A Preview of Sabotage’s “Hey Ladies” on February 18, 2017
With Sabotage coming up this weekend, I tracked down Gregg, otherwise known as DJ Chopstix, who spends 18-20 hours a day researching Sabotage, six days a week (which is amazing…
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A look at MPW’s Six Man Gauntlet Match
On February 10th, 2017 in Moorpark, CA, at the Millennium Wrestling Academy, Millennium Pro Wrestling held a Gauntlet Match featuring six competitors trying to become the new MPW Champion. I…
Maverick Pro Wrestling Presents “My Bloody Valentine” on February 25th
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…
A Look At PCW Streaming On Amazon Video
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…
Tales from the Vault – February 2017
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”,…
Chaos Column Recap of The RISE / AWS Weekend
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…
Chaos Column Recap of PCW Fantasm on January 20th, 2017
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…
Steve’s View #146 – How I Voted On The Year End Awards
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…
A quick look at Absolute Championship Berkut 51
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…
Chaos Column View: “Are We Living in an Age of the Wrestling Villains?”
“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…
Tales from the Vault – January 2017
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…
Razerpops Wrap Up
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…
[Recap] Chaos Column for Jingle Bell Knokx on December 17, 2016
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…
A Preview of PCW’s “Fantasm” on January 20, 2017
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…