After Hogan and the NWO I had to break the scope back open again. Rina Yamashita is a name unknown to many, even amongst a lot of western joshi fans. Rina is (as of writing) one of the top freelancers in Japan and one of the most unique wrestlers in her field. She has competed in many smaller promotions with […]
This week marks the 25th anniversary of Hulk Hogan telling the fans to stick it, dropping the leg on Randy Savage and joining Scott Hall and Kevin Nash during the main event of Bash at the Beach 1996. It marks the 25th anniversary of the New World Order of wrestling brother! The NWO was a revolutionary group and a revolutionary […]
What do a masked Mexican wrestler (Mil Mascaras) and an Australian-Hong Kong co-produced film (The Man from Hong Kong) have in common? Given that you’ve clicked on an article about theme music, your guess is likely spot on. English group Jigsaw (known as English Jigsaw in Australia due to another group named Jigsaw already existing) contributed Sky High to the […]
This week the roadtrip makes a stop in Tennessee. The home of country music and the Smoky Mountains. Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a promotion that ran from 1991 to 1995, led by Jim Cornette and aimed to present “wrestling the way it used to be and the way you like it”. The promotion featured a lot of talent that had […]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh… Sorry. On the latest instalment of Roadtrip Music we’re looking at the 1985 classic Tarzan Boy by Italian group Baltimora. It is the group’s debut single from their debut album Life in the Background (which isn’t awful). The group peaked early with Tarzan Boy establishing them as a one hit […]
May 23 (tomorrow as of writing) marks the first anniversary of the passing of joshi star Hana Kimura. Had things panned out differently, star would be insufficient – Hana was headed towards being a bona fide superstar. I could talk for days about Hana Kimura, and likely will in either a podcast or article at some point – but for […]
