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DEADLOCK Podcast: Revisiting TNA iMPACT 2009, AEW Fyter Fest 2020 Week 1, GCW Backyard Wrestling 2

Back in the beginning of 2009, TNA iMPACT was still running strong. The Main Event Mafia was headlining the shows while the TNA Frontline tried to take them down themselves....

The Shining Star of Pro Wrestling: An Arisa Hoshiki Career Retrospective

Being forced to retire sucks. Being forced to retire whilst being one of the hottest stars in joshi wrestling is beyond f*cked up. But the year is 2020, and we...

DEADLOCK Podcast: Revisiting WWE SmackDown 2004, Orange Cassidy & Chris Jericho AEW, Best Entrance Theme Openers

SmackDown 2004 was an interesting year for WWE: Brock Lesnar is gone, Eddie Guerrero has stepped up to take that spot that Brock left & a lot of guys are...

Be Happy With Pro Wrestling: An Introduction to Ice Ribbon

Ice Ribbon is one of the most consistently great joshi wrestling promotions in Japan today. Founded in 2006 by Emi Sakura, who you may now know as the driving force...

Arisa Hoshiki “Shining Star” Music Video

Arisa Hoshiki easily had one of the best years out of anyone in World Wonder Ring Stardom in 2019. Winning the Cinderella tournament, moving on to defeat Momo Watanabe for...

DEADLOCK Podcast: Revisiting WCW Monday Nitro 1999, Best Wrestler Gimmicks Made Into Movies, Ricky Starks AEW Debut

WCW Monday Nitro was still going strong in 1999. While they were losing to WWE Raw more often than before, the show was still pulling strong ratings with the nWo...

DEADLOCK Podcast: The Greatest Wrestling Podcast Ever, WWE Backlash 2020 Review, Tony Hawk AEW Debut

WWE holds The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever at WWE Backlash 2020 with Edge vs Randy Orton in the main event where they went damn near close to 45 minutes. Drew...

DEADLOCK Podcast: Revisiting WWE Raw 1999, In Your House, AEW Britt Baker Roll Model

WWE is deep into the Attitude Era in 1999; Characters like Val Venis, Mr Ass Billy Gunn, The Rock, & Stone Cold Steve Austin have taken over television sets across...

Rest In Peace, Danny Havoc

There aren’t many people out there who will disagree when you say 2020 has been a terrible year, but in the world of professional wrestling alone, the month of May...

DEADLOCK Podcast: Revisiting Kurt Angle TNA Debut, AEW Inner Circle Pep Rally, Iconic Hernandez Border Toss

TNA in the year 2006 had a lot of steam: SpikeTV had offered them a primetime slot on television, Christian Cage was now in TNA, and Kurt Angle would make...

DEADLOCK Podcast: AEW Double Or Nothing 2020 Review, Owen Hart Documentary, First Ever AEW Stadium Stampede Match

AEW Double Or Nothing 2020 went down this past weekend which saw the event headlined by the Stadium Stampede match between The Elite & The Inner Circle where so much...

A Tribute To Hana Kimura

You could ask any pro wrestling fan on the planet, regardless of if they watch joshi puroresu, and they will probably have heard of Hana Kimura. Hana loved wrestling, she...

Rest In Peace, Hana Kimura

Here at Deadlock, we typically like to keep things more lighthearted, comedic, and unique. More specifically, I like to look at things from within the world of wrestling when writing...

Yuka Sakazaki “Magical Girl” Music Video

Yuka Sakazaki stole the hearts of thousands when she appeared shortly for All Elite Wrestling. While most in the west probably know her for just that, Sakazaki is a tenured...

DEADLOCK Podcast: Revisiting WWE ECW 2006, Chris Jericho DESTROYS Vanguard 1 On AEW Dynamite, Road Warriors VICE Documentary

WWE launched WWE ECW after the success of ECW One Night Stand 2005 with WWE ECW on SyFy. James, Tony, & Johnny go back in time to revisit the WWE...