After Rise 8 – Outback, Rice and Beans sat down for long awaited interview with Kris Wolf. This interview was 7 months in the making and originally scheduled for December’s Rise/AWS weekend, but due to Kris’ popularity (and tight schedule), we weren’t able to make that happen. But through persistence and patience (along with Joshua […]
With Human Tornado announcing his retirement this past weekend, we took a moment to catch up with him. In our quick chat he clarified what is going on, if we will see him again, his biggest accomplishments, and more. (more…)
On Saturday night, I went to the home of Rico Dynamite and conducted an interview with him while watching UFC 222. I wanted to do this interview for awhile because he’s a guy who has a lot of stories, and he never pulls any punches. In this interview, Rico talks about training at the XPW […]
I had a chance to speak with Jake Atlas, who just won the 2017 Southern California Rookie of the Year award, after last weekend’s Ground Zero show. We discussed his lifelong love for wrestling, breaking his neck, battling depression, coming out publicly as gay, his goals, who he thinks will be the next Rookie of […]
Unbeknownst to most, this past Saturday at SoCal Pro’s show in Oceanside, Devin Sparks may have wrestled his last match. I had a chance to talk with him earlier this week about why this might be the end and to look back at his career. From his start with Mike Rapada, to DDT in Japan […]
Earlier this month B-Boy, who will be marking his 20th year in wrestling next year, announced he was starting his own promotion, Ground Zero. With the debut show scheduled to take place on December 23rd in Imperial Beach, I had the chance to catch up with B-Boy and talk Ground Zero, his reasons for starting […]
Recently I had a chance to speak with Delilah Doom, who is quickly becoming one of the rising stars in women’s wrestling. In this interview we discuss what made her want to get into wrestling, her WWE appearances, Sabotage, Eli Everfly, her goals in wrestling, and more. (more…)
I had a chance to sit down and talk with Buggy Nova after AWS’ Women’s Tournament #5. In this interview we discuss how she got into wrestling, signing with WWE, being released after going into rehab, a challenge to Joey Ryan, and more. Click to read the interview. (more…)
I recently approached Holidead about doing an interview for SCU. She graciously obliged and invited me to the Darkside (which *spoiler* is somewhere between Parts Unknown and Cudahy). She wasn’t there, though. Take a look at her schedule and you’ll see that Holidead is a Jetsetter and road warrior. So we decided to do this […]
Written By Roy Lucier It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine. And when you think about the combination of laughter and pro wrestling, usually the first name that comes to mind is Japanese native Kikutaro. In writing this story, I learned so much about the man behind the mask. What you see in […]
With the 300th episode of Championship Wrestling from Hollywood coming up, I had the chance to talk with Joey Ryan and Colt Cabana at last month’s AWS show on their thoughts on the show hitting this milestone. In this short interview we discussed the first episode, if they are surprised it is still going, how it’s […]
Welcome to a new feature on SCU, “SoCal Shoots with Brawlin’ Bo Cooper.” In these chats, Bo will sit down with various wrestling personalities and get their thoughts on the business, wrestler to wrestler. In this first installment he chats with the spiritual leader of H.A.T.E, Ray Rosas. (more…)
Recently I had a chance to speak with B-Boy at the Battle U Wrestling School and take a look back at 2016. In our talk we discussed not only B-Boy’s past year, but the Southern California wrestling, where it’s been and where we think it is going. We also talked about the rise of wrestling […]
Prior to AWS’s “Just Another Damn Turkey” on November 26th I had a chance to speak with current EWF Heavyweight champion “Uptown” Andy Brown. In our interview we talk about his start in wrestling, teaming with Adrian Quest, Swiss wrestling, his feud with Gary Yap’s Man in Black, his mother’s passing, his goals in wrestling, and […]
