Pro Wrestling Blitz: On Edge 1/26/13
Pro Wrestling Blitz started of the new year with a real bang. Not only did their first show of the year feature a bull rope match for the heavyweight title, and not only did they have some new wrestlers debut, but they also brought in a true legend in Jake the Snake Roberts. As you [...]
Resistance Pro: Stay Hungry 1/18/13 at Bourbon Street
Friday night Resistance Pro started off the new year with an event titled, Stay Hungry in a new venue (for them), Bourbon Street. They packed the card full of the usual great talent the federation has been known for along with some new faces and a couple of big name established stars. The place was [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: The King of Joliet 12/29/12
The last Saturday of the year also marked the final Pro Wrestling Blitz show of 2012. Dubbed The King of Joliet, the event featured a singles tournament to crown the “King”. Many of the Blitz regulars participated along with a wrestler who only joined the roster a few months ago. The show drew a large [...]
Resistance Pro: Sad Wings of Destiny 11/30/12
Friday night was the big first anniversary show for Resistance Pro Wrestling, the federation co-founded by Smashing Pumpkins leader, Billy Corgan. Billy also serves as the creative director for the federation, one that got off to a strong start and has been improving and growing with each show they’ve done. To celebrate their first year [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: Ring Wars 11/24/12
Thanksgiving weekend was not only a time for stuffing one’s face until passing out in a food coma, nor was it only for mauling a crowd of other shoppers at 8am trying to get half off of a TV, for that weekend also included the latest Pro Wrestling Blitz show titled Ring Wars. The main [...]
Resistance Pro: Just a Game 9/14/12 at Excalibur
After a month off Resistance Pro Wrestling finally was back with a new event this past Friday with Just a Game which was held at Excalibur. This time the setup was different as Excalibur had done some renovations so while the event was on the same floor, it was in a different, bigger room this [...]
Pro Wrestling Blitz: Wrestlefest III 8/11/12
Saturday night at St. Joesph Park in Joliet, Pro Wrestling Blitz held their third annual Wrestlefest event which is one of their biggest shows of the year. They packed the card from top to bottom with a good lineup of matches and even had two big-name stars come in to work matches at the event. [...]
Resistance Pro: Fair Warning 7/27/12
Resistance Pro Wrestling returned to the larger and more comfortable confines of the Teamster Auditorium in Chicago this past Friday night for their latest event, Fair Warning. On top of the cast of super-talented regulars, this time they were treated to a special appearance by John Hennigan (John Morrison – formerly of WWE) who wrestled [...]
Resistance Pro: Taken By Force 6/15/12 at Excalibur
Billy Corgan’s (of Smashing Pumpkins fame) Resistance Pro Wrestling returned to the gothic looking confines of Excalibur on Friday night with their latest event, Taken By Force. The federation has grown a lot in just six shows including getting a TV deal with a local station (WCIU in Chicago) to air their programming. This event [...]
Resistance Pro: A Small Deadly Space 5/11/12 at Teamster Auditorium
After taking the month of April off, Resistance Pro Wrestling returned with their biggest show to date at a brand new, and larger venue. This time out they left the small confines of Excalibur to venture a few miles south to the Teamster Auditorium which was a bigger and more traditional space to have a wrestling [...]
Resistance Pro: Obsession 3/23/12 at Excalibur
Friday night, Resistance Pro Wrestling returned once again to the Excalibur in downtown Chicago for their latest event which featured a rematch for the World Title between Harry Smith and Rhino, as well as a lot of other exciting matches featuring some of the best up and coming talent around, as well as a long-time [...]
Resistance Pro: Vicious Circle 2/17/12 at Excalibur
The third time out was a charm for Resistance Pro Wrestling (the new wrestling federation on the block co-founded by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins) as they put on as show that was a huge bump in quality compared to their previous two outings that resulted in an incredibly fun and very solid wrestling show [...]
Resistance Pro: Rise 1/13/12 at Excalibur
Friday the 13th was bad luck for weather but good luck for wrestling fans as it marked the second show of Resistance Pro Wrestling at the Excalibur. For the unfamiliar, Resistance Pro Wrestling is a new federation based out of Chicago that was co-founded by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins who serves as the creative [...]
Resistance Pro Wrestling Black Friday debut show 11/25/11 at Excalibur
While most of the population was beating each other senseless and pepper spraying each other just to save a few bucks on household goods there was something a lot more entertaining happening downtown Chicago at the Excalibur. Resistance Pro Wrestling made its debut. What does pro wrestling have to do with music you ask? Well [...]
R.I.P. Brian Adams
I guess since it has been a few weeks, someone up above (or down below depending on who you ask) decided it was time to take another wrestler from the world. Brian Adams was found dead today. So far there has been no information as to the cause of death or any details. Brian was [...]
WWE Raw in Chicago
Last night, thanks to the kindness of Youngdave and Missy giving me a ticket to go, I went to WWE Raw at the Allstate Arena. After enjoying some very slow service at a place called Ram for a meal, we parked in the Matt C. econo-lot (ie: in front of his house a couple blocks [...]
R.I.P. Eddie Guerrero
Koga just emailed me the shocking news that Eddie Guerrero died at the far too young age of 38! It is believed he suffered a heart attack while in his hotel room. This is really shocking and very sad, Eddie was one of the most entertaining people in the WWE and one of the only [...]
R.I.P. The Crusher
I got an email from Lewdd this morning informing me The Crusher died. I remember seeing him wrestle near the end of his run in the AWA back in the 1980s, often times teaming up with Dick the Bruiser. Both of those guys were fairly old at this point, but they were pretty entertaining and [...]
Sumerslam 2005
Last night I had a bunch of people over to watch the Summerslam PPV. Everyone chipped in for the purchase price and since so many people turned up, it was very cheap for all involved. We grilled up a bunch of food and had a good feast during the show, part of which I missed [...]
R.I.P. Lord Alfred Hayes
Wow, this week isn’t a very good one. First we lose Scotty, and now Lord Alfred Hayes! Koga just IM’d me to let me know and pointed me to this link. I never got to see Lord Alfred wrestle as far as I can remember. I remember him as an announcer on the old WWF [...]
