On January 21st, 2017 at the New Year’s Eve-il event in East Los Angeles, Movie City Wrestling made the announcement that this would be their final event with that promotion name and would…
Last week Pacific Coast Wrestling announced that their shows would be available for streaming on Amazon, which is a major coup for them and something that no other independent promotion…
In this month’s journey through the SCU archives we revisit an interview with SoCal Val, Ben Tomas says goodbye to New Wave, changes are announced for PWG’s “Holy Diver Down”,…
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…
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…
At this point all the webpolls for the Southern California year end awards should be closed, and hopefully all the ballots are in (this column was actually written on January…
On Friday night, January 13th, 201, the Russian-based MMA organization Absolute Championship Berkut made their American debut at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, CA. The event was streamed live…
“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…
This month we take a look back at PCW’s debut, the end of a San Diego mainstay, the start of San Diego’s longest running promotion, and highs and lows from…
What a difference a year makes! March 24, 2016 I wrote a quick column for SCU that included a short response to Chopstix’s writing on the state of women’s wrestling…
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…
Now that the full lineup has been announced, I thought it was a good time to look ahead to PCW’s “Fantasm” on January 20, 2017. The one constant in indy…
So a lot of folks who come out to visit Las Vegas have a list of the things they want to do while they are here. Of course gambling tops…
I wrestled in Yoyogi last Sunday at a festival, and driving back I was talking to an old friend in the US. He was interested in some of what I…