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 ›
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 ›
Wrestling Game StArcade: WWF Attitude
by Alex Knapp WWF Attitude Year: 1999 Systems: PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim As the 1990s approached an end, the WWF was back in the saddle again. Rocked by the steroid trials of the early 1990s,… Read More ›
Indie Wrestling News Roundup 12/22/14
by Daniel Johnson *Kaho Kobayashi, a joshi star who is just 22 years-old, had a competitive match with 13 year veteran Yumi Ohka on December 21 at Pro Wrestling WAVE. Timing in at just over 12 minutes the bout was the second… Read More ›
Ty Cross Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: “The Great Bambino” Ty Cross is a regular for Black Diamond Wrestling (BDW) based in West Virginia. With Edric Everhart he makes up System Elite, a tag team that have held the BDW Tag Team… Read More ›
25 and Under: Ivan Kiev Defends the GSW Breakthrough Championship
by Daniel Johnson Ivan Kiev vs. Ibo Latino vs. Rene Shaw Ivan Kiev is a 25 year-old German wrestler who has worked for all the major promotions in his homeland including Westside Xtreme Wrestling (WXW), German Stampede Wrestling (GSW) and… Read More ›
Ilya Malkin Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Ilya Malkin is a Russian wrestler with seven year of in-ring experience. Malkin chiefly performs for the Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF) in Russia where he is the current holder of the IWF Heavyweight Championship. Malkin… Read More ›