Jay Cal’s View #2
In 2001, the Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame inducted its first class of Legends into what would become a regular annual induction of Southern California’s finest wrestlers from World…
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Jay Cal’s View #1
I was walking out of the Arrowhead Pond in 2000-2001 after a WWE Event. On the way out I was handed a flier for a pro-wrestling show in Santa Ana…
Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport– The Western Australia – So Cal Connection.
The Western Australian So Cal Connection isn’t the newest tag team appearing for M1Wrestling next weekend. Its been a phenomenon in our wrestling scene that hasn’t been replicated anywhere else…
Solve for X(Posure): Has NWA Pro Finally Gotten it Right?
Jay evaluates the recent NWA TV tapings in Hollywood and gauges their potential for cable success. Click below for the full article. David Marquez’s NWA Pro Wrestling has been a…
LTP: Southern California’s Best Kept Secret
SoCal’s indy wrestling scene may be “Less Than Perfect,” but one rising young superstar has limitless potential…if anyone actually paid attention. Click below for the full column. Fans of independent…
NWA Pro Report for 12/13/06
NWA Pro Wrestling Report for 12/13/06 The weather may be getting colder, but the action is getting hotter and hotter in NWA Pro Wrestling! This week will see 3 huge…
NWA Pro Report for 9/24/06
NWA Pro Report by Marco Nelson TOP STORY ***Breaking News*** As first reported at the NWA Pro Wrestling Summit this past Friday in Las Vegas, NV an agreement has been…
The ABC’s of SoCal: What’s Good About SoCal Indy Wrestling
What’s Good About SoCal by Stan aka SoCal Strong Style With all the negative talk about the SoCal indy wrestling scene in the past few months, I thought I might…
Steve’s View #134 – PWG, the Messiah attack, and more
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ran it’s latest show on March 27th, only three weeks after coming off of what may have been it’s best show to date. This show featured the…
Steve’s View #133 – UPW review, Toukon, and more
UPW ran the biggest show in their history, as they held their fifth anniversary show on February 20. The Grove is probably the nicest venue for wrestling in Southern California….
Steve’s View #132 – Lucha Va Voom, UPW, PWG, and more
Lucha Va Voom started off what is shaping up to be a huge ten days for wrestling in SoCal, with eight shows, including the WWE and two indy shows that…
SoCal Legend Baron Michele Leone biography
In an era when pro-wrestling began to change because of the popularity of television, Michele Leone became one of wrestling’s biggest stars of the time due to the new medium. In Southern…
Steve’s View #129 – 2003 Steve’s View Awards
2003 Steve’s View Awards At the end of every year I like to take a look back at the best of SoCal for the previous year, and do my annual awards…
Steve’s View #125 – How MPW changed SoCal, PWG tag tourney, and more
Before there was a Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, APW LA, PCW, or an EPIC, there was Millennium Pro Wrestling. Before MPW started in early 2001, pretty much every active promotion in…