by Daniel Johnson *At Stardom, Thunder Rock consisting of Io Shirai, 25, and Mayu Iwatani, 22, won the Goddess of Stardom Tag League 2015 in Tokyo, Japan on November 8. The duo defeated Santana Garrett, 27, and Hiroyo Matsumoto, 30,… Read More ›
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Indie Wrestling News Roundup 11/2/15
by Daniel Johnson *JT Dunn, 25, the 2012 winner of The Johnson Transcript Surging Star Award, wrestled Matt Hardy, 41, for the Xtreme Wrestling Alliance (XWA) at XWA Wrestlelution 2015 in Providence, Rhode Island on November 1. Hardy was a… Read More ›
Indie Wrestling News Roundup 10/26/15
by Daniel Johnson *JT Dunn, 25, the 2012 winner of The Johnson Transcript Surging Star Award, wrestled against fellow Beyond Wrestling veterans Chris Dickinson, 28, and Jaka on October 25 at Beyond Wrestling Gratitude Era. In separate matches Dunn defeated… Read More ›
WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable: Extreme Rules 2015
by Daniel Johnson, Kyle Childers and Dave Pendleton – Big E and Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods) vs. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) (with Natalya) for the WWE Tag Team Championship Daniel Johnson: The in-ring work of the match should… Read More ›
WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable: WrestleMania 31
by Daniel Johnson, Kyle Childers and Dave Pendleton – Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) (with Natalya) vs. The Usos (with Naomi) vs. Big E and Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods) vs. Diego and Fernando (with El Torito) for the WWE… Read More ›
WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable: Fastlane 2015
by Daniel Johnson, Kyle Childers and Dave Pendleton Editor’s Note: Part of The Johnson Transcript since 2012, Kyle Childers/Hawk Jefferson is a cornerstone of the WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable series and the author of the Hawkeye’s Hangout series. Elsewhere Childers is… Read More ›
WWE Pay-Per-View Roundtable: Royal Rumble 2015
by Daniel Johnson Editor’s Note: Justin Watry is a wrestling columnist. He can be followed on Twitter @justinwatry. Kyle Childers/Hawk Jefferson is the author of the Hawkeye’s Hangout series on The Johnson Transcript and is the co-host of the Ruthless… Read More ›
Sam’s Adventures in Luchaland Tres
by Sam DiMascio For the fifth year in a row CMLL and NJPW has a series of joint events in Japan under the name NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania. Personally, it is one of the most fun weeks on the wrestling calendar every year…. Read More ›
Indie Wrestling News Roundup 1/12/15
by Daniel Johnson *Syuri, 25, had her first successful defense of the CMLL World Women’s Championship on January 11. At a Universal Woman’s Pro Wrestling REINA (UWWR or REINA) show, Syuri defeated Shuu Shibutani, 35, in a match that went over… Read More ›
Indie Wrestling News Roundup 1/5/15
by Daniel Johnson *NJPW in collaboration with Global Force Wrestling (GFW) put out an international spectacle on January 4. The NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 show may not have been an indie show on the surface, but at its heart was… Read More ›