Author: Clint Dye
Epic; a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. This Saturday at the Blue Grass Community Center, SCWPro narrates their latest book of adventures when their biggest event of the year, as SCWPro Presents EPIC, takes place. Starting the show Saturday night will be the SCWPro Heavyweight Championship match between champion “The Unsolved Mistery” JT Energy and “The Devil Dog” Dustan Moseley. Having the chance to set the tone for SCWPro’s biggest show of the year is an opportunity for both competitors…
Absolute Pro Wrestling Presents Return to the Loo. Pro wrestling promotions, much like other combat sports, crave the Big Fight Feel. They want that match that gives their show instant credibility. One that has the potential to capture the fan’s emotions with the possibility of being an instant classic. This Saturday night in Waterloo, Iowa, Absolute Pro Wrestling has that in their main event match of Matty Star defending the APW Championship against Brandon “The Shank” Eubanks. Matty Star became the inaugural Absolute Pro Wrestling Champion during APW’s biggest show of 2022, Gold Rush. That night he defeated Ethan Everheart…
SCW has been on the road to EPIC since the Prestige Rumble in January as SCW Presents Hawkamania XXX. The events of that night have shaped what has become one of the most intriguing builds to SCW’s biggest events of the year. When talking about EPIC, there is no better place to start than the SCW Championship. Back in January, JT Energy’s seven-year journey in SCW reached the mountaintop when he defeated Connor Braxton to become the new SCW Champion. It was an emotional moment for the “Unsolved Mistery” as the SCW Championship was the one title within the promotion…
“Welcome to the Mount Rushmore of Central Empire Wrestling” With those words, last Saturday, March 4, former CEW Champion Storm Thomas passed the torch to current CEW Champion JT Energy. The two had just engaged in a physically taxing, nearly 25-minute classic, bringing an end to CEW’s first show of 2023. As Iconic Moment Begins, the Road to Bridge City Slam V. On a night CEW welcomed back legends from their past, their newest legend and longest reigning champion of all time, JT Energy, achieved one of his grandest accomplishments within the promotion. He defeated what some consider the greatest…
Alright, RetroView fans, it’s time for our next trip down WCW Sunday Night RetroView memory lane. With it being Super Bowl Sunday, what better time than to go back and revisit WCW SuperBrawl IV. Today’s edition, SuperBrawl IV. To start the show, we get a vintage 90’s style promo video. The video lets us know three world championships will be on the line during this show. First, Lord Steven Regal defends his WCW Television Championship against Arn Anderson. Next, the Nasty Boys put their WCW Tag Team Titles on the line against the team of Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne. …
Next up on the journey towards the creation of the nWo is WCW Great American Bash 1996. Yes, I know I am skipping Slamboree 1996, but in honesty I am not a fan of the Lethal Lottery concept. So instead we are traveling back to the show before the formation of the industry changing group. Starting off the show is a video package preparing us for the action to come. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan begins the video saying his team of Ric Flair and Arn Anderson is ready for Macho Man Randy Savage’s team of NFL star Kevin Greene and former Chicago…
Cage Match Night. When Impact Pro Wrestling fans last saw Miss Frankie Jay, she was walking out of the Platform Night Club in Des Moines as IPW Women’s Champion. She had just emerged victorious in a no disqualification triple threat match with the Hale twins, Briar, and Sage. These three women have defined the IPW women’s division for the past three years and they are ready to write the next chapter in their ongoing saga over the Women’s Championship. This Saturday night, at the Countryside Wedding and Events Center in Knoxville, Iowa, they meet again. Only this time it will…
RetroView fans, our journey to the formation of the nWo continues as today I’m watching WCW Uncensored 1996. At SuperBrawl, Ric Flair walked out with the WCW Championship around his waist after defeating Macho Man Randy Savage inside a steel cage. Also, that night, Hulk Hogan defeated the Giant inside a steel cage as well, then all hell broke loose. The war between Hogan and Savage against the alliance of the Dungeon of Doom and the Four Horsemen is the big angle heading into this one. Starting the show is an intense video package with Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, and Kevin…
Top 20 Independent Matches of 2022 – 5-1 is finally here. In 2022 we were lucky enough to be ringside with my camera for 236 matches across five different promotions in the state of Iowa. Iowa is a treasure trove of exciting independent wrestling. Each promotion in the state brings a unique identity to the pro wrestling scene. For the past three weeks, we’ve been counting down the 20 best matches from 2022. Today, we finish the countdown with the top five. The best thing about these five matches is the story each one told inside and outside the squared…
SCWPro Prestige Rumble 2023. When a venue and a wrestling promotion click, a strong bond is formed. It becomes the place they call home. A place where so many memorable and iconic moments have happened. A place the promotion’s fans love returning to each and every time they have a show there. For SCWPro, that venue has been the Walcott Coliseum in Walcott, Iowa. The fans of SCWPro have been coming to the Walcott Coliseum for over a decade, catching all the action the SCWPro stars bring to the ring. Walcott Coliseum has become part of the mythos within the company. “The Coliseum…