Roadtrip Music: ChaChaLaLa by Jim Johnston (Fandango)

Somehow I’ve managed to do a (mostly) weekly series on wrestling music for five months and not even mention Jim Johnston. That’s gotta change! The man is the most prolific contributor to the soundscape of professional wrestling there is, thanks to his three decades of composing music for WWE. This is an odd one to be the first one, but […]

Sting Profile

Born: March 20, 1959 | Birthplace: Omaha, NebraskaBilled Hometown: Venice Beach, California | Billed Weight: 250 lbsOther Aliases: Flash Born in Nebraska but raised in Southern California, Steve Borden played football and basketball in high school, before embarking on a bodybuilding career. Not initially a fan of professional wrestling, he was inspired to enter the business after attending a live […]

Roadtrip Music: Symphony No. 9 in Em, “From the New World”, Op. 95, iv. Allegro con fuoco by Antonin Dvorak (WALTER, Imperium, Ringkampf)

For the first time in quite a while I tuned into NXT to see the follow up to the much-heralded match from 2020 between WWE United Kingdom champion WALTER and Ilja Dragunov. Between the way the Capitol Wrestling Center is decked out, the changed commentary team and the wrestlers involved – the presentation was a long way from the NXT […]

Roadtrip Music: Separados by Luis Miguel (Ultimo Dragon)

A trip to Mexico can really change a person. Tetsuya Naito learnt how to be tranquilo. Akira Hokuto became a demon and young Yoshihiro Asai became a dragon. Asai was a New Japan trainee struggling to get anywhere due to his size. He relocated to Mexico, learnt the lucha libre style from Bruce Lee (or so the canon seems to […]

Vader Profile

Born: May 14, 1955 (Leon White) | Birthplace: Lynwood, CaliforniaDied: June 18, 2018 (Heart Failure)Billed Hometown: The Rocky Mountains | Billed Weight: 450 lbsOther Aliases: Baby Bull, Bull Power, Big Van Vader, Super Vader Leon White started his pro wrestling career in 1985 with Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association, after his NFL career (1978-79 with the Los Angeles Rams) ended […]