Author: Clint Dye

RetroView fans, this week, we continue our stroll through WCW 1999. The show in focus is WCW Slamboree 1999. During our last RetroView, Diamond Dallas Page won his first-ever World Championship. He is set for the main event of this show against Kevin Nash.  The show’s opening video package hypes up the entire show. The hype video includes Goldberg versus Sting, Ric Flair versus Roddy Piper, and the main event between Page and Nash. Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay, and Bobby “The Brain” Heenan welcome us to the show.  Schiavone immediately asks who will be in control of WCW after tonight, Ric…

If you scan the Iowa independent wrestling scene, you’ll find a robust land of thriving promotions. You’ll also find a collection of talent that has made Iowa a hotbed for professional wrestling. This is where Absolute Pro Wrestling comes in. On Saturday, May 14th, Absolute Pro Wrestling joins that fraternity when they have their first live wrestling event. Front and center for the event, emanating from the National Cattle Congress Pavilion Center in Waterloo, Iowa, will be Mike Vandy. Known to pro wrestling fans as Jason Prentice, Vandy has been a fixture in the Iowa independent wrestling scene for…

Brave New World – Marek Brave’s EPIC Return to SCWPro. Two hours before showtime last Saturday, April 23, Marek Brave met with the wrestlers of SCWPro. There was an extra pep in his step as he spoke to them about the importance of the show at hand. This was night two of SCWPro Epic, their biggest show of the year. Night one, featuring former WWE Tag Team Champion Scotty 2 Hotty, was a roaring success. Now they were ready to duplicate that success with another stacked card. A card featuring every SCWPro Championship being defended, it was going to be…

When it comes to pro wrestling, one of the things I enjoy the most is good old-fashioned storytelling. A Tale of Two Titles as New SCWPro Champs were Crowned. Big death-defying spots are tremendous and acrobatic athleticism has become a staple in today’s pro wrestling, but for me, there is nothing better than a well-told story. Last Saturday, April 23, SCWPro told two brilliant stories centered around their two biggest individual championships. Iowa Championship The tale of JT Energy and Marek Brave is one with layers. First, you have the old-fashioned student (Energy) versus teacher (Brave) aspect. Second, Marek Brave…

For the better part of a year, Johnny Wisdom has held a firm grasp around the SCWPro Championship as SCWPro presents EPIC Night 2. Winning the championship from One Called Manders, was the crescendo of a 17-year journey as an independent wrestler. “It was put up or shut up time, “Wisdom said. “That night was a 17-year journey to the top of a company I helped build from the ground up. This is what I have spent 19 years of my life doing. It means everything to me to have “The Lady in Red” around my waist.” His reign, outside…

It’s time once again for a WCW RetroView. This time around, we’re taking a look back at what many consider one of the last good to great WCW Pay-Per-Views with WCW Spring Stampede 1999. The opening video package is well done, set to a strong rock and roll instrumental; it highlights the show’s two biggest matches.  In the main event, it’s a Fatal Four Way for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship between the champion Ric Flair, Diamond Dallas Page, Hollywood Hogan and Sting. Also on the card is a one-on-one encounter between Kevin Nash and Goldberg.  The show begins with Tony…

This Saturday night, SCWPro begins what could be their biggest month of 2022 with EPIC Night One. The event is taking place at the Walcott Coliseum Saturday night. It’s the first of two huge events during the month of April, and much like EPIC Night 2, which takes place on Saturday, April 23, this show has a spectacular card of matches on tap. Matches include the debut of a former WWE Tag Team Champion, an extremely personal grudge match, a possible show-stealing women’s match, and a blockbuster eight-man tag, plus much more. But, first, let’s take a look at the…

With a ring full of what the late Dusty Rhodes would describe as plunder last Saturday, March 26, AJ Smooth captured the Madhouse Wrestling Heavyweight Championship as it’s A Mad World. Smooth, his body beaten and bruised after a war with One Called Manders, reveled in the fact that he had just become the inaugural Madhouse Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. The two had just finished a “Match of the Year” front runner featuring broken doors, chairs, and barbed wire. Smooth’s brief celebration didn’t last long as a bloodied Manders dropped him with a vicious clothesline. The battle between AJ Smooth and…

Madhouse Wrestling Presents We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes. This Saturday, the Madhouse Wrestling era of independent pro wrestling in Iowa begins as they presents We all Go A Little Mad Sometimes. From the maniacal minds of Malice and Luke Raven, Madhouse Wrestling’s first-ever show takes place from the Countryside Wedding and Events Center in Knoxville, Iowa. Read about how Madhouse Wrestling came to be here. Not only will there be an action-packed night of wrestling, that will push the boundaries of how crazy a pro wrestling promotion can get, but a champion will be crowned. A key component…

Central Empire Wrestling – A Legendary Night When done right, a professional wrestling event can take its fans on an emotional rollercoaster. It’s these events, ones that get fans so emotionally invested in the stories being told, that become legendary in the realm of pro wrestling lore. Last Saturday, March 5, Central Empire Wrestling put on one of these shows. Aptly titled the Legendary Series, CEW gave their fans a show that will stand the test of time as one of their very best. It plucked at their heartstrings in numerous ways while setting the course for CEW’s biggest event…