This weekend will see AWS present its fifth women’s tournament, aptly titled Women’s Tournament #5. Our resident guru of girl’s wrestling Gregg (aka DJ Chopstix) and myself got together to take a look at the show and offer our predictions on how we think it is going to play out. (more…)
PWG held their latest show, Head Like A Cole, on May 19th in what was widely believed to be Adam Cole’s farewell to the promotion. This was another good show from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla filled with a really solid under card, a crazy spotfest, and what should be a Southern California match of the year […]
In celebration of the victory of Jinder Mahal’s victory at WWE Backlash to become WWE Champion, I honor the Maharaja by reviewing an episode of Championship Wrestling From Hollywood. (more…)
An episode that Daniel “D-MAN” Parker, Rip Rogers, and Randy Orton would hate, but one that I actually enjoyed. Also, a girl flips off DJ Hyde during his match. Click the review, now…. (more…)
J.R. and Andrew team up to give their take on Maverick Pro’s May 13th, 2017 event, “Remember The Name,” in Los Angeles, CA. J.R. gives his perspective having seen the show in person, and Andrew gives his after watching it online. (more…)
By Joseph Montana; Courtesy Heel/Face Wrestling On Saturday, May 13th, Austin, Texas played host to Sabotage Wrestling’s She’s Crafty show. Sabotage is priding itself on being the premier promotion for women’s wrestling and they are proving to be. This past show was only their third ever and the first in Texas, the previous two were […]
With New Japan Pro Wrestling making their way to Long Beach on July 1st and 2nd, I take a look at the history of Southern California’s wrestling connection to Japan in a three part series. (more…)
FIST Combat has quickly established themselves as something different in the Southern California wrestling scene, with a lot of R to NC 17 humor and some pretty crazy fans. Someone asked me how it compares to SoCal’s other mature themed promotion, Lucha VaVoom, and while they aren’t very similar the best way of explaining it […]
This week I step in to take a look at the latest episode of Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, which also happens to be the first part of their big Coastline Clash show. The show started with a promo by Tyler Bateman to setup his match with Oliver Grimsly. Bateman was wearing an eye patch, due […]
A great match with Douglas James vs. Eli Everfly, Tyler Bateman vs. Famous B, Heather Monroe continues to shine, and the students of the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy continue to give me hope for the future of SoCal. Click for the review. NOW. (more…)
In this month’s look back through the SCU archives we take a look at Teddy Hart in Baja Stars, PWG’s “Death To All But Metal“, the AWA Women’s world title being won in front of 30 people, and an interview with Super Dragon. Click for more. (more…)
Orange County’s only pro wrestling promotion, OCCW, held a show with nothing but cage matches on April 22nd, 2017 and posted it on YouTube. In this review, I take a look at OCCW and what they have to offer. Plus a special bonus at the end for everyone. (more…)
EWF 21st Anniversary Show (5/5/17) Knights of Columbus Hall, Covina Despite Cinco De Mayo festivities, and WWE bringing another weekend of NXT house shows to So Cal, the EWF still drew a large crowd for their anniversary show. Perhaps the big surprise at the start, was the return of Ben Tomas to handle the ring […]
* Very good attendance for a NXT house show, despite the more wintry-like conditions that made for driving in both wet & dry conditions. * Being used to seeing a WWE Merchandise truck at live events, I didn’t realize until intermission that the merch stand was on the south end of the arena. There was […]
