SCOTT TEAL
 

Scott Teal first discovered his passion for professional wrestling when he turned on the television and saw Joe Scarpa and Wahoo McDaniel carry a bloody Gladiator back to the dressing room. He was hooked by the storyline from the first moment and attended his first show at the National Guard Armory in his hometown of Bradenton, Florida.

Scott loved the wrestling and the storylines, but he never had any desire to wrestle, manage, or referee. From day one, his only passion was to learn more about the business and how it worked, and in particular, the history of the sport.

He got his start in writing when he had a letter published in Wrestling Revue magazine. After that, he bought a Mamiya Sekor 35mm camera and began shooting photos at matches in spot show towns like Sarasota, Winter Haven, and Arcadia. During that time, Scott also began his wrestling history research at the University of South Florida, scouring through reels of microfilm to document past matches held in Tampa.

In 1975, Scott moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to major in Music Education at Trevecca Nazarene College. While at a show in Huntsville, Alabama, he was invited to work for Nick Gulas. For the next six years, he did publicity work for the office, shooting publicity and action photos, published the Slam-O-Gram arena programs, developing a line of wrestling souvenirs, and writing articles about the promotion for national magazines.  It was also during this time that he refereed a few shows, not because he wanted to be an active participant, but because he was pressed into service when the scheduled officials didn’t show up.

Scott got out of the business “for good” (yeah, right) in 1982, but after attending a wrestling gathering in Nashville, he came up with the idea to publish a newsletter called “Whatever Happened to …?,” which featured interviews and information about the legends of wrestling. Since that time, he has published 53 issues of “WHT,” one WHT-like book called Shooting with the Legends, 80 other books (Rasslin’ Results, Classic Clips, The WAWLI Papers, and others), plus a series called The History of Professional Wrestling, which includes results of matches in several of the major cities, including St. Louis, Madison Square Garden, Tampa, Columbus (OH), western Canada, and Chattanooga.

Through his company known as Crowbar Press, he has published and edited biographies with Ole Anderson, J.J. Dillon, Jody “Assassin” Hamilton, Ivan Koloff, and Bruiser Brody. He is currently working on bios with Tony Atlas and Stan Hansen, and has several wrestlers waiting in the wings. He has also produced a series of DVDs that feature “shoot” interviews with Don Fargo, Ole Anderson, Bob Roop, Frankie Cain, Bobby Simmons, Mac McMurray, and Dennis Hall.

Currently living in Hendersonville, Tennessee, with his wife, Angela, Scott has been employed full-time by UPS for the past 29 years. He drives a Mac tractor and pulls two trailers (pups) from Nashville to Cincinnati, Ohio, five nights a week. His spare time is spent working on his books, updating his 1wrestlinglegends.com website, filling orders for books through his Crowbar Press website, writes regular columns for the CAC’s publication, The Ear, and the newsstand magazine, Inside Wrestling.

Scott is on the Board of Directors of the Cauliflower Alley Club and works behind-the-scenes for the Gulf Coast Wrestler’s Reunion.

The Cauliflower Alley Club is proud to name Scott Teal as the first recipient of the James C. Melby Historian Award.

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