WPC went to Wild Bill‘s last week to check out Hulk Hogan‘s Micro Championship Wrestling for Creative Loafing. Here’s our review. http://clatl.com/culturesurfing/archives/2011/03/31/micro-championship-wrestling-turns-wrestlings-absurdity-up-a-notch
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
WPC went to Wild Bill‘s last week to check out Hulk Hogan‘s Micro Championship Wrestling for Creative Loafing. Here’s our review. http://clatl.com/culturesurfing/archives/2011/03/31/micro-championship-wrestling-turns-wrestlings-absurdity-up-a-notch
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
Having begun his career in the Atlanta area, Teddy Long has been part of some historical moments in local wrestling history dating back to his time with the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling in the ’80s. These days he’s usually keeping things in line on WWE SmackDown, but this weekend he will be [...]
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
Several days a week World Wrestling Entertainment puts on a show like no other. With heroes, villains, drama, and humor, it’s no wonder that millions of fans and enthusiasts tune in each week. But when it comes to WrestleMania, everything in this already exaggerated world gets turned up a few more notches. Well, last night [...]
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
Atlanta’s Platinum Championship Wrestling has come a long way since it started running weekly shows at Academy Theatre in January of last year. It’s monthly shows at the Masquerade tend to include crucial matches and bigger payoffs, attracting larger crowds each month. With thousands of wrestling fans in town this week, PCW puts on one [...]
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
Tonight, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and New Jack perform two separate comedy shows at the Punchline. Here’s what WPC wrote for Creative Loafing‘s wrestlingweekendguide about each show. http://clatl.com/atlanta/roddy-piper-and-friends-a-rowdy-show/Event?oid=3004472 http://clatl.com/atlanta/atlanta-is-new-jacks-city/Content?oid=3001729
Posted on 30 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
Jerry “The King” Lawler has been in the wrestling business for more than four decades. Considering that he has held more titles than anyone else in wrestling history, and helped bring national media attention to wrestling in the ’80s thanks to his feud with Andy Kaufman, this WWE Hall of Famer is definitely one of [...]
Posted on 30 March 2011 by Jonathan Williams
The new movie Insidious, from the guys who made the first Saw and the producers of Paranormal Activity, is creepy as hell. Definitely one of the best horror movies in recent memory and a clear departure from the gore that the Saw films have become known for. Here’s an interview with the filmmakers from Creative [...]