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 […]
Hello, SCU Readers. Before I get on the topic at hand, I want to tip my hat off to Suede Thompson for winning the Maverick Pro Heavyweight title, Fidel Bravo for ending the 2nd longest EWF title run to leave Covina with the EWF Heavyweight title, & Mayu Iwatani for finally winning the 1 title […]
5/27/17 AWS Women’s Tournament #5 American Legion Post #335, South Gate Big names in the independent women’s wrestling scene, combined with the fans’ favorite regional talents, helped fill the hall to capacity. If you haven’t been to an AWS show lately, then you should consider going to one later this summer, as it’s rare to […]
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 […]
4/29/17 AWS/QPW Joint Show #2 American Legion Post #335, South Gate Another large crowd was on hand for the 10-match, 4-hour show, and it wasn’t easy to stay alert through the last quarter of the card, given that I spent most of the afternoon at TitanCon, over at Cal State Fullerton. 1 – Women’s Rumble […]
2/18/17 Sabotage 2: “Hey Ladies” at the UEW Arena Familiar names in the field of 16 for the Women’s Title Tournament helped draw a capacity crowd to the UEW Arena. In a pre-show showcase of talent, Kaitlin Diemond did a parody of “Delilah”, aimed at Delilah Doom. Delilah herself “led a short aerobics class” with […]
2/19 WWE Raw House Show at the Long Beach Arena (WWE’s first trip to the arena) After taking nearly 200 photos earlier in the day at the nearby Long Beach Comic Expo, I’d thought I’d be able to bring my camera to the WWE live event. However, the very strict security staff on hand said […]
So much like last year, I’m approaching the 2017 Long Beach Comic Expo…..under the weather. It doesn’t help that this particular winter flu bug has spread to co-workers at my dayjob, as well as members of my family. But if you have read my recent social media posts, I will not let that, or the […]
The RISE / AWS Weekend Shows American Legion Post #335, South Gate RISE 2: “Ascent” (1/27/17) As Steve mentioned, there were about 150-200 people that came to this all-women’s show. Although I had hoped more people would be drawn by the relatively cheap ticket prices and the appearances made by some of the […]
1/20/17 PCW “Fantasm” (1-Year Anniversary Show) at the ILWU Memorial Hall, Wilmington Neither heavy rain, a stiff, cold wind, nor the boo-birds from those that were protesting against the start of the “4-Year National Business Project” for the newly minted President Trump prevented a capacity crowd from filling the ILWU Memorial Hall in Wilmington, right […]
“All I see in this ring [himself, Rik Luxury, Judah Matthew, & The Ballard Bros.], ARE WINNERS! All I see outside this ring, ARE LOSERS!” — NWA Vendetta Pro Commissioner Joseph Duncan at the end of “Reflexion 2017” “Bow down to The Queens!” — Queen’s Quest, led by Io Shirai Bullet Club Superkliq The 2 […]
Final “Chaos Column” Recap of 2016 Knokx Pro “Jingle Bell Knokx 2016” at the Knokx Pro Domain, Sun Valley The last time I was at a Knokx Pro event, they were at their old stomping grounds in Burbank, across the I-5 from the city’s big shopping center. At that time, WWE Superstar Rusev was still […]
“Believe now, and shine tomorrow! We are….Stardom!” No matter the outcome of the main event, unless it’s Oedo Tai that won in the main event, this slogan is chanted by most of the Stardom roster, and many of the gaijins–Japanese for foreigners–on tour with the promotion, right at the end of each and every […]
