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Through covering Paradigm Pro Wrestling's UWFi Contenders Series, I've fallen in love with shoot style wrestling. While today that is associated with places like Paradigm, CFU, and Bloodsport, traditionally it has been a mainstay of Japanese wrestling. When you start to look into ...read more

Limitless Wrestling has been putting out some of the best shows over the past few years, and Vacationland Cup 2021 is no exception. The show will make it's streaming debut on IWTV September 9th, and believe me when I say it will be worth the wait. The tournament itself is great, ...read more

One of the most interesting and exciting tournament formats I've ever seen is almost here. Heavy Hitters 3 happens on September 11th, and this time it's Paradigm Pro Wrestling vs Ohio Wrestling Alliance. The tournament has a very unique structure that will see twenty wrestlers ...read more

Long before Mortal Kombat gave us Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, and Leatherface fighting each other, they were all duking it out in venues across Japan. When people think of W*ing, its monster characters are probably the first thing to come to mind, but the company had a lot more ...read more

In a very cool move, Masked Republic has announced that they have secured a P-3 Group Visa to bring fifty stars from around the world to America. The news was reported by Sports Illustrated, and it's a very unique situation. The Visa allows many people to appear on shows in the ...read more

This Saturday, July 31st, New Wave Pro will present Mob Rules, and the show promises to be one of the biggest in the company's history. Eight matches are set, and today we're going to look at all of them. If you're not able to make it to the show in person, it will soon enough be ...read more

This week we're looking at a fun, energetic star who has recently been making waves in ROH's Women's Division. She will be competing in the upcoming Women of Honor Title Tournament this Summer, and is actually my dark horse pick to win; or should I say, dark unicorn. This week ...read more

In what is quickly becoming a stacked tournament, entrant number sixteen out of twenty for the Heavy Hitters 3 tournament has been announced as Anthony Greene! Greene was recently released by WWE where he performed as August Grey. Greene is back on the independent scene now, ...read more

We're back baby! Paradigm Pro Wrestling's UWFi Rules Contenders Series returns for a special three part limited season three, and it's a doozy. This season focuses on the Middleweight Grand Prix 16 person tournament to crown the first ever Paradigm Pro Wrestling UWFi Rules Super ...read more

Last week I posted a show previews, and today I bring you an interview with the owner of brand new promotion, Combat Fights Unlimited! Justin: So to start tell everyone who you are and your position at Combat Fights Unlimited. Mayydayy: Well my professional name is Mayydayy ...read more

On June 24th at 8PM ET on IWTV we will see the debut of the brand new promotion Combat Fights Unlimited. This shoot-style all women's promotion looks to be the first of its kind in pro wrestling. With cagefights and a ruleset designed to truly evoke an MMA feel, we're in for a ...read more

Are you ready for an amazing night of wrestling? Are you ready for a celebration of Black Pro Wrestling. Are you ready for three incredible cards back to back to back all streaming live on IWTV? On June 18th OWA presents Good Trouble 2, Paradigm presents Reasonable Doubt, and ...read more

I've been on a bit of a break previewing Paradigm shows, but they have been BUSY. May had a crap ton of shows from Paradigm, and I'm here to give you the rundown on what you need to know, what to watch, how to watch, and the order to watch. Let's start with order. If you watch ...read more

IWTV has announced that on August 8th we will see the special event IWTV 100. The main event of this show will be the 100th Title Defense of the IWTV Championship(formerly known as the powerbomb.tv championship before the streaming platform and belt rebranded.) The belt has been ...read more

The debut event of Women's Wrestling Revolution plus has a new main event. Originally scheduled to face Trish Adora, Edith Surreal has unfortunately had to pull out of the show due to injury. We now have Trish Adora facing Willow Nightingale in a first time ever match! This match ...read more

Last night Ducks Fly Together aired on IWTV, and the show was truly incredible. First of all, it was a benefit show put on by the Ugly Ducklings to raise money to help one of their own: Lance Lude. On the night of the show alone $4,400 was raised for Lude, and the proceeds from ...read more

If you've looked into independent wrestling for even a second then I'm sure you've run across one of the best known groups: The Ugly Ducklings. Made up of Colby Corino, Rob Killjoy, Lance Lude and of course, Coach Mikey, the Ugly Ducklings are just about everywhere in wrestling. ...read more

It's crazy to believe but here we are at the season two finale of UWFi Contenders Series. This season has been wonderful, and I've enjoyed it even more than season one. With two Heavy Hitters Championship changes, a storyline that has been building all season finally comes to a ...read more

The Bu Ku Dao vs TJP was story was pretty good. It was a lot of fun to watch the person brought as TJP's student realize he's a grade A pile of donkey dirt and get a big win over him in a feel good main event. The problem now lies in the fact that that's the only thing he's done ...read more

It's that time again as we gear up for UWFi Contenders Series season 2 episode 5 thanks to Paradigm Pro Wrestling. Headlining this stacked episode is Matt Makowski: the newest member of Team Filthy, taking on Bobby Beverly of 44OH. We have a lot to cover so let's get to it. Matt ...read more

So mania week was hectic huh? There was around 30 events and so I'm sure I'm going to miss some good matches, and of course what makes a good match is subjective. All that to say, I have watched A LOT of indie wrestling this last week, and there has been so much amazing wrestling ...read more

Just after I finished writing up that Sadika will step into the pit against Kimber Lee, ICW No Holds Barred revealed that the very next night she'll challenge John Wayne Murdoch for the ICW American Deathmatch Championship in the chains. Murdoch won the championship by beating ...read more

This is a moment I've been waiting months for and I'm so incredibly happy it's happening. For those who don't know, the ICW No Holds Barred Pitfighter X shows take place in a cage with no wrestling ring. The matches are brutal and usually focus on striking, traditional martial ...read more

After an ending that left me absolutely flabbergasted, we're back for another episode of UWFi Rules Contenders Series. For the very first time, we have a UWFi episode where "Hoodfoot" Mo Atlas isn't Heavy Hitters Champion. Despite being episode four of the season, this really ...read more

We all know I love Paradigm Pro Wrestling, but I'm also a pet person. I have a wonderful cat and guinea pig, and so when I saw Paradigm was working with Midwestterritory.com for a show in support of an animal shelter, I was incredibly excited. I was able to sit down with Chad ...read more

Holy crap what a match! As Garcia and Moriarty seem destined to dance together forever, only one week after their match for the Limitless title, they will both be challenging the winner of Tre Lamar vs Myron Reed for the OWA Championship on April 23rd. High Gravity gets more and ...read more

Here we are again! Time for another episode of UWFi Contenders Series, and it's a stacked six match mania week special. We've got debuts, two title matches, and in general tons of action! So let's dive right in to what Paradigm is calling the biggest episode yet! Matt Makowski ...read more

High Gravity just keeps getting better and better with every announcement, and here's a potential sleeper pick for match of the night. Travis Titan has been doing great in SCW, and has put in matches for Black Label Pro and even AEW Dark. Ace Perry has been all over the indie ...read more

It is very quickly becoming one of my most anticipated Mania week shows and if you aren't excited for it then you must not have seen the card yet! This whole thing, top to bottom is stacked, and Saturday April 10th at noon Tony Deppen will present BierHaus, and we are all better ...read more

It's once again time for UWFi contenders series as we head into episode two of season two. After last week's explosive season premiere, we have five big fights scheduled tonight so let's get into it, starting with our big main event.  Tom Lawlor vs Lord Crewe  So Lawlor is the ...read more

Paradigm Pro Wrestling recently wrapped up season one of their brand new show UWFI Rules Contenders Series. I will admit, the show title may not be catchy, but I am obsessed with this series. The first season was a nice and breezy five episodes, making it easy to recommend the ...read more

Jay White Says he is quitting NJPW After his loss to Ibushi, Jay White gave a passionate promo.  He question himself & why is he even in NJPW.  Basically, White stated that he is done with NJPW after New Years Dash.   “Maybe my time would be better some place else. I don’t ...read more

Wrestle Kingdom 15 Day 1 Recap NJPW Ramble-Winners:Chase Owens, Bad Luck Fale, Toru Yano, and Bushi Takahashi def. El Phantasmo IWGP Tag Team Title Match-Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) def. Dangerous Tekkers (Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi) IWGP US Heavyweight Right to ...read more

Ahead of his big match on Limitless Wrestling this Saturday at 7pm on IWTV Daniel Garcia spoke with our own Tom Fenton about his return to the ring.  His first round match is sponsored by @_ringsiderant you can checkout there latest episodes here and make sure to subscribe! ...read more