Wrestling

Photography

Brutal portraits showing the realistic side of pro-wrestling

Photographer Michael Watson explains how his candid backstage images capture the raw energy and larger than life personalities of some of wrestling's biggest stars.

Written by: Sean Neumann

Film

David Arquette: 'Nearly dying on film gave me PTSD'

Wrestling for redemption — Following the release of a new film documenting the actor's eventful foray into professional wrestling, Arquette speaks to Huck about returning from the brink of death, running into bar brawls, and ketamine therapy.

Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray

Magazine

Meet the world’s first hijab-wearing champion wrestler

Nor Diana, aka ‘Phoenix’ — At five-feet tall and around 94lbs, the 20-year-old doesn’t look like your typical wrestling star – but that hasn’t stopped her yet.

Written by: Beth Webb

Culture

Huck 73: The Sanctuary Issue

Out now! — We were ready to release our new issue back in March. Then the world fell off a cliff. Five months later, we have a magazine that exists freely between Then and Now: a collection of stories about hope and resilience, at a time when we need them more than ever.

Written by: Huck

Outdoors

Wrestling's LGBTQ stars are fighting for their future

A Matter of Pride — A Matter of Pride is helping LGBTQ+ wrestlers make their mark in an industry that has for so long treated them as a punchline. Jake Hall meets the queer stars of the squared circle.

Written by: Jake Hall

Culture

The androgynous wrestler who inspired glam rock

Merchant of Menace — David Bowie copied him. Jimmy Savile got battered by him. Wrestling never saw anything like him, before or since. This is the story of Exotic Adrian Street, a flamboyant brawler who blurred the lines between athlete and artist.

Written by: Cian Traynor

Magazine

Huck: The Hedonism Issue

Out now! — This issue is a celebration of pleasure-seeking at its purest: the lessons learned when ‘excess’ and ‘extreme’ become a way of life.

Written by: Huck

Outdoors

In the ring with the amateur wrestlers of Essex

Go hard or go home — For his latest project, photographer Steven Holmes enters the world of Dropkixx – an inclusive amateur wrestling academy uniting the local community.

Written by: Tobin Carey-Williams

Culture

Inside the bizarre world of independent wrestling

Ready to rumble — Wrestling is flourishing in unexpected places all across Britain. It’s a low-budget, high-energy world where DIY daredevils band together in the belief that teamwork makes the dream work – no matter how unlikely it seems.

Written by: Sean Cole

Reportage

The mundane real lives of Mexico’s star wrestlers

Outside the ring — Although worshipped while in the ring, Mexico’s star Lucha libre wrestlers live markedly different lives outside of it. Seila Montes Gonzalez shoots their story.

Written by: Seila Montes Gonzalez

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