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 ›
Old School Flashback
Old School Flashback: Vittorio Apollo Dazzles in his Match with Miguel Torres
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 ›
Old School Flashback: “Playboy” Johnnie Lee Takes On a Man Twice His Size
by Daniel Johnson “Playboy” Johnnie Lee vs. Eric Von Blitzcreig The contrast in size between “Playboy” Johnnie Lee and Eric Von Blitzcreig is immediately noticeable in this Pro Wrestling International (PWI) presentation. Lee is clearly not over the 200 lbs… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: “Big” Rig Rollins Keeps Trucking
by Daniel Johnson “Big” Rig Rollins vs. Thee Professor On paper Thee Professor sounds like he should be a prissy manager, but the folks at Pro Wrestling International (PWI) in Indianapolis, Indiana took one look at this Raven’s Flock reject… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: Tracy Smothers Fights The Devil
by Daniel Johnson Tracy Smothers vs. El Diablo Tracey Smothers’ introduction by The Crowe opens this clips so El Diablo gets the jobbers entrance by being already in his ring. Well, Diablo was facing someone the caliber of Tracy Smothers… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: Buster Cherry Hates Rock n’ Roll at PWI
by Daniel Johnson Buster Cherry vs. The Rock n’ Roll Rebel This match between two newcomers to Pro Wrestling International (PWI) opens with Laura Angelique setting up the match from PWI’s version of an event center. The two men making… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: TJ Powers Becomes a Superstar at PWI
by Daniel Johnson “Superstar” TJ Powers vs. Rex Diamond Pro Wrestling International (PWI) has a an ad for the PWI Hotline before this bout between “Superstar” TJ Powers and Rex Diamond, just in case you were wondering if this was… Read More ›
Site News 8/7/14
by Daniel Johnson Hey amigos and amigas! One week into voting for The Johnson Transcript Surging Star Awards and the top five spots are as follows: 1. Reed Bentley (39.44%) 2. Barrett Brown (9.86%) 2. Osby Tomlin (9.86%) 4. Chris… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: The PWI Heavyweight Champion, Lightning Rod
by Daniel Johnson Lightning Rod vs. “Bad Boy” Flash Pro Wrestling International (PWI) out of Indianapolis, Indiana had a lot of… … … Well, let’s just say they had a lot of interesting talent. Yet, every promotion needs a top… Read More ›
Old School Flashback: Mad Man Pondo and Troy Miller Take on The James Boys at PWI
by Daniel Johnson Mad Man Pondo and “Top Rope” Troy Miller vs. The James Boys Before Mad Man Pondo was tearing his way through indies from Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) to Juggalo Championship Wrestling… Read More ›