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"Macho Man" Randy Savage Is Dead; Remembering the Man Through His Music

uproxx.comSoaring with the eagles and slithering with the snakes he's been everywhere in between. He is your friend.​"Macho Man" Randy Savage died this morning, killed in a car accident after he suffered a heart attack on the road. Savage started his career as a mid-card wrestler brought in to sp ... More >>

April 4 In Blogs: Rock Bottom Wrestlemania, Record Store Day, Payton Curry, and Jeff Flake

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Superstar Billy Graham Made It Big in Wrestling -- Now the Steroids That Got Him There May Be Killing Him

Wrestlemania Preview and Predictions: Thoughts on Super Bowl of Wrestling and Superstar Billy Graham

Wrestling SuperstarsThe biggest wrestling shows of the year are this weekend.​Wrestlemania 27 is being held in Atlanta this weekend, coinciding with the release of our cover story on former WWF champion Superstar Billy Graham. We've got a preview of the big event after the jump, featuring Snooki ... More >>

Wanna Bet? The Tohono O'odham Want to Build a Casino in the West Valley -- Now It's Up to the Feds to Make It Happen or Break Another Promise to the Tribe

Halocene to Play Outside Saturday's Coyotes Game

​Halocene, a female-fronted Valley pop-rock act I kinda like, is scheduled play at this Saturday's Phoenix Coyote's game. The show will be staged just outside the doors of Jobing.com Arena and will run from 5:30 until just before the game begins.I won't be there, having vowed to not travel to Glen ... More >>

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 4/1 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a box in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. How did freak-folker Devendra Banhart break his leg before a sold-out show at The Clubhouse? Did Wrestlemania do ... More >>

WWE's WrestleMania XXVI Extravaganza Overexcites and Underwhelms

​Last night, Vince McMahon and his World Wrestling Entertainment crew took their one-ring circus and blew out of the Valley after almost a weeklong stay. WrestleMania 26 is over with and done, just like the carnivals and circuses from which professional wrestling sprang, the "sports entertainmen ... More >>

Parking in Glendale: A Two-Hour Odyssey Through a Hell That Made Cormac McCarthy's The Road Look Like Candy Land

​I'm one of those people who prides himself on never paying for parking. Toss me anywhere, anytime, and I'll find a reasonably safe spot to stow my car while I attend to whatever business I'm there for.I've paid to park at a non-meter a few times in the years I've lived in Arizona, but probably no ... More >>

March 30 In Blogs: Barack Obama, Wrestlemania, Bacon, and John McCain

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Barack Obama's Quota on Non-Criminal Aliens: 400,000 Per Year, Get Them Where You Can Up ... More >>

Paul McCartney Gives Fans a 3-Hour Show, Two Encores at Jobing.com Arena

Paul McCartney fans who got to check him out last night at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale seemed to get a lot of bang for their buck, judging by the abundance of positive Tweetage after his show. The Beatle played a 3-hour set with two encores, so he probably played at least one of your favorite songs ... More >>

Wrestlemania XXVI, Paul McCartney, Caramelpalooza and SRP's Dragon Boat Festival Over the Weekend

​WrestleMania XXVI at University of Phoenix Stadium More than 72,000 rowdy wrestling fans packed into University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale to watch an afternoon of chaos and carnage as World Wrestling Entertainment presents its biggest sports entertainment spectacular of the year on Sunda ... More >>

March 29 In Blogs: Arpaio's False Arrest, Wrestlemania, Caramelpalooza, and Kathy Zatari

​​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio on False McDonald's Arrest: Take All Brown People into Custody, Release Cit ... More >>

WWE Fans Take Over Downtown Phoenix During WrestleMania Weekend

Benjamin LeathermanWrestling fans from Ireland at WWE WrestleMania Axxess at the Phoenix Convention Center. See more pictures from our slideshow.​ I've done some pretty crazy shit in support of my professional wrestling fandom. At age 12, I did backyard wrestling with a few of my sixth grade clas ... More >>

Wrestlemania vs. Paul McCartney: Why Glendale Needs to be Superplexed Through a Table

On nights when events at both University of Phoenix Stadium and Jobing.com Arena are booked simultaneously, Glendale becomes hell on earth.​This Sunday is one of the biggest nights in Glendale's history. Wrestlemania XXVI -- the "sport's" marquee event -- will be held inside University of Phoenix ... More >>

WWE's CM Punk Talks Straight Edge, Hardcore Kids, Favorite Bands, and More

Courtesy of World Wrestling EntertainmentWWE superstar and straight edge icon CM Punk​"I'm harder than any alcohol you can drink. I'm straighter than any line you can snort up your nose. And I certainly can hurt you a lot faster than any pill you can put on your tongue." CM Punk is one discipline ... More >>

Hardcore Midget Wrestling, Blood Into Wine, Skateboard Battles, and More

​Puppet is definitely one fierce bastard. Ripping with muscled and covered with tattoos, the natural-born brawler also sports a few piercings and a Mohawk. Sounds like someone you wouldn't want to piss off, no? So would it matter if we told you that Puppet is actually a midget? It really shouldn ... More >>

March 26 In Blogs: Janet Napolitano, Paul McCartney, Matt McLinn, and Medical Marijuana

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Janet Napolitano Gives Lip Service to Immigration Reform at ASU, while Partnering with Jo ... More >>

Rock 'n' Wrestling

WWE's Chris Jericho Brings his metal act to Tempe During Wrestlemania Weekend

Live Poets Society

The father of slam tends to his flock

Top 10 Wrestling Entrance Themes

WrestleMania in the Valley

Mexican Standoff: Valley Lucha Libre Wrestlers Are Wildly Popular, but Local Stars Dream of Grappling for the WWE

WWE's Chris Jericho Talks WrestleMania 26, Being A Villain, and More

Chris Jericho has a busy weekend ahead of him here in Phoenix. Tomorrow night, the World Wrestling Entertainment superstar will rock Club Red in Tempe along with the other members of his heavy metal act Fozzy.Come Sunday, the Smackdown villain will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against E ... More >>

WWE's Top 10 Themes in Video: Stone Cold, The Rock, Ric Flair, and More

Courtesy World Wrestling EntertainmentTry imaging the Undertaker making this kinda entrance without his trademark funeral dirge.​In honor of World Wrestling Entertainment's action-packed WrestleMania 26 hitting the Valley this coming weekend, Mike R. Meyer assembled a list of the 10 best entrance ... More >>

March 25 In Blogs: Eric Holder, WWE, James Beard, and Tequila

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Eric Holder on Joe Arpaio Probe: DOJ Expects "Results," Investigation Ongoing Joe Arpaio ... More >>

Bob Uecker to Be Inducted Into WWE Hall of Fame at Phoenix WrestleMania Event

www.blueraymedia.com Bob Uecker, seen here as Harry Doyle in the baseball classic Major League​ We just learned this afternoon that when the World Wrestling Entertainment comes to Phoenix for WrestleMania this weekend, Bob "Mr. Baseball" Uecker will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fam ... More >>

Rock vs. Wrestling

Chris Jericho to Bring Fozzy to Club Red During Wrestlemania Weekend

WWE Superstar Chris Jericho (second from left) and his vanity hard rock band Fozzy.​Chris Jericho is one prolific mofo. Besides his day job as a dastardly villain for World Wrestling Entertainment (on its weekly Smackdown TV show), the 40-year-old Canuck is a published author, indie film actor, ... More >>

WWE Hall of Fame Tickets On Sale Tomorrow

​Less that three months remain until Vince McMahon brings his ginormous "Super Bowl of Wrestling" (a.k.a. Wrestlemania) to the Valley of the Sun in March, which is gonna be a major deal. In fact, the entire week before the big event happens at University of Phoenix Stadium will be filled with ... More >>

Wrestlemania XXVI Pre-Sale Party, Arizona State Fair's Demolition Derby and DOSE Over the Weekend

​Wrestlemania XXVI Pre-sale Party at Westgate City Center Rasslin' fanatics from around the Valley and across the country converged on Westgate City Center in Glendale on Friday, November 6, to get first crack at primo tickets for Wrestlemania XXVI (a.k.a. the "Superbowl of wrestling") a day b ... More >>

Wrestlemania XXVI Tickets Available Friday During Massive Pre-Sale Party at Westgate

Rasslin' fans from around the Valley and across the nation are gonna descend on the Westgate City Center en masse tomorrow afternoon, as the Glendale shopping/nightlife Mecca is throwing an Andre the Giant-sized outdoor party that's gonna be attended by a few superstars from World Wrestling Entertai ... More >>

WWE's Sergeant Slaughter Coming to the Valley as Honorary Race Official

www.camelclutchblog.com Sergeant Slaughter​The gruff ex-wrestler known throughout the world as Sergeant Slaughter will be gracing an event at the Phoenix International Raceway later this month.Stock-car racing and professional wrestlers -- this just screams class.On November 15, Slaugh ... More >>

Smackdown on Jefferson

Grappling groupies stave off March madness with WWE appetizer

Phoenix Business Majoreventrentalz.com Beats Recession By Renting Local Homes to Visiting Sports Fans

Courtesy of Keith Johnson Keith Johnson and the staff at Majoreventrentalz.com are enjoying their success. The Arizona Cardinals failed to grab the brass ring at this year's Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida, but at least one Valley resident came away victorious.Keith Johnson, owner of ... More >>

WWE Officially Announces WrestleMania XXVI in Glendale

Jonathan McNamaraJohn Cena and Ken Whisenhunt. See more shots in our Wrestlemania slide show. World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon and a cadre of his superstars rubbed elbows and traded jokes with Arizona Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt during a press conference this afternoon announcing ... More >>

Feb. 24 In Blogs: Wrestlemania, Iwatchedherdie, Waiter Confidential and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Lawsuit Filed Over Mexican with Valid Visa Held in Jail for Seven Days ... More >>

WrestleMania, the Super Bowl of Wrestling, Coming to Glendale; Announcement Expected Tomorrow

We received an e-mail stating that World Wrestling Entertainment will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon at the stadium to announce a "major international event" occuring there in spring 2010 that will "draw visitors from around the world for five days of activities." Although the e-ma ... More >>

Future $hock: The Cult, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, and more

Saliva

Blood Stained Love Story
(Island)

Turf War

Fiesta Bowl touches down in Tempe

Organ Players

Letters from the week of April 3, 2003