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Some masked wrestlers spend a career waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to what their home crowd already knew. Hechicero is one of the clearer recent examples. He spent roughly a decade turning himself into one of CMLL’s most respected in-ring technicians. Twice its World Heavyweight Champion before a single televised match against Bryan Danielson introduced him to an American audience that had mostly never heard his name. Since then, he’s become the first wrestler in history to hold a simultaneous contract with both AEW and CMLL, all while staying rooted in the northern Mexican independent…
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Crusher Carlsen was billed at 6’4” and 450 lb. So, when he walked into Regina’s legendary Exhibition Auditorium, I couldn’t help but look up from the task I was doing. The size of Crusher was always amplified by his walk. Big steps, big arm swings, somehow methodical without being slow. It was January 1997, I was in grade 9, and it was my second day on ring crew with Hardcore Wrestling. We were setting up for the first big event of the young wrestling company. Before this, Hardcore Wrestling was running free shows out of a garage in front of…
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On June 11, 2005, at a show aptly titled Something to Prove, the wrestling world was gifted something that felt more like a public execution than a choreographed performance between Samoa Joe and Necro Butcher. Fans of independent wrestling in 2005 didn’t just watch matches; they hunted for them. You traded DVDs, scoured message boards, and waited for the latest “must-see” tape from IWA Mid-South or Ring of Honor to drop. It took place in the “New Alhambra Arena” in Philadelphia—the building the world knows as the ECW Arena. The air was thick with the kind of humidity only a…
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Some masked wrestlers spend a career waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to what their home crowd already knew. Hechicero is one of the clearer recent examples. He spent roughly a decade turning himself into one of CMLL’s most respected in-ring technicians. Twice its World Heavyweight Champion before a single televised match against Bryan Danielson introduced him to an American audience that had mostly never heard his name. Since then, he’s become the first wrestler in history to hold a simultaneous contract with both AEW and CMLL, all while staying rooted in the northern Mexican independent…
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As 2020 came to a close, the key was to look to 2021 in terms of wrestling. But who are some people you should keep an eye on in the puroresu scene? Well, we’re going to talk about it here with three wrestlers from the men’s side and three from the Joshi scene. These will be people who are either free agents or some that are young up and coming wrestlers that could make a big impact within the new year. So who made the cut as the 3 Puroresu and 3 Joshi Top Talent to Watch For in 2021?…
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In 2019, we were on the retirement tour, but at the same time, there’s a lot of memories, a lot of matches that probably have meant a lot to you, Lufisto. For instance, in Smash wrestling, I’m sure it holds a near-and-dear place in your heart. What can you say about your time here, your time in the ring, your time in Shine? Speak of that if you could. Lufisto: There are so many things I could say. There’s definitely memorable matches. I’ve had a long feud with Mercedes Martinez. I always believed she was, my wrestling soulmate, so she…
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