A look back at Sabotage 2: “Hey Ladies”
Over a week removed, I’ve decided to (finally) write my review on Sabotage: Hey Ladies. The Talent Show For those that missed the talent show portion, you missed magic. If…
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Real Talk 13: The 15th Anniversary of XPW’s FreeFall
On February 23rd, 2002, Xtreme Pro Wrestling presented FreeFall at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA, featuring the infamous Vic Grimes vs. New Jack Scaffold Match. In this…
Jay Cal’s View: Thoughts on Smackdown and More
April 21st, 2016 I decided you no longer needed me. My passion for SoCal had reached its experiation point. I decided to walk away thinking I might never post another…
Chaos Column Recap of Sabotage 2: “Hey Ladies”
2/18/17 Sabotage 2: “Hey Ladies” at the UEW Arena Familiar names in the field of 16 for the Women’s Title Tournament helped draw a capacity crowd to the UEW Arena….
Chaos Column Recap of the 2/19 WWE Long Beach (Raw Brand) House Show
2/19 WWE Raw House Show at the Long Beach Arena (WWE’s first trip to the arena) After taking nearly 200 photos earlier in the day at the nearby Long Beach…
Chaos Column View: The Long Beach Comic Expo Weekend
So much like last year, I’m approaching the 2017 Long Beach Comic Expo…..under the weather. It doesn’t help that this particular winter flu bug has spread to co-workers at my…
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…
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…