Arts & Entertainment - June 23, 2009
Conversation with a "Diva"
World Wrestling Entertainment "diva' Maria Kanellis is town for the "WWE SmackDown and ECW" event tonight at the Bradley Center. We caught up with Kanellis, a native of Ottawa, Ill., who posed for Playboy last year, in advance of the show.
Tags: wwe, smackdown, ecw, bradley center, diva, maria

Arts & Entertainment - June 22, 2009
WWE dismisses diva Candice Michelle
Candice Michelle, the Milwaukee-area native who gained fame during a five-year run as a pro wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment, was released her from her contract with the organization late last week.
Tags: wwe, candice michelle, godaddy.com, world wrestling entertainment

Sports - Feb. 8, 2009
The Crusher's legacy lives on
For more than 40 years, "The Crusher" was wrestling's greatest superstar. The South Milwaukee native's legacy lives on with today's sports entertainment superstars, as well as his family.
Tags: the crusher, reggie lisowski, wwe, mouth of the south jimmy hart

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 13, 2006
Schnitzel with The Baron
Ladies and gentlemen, now entering the squared circle, representing Germany, weighing in at a tremendous 271 pounds, here he is, the Clawmaster -- Baron Von Raschke ... Raschke. Let’s go to ringside with a wrestling legend.
Tags: Baron Von Raschke, wrestling, Da Crusher, Mader's, Fantle, WWE, WWF, wrestling

Sports - Oct. 27, 2005
The one, the only, Da Crusher remembered
Growing up in the Twin Cities, Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association was larger than life. Of all the grapplers who participated in the "grunt and groan" show, there was no one more colorful than Milwaukee's own Reggie "Da Crusher" Lisowski, who died over the weekend at age 79.
Tags: Da Crusher, Verne Gagne, American Wrestling Association, AWA, wrestling, Reggie Lisowski, Crusher, WWE, WWF, Super Fly