SoCal News & Notes 05/18/2020
Today’s update looks at California reopening sports without fans, New Japan, CWFH, the Progress/PCW Ultra/Defy show, AWS, Level Up, and more. Click to read today’s news update.
2020
Covid-19’s impact on the SoCal MMA scene
The suspension of combat sports events in California and state business restrictions have had a major impact on the local MMA scene on several levels.
Deathmatch Legend Supreme has Died
Supreme (real name Lester Perfors), one of the biggest stars in Southern California pro-wrestling of the 1990s and early 2000s, and easily the biggest star of deathmatch wrestling in the region’s…
Lucha VaVoom to stream best-of Cinco De Mayan special
Lucha VaVoom has partnered with We Are Hear to present a one-hour special later tonight on YouTube featuring the best moments from the promotion’s Cinco De Mayan shows over the years.
Ground Zero cancels all upcoming events
Ground Zero, the San Diego area-based pro-wrestling promotion run by B-Boy, has announced the cancelation of all of their future events until further notice. Previously the promotion had canceled their…
Wrestling School 2 to debut Friday on YouTube
Wrestling School 2, a new documentary film produced and directed by Max Minor about the Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy, will debut on the Santino Bros. YouTube channel on Friday, May 1, 2020, at…
2020 Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
We are proud to announce the induction of Christopher Daniels, Ernie Ladd, Jeff Walton, Jon Ian, and Rick Knox into the Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame.
SoCal News & Notes 04/08/2020
SoCal News & Notes makes its return with notes on this week’s BTE, The Young Bucks, the last time there was a month with no pro-wrestling in the area, Spirit…
PROGRESS, PCW Ultra, and DEFY announce Spirit of Independents Tour for summer
PROGRESS, the British-based professional wrestling company, has announced they will be teaming up with Southern California’s PCW Ultra and the Pacific Northwest’s DEFY for a four-night tour of the United…
Jake Atlas makes his NXT TV debut
Jake Atlas made his NXT television debut on tonight’s episode of NXT TV on USA Network. The 2019 Southern California Wrestler of the Year was defeated by Dexter Lumis by submission in his…
Rankings for March 2020
Rankings for the abbreviated March 2020 are in and Douglas James was named the Southern California Wrestler of the Month. B-Boy and Douglas James teaming to defeat 8 Bit Lit…
SoCal Pro postpones 13th anniversary event
SoCal Pro has announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, their thirteenth-anniversary event that was scheduled for April 11 in San Diego has been postponed.
Bar Wrestling cancels all upcoming events
Bar Wrestling has canceled all of their previously announced upcoming events due to the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes not only events scheduled for April but events…
Ways to support SoCal wrestling during COVID-19 lockdown
Within the span of a week things changed in the wrestling community in ways we could never expect – we went from a thriving indie scene to a complete stand…