Today, June 6, is Shane Mercer’s birthday. I know this because Facebook told me. I also know because when he made his entrance at OVW tonight, the fans broke out a “Happy…
Corey Higdon was ten years old when he saw his first deathmatch on a VHS tape. From that moment on, he could not get enough. The road to Deathmatch Worldwide was a…
A conversation from my in-laws’ visit this past weekend. My 10 year old niece: That’s an interesting shirt Uncle John is wearing. My wife, not a wrestling fan: That is a crazy…
It’s been twenty months since I took a road trip to see professional wrestling, and IWA East Coast broke the Covid-enforced moratorium with a bang this past weekend. The promotion hosted three…
In case you missed it, Mad Man Pondo was on Talk is Jericho this week. Pondo , G Raver, and filmmaker Jeff Waldridge appear to discuss deathmatches, deathmatch culture, and Jeff’s documentary…
This week the Kick Out at Two Podcast welcomes Air Paris to the program. Righteous Jesse talks with Air Paris about partnering with A.J. Styles, NWA Wildside, and being the father of…
Righteous Jesse told me they have Shlak on the Kick Out at Two Podcast this week. I hadn’t heard the name before, so I looked him up. Here, in his own words…
Kick Out At Two Podcast returns this week with CZW’s Jeff Cannonball. The 29 year New Jersey native is a death match specialist. Let’s hope Righteous Jesse, the Wilkman, and Britt can get…
One of the highlights of Eat Sleep Wrestle is a chapter about deathmatches, a particularly brutal form of professional wrestling frequently involving barbed wire, fluorescent light tubes, and all manner of weapons. The chapter…
