Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #8 The Bakersfield Dome
#8 The Bakersfield Dome Located at 22nd and V Street, Strelich Stadium , or The Bakersfield Dome as it is now known, has been the center of Bakersfield’s wrestling scene…
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Real Talk 21: The (Unofficial) SoCal 50 and (Unofficial) SoCal 51-75!
Ladies and gentlemen, the (Unofficial) SoCal 50 and (Unofficial) SoCal 51-75!
Real Talk 20: This Is Not Steve’s View #149
This is not Steve’s View #149. In Not Steve View’s #149, I talk about the case for Tito Escondido being SoCal Wrestler of the Year, and give a brief history…
Real Talk 19: Talking about the lack of local stars in PWG
This has been a touchy subject in the scene lately. It’s something that draws strong and powerful emotions. No, not politics, racism, gender issues, or religion. We’re talking about SoCal…
Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #9 Ocean Park Arena
#9 – Ocean Park Arena In the 1930s, the place to find pro-wrestling on a Friday night was the Ocean Park Arena in Santa Monica. Located at 140 Pico Boulevard,…
A recap of CXF 9 in Studio City: A Night of Finishes
California Xtreme Fighting presented CXF 9: Cali Kings, featuring three title fights and a fight card full of finishes.
Tales from the Vault – August 2017
In this month’s trip through the SCU archives we take a look back at the first show from one of the most influential promotions in Southern California’s wrestling history, a…
Steve’s View #148 – Distribution of Wrestling in SoCal
Back in 2004 the French magazine C’est Enorme featured an article on wrestling in Southern California titled, translated from French, “SoCal Wrestling: Wrestling’s Heaven?”. The article talked about the abundance…
Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #10 The EWF Arena
Southern California has a long pro-wrestling history, stretching back well over a century. In that time there have been thousands of places that have housed a pro-wrestling in Southern California….
Steve’s View #147 – Thoughts on Sabotage’s Somethings Got to Give
This past weekend Sabotage ran its third show in Southern California, and fourth overall, with a show billed as a war of the genders. Every match on the show was…
Chaos Column Recap – 8/5/17 Sabotage Wrestling “Something’s Got to Give”
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…
Gregg and Steve Preview Sabotage’s Something’s Got To Give
This Saturday Sabotage will be making its return to Southern California after running their last show in Austin, TX, making its debut in San Diego. While every Sabotage show to…
Kody & Andrew Preview The UFC 214 Main Card
UFC 214 takes place this Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. SCU’s two resident MMA experts (a.k.a. the only guys on staff who watch the sport enough to…
Tales from the Vault – July 2017
In this month’s look back through the SCU archives we have a couple of interviews and a couple of show recaps that feature wrestlers who would go on to become…