1. William Stanley Apter was born on October 22,1945 and is an American journalist and photographer specializing in professional wrestling.
20 Facts About Bill Apter
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Bill Apter was an editorial staff member and photographer for several magazines during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, notably Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
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Bill Apter was so closely associated with these magazines that they were often known as "Bill Apter Mags".
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The influence of these publications in the days before cable television and the internet was such that Bill Apter has been credited with launching the careers of many young wrestlers whom he featured on magazine covers.
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Bill Apter made his debut as a writer in January 1970, writing for his first employer in publishing Stanley Weston.
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Bill Apter became a reporter, writer and photographer for several wrestling and boxing magazines published by Weston, including The Wrestler and Inside Wrestling.
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Bill Apter was eventually promoted to the senior editor spot at Weston's wrestling publications.
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The publications Bill Apter worked for were directed at the common fan and usually operated under the premise that professional wrestling was not scripted or predetermined.
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In 1991, Bill Apter began to regularly help compile the PWI 500, a detailed ranking of the top 500 wrestlers in the world.
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Bill Apter worked for PWI until 1999, when he accepted the editorship of WOW Magazine.
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Bill Apter hosted a television segment called the PWI Scouting Report on Jim Crockett's NWA Best of World Championship Wrestling, a weekly WTBS show.
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Bill Apter hosted several dozen other TV segments, including for the nationally syndicated Pro Wrestling This Week TV news magazine.
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Bill Apter was taken by Kaufman's passion for wrestling and put him in touch with Jerry Lawler, who Bill Apter thought could help set up an in-ring angle.
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Bill Apter called Lawler at 1am and told him Kaufman's story.
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Bill Apter appeared on shows that were produced for the WWE Network and wrote several articles as a contributor for WWE.
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In November 2016, Bill Apter began a podcast utilizing the book title.
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In September 2020 Bill Apter was signed as a columnist for the new United Kingdom based "Inside The Ropes" wrestling magazine.
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Bill Apter writes columns, does video interviews, and mentors other staff with his publishing knowledge from his days at 1wrestling.
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In 2018, Bill Apter reconnected with longtime friend Josh Shernoff for a series of YouTube videos.
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Bill Apter is a regular face as a host of international pro wrestling fan conventions in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Germany including WrestleReunion.