Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #9 Ocean Park Arena
#9 – Ocean Park Arena In the 1930s, the place to find pro-wrestling on a Friday night was the Ocean Park Arena in Santa Monica. Located at 140 Pico Boulevard,…
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A recap of CXF 9 in Studio City: A Night of Finishes
California Xtreme Fighting presented CXF 9: Cali Kings, featuring three title fights and a fight card full of finishes.
Tales from the Vault – August 2017
In this month’s trip through the SCU archives we take a look back at the first show from one of the most influential promotions in Southern California’s wrestling history, a…
Steve’s View #148 – Distribution of Wrestling in SoCal
Back in 2004 the French magazine C’est Enorme featured an article on wrestling in Southern California titled, translated from French, “SoCal Wrestling: Wrestling’s Heaven?”. The article talked about the abundance…
Top Ten Venues in SoCal History – #10 The EWF Arena
Southern California has a long pro-wrestling history, stretching back well over a century. In that time there have been thousands of places that have housed a pro-wrestling in Southern California….
Steve’s View #147 – Thoughts on Sabotage’s Somethings Got to Give
This past weekend Sabotage ran its third show in Southern California, and fourth overall, with a show billed as a war of the genders. Every match on the show was…
Chaos Column Recap – 8/5/17 Sabotage Wrestling “Something’s Got to Give”
Any doubts on how well an entire card full of inter-gender wrestling matches could sell was silenced (at least for now) with a large crowd on hand at the Imperial…
Gregg and Steve Preview Sabotage’s Something’s Got To Give
This Saturday Sabotage will be making its return to Southern California after running their last show in Austin, TX, making its debut in San Diego. While every Sabotage show to…
Kody & Andrew Preview The UFC 214 Main Card
UFC 214 takes place this Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. SCU’s two resident MMA experts (a.k.a. the only guys on staff who watch the sport enough to…
Tales from the Vault – July 2017
In this month’s look back through the SCU archives we have a couple of interviews and a couple of show recaps that feature wrestlers who would go on to become…
House of Pain Wrestling July 23rd Preview
Steve’s House of Pain Wrestling school is located in La Puente and has been running there since this spring. You’ll know why it’s called the House of Pain if you’ve…
Real Talk 18: A look at the race so far for SoCal Promotion of the Year
2016 was a wild time. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were in the middle of a bitter election, Pokemon Go forced millions of Americans to leave their homes to find…
Chaos Column View – Summer 2017 not a peak season for wrestling?
Hello, SCU Readers. Before I get on the topic at hand, I want to tip my hat off to Suede Thompson for winning the Maverick Pro Heavyweight title, Fidel Bravo…
2017 San Diego Comic-Con Guide for Wrestling Fans
The San Diego Comic-Con, or Comic-Con International: San Diego for the 5 or 6 people who use that, is upon us again. Over the last decade the San Diego Comic-Con…