PWI Magazine

The photo above is a reprint or replica copy of the first Pro Wrestling Illustrated in September 1979.

 

This blogger has read off and on versions of the magazine since the early 1980s.  In 2020, because of the pandemic, I decided to finally subscribe to the magazine and am not disappointed with the decision.

 

The late Dusty Rhodes and Mil Mascaras (age 81) were fortunate to be on the first cover.  Before PWI, The Wrestler and Inside Wrestling were the two wrestling magazines.

Dexcon Wrestle Storm Update #3

A few hours ago, Dexcon Wrestle Storm matchmaker, Linus Santos has added another match for the upcoming show.

 

Razael will be returning to action at the Brawl Pit Bulusan on Sunday, March 24th.  He will be facing Zera in what will be an exciting and high flying match.  The first match will begin at 6pm!

 

 

For more information on the show and the Meet And Greet on Saturday, March 23rd at Unbox Greenhills beginning at 12 noon, please visit the Dexcon page on Facebook.  For tickets, please visit https://dexcon.helixpay.ph today!!

 

 

Early Bird available until Saturday, March 16th!

See you there and see you LASER!

Before The Rock

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, in the 1960s into the 1970s, wrestling was big on KTVU Channel 2 every Friday night with the great Walt Harris doing the announcing.  The hour long show from the station's television studios had some of the big names in pro wrestling back in the day.  You could say that the 9-10pm time slot had more viewers than probably the other stations combined.

 

The other day, when I saw The Rock in the Wrestlemania 40 segment on WWE Smackdown, I couldn't help but thinking of the past.  The "Soulman" Rocky Johnson, The Rock's dad, was one of my favorite wrestlers growing up.

 

During the Territory Era, Rocky was a huge draw in Northern California.  He was part of the huge names such as Ray Stevens, Pat Patterson, Pepper Gomez, Peter Maivia, Kenji Shibuya and Mr. Saito.  It was a great time for this blogger as a wrestling fan.

 

Rocky Johnson could certainly wrestle.  It didn't matter if it was singles competition or tag team wrestling.  He, and a couple of partners in Pepper Gomez and Pat Patterson, held the San Francisco version of the NWA Tag Team belts.  Johnson was not only athletic, but he had one of the best drop kicks ever (then and now).  The timing of every one of the dropkicks was perfect!  

 

Rocky didn't have to say a lot in the interviews we saw.  He let his wrestling do the talking for him.

 

I remembered when the NWA and later, the AWA left out area.  By then, Rocky Johnson along with Pat Patterson hooked on with the WWF (WWE today).  I still enjoyed both wrestlers, but the feeling was different than before.  They were in a different company than what the NWA did for me.   

 

His son, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) is definitely an icon in the business.  Certainly, there's been a lot of attention with him and the upcoming Wrestlemania 40 show in Philadelphia.  I'm actually excited to see his latest project in the United Football League turns out.

Battle At The Barracks Results

Hello everyone!

 

Here are the results from last Saturday's Grapplemax Battle At The Barracks.  The event was held at the The Southern Depot.

 

Julian d. Nathaniel.

Prabu and Ming Rui d. Ships Ahoy (Christian and Sarah).

Ban Sachak and Shawn Phang d. Kelvin and Shaun P. Diddy.

 

The next Grapplemax Pro Wrestling Singapore show - Amplify, will take place at the Grapplemax Studios on Saturday, March 23.  Show begins at 8pm with the doors opening at 7pm!