The Joyce Sports Research Collection, Department of Special Collections, University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries contains numerous rare and hard-to-find magazines, newspapers, and other periodicals that covered professional wrestling during the twentieth century. Many of these publications originated in the voluminous archive of wrestling-related material collected and preserved by wrestling promoter Jack Pfefer. These and other periodicals are housed separately from the Jack Pfefer Wrestling Collection and can be discovered in the ND Catalog. The dates that follow many of the periodical titles on this page indicate the span of years a given title was published; available holdings may differ and are indicated in the linked finding aid or catalog record.This guide is not comprehensive but lists some of the more significant wrestling periodicals in the collection.
Title: The wrestling news.
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : J. Reid, 1923
Publication History: 1923-1924?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W743
Title: Boxing and wrestling news.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Penn. : Arena Publishing Company, 1932
Publication History: 1932-1933?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1115 .B698
Title: Sport world.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : publisher not identified, 1934
Publication History: 1934-1935?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 561 .S6624
Title: New England Nite life and sporting news and New England ring review.
Publisher: Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 19---
Publication History: 1946-1947?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1125 .N49
Title: Wrestling as you like it.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Fred Kohler Enterprises, 1946
Publication History: 1946-1955?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W747
Title: PAN.
Publisher: Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1947
Publication History: 1947-1948?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .P36
Title: The Main event.
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Leonard D. Sacks, 1949
Publication History: 1949-1949?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV1115 .M35
Title: The Wrestler.
Publisher: Binghamton, N.Y. : Tony Burns, 1949-1952
Publication History: 1949-1952
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W744
Title: Wrestling and TV sports
Publisher: New York : Fanfare Publications, 1951
Publication History: 1951?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W741
Title: Official wrestling.
Publisher: Dunellen, N.J. : Official Wrestling, Inc., 1951
Publication History: 1951?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .O34
Title: N.W.A. official wrestling.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : N.W.A. Official Wrestling, Inc., 1952-
Publication History: 1952-1953?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .O34
Title: Wrestling world.
Publisher: New York : Wrestling World, 1954-
Publication History: 1954-1955?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W749
Title: Wrestling U.S.A.
Publisher: Charleston, West Va. : Dalton Publications, 1954
Publication History: 1954-1955
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W7478
Title: Wrestling life.
Publisher: Chicago : Wayli, Inc., 1955-
Publication History: 1955-1964?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W7476
Title: Olympic Auditorium wrestling news and Olympic Auditorium news.
Publisher: Los Angeles : Olympic Auditorium, 1960
Publication History: 1958-1961?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .O49
Title: Wrestling revue.
Publisher: Rockville Centre, New York, N.Y. : Champion Sports, 1959-
Publication History: 1959-1980?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .R6
Title: Boxing & wrestling quarterly.
Publisher: Huskell Coher [editor], Lou Sahadi [editor], Complete Sports Publications; Long Island City, NY : Natlus, Inc., 1961;
Publication History: 1961-1966?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1115 .B697
Title: Big time wrestling.
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : King Publications, 1961
Publication History: 1962-1964?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .B54
Title: Wrestling world.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Complete Sports Publications, 1962-
Publication History: 1963-1973?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W745
Title: Ring wrestling.
Publisher: Concord, New Hampshire : The Ring, Inc., 1963-
Publication History: 1963-1979?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .R5
Title: Official wrestling.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Official Sports, 196?
Publication History: 1964?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .O36
Title: The Wrestler.
Publisher: Rockville Centre, N.Y. : G.C. London, 1968-
Publication History: 1967-1983?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W746
Title: The big book of wrestling.
Publisher: Phoenix, Ariz. : Jalart House, 1968
Publication History: 1968-1978?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .B5
Title: Inside wrestling.
Publisher: Rockville Centre, N.Y. : G.C. London Pub. Assoc., 1968-
Publication History: 1968-1980?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .I5
Title: Wrestling monthly : the official magazine of wrestling
Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Champion Sports Publishing Corporation, 1971-1973
Publication History: 1971-1977?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .W742
Title: Sports review wrestling.
Publisher: Rockville Centre, NY : G.C. London Publishing
Publication History: 1972-1985?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .S66
Title: The Ring's wrestling.
Publisher: Mankato, Minn. : Pro Wrestling Enterprises
Publication History: 1980-1983?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1195 .R52
Title: Wrestling : the magazine for wrestling fans.
Publisher: Joe Weider; Jersey City, N.J. : Wrestling, Inc., 1951
Publication History: 1951-?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1115 .B693
Title: Boxing and wrestling : two magazines in one.
Publisher: Joe Weider; Jersey City, N.J. : Boxing and Wrestling, Inc., 1951
Publication History: 1951-1958?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1115 .B693
Title: TV boxing : the magazine for television fans.
Publisher: Joe Weider [editor], Eddie Borden [editor]; Jersey City, N.J. : Boxing and Wrestling, Inc., 1953
Publication History: 1953-1954?
Location: Rare Books and Special Collections, 102 Hesburgh Library
Catalog No.: Rare Books Boxed • GV 1115 .B693