by Daniel Johnson Don Leo Jonathan vs. Tiger Jack Moore Utah has never been considered much of a hotbed for pro wrestling. Although some talented individuals wrestle out of Utah, such as friend of The Johnson Transcript, Adan Reyes, old… Read More ›
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25 and Under: Mike Verna Tears Up Staten Island in 2014
by Daniel Johnson Mike Verna vs. Riley Mike Verna is a wrestler from Brooklyn, New York who has put on some good showings for Warriors of Wrestling (WOW). In March 2014, WOW co-promoted a show with Fighting Spirit Wrestling (FSW)… Read More ›
Indie Flashback: Bryan Danielson Wrestles Tommy End in a Shoot Style Wrestling Match
by Daniel Johnson Bryan Danielson vs. Tommy End Currently in WWE, Daniel Bryan doesn’t have a match planned for WWE WrestleMania 31. However, Bryan has made the best out of a dire situation before. Case in point on June 11,… Read More ›
MMA: Wrestling’s Distant Cousin 7
by Daniel Johnson He’s arrogant, provocative and incredibly charismatic. He is Conor McGregor. If you locked TNA wrestler Rockstar Spud in a dungeon, forced him to work out, fed him nothing but PCP then entered him in a real life… Read More ›
WCW Breaking News 9/18/14
by Daniel Johnson *The launch of the WCW Network went off without a problem. Not! Adam Copeland aka Edge former holder of the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship in WWE was open to doing some talking head interviews for… Read More ›
MMA: Wrestling’s Distant Cousin 6
by Daniel Johnson Metamoris is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu company running out of Los Angeles, California and founded by Ralek Gracie, a member of the famous Gracie family. Although Metamoris is marketed as a straight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu company rather than an… Read More ›
Site News 8/28/14
by Daniel Johnson Hey pals and palettes! With just a few days left of voting for The Johnson Transcript Surging Star Award the top five spots are as follows: 1. Reed Bentley (24.58%) 2. Adam Cole (19.49%) 3. Barrett Brown… Read More ›
Ranking SummerSlam’s Cage Matches
by Daniel Johnson WWE SummerSlam has long been home to some of the greatest gimmick matches the promotion puts on each year. Of all the great SummerSlam gimmick matches the WWE has had over the years, right up there at… Read More ›
WCW Breaking News 7/24/14
by Daniel Johnson *Contrary to online rumors Bill Goldberg no showing his WCW main event match with Chuck Palumbo on this week’s WCW Tuesday Nitro is not a dig at WWE for CM Punk recently leaving the company. Goldberg’s morale… Read More ›
5 More Forgotten Matches From the Early Days of Starrcade Worth Checking Out
by Daniel Johnson Since last week’s list analyzing five forgotten matches from the first two NWA Starrcade events got such a good response I figured I’d do a follow-up. So I set about six hours aside this past week and… Read More ›