By ALEX MARVEZ, Scripps Howard News Service
Marvez: 'Superfly' Snuka still in there fighting at 64
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka is still ready to soar.
At age 64, Snuka is set to become the oldest performer to ever grapple on a "Wrestlemania" pay-per-view show. He will team with Ricky Steamboat and Roddy Piper against Chris Jericho in a "legends match" Sunday at "Wrestlemania 25" in Houston.
Marvez: Catching up with 'Baby Doll' Nikla Roberts
She's almost 50, but "Baby Doll" Nickla Roberts remains the Perfect 10.
Few valets from the 1980s who starred for such a relatively short period of time remain as memorable. Roberts worked for Jim Crockett Promotions -- the North Carolina-based precursor to World Championship Wrestling -- before leaving the business entirely to start a family.
Marvez: In the passing of Andrew Martin, another reminder
Premature pro-wrestling deaths are bad for business.
The passing of Andrew "Test" Martin serves as another unfortunate reminder.
Martin, 33, was found dead in his Tampa, Fla., apartment last Friday. Autopsy results are pending.
Marvez: In the passing of Andrew 'Test' Martin, another reminder
Premature pro-wrestling deaths are bad for business.
The passing of Andrew "Test" Martin serves as another unfortunate reminder.
Martin, 33, was found dead in his Tampa, Fla., apartment last Friday. Autopsy results are pending.
Marvez: Grappling's popularity takes a dip
The recent surge in pro-wrestling television ratings couldn't have come at a better time.
Marvez: Another daunting challenge for Consequences Creed
His character may be named after Apollo Creed, but Austin Watson's entree into TNA Wrestling is straight Rocky Balboa.
Marvez: Released by WWE, Doane still chasing wrestling stardom
Kenn Doane still has spirit even if World Wrestling Entertainment doesn't.
A member of the ill-fated Spirit Squad who later wrestled as Kenny Dykstra, Doane was released by WWE last November. But Doane still plans to keep pursuing the dream of grappling stardom he has chased since his early teens.
Marvez: Revisiting the career of Dan Hodge
Jim Ross believes pro-wrestling fans from the 1960s and '70s are lucky mixed-martial-arts fighting didn't exist at that time.
If it had, Dan Hodge might have become an MMA superstar rather than enjoy a 17-year run as grappling's top junior-heavyweight performer.
Marvez: Dawn Marie Psaltis to the rescue
Randy "The Ram" Robinson needed Dawn Marie Psaltis to come to his rescue.
And it's not because she was one of the sultriest vixens in World Wrestling Entertainment history.
