DC Drake, A life of honor – by Brendan Higgins
By Brendan Higgins, contributing writer It would be difficult for today’s wrestling fan to imagine life without the internet or the newest iPhone. Today you can easily do research on just about anything. Back in the mid-1980s, if you wanted to keep up to date on the latest news in the professional wrestling world, you bought wrestling magazines. The pages of which were dominated by the WWF, NWA, and AWA. Hulk Hogan was the WWF world champion. I lived in the rural town of Scituate, Rhode Island, and cable television was not yet available. I’d heard about cable TV, and I salivated over the thought of getting it, mainly because it would unlock the world of many other wrestling promotions from across the country. Until cable TV arrived in our area, the only wrestling I watched was WWF. In order to keep up on the happenings in the wrestling world, I bought magazines. Lots and lots of magazines. There was a promotion within these publications called the National Wrestling ...