Category: Indies

Highlights, standout matches, MVPs and the top five matches from an incredible BOLA 2018 weekend.

David Starr and Joey Janela battle for supremacy in the main event of Americanrana 18 while Brody King and PCO make their Beyond Wrestling debuts.

ALL IN was the cumulation of months of storytelling on Being the Elite.

Bookended by two great matches, Joey Janela’s Lost in New York was ultimately an underwhelming show.

Crossing the Line 11: Point Break was another great show from C*4 Wrestling.

Freelance vs. The World 4 started hot, had a pair of very good matches in the middle and was capped with a great main event.

The first hour of Only the Strong Survive grated on me terribly. But once you get to Moose/Cobb, it’s pretty easy sailing to the end, with a fun main event.

This was a great show to attend live and a great rewatch. C*4 Presents: THE DEPARTED features one of the best matches Griffin has ever seen live. Oh Canada!

Freelance Wrestling’s This Very Moment was a good starting point for those looking for an introduction to Freelance Wrestling and is well worth a watch.

I’ve been lucky enough to see a lot of live professional wrestling, and one of my favourite things is seeing wrestling in new and interesting environments including Smash Wrestling at the London Comic Con in October.

PWG 2017 Battle of Los Angeles Night 3 was capped off with an excellent match, an excellent story and a proper ending to a great weekend of wrestling.

2017 Battle of Los Angeles Stage 2 was quite easily one of the best PWG shows in recent memory with six of the eight matches being great.

PWG Battle of Los Angeles Stage 1 was an awesome night of wrestling. No MOTY candidates, but with four of the seven matches at four stars or higher.

No other indie stateside is doing what AAW is doing and AAW Defining Moment 2017 was yet another great example. Thumbs up

Lawson reviews nights 1-3 of CHIKARA’s King of Trios 2017.

Glory Pro delivers again with War of the New Age. Stop wasting your time and start watching Glory Pro.

The young guys stole the show at AAW United We Stand.

This was the best Glory Pro show yet, and the fact that the fourth show is set to drop in a matter of days makes me excited to devour that one as well.

AAW Killers Among Us may be AAW’s weakest Chicagoland show of the year, but the main event is well worth going out of your way to see.

PWX This is How We Do It 2017 over delivered. If you have an extra two hours or so and want to try something new, log on to your FloSlam and check it out.

AAW Thursday Night Special was another fine outing from the best promotion currently in the United States.

In Glory Pro, Michael Elgin and his team have created something that succeeded in blending the world of local and super indie.

Buy AAW Take No Prisoners for Zack Sabre Jr vs. Michael Elgin. It’s a MOTYC and any wrestling fan is doing themselves an injustice if they don’t see it.

AAW EPIC gets a huge thumbs up with Elgin vs. Riddle and AR Fox vs. Penta as standout matches from an all-around great show.

I’ve been reviewing AAW for almost an entire year now, and AAW Homecoming is far and away the best show they’ve put on in that time.

A big thumbs up for AAW’s Art of War 2017.

Thumbs in the middle, leaning up, for AAW’s January outing, Don’t Stop Believing.

ACH and Shigehiro Irie main event a surprisingly star-studded event from Canada’s Wrestling Elite New Heights 2017 tour.

AAW Unstoppable was a mixed bag. Depending on the person, the farewell for Lovelace and Lee could be seen as fun and the final two matches were great.

AAW’s biggest show of the year, AAW Windy City Classic XII, gets a thumbs up. The top 3 matches delivered & a positive outing for Low Ki is a win for us all

The Cody Rhodes Indie Wrestling Fantasy Camp Tour continues with a stop in Edmonton, Alberta, for the Prairie Wrestling Alliance!

The VOD of AAW Never Say Die is worth it alone for the final two matches. Praise Zack Sabre Jr, Prince Ali and, of course, Low Ki.

An introduction to PWA, the most prominent of several indie wrestling promotions in Alberta, Canada and their annual Halloween show: Fright Night.

AAW’s Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament was a blast with fun, interesting matchups and great matches across the board. Thumbs up.

Stage 3 of PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles 2016 continued the string of solid shows including a MOTY contender and a more than worthy BOLA final.

Stage 2 of Battle of Los Angeles 2016 features a number of solid singles matches and two incredible tag team matches. Well worth your time.

AAW kicked off Night 1 of their now-annual Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament with a few surprises and a Pentagon Jr/Sami Callihan main event.

Stop us if you’ve heard this before but Chris Hero stole the show and AAW delivered yet another great show with AAW Defining Moment.

SMASH Wrestling Super Showdown IV is one of the strongest offerings for the promotion featuring a bonafide Match of the Month candidate in Haskins vs. Tarik

I enjoyed SMASH vs. CHIKARA much more than any show in recent memory. If you have a few hours to spare or even minimal SMASH fan, this is really fun watch.

SMASH Wrestling Gold 2k16 started off strong but ended on a whimper.

If you have a vested interested in Lucha Underground or their talent, AAW Take No Prisoners is worth picking up simply for the Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. match.

Ultimately, Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio put what will likely go down as one last satisfying rodeo between former rivals.