Tales from the Vault – December 2016

This month we take a look back at PWG and ROH reaching an agreement, MPW running in a new venue, the NWA taking over Southern California, and an interview with the one and only Samoa Joe. Click to take a look through the SCU vault.

One Year Ago

Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla announced a strategic partnership that allows Ring of Honor contracted talent to continue working PWG shows.

ROH enters into a agreement with PWG

Five Years Ago

MPW held its first show in a brand new venue, and saw Ryan Taylor defend the MPW title against Scorpio Sky. Chad was there and wrote a recap of the show.

Chaos Column: Recap of MPW’s “Slammin’ Saturday Night” Dec. 3rd 2011

Ten Years Ago

Long before there was Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, there was NWA Pro TV. There was a period when a lot of promotions around SoCal became affiliated with the NWA, and here is one of their updates covering EWF, AWS, High Risk Wrestling (the promotion run by the Young Bucks), and more.

NWA Pro Report for 12/13/06

Fifteen Years Ago

Now days he is main eventing NXT Takeovers, but back in 2001 he had only been wrestling about 2 years and had just started wrestling in Japan. Here is an early interview with the 2000 Southern California rookie of the year, Samoa Joe.

Samoa Joe Interview

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Steve Bryant
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