If these walls could talk, they would sing.
Memorial Hall might be the most spiritually resonant building in Kansas City, Kansas. Many religious and sacred traditions hold, after all, that people and events can leave psychic imprints on a building. If that’s true, then Memorial is practically vibrating with a century of memories.
The 3,500-seat, Georgian-style auditorium, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has held an astonishing array of events since opening in 1925—from commencements and convocations to roller derby and wrestling. For wrestling fans, in fact, Memorial is nothing short of iconic, having hosted seminal events for decades and playing a key role in wrestling’s development as a major form of American popular entertainment…