As a kid growing up in Queens I had a lot of sports heroes. At the top of my list, Ernie Roth – better know to WWWF fans in the 1970′s and '80′s as The Grand Wizard of Wrestling. The Wiz was ...

Irwin Ernie Roth, known by the ring names The Grand Wizard of Wrestling and Abdullah Farouk, was an American professional wrestling manager. Not a wrestler ...

The Grand Wizard of Wrestling in many ways was the prototype for managers of the later years. The Wizard originally appeared as Abdullah Farouk in Detroit, ...

One of wrestling’s most essential photographs is a black-and-white featuring Heyman, “Classy” Freddie Blassie, The Grand Wizard, and “Captain” Lou Albano.

In 1995, The Grand Wizard was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, with Slaughter giving his induction. His influence has inspired numerous managers throughout the years and through ...

"Grand Wizard of the selected half of the Ku Klux Klan," Chris specified. Smith noted how much of a departure the role actually is for someone like Jericho, however, he still jumped into it with ...