The Indy Wrestling Experience

Episode #35 - Raja Jackson Incident, Tully Bertorelli, & WFA Reborn

We’re back and we’ve got a lot to talk about. Mainly because of the situation that occurred over the weekend at the Knokx Pro Wrestling Academy during a livestream. Raja Jackson, son of Rampage Jackson, was supposed to do a run-in on a match involving Syko Stu. However, a backstage incident earlier in the day seemed to have fueled Raja to take revenge. Raja jumped in the ring and attacked Stu with two dozen shoot punches after knocking Stu out cold with a takedown and leaving Stu with no way to defend himself. In our opinion, nearly everyone involved in this situation is at fault. However, we are reserving our real judgment for later. Next week, we will have a special roundtable discussion about this incident and all of the issues it spotlights in the world of wrestling. We’ll bring in some people who are actually in the wrestling business to give their insight and opinions. You won’t want to miss that next week.
 
Also in our News & Notes segment, Bob and Jon wish Danny Cage of the Monster Factory well after his announcement that he will suspending operations at the Monster Factory after their show in November to deal with a much more important personal mental health situation. We at Indy Wrestling Experience hope the best for Danny Cage and, if it’s good for everyone, we hope to see Danny and the Monster Factory return in the future. Additionally, Bob and Jon discuss a possible second season of OVW’s Wrestlers and we mention a couple of title changes over the weekend involving promotions and people we follow closely including Gangrel (CCW Champion), Titan Troy (FTC AOG Champion) and Danny Miles (Focus Pro Champion).
 
In our Rankings Spotlight we cover Divine Women’s Pro Wrestling, centered in Michigan, which is an all-women’s promotion that features a ton of up-and-coming talent. Jon and Bob discuss which of the top 10 contenders to the Divine Championship have star written all over them.
 
Our IWX Watch This is a review of WFA Reborn Episode 50 featuring, Channing Thomas, Armani Kayos, Sean “Vegan” Keegan, and a new IWX Favorite in Dope n Filthy. The show culminates with a fantastic women’s title match between Luscious Latasha and Davienne. We really loved this show. We think you will too. Check it out!
 
Finally, our Control Center focuses on five really great shows coming your way this weekend. Take a listen as we preview these shows and hear from some of the competitors! This week’s highlighted shows are presented by:
 
Super Shogun Wrestling 
New Wave Pro Wrestling 
BWA Wrestling 
Battleground Pro Wrestling 
Labor of Love 
 
Thank you to all five promotions for graciously allowing us to use their audio clips in our Control Center this week. We could not do this without you guys!!
 
Next week, the Raja Roundtable. STAY TUNED!!
 
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00:00:00 – Intro, Raja Jackson, OVW Wrestlers, Title Changes
00:53:05 – Rankings Spotlight – Divine Women’s Pro Wrestling
01:18:53 – IWX Watch This – WFA Reborn Episode 50
01:40:30 – Tully Bertorelli
02:33:32 – Control Center

Episode #34 - Larry Sharpe Invitational Tournament 2025 Watch Along (Part 1)

We are back this week, even though we've been battling all sorts of issues. We had planned on bringing you a watch along of the Monster Factory's Larry Sharpe Invitational Tournament 2025 on YouTube. However, due to issues out of our control which will immediately be obvious to some of you, we were unable to complete the episode. We WILL return with part 2 of this Watch Along at a later time, once these issues are resolved. 
 
For now, enjoy Part 1 of the Larry Sharpe Invitational Tournament 2025 Watch Along. This part includes the following matches, including the pre show.
 
 
Jackal Stevens vs Dylan Shaw
Lucas Disangro vs Kid Chaos
Cameron Pearce vs Tim Dynamite
Liam Blak vs Mike Reed vs God of Dad Bod
Notorious Mimi vs David Goldy
Christian Darling vs Christian Rocco
Pete's Posse vs Brian Murphy & Mike Zee (Tag Title Match)
Liam Black vs Nick Battee
Lucas Disangro vs Papa Juice (Featuring the return of Travis Jacobs)
We have four matches left. We will be bringing them to you as soon as we can. We thank you all for bearing with us on this. Next week, we will be back with a regular show, featuring a really cool interview we just recorded with Tully Bertorelli. STAY TUNED!!

Episode #33 - UPW Go Home, EPW #202, & Nickel City Spotlight

We’re back this week with news of Jonathan Gresham’s medical scare, Priscilla Kelly’s first title since returning to the indies, Mercedes Mone and Athena appearing together at Metroplex Wrestling, and new LJN-like figures from AEW.
 
Sampson returns to the podcast, as well, to preview this weekend’s UPW show at the UP State Fair in Escanaba, Michigan. Sampson tells us about his history with challenger Silas Young, how he plans to keep one eye on The Collective at all times, and what’s next for UPW after this weekend. In addition, Sampson talks about Hulk Hogan’s influence on his career, his recent match teaming with Hernandez in Canada, and how much he hates carny sh%t.
 
In IWX Watch This, we recommend EPW Wrestling Episode 202 which aired on YouTube last week. This card is headlined by an incredible steel cage brawl between Parental Advisory and the Underground Syndicate, and also includes our introduction to Wonder Boy, Dorian Vain, and a new Indy Wrestling Experience favorite in Madi the American Baddie.
 
We’ve retired our #ANDNEW segment as the congratulatory social posts are getting a great reception on Instagram. In its place, we’ve put a Rankings Spotlight. In this segment, we take an in-depth look the Indy Wrestling Experience rankings for one specific promotion, how they came to be ranked the way they are, and give some insight on the performers for people who not already in the loop on that particular promotion. This week, the inaugural segment focuses on Nickel City Wrestling, their champion Madd Dawg, tag champions Limited Edition, Women’s Champion JC Storm, and the top contenders for all of those titles.
 
In our Control Center, we preview five shows coming up this weekend and hear from the participants. We thank the following promotions, as well as Tully Bertorelli, for permission to use their audio for our previews of their shows this weekend:
Retinal Pro Wrestling 
Mutiny Wrestling Federation  
New Sound Wrestling 
UPW Pro Wrestling 
Extreme Global Championship Wrestling 
Next week, we will be doing a watch along of the Monster Factory’s recent Larry Sharpe Memorial Tournament 2025 on YouTube. STAY TUNED!!
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00:00:00 – Intro, News & Notes
00:43:12 – Rankings Spotlight – Nickel City Wrestling
01:10:02 – IWX Watch This – EPW Wrestling Episode #202
01:30:28 – Sampson02:17:33 – Control Center

Episode #32 - Joey Ryan...Returns?

We’re back this week with the news that Joey Ryan had been booked to appear at a wrestling event for the first time in several years. Naturally, a huge wave of opposition formed to anything involving Joey Ryan. Prestige Wrestling got involved in the fight to keep the show from happening at all. Will they be successful?
 
We start off the show talking, once again, about House of Glory. After Bob and Lauryn saw an insane show live in Texas, Bob and Jon watched HOG “High Intensity” this past weekend. This card was stacked from top to bottom. Bully Ray vs Zilla Fatu for the Crown Jewel title in the main event, plus Charles Mason defending the HOG title against Carlito, Indi Hartwell vs Priscilla Kelly and so much more. Listen as Bob and Jon break this show down from start to finish.
 
Our selection for this week’s IWX Watch This is Remarkable Wrestling "Danger Zone 4" which took place on July 11 and was recently uploaded to their YouTube channel. This is another great card, one you can watch for free. Gabriel Skye defends the Remarkable title against Donovan Dijak in the main event. Notorious Mimi defends the Women’s title against Gabby Ortiz. Melodies from Heaven try to dethrone The Audacity as tag champions. That’s just the start of it. We’ll tell you why you really should…Watch This.
 
In our updated Control Center, we preview seven shows coming up this weekend and hear promos from twenty (20) different performers on these huge events being presented this weekend by:
 
IWF Pro Wrestling 
NEO Pro Wrestling 
Viral Pro Wrestling 
Dominant Championship Wrestling 
Gladiator Championship Wrestling 
Ascend Pro Wrestling 
Kraken Pro Wrestling 
 
Huge thanks to all seven of the above-listed companies for granting us permission to use their audio on our podcast. We couldn’t do this without you!
 
Next week. Bob and Jon turn heel? STAY TUNED!!
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00:00:00 – Intro, House of Glory, Injury News
00:33:01 – Joey Ryan’s return?
00:43:07 – IWX Watch This – Remarkable Wrestling “Danger Zone 4”
01:11:35 – Control Center

Episode #31 - Ragin' Rich RPW Updates & Primal Pro Summer Surge

We're back this week with Rich Buchholtz, CEO of Ragin' Pro Wrestling. Rich updates us on the situations with Elayna Black's hiatus and Buff Bagwell's recent surgery. We discuss the impact those events have had on RPW Destiny V, coming up on September 27. In addition, we hear about four new events being added to the RPW calendar for 2026. We also discuss the recent injuries to Draven The Blackbird King, Tom Lawlor, & Scott Stanley (of Bob's most hated tag team, The New Guys). 
Bob tells Rich and Jon that "wrestling's always on" in his house lately and discusses some notable events from a bunch of shows he watched over the past week, including Kaitlyn Marie vs Jackson Drake at PWF, Koda Hernandez getting a new challenger in Freelance, and "The Mecca" Brian Johnson's recent appearances at Chaotic Wrestling and on TNA Impact. 
In our IWX Watch This segment, Bob and Jon first discuss Sampson's recent match teaming with TNA legend, Hernandez to take on The Double D's at Canadian Elite Wrestling. 
Our main Watch This review, though, is for Primal Pro Wrestling "Summer Surge" from July 20, 2025 which was recently posted to Primal Pro's YouTube page. We absolutely loved this show and highly recommend you go check it out. The card featured:
Battle Royal
Zara Zakher vs Jordan Oasis
Tu Thang Clan vs Joey Lancaster & The Goons
Jake Maze vs J2 Mattioli
The Brothers Divine (c) vs The Pumpline (Tag Title Match)
Jake Redondo vs Jeremiah Fresh (c) (PPW Title)
As always, we congratulate several new champions crowned over the past week. In The Control Center, we preview some great shows coming up this weekend from:
Brii Combination Wrestling
2econd Wrestling
Santino Bros Wrestling Academy
Extreme Fight World
EMERGE Wrestling
ICW No Holds Barred
SOAR Wrestling 
Coastal Championship Wrestling
KAOS Wrestling
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00:00:00 - Intro, Ragin' Rich
01:20:09 - #ANDNEW
01:32:52 - Sampson/Hernandez match review
01:40:01 - IWX Watch This - Primal Pro Wrestling "Summer Surge"
02:15:10 - Control Center
 
 
 

Episode #30 - Shamrock Cup, HOG Texas, & Aggression 61

We’re back this week with a match review heavy show. First up, Bob tells us about his trip to Texas for All In week and gives us a brief review of House of Glory Texas, which had Zilla Fatu vs Charles Mason in the main event. 
 
Next, Bob and Jon talk about their trip to Joppa for the MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup and the stacked ten match card. We’ll discuss this match by match, including the main event Shamrock Cup Final, won by Chris Slade.
 
In our IWX Watch This segment, we recommend Wrestling Evolution - Aggression 61 which was posted to Youtube last week. The commentary team popped Jon so many times we lost count. On top of that, there were four really enjoyable matches:
 
Azrael Kyyam vs Saint Julious
The Drip (Tommy Okami, Bash Caliban & Chayce Coleman) vs. The OG Squad (Stuart Snodgrass, Keith Mack & Niko Jay)
Trey'Von Ali vs Chris Valo
Justin Kindred Allen vs  Robert Allen (Legacy Title)
 
As always, we congratulate twenty five new champions crowned during a busy week. Finally, in our IWX Control Center, we preview shows from:
 
ACTION Wrestling
Test of Strength
Locked Target Wrestling
Rebel Spirit Pro
Coastal Empire Wrestling
Pro Wrestling 225
We Love Wrestling
Coastal Championship Wrestling
Glory Pro Wrestling
New Texas Pro Wrestling
 
Next week, Rich Buchholtz returns to talk about the news surrounding Cora Jade & Buff Bagwell, plus an update on Destiny V, and a preview of four news shows added to the RPW event calendar for 2026. STAY TUNED!!
Special thanks to Coastal Empire Wrestling and We Love Wrestling for permission to use their audio clips on our show!
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00:00:00 - Intro, HOG Texas
00:27:23 - MCW Shane Shamrock Cup XXIV
01:08:50 - #ANDNEW
01:15:16 - IWX Watch This - Wrestling Evolution Aggression 61
01:33:03 - IWX Control Center

Episode #29 - Cussin' & Discussin' Interview

We're back with another installment of our interview series. This show is especially exciting because the guys from the Cussin' and Discussin' podcast are here!
Join us as we talk to the "Excellence of Elocution" Walter Dixon and Mike Blankenship, PhD about their origin story in wrestling, how they came together as a commentary team and then a podcast team, and their efforts to help create and grow Elevate Pro Wrestling. We also discuss their work with the great folks over at FTC Art of Grappling, clear up any misconceptions about our opinion on the Ethan Heyre/Neon Enigma spot at EPW Still Standing (which we discussed on Episode #19), and tell a great story about the professionalism of Ethan Heyre and Nikeem the Dream when things did not go as planned during their match. 
We had a ton of fun talking to Walter and Doc and we know you'll enjoy hearing their take on all things indy wrestling!! Later this week, on the main show, Bob and Jon review MCW Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XXIV. STAY TUNED!! 

Episode #28 - WATCH ALONG - Focus Pro Wrestling "All the Way Up"

Focus Pro Wrestling presented "All the Way Up" on Sunday July 13 and Indy Wrestling Experience was watching along LIVE.
If you missed the live broadcast, here's a perfect opportunity to get caught up! Join us as we react in real time to an amazing show. Check out this lineup of matches!!!
Brittnie Brooks vs Kaia McKenna (Women's Title Tournament First Round)
Leo Sparrow vs Milo Mirra
Diego Alvarez vs Vinny Pacifico
Bear Bronson vs Griffin McCoy
Gabby Forza vs Sammi Chaos (Women's Title Tournament First Round)
Post Game vs Shot Through the Heart (Focus Pro Tag Team Championship)
Danny Miles vs Charles Mason
Effy vs Brian Bayside
Mani Ariez (c) vs Channing Thomas (Focus Pro Championship Main Event)
Next week we are back to the regular program on the main podcast. On that show, we will tell you about our interview guests for later in the week. STAY TUNED!!!

Episode #27 - Interview with Evan Zalios (Focus Pro Wrestling)

We're back with the perfect way to get ready for our first IWX Live Watch Along of Focus Pro Wrestling "All the Way Up" on July 13 starting at 2:45pm. We've got Evan Zalios, promoter for Focus Pro Wrestling with us to preview the show in detail. Listen as we preview all of the matches below, discuss how Evan Zalios became a part of Focus Pro Wrestling, Focus Pro's vision for its fans and its future in the Evan Zalios era of Focus Pro. If Evan's passion for wrestling doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will. Check it out, then join us at:
https://youtube.com/live/-0K1uwdvx5M?feature=share
The card:
Brooke Havok vs Kaia McKenna (Women's Title Tournament)
Leo Sparrow vs Milo Mirra
Diego Alvarez vs Vinny Pacifico
Bear Bronson vs Griffin McCoy
Gabby Forza vs Brittnie Brooks vs Sammi Chaos (Women's Title Tournament)
Post Game (c) vs Shot Through the Heart (Tag Title Match)
Danny Miles vs Charles Mason
Effy vs Brian Bayside
Mani Ariez (c) vs Channing Thomas (Focus Pro Championship Main Event)

Episode #26 - DAWG Wrestling "All American Bash"

We’re back with a shorter version of the show this week. Bob and Lauryn will be in Texas for AEW All In week next week, so we’re splitting the normal show into two parts. Next week’s episode will be the interview with Evan Zalios of Focus Pro Wrestling as we discuss their upcoming event “All the Way Up,” which takes place on July 13, 2025. IWX will be doing a live watch along of that event on July 13. Watch our social media for more information about how to watch along with us!
 
This week, we have the rest of the regular segments (minus Watch This) from the regular show. Listen to both shows and let us know next week whether you like the split format or prefer the combined super episodes!
 
Segment 1 – Dangerous Adrenaline Wrestling Gladiators “All American Bash”
 
Bob, Jon, Lauryn and British took a road trip to Riverton, New Jersey on Saturday to meet friend of the show Dr. Lawrence Zirconium and to take in all that is Dangerous Adrenaline Wrestling Gladiators and we were not disappointed. The card featured, among others, Goldy vs Nick Comoroto for the WWGP Championship, Vinny the Fixxer vs Marvelous for the DAWG Championship, and Primal Fear vs Dylan Mesh & Dave Doll for the DAWG Tag Team Championships. Bob, Jon and Lauryn will discuss their favorite matches and explore why Lauryn refuses high fives. It was a great card and a great event. If you were there, what did you think?
 
Segment 2 - #ANDNEW
 
Congratulations to all twenty of the new champions crowned this week, including Primal Fear who won the DAWG Tag Team Championships and vaulted back to #1 in the IWX overall indy tag team rankings.
 
Segment 3 – Control Center
 
It’s Fourth of July week, and that means the calendar of wrestling events on tap for this weekend is a less full than usual. However, we still managed to find some great events taking place over the holiday including shows from:
 
Enjoy Wrestling
ZOWA Live
Apple City Championship Wrestling
Coastal Championship Wrestling
Inspire Victorious
Reactivate Pro Wrestling
 
The interview with Evan Zalios drops on Tuesday. Our Focus Pro watch along takes place on July 13 beginning at 2:45 before the event starts at 3:00. STAY TUNED!!