Article
Search results for: pro wrestling
Showing 177 - 198 of 283Use quotes to search for a phrase or name: "toy story", or "brooklyn bridge".
Jocks chugging beer bongs, snorting lines of cocaine, and hazing nerds on stage -- welcome to the magic that is a Broloaf show. The Scottsdale punk band that has been entertaining the Valley with wild on-stage antics for the past three years and will do so again when they open...
Natasha Helmick goes up for a header during a Dallas soccer match and gets speared in the left temple by an opponent. The 14-year-old, a talented center midfielder playing in the choice Lake Highlands Girls Classic League, crumples to the ground. She can't see anything out of her left eye...
Best Of
Hero Worship
Men in tights, women in skimpy shorts, and fans in a beer-drenched uproar -- local professional wrestling organization Elite Xtreme Wrestling (EXW) has all three hallmarks of its "sport" and more. Founded by former minor league baseball players Brian Barnett and Derick Neikirk, EXW offers the same entertainment as the...
Article
Top 10 Wrestling Entrance Themes
advertisement
It's amazing how much music is released in a year. I've listened to nearly 270 records in their entirety this year, yet I still have a huge stack of unlistened CDs on my desk, several unlistened digital downloads in my iTunes, and a lengthy list of high-profile stuff I never...
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 Fame. Uecker is best-known for announcing Milwaukee Brewers baseball games and for his roles as George Owens in Mr. Belvedere and...
Wrestlemania 26 at University of Phoenix Stadium is less than three weeks away and wrestling fans in the Valley and beyond are gearing up for pro wrestling's "Super Bowl." As WWE focuses on its biggest annual event, its biggest competitor, TNA, is essentially going for broke.Beginning tonight, the eight-year-old company...
"El Mariachi" Sergio Vega is in a world of hurt. The young professional wrestler is getting a mule-size whupping outside the ring, courtesy of three masked men. After subjecting his 5-foot-8, 160-pound frame to the furious punches and kicks, it's time for the real fun to begin. The ringleader of...
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...
Article
Put Up Your Faux Dukes
advertisement
Artist: Woven BonesTitle: In and Out and Back AgainRelease date: May 18Label: Hozac RecordsThis is what the Black Lips hath wrought. The garage rock of much of the past two decades was about teenage kicks. In the parlance of the kids, it was punk 'n' roll, straightforward and unhinged blasts...
Article
West Point
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...
Article
Smackdown on Jefferson
It saddens us to report this, but Tempe music venue The Sets has gone belly up after five years. As in closed. Finito. The big goodbye. The multi-room bar and nightclub shut its doors permanently on Sunday night following a local battle of the bands showcase. But as startled as...
Article
Mexican Standoff
advertisement
Albert Manuel walks through the desert near Gila Bend, reminiscing about the days when Indian villages sprawled across the landscape. He grew up in this southwestern desert, played under its mesquite trees, and hunted quail and dove with his brothers. "We'd go to the water tank or sit under the...
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-mail doesn't specifically identify the event (and only names the WWE in the subject line), we're fairly certain it's next year's Wrestlemania 26. After all, the yearly grappling extravaganza and pay-per-view is the only such event that the WWE puts on during the spring. A similar press conference is held every year around this time announcing where WrestleMania is heading next.
Article
Slipknot Makes ‘Em Mosh at Dodge
by David Shankbone Bill bowed down to Nappy on Real Time tonight... Ya think Bill was worried about Janet putting him on the no-fly list? I've long been a fan of Bill Maher, and, to be honest, I still am. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed with Maher's...