This guide was created to preserve and spotlight the rich history of professional wrestling across Long Island -- and not just what is represented by modern-day WWE resources. Through detailed entries featuring descriptions, photos, firsthand accounts and relevant links when available, the guide serves as a digital archive celebrating the region’s vibrant cultural legacy. The guide is aimed to be updated on a recurring basis, as based on new findings from the author and contributions from the local community.
Curated by librarian Darren Paltrowitz -- a published author, interviewer, and media personality with familial ties to Freeport, as raised in Bellmore and now residing in Long Beach -- this guide draws upon original research and personal interviews with some of the performers who had performed in our local area. Select guide entries include links to Paltrocast interviews, offering deeper insight into Long Island’s lasting impact on professional wrestling.
The sites, performers, associated individuals and events shown within this guide are not necessarily the only sites, performers, associated individuals and events of this sort, but rather information learned about within research and/or remembered from the author's personal experiences. The guide will be regularly updated when additional authoritative and/or verified information has been provided to the guide's curator.
If you have not been credited properly for a photo or proprietary information -- or more information is available for any of the people or places shown within this LibGuide -- please email and this will be looked into. Thanks for reading.
And as WWE Hall Of Famer Diamond Dallas Page told me for the Cauliflower Alley Club's The Ear newsletter: "No ‘Apter mags'... no Chris Jericho, no Kaufman feud with Jerry Lawler, no Mick Foley, no Create A Pro... Man, would wrestling be different without Long Island!”
-Darren Paltrowitz, June 21, 2025
