Managers

Managers and handlers of the Great Western Wrestling Alliance, 1957 to 1993.

Ivan Petrovic stands in a red and white tracksuit with arms crossed, displaying a serious expression in a boxing ring setting.

Profiles

Ivan Petrovic, The Iron Fist

The Cold War's most calculating mind stepped from the shadows of Olympic coaching into professional wrestling's spotlight, transforming Soviet discipline into ringside dominance through calculated manipulation and iron-fisted control.

Harold Langston seated at desk in library setting, wearing brown suit and bow tie with glasses, hands clasped, surrounded by books and papers.

Profiles

"The Professor" Harold Langston

Draped in the regalia of academia and wrestling combined, "The Professor" Harold Langston brought an unprecedented intellectual gravitas to the gritty arenas of the Great Western Wrestling Alliance (GWA). A former philosophy professor at Stanford University, Langston turned the wrestling world into his new lecture hall, teaching not