5 Best Interviews In Power Slam Magazine History
The editor of the UK's (now defunct) top wrestling magazine recently discussed his five favourite interviews ever.
For UK wrestling fans growing up in the mid 1990s, you didnt have the internet to get a digital copy of the Wrestling Observer to read up on what Dave Meltzer was reporting, and you couldn't look at Wade Kellers analysis on sports entertainment. Instead, your bible for insider wrestling information came from Findlay Martin and Power Slam Magazine.
After a brief run as a poster magazine called Superstars of Wrestling, Fin launched PS in 1994 and, for the first time, British fans could read about WWF, WCW, ECW and all the indies and in a way that wasn't kayfabed like everywhere else.
Power Slam ran for 20 years until it closed its doors in 2014, but Martin recently released a successful ebook titled Pro Wrestling Through The Power Slam Years 1994-2014. I sat down with Fin for my podcast, Inside The Ropes, and talked about the history of PS and part of what made the magazine so special - the interviews.
Findlay racked his brain and came up with 5 of his favourite Power Slam interviews, explaining they were so good and what they meant when in the context of when he conducted them.
If, like me, you were smartened up thanks to the magazine, then sit back and enjoy as Fin Martin takes you through his 5 favourite Power Slam interviews.