one of the top heels in the professional wrestling business ...

This will be a shock to many, but professional “rasslers” Ric Flair, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Blackjack Mulligan were all fake. Virtually everybody we see in the public square is an actor ...

WOODLAND PARK — After a nine-year run, Joey McBride's Pub closed in July and will soon be replaced by Blackjack Mulligan's Public House, a well-regarded Irish bar. "Joey McBride's has officially ...

Ernie Ladd holds a number of unique distinctions in the sports world, as well as the pro wrestling world. As one of the most famous players in the history of the old American Football League ...

“Barry grew up in the wrestling business, with his dad being (WWE Hall of Fame member) Blackjack Mulligan,” Rotunda said in his induction speech. “Totally the opposite for myself. I look at ...

His son Wyndham, who died last year, wrestled as Bray Wyatt; his son Taylor wrestled as Bo Dallas. Rotunda is the son-in-law of WWE Hall of Fame member Blackjack Mulligan (real name Robert Windham).

QUESTION: I like playing blackjack on the video machines at the casino because I can take my time. However, I don't like losing all the time. Are my odds better at the table? Are the blackjack ...

surrounded by his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan and the stars of a nearly forgotten era. Courtesy WWE In the manner of only a precious few before him, Wyatt sparked emotion to the point where he ...

Sipa via AP The third generation pro wrestler first joined WWE in early 2009, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan and his father Mike Rotunda. Wyatt’s uncles also ...

Back in 2011, Bray Wyatt debuted a character named Axl Mulligan, as a tribute to his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan. This was in FCW (prior to it getting rebranded as NXT in 2012). Mulligan was a ...