by Alex Knapp AAA Lucha Libre: Heroes del Ring Year: 2010 Systems: PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Developers: Immersion Software & Graphics, Immersion Games Mexico Publisher: Konami When it comes to wrestling games, we’ve had plenty of exposure to American… Read More ›
Japan
Indie Wrestling News Roundup 11/9/15
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 ›
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 ›
25 and Under: Hudson Envy in an Intergender Match at SBW
by Daniel Johnson Hudson Envy vs. Willie Mack Hudson Envy is a 24 year-old wrestler originally from Wichita Falls, Kansas. Recently she deputed in Japan’s Stardom promotion where she has already wrestled the likes of Io Shirai, Sendai Sachiko, and… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WCW/NWO Revenge
by Alex Knapp WCW/NWO Revenge Year: 1998 System: Nintendo 64 Developers: Asmik Ace and AKI Publisher: THQ Good news/bad news time, folks.
Wrestling Game StArcade: WCW World Championship Wrestling
by Alex Knapp WCW World Championship Wrestling Year: 1989 System: NES Developer: Nihon Bussan Publisher: FCI Inc. Who would’ve thought that the competition between the WWF and WCW on the video game consoles extended all the way back to the… Read More ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: Power Move Pro Wrestling
by Alex Knapp Power Move Pro Wrestling Year: 1995 System: PlayStation Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: Activision The mid 1990s was a lean period indeed, for both wrestling video games and American pro wrestling in general. The WWF had lost its… 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 ›