Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
Earlier this evening, Game Changer Wrestling announced that LuFisto would be inducted in the inaugural Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame. LuFisto is the first female entrant, as well as the sixth overall in the 2022 class. The individual that will be inducting her has yet to be named, though expect more news to be shared […] READ MORE
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada’s Capital City Championship Combat (C4) returns on Friday night with Better Watch Out, and it’s a huge night for one of Canada’s top indie promotions. Despite calling IndependentWrestling.tv (IWTV) their streaming home for a few years now, C4’s events always debuted at a later date. But on Friday night, Better Watch Out will mark C4’s […] READ MORE
One of the hardest-hit scenes in pro wrestling during the COVID era of 2020 was undoubtedly the Canadian indie circuit. With strict COVID lockdown protocols, Canadian indie wrestling was essentially put on hiatus for an entire year, if not longer. Canada didn’t have the luxury of some provinces having more lax protocols like their U.S. […] READ MORE
One of the first special shows announced for this jam-packed SummerSlam weekend was The Summit. The premier promotions for women’s wrestling in North America: SHIMMER, RISE, NCW Femmes Fatales, and Smash Wrestling join forces to present The Summit. Many of the stars featured here crossover through most if not all of the promotions involved. https://twitter.com/RISEdtwa/status/1158775550737047552?s=20 […] READ MORE
Toronto’s Smash Wrestling is hosting a slew of events throughout SummerSlam week with the likes of PROGRESS Wrestling from the UK, Germany’s Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw), China’s Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), SHIMMER, RISE, and Quebec’s Femme Fatales. But arguably no event is bigger for Smash than their flagship marquee event of the year, Super Showdown. […] READ MORE
As Smash Wrestling prepares to host the inaugural wrestling event The Summit, Quebec women’s promotion Femmes Fatales (one of the co-promotions) have announced a massive fatal four-way match at the event in the announcement below. Toronto is the place to be now and it will also be on August 10 when LuFisto, Cheerleader Melissa, Allysin […] READ MORE
Germany’s premier promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) is running their first ever show on WrestleMania weekend. Though they have been hurt by the loss of Ilja Dragunov from this show, they are presenting one of the better looking show’s from this weekend as they have some of their own talent mixing it up with names US fans will know. Yuu vs. […] READ MORE
In-ring careers inevitably must end, that’s the nature of the beast. When it comes to women’s wrestling legend LuFisto, no one imagined it would happen this way. On February 22, LuFisto fell down the stairs in her home. She injured her right knee, and this caused her to miss a booking for NCW Femmes Fatales that […] READ MORE
What started as a seemingly innocuous show announcement seemed to spark some real-life fires. On February 13th, it was announced Saraya Knight being unable to appear at Blackcraft Wrestling’s show The Ritual. The show is set for February 23rd and is a co-promoted event with Destiny World Wrestling. Saraya was to defend her Blackcraft Women’s […] READ MORE
While the indie revolution is often credited as being in the early 2000s, with the emergence of Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG), Major League Wrestling (MLW), CHIKARA and Total Nonstop Action (TNA/IMPACT Wrestling) as viable alternatives to the WWE following the demise of WCW and ECW in 2001, there was another that had […] READ MORE
Jamie Greer joined LWOPW in 2015 and was the site's Managing Editor from 2016 through 2020. After handing over ME duties to Alex Richards, he remains a frequent contributor to the site. He's also written for Pro Wrestling Illustrated, WrestleZone, The Windsor Star, and other publications. He lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and son.