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…
Opinion
NJPW-USA June 26th, 2004 review
Great show from the Inoki Dojo crew. Great wrestling, great atmosphere. The air conditioning was fantastic. Everyone and their mom wants on board this project. Turnout for this show changed…
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…
Review of PWG’s ”Pimpin’ in High Places”
PWG delivered yet another solid show on Saturday night, with an amazing six-man tag and one of the best angles I have ever seen in independent wrestling. An awesome effort…
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…
Steve’s View #124 – PWG, WWE, and more
I don’t think there is any doubt that wrestling wise Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is the best promotion in the western U.S. if not the whole country. There was a lot…
Review for PWG’s ”An Inch Longer than Average”
PWG delivered another solid show with quite possilby the best hardcore match I have ever seen, a nice surprise with CM Punk, and fantastic wrestling overall.PWG’s “An Inch Longer than…
Are You Adequately Prepared to Rock thoughts
“Are You Adequately Prepared to Rock” has been the best Pro Wrestling Guerrilla show that I have seen (although I have yet to see the Bad Ass Mother 3000). Everything…
Steve’s View #118 – Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and more
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ran their debut show on July 26th at Frank and Sons in City of Industry. PWG is taking a different approach to running a promotion, with six…
Steve’s View #115 – Lucha VaVoom 3, half year awards, and more.
Lucha VaVoom 3 – 26 June 03 This was the third Lucha VaVoom, which started as a film festival, burlesque show, and lucha event at the Mayan in Los Angeles…