by Daniel Johnson Angelo Poffo vs. Jerry Christie Angelo Poffo played a brilliant heel during his time in Fred Kohler’s NWA territory running out of Chicago, Illinois. He would dress fancifully like Gorgeous George (the old school wrestler not the… Read More ›
Month: October 2014
Wrestling Game StArcade: WCW Nitro
by Alex Knapp WCW Nitro Year: 1997 System: PlayStation Developer: Inland Productions Publisher: THQ When WCW caught on fire after the formation of the New World Order (nWo), it not only pulled the wrestling business as a whole out of… Read More ›
25 and Under: Vyper Rocks Scotland
by Daniel Johnson Vyper vs. Rhia O’Reilly Vyper is a Scottish born 23 year-old wrestler who debuted in 2008 and has since wrestled for around two dozen wrestling promotions. Trained by the likes of Damian O’Connor and Mikey Whiplash (who… Read More ›
Batista Rumored For New James Bond Movie
by Daniel Johnson According to empireonline.com Batista may be featured in an upcoming James Bond movie. No matter what it has to be better than him winning the WWE Royal Rumble 2014 instead of Daniel Bryan. Credit to Freakin’ Awesome… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF WrestleMania
by Alex Knapp WWF WrestleMania Year: 1988 System: Nintendo Entertainment System Developer: Rare Publisher: Acclaim By the latter half of the 1980s, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) was the unquestioned king of pro wrestling. Vince McMahon’s ambitious growth had seen… Read More ›
25 and Under: Laura Wellings at PWLE
by Daniel Johnson Laura Wellings vs. Queen Maya Laura Wellings is a 23 year-old talent wrestling out of Switzerland. Wellings trained under Lance Storm and since she debuted in 2006 she has stuck mainly to wrestling for Swiss Championship Wrestling… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: Ricki Starr in His Heyday in Chicago
by Daniel Johnson Ricki Starr vs. Hans Hermann I logged onto the Freakin’ Awesome Network (FAN) message board on September 30 and was disappointed to see that Ricki Starr had passed away at the age of 83. WWE made a… Read More ›
Evan Gelistico Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Evan Gelistico is a current member of the Submission Squad, a stable which has wrestled across many different promotions including St. Louis Anarchy (SLA), Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW) and CHIKARA. The Submission Squad dates back to… Read More ›
25 and Under: Jack Gamble at WLW
by Daniel Johnson Jack Gamble vs. Elvis Aliaga Jack Gamble is a 25 year-old man wrestling out of Missouri who was trained by the legendary Harley Race. Gamble started with Race’s World League Wrestling (WLW) in 2009. Since then Gamble… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 