In this month’s trip through the SCU archives we take a look back at the first show from one of the most influential promotions in Southern California’s wrestling history, a profile on one of the region’s best kept secrets, look at when SummerSlam was in the area, and the return of a long running promotion. […]
Back in 2004 the French magazine C’est Enorme featured an article on wrestling in Southern California titled, translated from French, “SoCal Wrestling: Wrestling’s Heaven?”. The article talked about the abundance of wrestling in the area, and focused on promotions such as PWG, UPW, and Revolution Pro. Thirteen years have gone by and the amount of […]
The WWE Network uploaded several WWF on Z Channel events from the Los Angeles Sports Arena. In this review, I look at the second WWF on Z Channel event featuring the WWF TV debuts of Owen Hart and Curt Hennig. (more…)
Two huge rematches this week with Tito Escondido vs. Peter Avalon for the Hollywood Heritage Championship, and Joe Heiken vs.the General Public! Click for the fun! (more…)
The WWE Network uploaded several WWF on Z Channel events from the Los Angeles Sports Arena. In this review, I look at the first WWF on Z Channel special. (more…)
Rocky Romero vs. Tyler Bateman, Brody King vs. Tito Escondido, Douglas James vs. Mano Roja, and more! (more…)
Southern California has a long pro-wrestling history, stretching back well over a century. In that time there have been thousands of places that have housed a pro-wrestling in Southern California. From the Los Angeles Coliseum, to parking lots illuminated only by the lights of cars surrounding the ring. Starting this week I’ll be counting down […]
This past weekend Sabotage ran its third show in Southern California, and fourth overall, with a show billed as a war of the genders. Every match on the show was an intergender match, and while intergender wrestling itself isn’t that rare in independent wrestling, this may have been the first all intergender show (it certainly […]
Any doubts on how well an entire card full of inter-gender wrestling matches could sell was silenced (at least for now) with a large crowd on hand at the Imperial Beach Sports Complex. The “Sabotage Idol” pre-show festivities saw Thunder Rosa sing to a Mexican (or other Latin) song, & Lucius showed his in-ring skill […]
I usually trash this show, and rightfully so. This week however, I take the heat off CWFH because I’ve seen worse. (more…)
This Saturday Sabotage will be making its return to Southern California after running their last show in Austin, TX, making its debut in San Diego. While every Sabotage show to date has featured some intergender wrestling, this show is being billed as a full on war of the genders with every match featuring a male […]
On Friday 7/28 PCW was back at the ILWU memorial hall for their 10th show, Second to None. On paper the card looked stacked, and while I have missed some PCW shows I have always been very impressed with the quality of the product they put out. (more…)
The debut of George? (more…)
On July 29th AWS held their 7th Summer Heat show in the promotion’s history, and it was another really good show from the promotion. They have had a really strong 2017 so far, after coming back from nearly a year’s hiatus late last year. They’ve really managed to put together a string of really good […]
