Supergirls strong in B.C. debut
VANCOUVER, BC - After much anticipation, the Supergirls finally had their night to shine. Two nights, actually. The new West Coast promotion held its first shows in Surrey and Vancouver and both nights the shows were well-attended and the action was fast and frantic....
Daniels bests Sabin & Williams at Toronto indy show
TORONTO -- Last month, Toronto-wrestling promotion, Blood, Sweat and Ears put on their debut show. Featuring some of the finest of Ontario's indy wrestling scene, combined with marquee star power of TNA star Rhino, it was a fairly solid event overall. On Sunday night,...
Behind the scenes at Ballpark Brawl
BUFFALO, NY - It's fifteen minutes before showtime - do you know where your wrestlers are? Ballpark Brawl IV rolled out its show in Dunn Tire Park, Buffalo on Friday, July 15. While the 1,200 fans were treated with a chance to see Dusty Rhodes in action and a surprise...
Buffalo BallPark Brawl bats .400
BUFFALO - A wrestling ring in right field can only mean one thing...it's time for the BallPark Brawl! Chris Hill (promoter) and company returned for another year to Dunn Tire Park to host BallPark Brawl IV Friday Night Smash! With a packed crowd and the rain holding...
Rhyno rampages through Blood, Sweat, and Ears
On Sunday afternoon, Toronto area fans were offered an event pairing wrestling mayhem -- including a rampaging Rhyno -- and heavy metal music, as "Blood, Sweat, and Ears" made its debut at the Nashville North nightclub in Norval, Ontario. Featuring performances by...
No Gimmicks needed at Candido tribute show
WAYNE, NJ - In late April, wrestling lost a star as Chris Candido died at the age of 33. Saturday night, NWA Cyberspace presented a special tribute to Candido -- a regular on their shows -- with the "No Gimmicks Needed" event. The show kicked off with Cyberspace...
Warrior 1 suffers an embarrassment of riches
OSHAWA, ONT. -- Sunday Warrior 1 Wrestling provided a smorgasbord of today's indy stars for wrestling-starved Toronto-area fans. But like a Vegas buffet, sometimes a show can have too much of a good thing. Wrestling in and around Toronto has been in a hit-and-miss...
PWA Night of Champions delivers
EDMONTON - The Prairie Wrestling Alliance faced a lot of pressure Saturday night, both to top their last event and to impress a former WWE star in attendance. By the time Duke Durrango pinned Chris Steele to end Steele's two-year run as PWA champion, every single one...
Mat Matters: Torn between two ECW shows
Having attended both "Hardcore Homecoming" and "ECW: One Night Stand" this weekend, I find it extremely difficult (pun intended) to come up with an answer as to which one was the better show. Match-wise, I'd say it was a tie. Hardcore Homecoming (HH) delivered huge,...
Hardcore Homecoming a memorable night
Deep in the heart of an industrial area in South Philadelphia at the corner of Swanson and Ritner, surrounded by parking lots and warehouse outlets stands a fairly nondescript building. Its painted white bricks are stained by years of weather and pollution. A simple...
Lucha stars unfazed by rope mishap in Toronto
Mexican superstars, Toronto's shining up-and-comers, and a few indy veterans joined forces Saturday night to put on a wrestling show that will have fans talking about for quite some time. Even a ring malfunction couldn't slow down the action that Squared Circle...
Petey Williams ready for more
MONTREAL -- On February 12th, Petey Williams celebrated his first visit to the province of Quebec by winning the Elite Wrestling Revolution heavyweight belt and becoming the first non-Quebec native to win a major championship in over 20 years. And this past Saturday,...
Gino Brito honoured at inaugural MWO show
MONTREAL -- Friday evening, yet another new wrestling federation was born in Québec. Already rich with more than a dozen wrestling federations, the Montreal Wrestling Organization had to do something to set themselves apart from the others. And they did just that....
Abdullah forks up the WAW
MONTREAL - Saturday evening was the first show for the World All Stars Wrestling and its promoter/wrestler Andy Ellison in quite a while. For the occasion nothing could be better than Montreal's most famous nemesis for the last 44 years in the grand finale, Abdullah...
Oh the Horror: Shane & Traci win at CyberSpace Wrestling Federation
WAYNE, NJ -- For months, TNA talent has attempted to take over the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation, but after a failed effort at Cybercade, it was time to bring in the reinforcements for the spooktacular Halloween Horror. CSWF returned to the Wayne P.A.L. Center in...
Sugey tops ChickFight, Grimes reappears
HAYWARD, Calif. -- It's Night Two of the joint APW-PGWA ChickFight 2004 / Halloween Hell tournament, and seeing how it's October 30, no one was let into the show without a costume. And, in the spirit of the season, they presented two cage match main events. Match 1:...
CWA & NWA: Double Pandemonium
MONTREAL - Saturday was the Championship Wrestling Association's monthly card, appropriately named Pandemonium. Not only did the CWA have their best crowd in a while, there was a backstage announcement that they had reached a deal to associate themselves with the...
Bulldogs Ironmen at PWA show
Due to scheduling conflicts and issues beyond their control, Edmonton's Prairie Wrestling Alliance hasn't had many shows this year. Thus, they needed a big show when they relaunched on October 9th. Taking eight of the best talent in Alberta and putting them in the...
IWS delivers ladders, tacks, tables
MONTREAL - With their fifth anniversary now entrenched well into recent memories, and the Sid Vicious debacle just a dark memory, the Internet Wrestling Syndicate had its monthly card Saturday at the Unison bar in the western suburb of St-Laurent. Named Freedom to...
DDP retires Kanyon at hot NJ show
WAYNE, NJ - Last night, fans who attended CSWF Cybercade did indeed Feel the BANG! Diamond Dallas Page returned to action in New Jersey for Billy Firehawk's red-hot promotion, defeating his old running mate Kanyon in what was billed as a Retirement Match. The show was...
A beauty of a Ballpark Brawl
BUFFALO, NY -- Moonsaults, chair shots, ladders and baseball? Where does that all fit together? Promoter Chris Hill took the idea of having a wrestling show following a baseball game, all on the same field. On Saturday, fans flocked to the Buffalo Bisons stadium in...
Onyx crowned champ in CWA re-birth
MONTREAL - Under new management, the Championship Wrestling Association presented their second wrestling card since the takeover and delivered a lot of action, and a new champion. The CWA had gathered many of the most popular wrestlers from Quebec's indy scene for a...
Luttemania brings Québec’s best together
LAVAL, Québec -- True to Lutte 2000 tradition, a wrestling card at Christmastime is to be expected from Jacques Rougeau's federation. This year was no exception. The Dec. 27th card held at the famed Colisée de Laval was promising to be different than all of Rougeau's...
Animal in spotlight at Hawk tribute show
BIRCH RUN, Mich. -- Despite being surrounded by hundreds of fans and a locker room full of friends and colleagues, never has a man looked quite as alone in the ring as Road Warrior Animal did on Saturday night during a tribute show to his late partner Hawk. In full...
NWA 55th anniversary show shines
PARKERSBURG, W.V. -- America's Most Wanted, Traci Brooks, Synn, NWA Senior Referee Fred Richards and more highlighted this past weekend's NWA 55th Anniversary Show. The NWA, or National Wrestling Alliance, brought together talent from Hawaii, Ireland, England, Canada,...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary Day 7: The Long Journey Home
CALGARY - We were an hour outside of Saskatoon, and I was enjoying the cool breeze blowing through Johnny Handsome's driver's side window when a grasshopper met its tragic demise ... on my face. "Ow that hurt!" I yelled, wiping bug guts off of my face as my three...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary Day 6: Wavell Dethroned
SASKATOON - The fans have been begging for someone to knock the arrogant Wavell Starr off his perch as POW Carnival Champion since he walked out to the ring at 4:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon. Sunday night their wish came true as NWA-TNA star Jerry Lynn pinned Starr in...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary Day 5: The End Draws Near
SASKATOON - The end is in sight for Don Callis and Crash Crimson, the men behind the mania that has been this past weeks Pro Outlaw Wrestling at the Saskatoon Exhibition. "By the end of Sunday everybody is going to be glad and happy that it is over, but we are also...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary Day 4: From Legends to Rookies
Pro Outlaw Wrestling's referee George Smiley is named because he always has a giant grin on his face while in the ring. But who can blame his enthusiasm when every night he is refereeing matches involving Sabu and Jerry Lynn? "I wake up every morning excited about...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary Day 3: Apocalypse marks out
SASKATOON - For Calgary's rising star Apocalypse, his match on the 9:00 p.m. show at the Saskatoon Ex was something he would never forget. Thursday night, he looked across the ring, and staring back at him was Sabu. "It was pretty crazy. I was thinking 'Wow, I never...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary: Day 2 – Hitman a hit
SASKATOON - Thousands of fans flocked to the Exhibition Wednesday to take in the POW action and meet six-time World Champion Bret 'Hitman' Hart. Hart signed for his scheduled time and then moved closer to the ring for another hour of signing for fans that hadn't had...
Jason’s Saskatoon Diary: Day 1 – Road Rules
SASKATOON - Whether you are the champion in WWE, a regular in Japan, or an independent wrestler making their name with an assortment of promotions, there is one thing that every wrestler has to do, and most wrestlers don't like to do: Travel. I had a small taste of...
Wrestlers honoured to be on Stu’s show
CALGARY -- It showed on the faces of the fans, and in the effort put forth by the athletes in the ring: Stu Hart is loved and respected. SLAM! Wrestling had the opportunity to catch up with a number of members of the Hart Family as well as participants at Friday's Stu...
Stu Hart tribute show delivers
CALGARY -- On Friday, May 2nd, Stampede Wrestling paid tribute to Stu Hart on his 88th Birthday by presenting a spectacular show at the Ogden Legion Hall in Calgary. The highly-anticipated main event of "Stampede Kid" TJ Wilson and "Bulldog" Harry Smith (Son of Davey...
Rough night for Canadians at NWA 53rd
It wasn't the best of nights last night in St. Petersburg, Florida for the Canadians on the NWA 53rd Anniversary show at the Wrestleplex. Though the vacant NWA Canadian title was captured by former champ EZ Ryder from the Winnipeg-based CWF promotion, another Winnipeg...
A fourth generation of Rougeau debuts
Jacques Rougeau Jr's Lutte International 2000 has never stopped believing in itself and with a goal of producing family oriented shows, last night's card was no different. In front of a disappointing crowd of approximately 3500 at the Verdun Auditorium, the show got...
Sabu pumps up Stampede Wrestling show
By WES WETANKO -- For SLAM! Wrestling CALGARY -- Sabu once again returned to Stampede Wrestling and once again he turned things up a notch. This is the second time that Sabu has wrestled here and the fans were not disappointed as he and three of Stampede Wrestling's...
Guest column: Grand Prix still thrills
By BRAD MCLAUGHLIN -- For SLAM! WrestlingI am a huge wrestling fan and I have been for as long as I can remember. Granted, I am only 23, but I do remember the way wrestling used to be -- none of those phony interviews or those ridiculous gimmicks, just some good old...
Mat Matters: Our dinner with Terry Funk
It didn't take long to realize that two hours with Terry Funk were not going to be enough. I'm not sure that two days would even be enough to hear all Funk's stories about his 34 years in wrestling -- plus all the years growing up with a wrestler for a father. Funk,...
WWFers boost Windsor indy show
The old Taco Bell ad told us to run for the border. Now Border City Wrestling gives us another reason. This Friday, May 29 in LaSalle, Ontario, BCW presents a star-studded event -- not your average independent show. Headlining is WWF Intercontinental champion Rocky...
Nitro in Buffalo – Dec. 8, 1997 – viewed from above
BUFFALO -- We didn't get stung at WCW Nitro in Buffalo. Instead, we got Sting. Three times. That, more than anything else, helped the crowd leave the Marine Midland Arena happy. It wasn't Buffalo Bill Bruce Smith or ex-Bill Jim Kelly. It wasn't the Nitro Girls or...
