Unbreakable Southern California Pro-Wrestling Records
When Brody King was named April’s Southern California Wrestler of the Month, which was his third straight month with the honor, I went to check through the rankings history to…
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Jay Cal’s View #176 WRESTLE FAIR!!!
I would say the Inland Empire, is the area that is the most under-served with respect to professional wrestling. Sure the WWE occasionally runs at Citizens Business Bank Arena, in…
The Roman Gladiator Death Match
On May 4, 2018, Fidel Bravo will be defending the EWF Heavyweight title against “Uptown” Andy Brown in a Roman Gladiator Death Match. The Roman Gladiator Death Match was one…
Real Talk 25: Money Doesn’t Change Everything
In this edition of Real Talk, I ramble about hypothetical WrestleMania in SoCal stuff, I think the scene is stale, and I talk about Maverick Pro’s new spending strategy. Plus…
Looking back at LFA 36: Simon vs. Zani
The Legacy Fighting Alliance and AXS TV Fights made their way to Cabazon, CA (the home of giant roadside dinosaurs from Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure) on Friday for LFA 36 –…
Jay Cal’s View #175
Citizen Business Bank Arena Steve has recently been compiling the Top Ten Wrestling Venues in Southern California. And I have a late addition I’d like to suggest, however I feel…
Real Talk 24: Secret Trades
Talking about the SoCal 4 Way coming up in PWG and what it could mean for SoCal. Plus I rant about promoters not investing in video production and share a…
Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #5 The San Diego Coliseum
#5 The San Diego Coliseum On April 5, 1938, a packed house in San Diego saw George Zaharias wrestle Killa Shikuma to a draw. Max Baer, the former boxing world heavyweight…
Taking a look at last night’s CXF 11: Alpha Dog event
California Xtreme Fighting returned to the Sportsmens Lodge in Studio City, CA on Saturday night with a fight card loaded with finishes. Click for GIFs and video.
Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #6 The San Bernardino Arena
#6 The San Bernardino Arena Professional wrestling had been promoted in the San Bernardino area since the 1800s. When the San Bernardino Athletic Club opened on May 28, 1897, in…
Steve’s View #150 – How I Voted on the 2017 SoCal Wrestling Awards
Now that all the ballots have been returned and the polls are about closed on the 2017 Southern California wrestling year end awards, I’ll make my ballot public and explain…
The Opus of the Worst Best Friends
A few weeks ago, it was announced that Rise would be making its return to SoCal on June 29th. And with the announcement that Madison Eagles would be making her…
Tales from the Vault – December 2017
In this month’s look back through the SCU archives we take a look back at a longtime SoCal fan becoming an independent wrestler in Japan, Dragon Gate USA returning to…
Looking Back at the XFL’s Los Angeles Xtreme
After all the recent talk of a possible XFL comeback, I wanted to look back at Southern California’s representation in the league: the first and (so far) only XFL champions,…