#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 champion, had been the match’s guest referee. Three and a…
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.
#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 what was said to be the most elaborate event in…
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 my choices as I do every year. For those who…
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 promotional debut, I started trying to figure out how I…
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 the area, TARO coming out of retirement, and the 2002…
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, the LA Xtreme. When the WWF started its own football…
When I first started to do these recaps for SCU, I did it to share my thoughts & opinions on attended shows. Back then, I was attending alot of shows, ranging from small shows like Battleground Pro, to PWG. As…
Who was Gina “Bronco” Bouza and was she killed by a toothless baboon from the San Diego Zoo? Addressing the second part of the question first, the answer is no. In regards to who Gina Bouza was, she never existed….
It was early last week that the first person contacted me with the thought that Finest City Wrestling’s November 18th show might not be happening. The promoter, Gus Parsons, had posted about his ring being taken and in independent wrestling…
In this month’s look through the SCU vault we take a look back at lucha Underground’s first SoCal show to take place outside the temple, Joey Ryan saying goodbye to SoCal, EPIC during its rebirth, and Ultimo Dragon’s SoCal debut.
The National Wrestling Alliance Worlds Heavyweight Championship will be defended this Sunday at the Oceanview Pavilion in Pt Hueneme, for the first time in over five years. The Champion Tim Storm will defend the Legendary 10lbs of Gold against Nick…
#7 American Legion Post #308 For the last twenty years a small Legion hall on Canby Avenue in Reseda has been the site of some of the greatest (and strangest) matches in independent wrestling. The American Legion Post #308 hall…
A storm always comes when PWI publishes their annual “PWI 500”, which lists their top 500 male wrestlers from around the world. It was hardly any different when they started to publish their annual “Female 50” in the issue following…