by Daniel Johnson Vittorio Apollo vs. Miguel Torres I was recently on the Freakin’ Awesome Network (FAN) and came across an interesting thread regarding over 100 matches from Fred Kohler’s NWA territory based out of Chicago, Illinois that had been… Read More ›
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Victor Andrews Interview
by Dave Pendleton Interviewer’s Note: I had the opportunity to interview Victor “Mr. Everything” Andrews at the end of 2013. Andrews had a wonderful 2013 traveling throughout the southern United States wrestling for Allied Independent Wrestling Federations (AIWF), New Skool… Read More ›
VPW: Satoshi Kojima Wrestles Rob Conway in Front of the Cauliflower Alley Club
by Daniel Johnson Satoshi Kojima vs. “The Iron Man” Rob Conway Prior to this match Satoshi Kojima had defeated “The Iron Man” Rob Conway on two separate occasions, including a victory that gained Kojima the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. This… Read More ›
Indie Flashback: Wayne Mattei Takes on NC Viper
by Daniel Johnson Wayne “The Maniac” Mattei vs. “The Aboriginal Original” NC Viper This match from All Action Wrestling (AAW) aka NWA Australia occurred at AAW Unleashed 2012. The show featured a pretty stacked card for an Australian indie with… Read More ›
NWA Smoky Mountain: Kacee Carlisle Defends the NWA World Women’s Championship
by Daniel Johnson Kacee Carlisle vs. Jessie Belle Smothers This match from Women Superstars Uncensored’s (WSU) YouTube channel took place at NWA Smoky Mountain and pits Kacee Carlisle, the NWA World Women’s Champion, against challenger Jessie Belle Smothers. Smothers takes… Read More ›
Puro Flashback: An Old Match Featuring the New NWA World Heavyweight Champion
by Daniel Johnson Togi Makabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima and Masato Tanaka In case you missed this past Saturday’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 you should know that Satoshi Kojima defeated “The Iron Man” Rob Conway to become the… Read More ›
5 Forgotten Matches From the 1987 and 1988 Starrcade Shows Worth Checking Out
by Daniel Johnson I’ve written time and again that the early Starrcade events were chalked full of forgotten matches worth taking a look at. Yet, the card booked for NWA Starrcade ’87: Chi-Town Heat in the event’s fifth year had… 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 ›
Elliot Russell Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Elliot Russell just started training for wrestling last year and since debuting has already challenged for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. When Russell decided to become a wrestler he dropped 80 lbs to get… Read More ›
5 Forgotten Matches From the Early Days of Starrcade Worth Checking Out
by Daniel Johnson I recently had the chance to re-watch NWA Starrcade ’83: A Flair for the Gold and NWA Starrcade ’84: The Million Dollar Challenge in their entirety. Although matches like Ric Flair wrestling Harley Race and Roddy Piper… Read More ›
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