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A Tale of Two Wrestling Shows

Posted on November 16, 2022February 3, 2023 by eatsleepwrestle

This past weekend began and ended (sort of) with me attending live wrestling. Friday night was at the jeffersonville Arena, where I saw the return of former backyard promotion XCF. Monday night…

Deathmatch Worldwide Serves Wrestlers and Fans the World Over

Posted on December 10, 2021December 11, 2021 by eatsleepwrestle

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…

Masters of Pain Caps Off Great Weekend at IWA East Coast

Posted on June 13, 2021June 14, 2021 by eatsleepwrestle

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…

Paradigm Pro Is Still Here!

Posted on January 30, 2020 by eatsleepwrestle

Jordan Rose summed up the mood in the Sellersburg American Legion Post on Friday night for all the fans in attendance at Paradigm Pro Wrestling’s January event. After losing their building just…

Christmas for Kool-Aid Drinkers

Posted on May 19, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

For IWA Mid-South fans, this is the biggest weekend of the year. It’s bigger than birthdays, weddings, even Christmas. It’s the high flying, anything can happen blood fest known as the King…

Nick Depp is Prince of the Deathmatch!

Posted on March 16, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

Saturday night, Nick Depp made a statement at IWA Mid-South. Before a packed, standing room only crowd in Memphis, Indiana, the young wrestler staked his place in the legendary promotion’s history by…

Can’t Spell WWE without I-N-D-Y

Posted on February 27, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

Dear WWE and NXT Fans: I’d like to introduce you to a few people. This is Aaron Williams, “The Baddest Man Alive.” Aaron had a great weekend because he just won the…

20 Years On, IWA Mid-South May Have Its Best Roster Ever

Posted on January 27, 2017 by eatsleepwrestle

It had been a while since I paid a visit to Southern Indiana’s legendary wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South. I’m not big on blood and hardcore and deathmatches, a hallmark of IWA-MS, and truth…

The End of IWA Mid-South?

Posted on November 27, 2016November 27, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Wrestling has not been this hot in Louisville in decades. While OVW rides a wave of enthusiasm fueled by their increasingly talented roster and their 900th TV taping, turmoil has erupted across the…

Thanksgiving Night Wrestling Anyone?

Posted on November 23, 2016 by eatsleepwrestle

Thanksgiving used to be one of the biggest nights of the year for the WWE. That’s the night they used to hold the Survivor Series Pay-Per-View. The WWE may have done away…

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