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Ryan Kavanaugh is working on a documentary about The Tri-State Wrestling Alliance.
Deadline.com covered Lucha Va Voom's final event tonight in The Mayan, which is shuttering in Los Angeles after many, many years as a destination club that also served for a ton of film and TV series shoots.
The latest novel from long-time pro wrestling historian and promoter Sheldon Goldberg The Family Business has been released.
The Family Business, a sequel to The Last Fall and After The Bell, follows Rick Pacheco and Great Western Wrestling as they journey through the post-pandemic resurgence of professional wrestling, developing new wrestling stars and dealing with complicated legacies of wrestling families.
Sheldon Goldberg is best known in the New England area as the founder and owner of New England Championship Wrestling, which ran regular events and produced TV for over twenty years beginning in 2000.
Prior to wrestling, he did publicity for local and touring theater companies and productions. From there, he created and produced plays, most notably the Motown revue “Dancin’ In The Street!” which was a smash hit in Boston and Washington DC among other productions.
Among his other credits are as a writer for WOW Magazine, he hosted and produced The Mouthpiece Wrestling Show, a weekly wrestling themed radio talk show on WWZN 1510 AM in Boston for 3 years, he is a former member of the prestigious Cauliflower Alley Club’s Board of Directors. He has appeared on the A&E specials, The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling and Andre The Giant: Larger Than Life as well as ESPN's Outside The Lines. In 2009, he was inducted into the New England Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.
To order signed copies of Sheldon's books, click here.
Coney Island in NYC is hosting a Pee Wee Herman lookalike contest.
The Elizabethon Star in TN featured a piece on manager Sir Fredrick P. Fuddpucker III at this link.
The following press release was issued:
adidas Originals and Brain Dead Celebrate Wrestling Iconography with the Japan Flames Collection
In 2022, Brain Dead launched its very own professional wrestling promotion – Brain Slam Wrestling. Since then, the Los Angeles based brand has continued to simultaneously pay homage to, and advance, wrestling culture. Now, Brain Dead and adidas Originals have come together to celebrate the vibrant aesthetics and iconography of wrestling with the Japan flames collection.
Adding to the list of collaborative silhouettes that Brain Dead has reimagined, including the Stan Smith, the Forest Hills, and even an exclusive revival of a lesser known ‘70s bowling shoe, the collection features three distinct takes on adidas Originals’ iconic Japan franchise.
The Lo Profile look of the Japan has been gaining attention in recent years for its sleek look and Brain Dead is set to bring its inimitable take to the silhouette – this time paying homage to the nation of Japan’s enduring impact on the world of wrestling.
The Japan Lo Brain Dead features a leather upper with two toned suede flame overlays, leather contrast stripes, furry laces, and co-branded sockliners. The silhouette is then made up in two distinct colorways: brown with yellow details and green accents, and black with blue details and off-white accents.
The Japan Hi Brain Dead, meanwhile, takes the high, wrestling boot-like, iteration of the silhouette and gives it the same flame adorned treatment. As with the low cut version, the Japan Hi Brain Dead arrives in one colorway: black with off-white details and pine green accents.
Arriving in limited quantities on August 28th, the adidas Originals x Brain Dead Japan Flames collection is available via CONFIRMED, select adidas stores, select retailers, and on wearebraindead.com.
About Brain Dead:
Brain Dead is a creative studio with deep ties to the fringe.It is a global collective of artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, and general creatives. Brain Dead is not one person, nor is it one idea. It sits in the space between people, culture, entertainment and product. The initial ideas for Brain Dead were conceived in 2015 where CEO and Creative Director, Kyle Ng, quickly recognized a hole in the contemporary apparel market for presenting the culture he cared for in a purposeful way. The “culture” of streetwear of the day had become too masculine, contemporary luxury mens and womenswear too plagiaristic; while the leading successful brands in the marketplace had turned to pumping out mundane fast fashion that lacked any meaningful purpose. To create an impactful brand that truly represented Kyle’s interests meant creating apparel that was secondary to the culture that informed it. In most instances that meant building the surrounding culture first; from the campaigns surrounding the product, events coordinated for launches, and graphical references chosen, everything needed to speak to the intersection of a hodgepodge of sub-culture in art, music, literature, sport, and cinema that became foundationally “Brain Dead”. Brain Dead is at its best an occupation of a space one step inside the fringe of subculture; a willingness to share the outsiders influence with a broader audience and stand proudly for it.
About adidas Originals:
Inspired by the rich sporting heritage of adidas - one of the world’s leading sports brands and a global designer and developer of athletic footwear and apparel - adidas Originals is a lifestyle brand founded in 2001. With the adidas archive at its foundation, adidas Originals continues to evolve the brand’s legacy through its commitment to product innovation and its ability to filter the creativity and courage found on the courts and sporting arenas through the lens of contemporary youth culture. Marked by the iconic Trefoil logo that was first used in 1972 and championed by those that continue to shape and define creative culture, adidas Originals continues to lead the way as the pioneering sportswear brand for the street.
The following events are streaming on IWTV this weekend:
TONIGHT, 8/22, 7:30pm ET - ACTION Wrestling presents Retaliation:
TONIGHT, 8/22, 8pm ET - St. Louis Anarchy presents Take Me To Church:
TOMORROW, 8/23, 4pm ET - Ruthless Pro presents King Of The Kill 3:
TOMORROW, 8/23, 7:30pm ET - TWE presents 12 Years Strong:
TOMORROW, 8/23, 9pm ET - Freelance presents No Cuts, No Glory:
Monday, 8/25, 7pm ET - Wrestling Open RI Ep 21:
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