Chinlock Wrestling

Jan Murphy is a lifelong wrestling fan and longtime wrestling reporter/columnist who has called The Kingston Whig-Standard home for the last 15 years. As a boy, Jan was drawn to pro wrestling from the time he laid eyes on it. Whether it was play wrestling in his parents basement with his friends, or his late brother Kale, or wrestling in the school... yard at Newburgh Public School (north of Kingston, Ontario Canada), it was easy to see Jan was a fan. As he aged and matured, so too did wrestling, so by the time he was in high school, and later college, the WWEs so-called Attitude Era was in full flight, making Jan a super fan by this point. While studying photojournalism as Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Jan set out to become a pro wrestling photographer, applying for an internship with WWE Magazine in Stamford, Conn. He was actually accepted to the position, but upon discovering it was unpaid, and without a place to stay, he took a pass, instead putting his focus on shooting and covering WWE events for his portfolio. Jan would eventually score an internship at the Whig, and would be hired on full time shortly thereafter. Jan debuted No Holds Barred in February of 2000. The wrestling column evolved from biweekly to weekly as its popularity grew. The column also spurred the return of live wrestling action to Kingston, as WWE began holding house shows in Kingston for the first time in a decade. For five years, No Holds Barred was a regular feature in the Whig, evolving from a point-of-view and opinion feature to interviews with wrestling stars and personalities. Jan went to shows all around Ontario to cover events, even covering WrestleMania X8 in Toronto. Even after the columns run came to an end, Jan remained a fan, even still conducting interviews from time to time for the Whig. Then, in 2010, Jan again turned his focus to resurrecting pro wrestling coverage in the Whig, conducting more and more interviews for his columns. By late 2011, Jan had enlisted legendary wrestler Tommy Dreamer to ...Read More