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Blog Entry #2

Wrestling Resources and Upcoming Local Wrestling Shows

By Mike Vanek

Me and Mr Colt Cabana at Wrestlecon!! He is one of the reasons I started this blog...

As a diehard wrestling fan I like being informed on my favorite sport that I have followed since I was 4 years old. As a kid my aunt gave me a giant stack of old wrestling magazines which I pretty much learned how to read with... When my English teacher in the 9th grade asked for book reports I turned in papers on what I learned from Pro Wrestling Illustrated and Inside Wrestling Magazine. (got credit!!) and instead of reports on The Outsiders or Of Mice & Men I told the tales of The difference between Hulk Hogan, Nick Bockwinkle & Ric Flair.

RIP NICK BOCKWINKLE

Today's blog is for the wrestling fan that craves more than the weekly Raw & Smackdown fix. This week I want to talk about some resources for wrestling fans looking for more than what WWE has to offer 2-3 times a week.

From indie promotions that work their asses off to put on local shows with the best talent in CA (where we're based) and beyond to people that put on podcasts, YouTube Shows, blogs, and web magazines and much more including the traditional Pro Wrestling Illustrated and its famed ranking system. And it all covers everything from WWE to Indie Wrestling to everything within the genre.

With more wrestling on TV these days with that includes the for years now alternative to WWE in TNA and now Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling both have cable TV shows on sometime hard to find cable networks such as Destination America, AXS TV, and soon Pop TV and for the die hardest of indie wrestling fans there are I Pay Per Views such as the WWNlive.com where you can see a variety of IPPV's for a small fee which provides new & exciting pro wrestling from promotions live Evolve, Dragons Gate USA, Shimmer Women's wrestling & California's Own Revolution Pro Wrestling which one Promotion of the year award at the recent Nor Cal Hall of Fame & Awards ceremony. We also encourage you to check out the local promotions!! Many of them film their shows with commentary and produce DVD's DIY style!! We encourage you to check out... Pro Wrestling Bushido, Supreme Pro Wrestling, Fighting Spirit Pro, Gold Rush Pro Wrestling, All Pro Wrestling and many more a Google search away!!

Other things that I like to enjoy are podcasts some of the best span wwe to the indies including the ultra popular "The Art of Wrestling of Podcast hosted by Pro Wrestler Colt Cabana" which over the last 5 years has covered all corners of wrestling world wide. Another I enjoy is the cheap heat podcast on Grantland/ESPN RADIO which dissects weekly events of the WWE universe and is pretty entertaining. Another I like that I found on the message boards is the Mega Powers Podcast that I recently discovered that I really enjoy. Another podcast I recently discovered via Bobby Hart of PWB is the Kevin Gill show he puts out a rad pod cast as well!! There is a cavalcade of podcasts hosted by wrestling royalty such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Chris Jerico, Jim Ross, Taz and many more you can search out on ITunes and other outlets.

Social Media is full of wrestling News, Blogs and video shows. Some of these are way better than others and it seems they will give space to people that have no right writing about wrestling. I read one from a publication I will not acknowledge that took a great tag team match during the recent King of Indies Tournament during Wrestlmania weekend and basically killed the match calling it a filler match and calling a pair of two of the top names in Nor Cal wrestling basically two old fat guys and people that were actually at that show (Including myself) thought the match was awesome and the writer was just too lazy to cover the entire show. So I encourage you to take in the social media & Internet Wrestling Community with great caution and we will always approach our blog with an accurate view of the show we are reviewing.

Some things I like on the Internet include the traditional Pro Wrestling illustrated in a online version. There is The Ring Crüe who is a local crew of guys who have a a YouTube show that covers local wrestling as well as WWE they also support different vendors and events. There is the the cheap heat wrestling blog that reports the headlines of the Wwe universe & more. Facebook & Twitter are full of wrestling resources for you to choose from which includes pages for every indie promotion that I strongly encourage you to investigate. I have two tools I use to investigate local wrestling one is the group you can send a request to is "Pro Wrestling Only" I find all kinds of interesting California wrestling information there. A Facebook page I visit almost every day is "Nor Cal Wrestling Matters" this page is totally dedicated to Nor Cal Wrestling and is a invaluable resource to the scene.

These are just a few resources I use to perpetuate my love for pro wrestling. I encourage you to post some you love in the Comments below. There are probably thousands out there and we want to see your favorites!!

Before we go we want to show support & love to the local Wrestling promotions in Nor Cal and their upcoming shows!! We want you to send up your upcoming show info and flyers!! Just send us a a message to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/uptownwrestlingnews

HOODSLAM

12/4/2015 Oakland Metro Operahouse in Oakland 21+ $20 8pm

GOLD RUSH PRO WRESTLING

12/5/2015 Gold Mine in Pacifica All Ages Pre Sale $15 $20 at Doors. Doors open at 6:30pm

PRO WRESTLING BUSHIDO

12/6/2015 (Night Show) Fat Cat in Modesto ALL AGES $15 Doors at 5:30pm

12/6/2015 (Day Show) Central Valley Con Modesto Center Plaza in Modesto All Ages $7 at the door 10am-4pm

ALL PRO WRESTLING

12/18/2015 Bay Shore Community Center in Daly City CA All Ages $15 Advance (General Admission) $20 first 2 rows $20 at the door for General Admission 7pm