Trailblazer Championship Wrestling – Monster’s Brawl 4 (2025) A Live Professional Wrestling Event It’s a spooky night that only comes once a year, as ghouls and specters descend on Gardner, Kansas to have one last hurrah before Halloween. Tonight is not just another show. Tonight, the doors have been thrown open to something else entirely. Welcome to Monster’s Brawl 4 from Trailblazer Championship Wrestling. Sometimes, costumes are not always costumes, grudges take on a life of their own, and every match feels just a little more spooky, perhaps even dangerous, than it should.

Check out this spine-tingling recap of Trailblazer's big Halloween show from 2025 - Monster's Brawl 4!

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REVIEW: Tri States Wrestling – Spring Slampede (2026) A Live Professional Wrestling Show There was a lot of uncertainty surrounding Northern Missouri’s Tri States Wrestling going into 2026. First and foremost, John Rockhold, the founder and owner of the company since 2022, stepped away in January of 2026. As expected, that immediately fueled the rumor mill, with people looking for any kind of “dirt.” It even reached my page, with John himself having to step in and clarify that he was simply too busy and needed a break from running the promotion.

Working on getting some reviews up this week, first up is a review of a show I attended just over a week ago in Bethany, MO.

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REVIEW: Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling – Checkpoint: Fallout (2025) A live professional wrestling event Welp, it looks like there’s always a new war to worry about and prices keep flying through the roof. If you can even afford to go see live entertainment at all, much less professional wrestling, good luck getting tickets on a budget, because WWE shows have become astronomically expensive. Thankfully, the local independent scene still has your back, and that is especially true with Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling, which for over a year now has been running small Sunday afternoon shows at its training facility in Raytown, Missouri for just ten bucks a head.

#KansasCity #wrestling fans! Make sure to check out my review of #KCXW Checkpoint: Fallout from late last year!

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REVIEW: Central States Wrestling – Tales from the Ring (2025)

A Live professional Wrestling show held in Overland Park, Kansas In 2024, it felt like many had written Central States Wrestling off as a “dead…

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REVIEW: Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling – Xcellence (2025) a live professional wrestling event Professional wrestling companies come and go, and when they do, it’s often easy to overlook the impact they had simply because their time was short. History tells a different story. World Championship Wrestling lasted just three years. Lucha Underground ran for roughly four. Extreme Championship Wrestling survived seven. None of them were around long, yet all permanently altered the national wrestling landscape.

REVIEW: Kansas City Xtreme Wrestling – Xcellence (2025)

a live professional wrestling event Professional wrestling companies come and go, and when they do, it’s often easy to overlook the impact they had simply because their time was short. History tells a different story. World Championship…

REVIEW: Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline (2025) A Film directed by Takeshi Koike Lupin the 3rd is one of the most enduring franchises in Japanese popular culture, with a lifespan that stretches back to 1967, when author Monkey Punch’s original manga debuted. Since then, the series has existed in almost constant production for nearly six decades, spanning multiple manga runs, six main television series, dozens of TV specials, theatrical films, OVAs, stage adaptations, and video games.

REVIEW: Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline (2025)

A Film directed by Takeshi Koike Lupin the 3rd is one of the most enduring franchises in Japanese popular culture, with a lifespan that stretches back to 1967, when author Monkey Punch’s original manga debuted. Since then, the series…

REVIEW: Dogsred Vol. 2 (2025) A Manga by Satoru Noda Picking up where I left off in my previous review of Dogsred, volume two throws us back onto the ice with Rou Shirakawa in the aftermath of his first and only game with Miyamori Junior High. The school is dissolved after its final year due to low enrollment, effectively ending his brief introduction to organized hockey.

REVIEW: Dogsred Vol. 2 (2025)

A Manga by Satoru Noda Picking up where I left off in my previous review of Dogsred, volume two throws us back onto the ice with Rou Shirakawa in the aftermath of his first and only game with Miyamori Junior High. The school is dissolved after its final year due to…

REVIEW: Indigenous Archival Activism – Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory (2024) A book by Rose Miron Indigenous Archival Activism by Rose Miron chronicles the efforts of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation Historical Committee to develop a centralized Mohican tribal archive aimed at reclaiming, reconstructing, and preserving Indigenous identity and culture. Dr. Rose Miron comes to this project as the previous Director of the D’arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at the Newberry Library; she is now Vice President of Research and Education at Northwestern University.

REVIEW: Indigenous Archival Activism – Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory (2024)

A book by Rose Miron Indigenous Archival Activism by Rose Miron chronicles the efforts of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation Historical Committee to develop a centralized Mohican tribal archive…

REVIEW: Dogsred Vol. 1 (2025) A Manga by Satoru Noda You really do not see many manga centered on ice hockey, which is kind of surprising. Maybe the sport just is not that popular in Japan, but considering there are successful series about volleyball, badminton, horse racing, and even American football (which I know is not popular in Japan), it is wild that hockey has not received much attention.

REVIEW: Dogsred Vol. 1 (2025)

A Manga by Satoru Noda You really do not see many manga centered on ice hockey, which is kind of surprising. Maybe the sport just is not that popular in Japan, but considering there are successful series about volleyball, badminton, horse racing, and even American…

REVIEW: Scarlet (2025) An Anime Film directed by Mamoru Hosoda I was actually unaware that this film had been damn near crucified by Japanese audiences, and as a result, I think some of that reaction trickled into the American advanced previews the film received a few months ago. In my opinion, people have seemed poised to hate this film long before it released for some reason I honestly don't understand.

REVIEW: Scarlet (2025)

An Anime Film directed by Mamoru Hosoda I was actually unaware that this film had been damn near crucified by Japanese audiences, and as a result, I think some of that reaction trickled into the American advanced previews the film received a few months ago. In my opinion,…

REVIEW: Doctor Who – Real Time (2002) An audio drama set to still images by Big Finish and broadcast on BBCi 2002 was an interesting time for Doctor Who fandom. There were persistent murmurs that the BBC planned to bring the show back after being cancelled some fifteen years prior, but with the 40th anniversary approaching and no proper television revival in sight, the franchise was being kept alive in other ways.

REVIEW: Doctor Who – Real Time (2002)

An audio drama set to still images by Big Finish and broadcast on BBCi 2002 was an interesting time for Doctor Who fandom. There were persistent murmurs that the BBC planned to bring the show back after being cancelled some fifteen years prior, but with the…

REVIEW: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025)

An Anime TV series It has been nearly a year since I watched Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning in theaters, and I absolutely loved the experience. The film functions as an alternate retelling of the original Mobile Suit Gundam timeline, built…

I wonder how he plagiarized Satoshi Kon this time around?

REVIEW: Tri States Wrestling – Sliced Bread Slam: IV (2025)

A live professional wrestling show Sometimes I wonder which shows I’ve seen since starting this project will truly stick with me forever. I mean the kinds of shows that a Kansas City professional wrestling fan can look back on and…

REVIEW: Fountain City Pro – The Show Goes on (2025)

A Live Professional Wrestling Show I’m a little late in typing this up, okay I'm a LOT late, but I wanted to hop back in my time machine to late summer, when I attended Fountain City Pro’s The Show Goes On at the Ball Event Center in Olathe,…

REVIEW: XWC – 2025 Xtreme Dream Youth Camp For a while, I had been looking for some kind of athletic activity for my son to do occasionally, something that was not just yelling at other kids on Roblox, and something structured that would help avoid some of the issues we have had with neighborhood kids that I am not particularly fond of. I was already aware that KCXW offered youth programs, and since I try to attend all of their shows and occasionally sponsor matches, I had seen their advertisements over time.

REVIEW: XWC – 2025 Xtreme Dream Youth Camp

For a while, I had been looking for some kind of athletic activity for my son to do occasionally, something that was not just yelling at other kids on Roblox, and something structured that would help avoid some of the issues we have had with neighborhood…

REVIEW: JUJUTSU KAISEN – Execution (2025) A Film Directed by Shota Goshozono OOF!! A movie like this is exactly what the anime industry should stop doing. 2025 has felt like the dawn of a new era in anime acceptance and critical acclaim, largely because films like Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle performed so well both commercially and culturally. Dropping a lazily assembled compilation film like Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution…

REVIEW: JUJUTSU KAISEN – Execution (2025)

A Film Directed by Shota Goshozono OOF!! A movie like this is exactly what the anime industry should stop doing. 2025 has felt like the dawn of a new era in anime acceptance and critical acclaim, largely because films like Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle…

REVIEW: Chainsaw Man – Reze Arc (2025) An Anime Film, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara I mentioned in my review of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle that Hollywood media types seemed both befuddled and shaken by that film’s success, and were likely looking to Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc to determine whether anime was suddenly “the next big thing” in Hollywood or if Demon Slayer was simply a fluke.

REVIEW: Chainsaw Man – Reze Arc (2025)

An Anime Film, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara I mentioned in my review of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle that Hollywood media types seemed both befuddled and shaken by that film’s success, and were likely looking to Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc to…

REVIEW: The Long Walk (2025) A Film directed by Francis Lawrence based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman). While dystopian “murder game” narratives such as The Hunger Games, The Running Man, and Battle Royale are hardly a new phenomenon, most entries in the subgenre can trace their thematic and stylistic lineage back to The Long Walk…

REVIEW: The Long Walk (2025)

A Film directed by Francis Lawrence based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman). While dystopian “murder game” narratives such as The Hunger Games, The Running Man, and Battle Royale are hardly a new phenomenon, most…

REVIEW: The Irish Assassins – Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England (2021) A Book by Julie Kavanagh Julie Kavanagh’s The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England revisits one of the most shocking episodes in nineteenth-century Anglo-Irish history, the 1882 assassinations of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Rather than treating the murders as an isolated act of political violence, Kavanagh frames them as the culmination of long-standing structural tensions between Great Britain and Ireland, deepened by decades of economic exploitation, political repression, and repeated failures of reform.

REVIEW: The Irish Assassins – Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England (2021)

A Book by Julie Kavanagh Julie Kavanagh’s The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England revisits one of the most shocking…

An Interview with Professional Wrestling Referee Nick Chinn Nick Chinn is one of, if not the most noticeable referees in the Kansas City area, popping up everywhere around this territory as well as on a few national TV brands. When I first started attending local indy shows again after the Covid-19 global pandemic trapped everyone at home for more than a year and a half, I ended up going to Central States Wrestling quite a bit, and of course I got to see Nick ref numerous matches.

An Interview with Professional Wrestling Referee Nick Chinn

Nick Chinn is one of, if not the most noticeable referees in the Kansas City area, popping up everywhere around this territory as well as on a few national TV brands. When I first started attending local indy shows again after the…

PREVIEW: Trailblazer Championship Wrestling – Hostile Territory (11-15-25)

An Upcoming live professional Wrestling Show When most companies are running whimsically-minded holiday shows like “Turkey Takedown” or “Season’s Beatings” right now, Trailblazer Championship Wrestling is closing out the…

PREVIEW: Trailblazer Championship Wrestling – Monster’s Brawl 4 (10-18-25) An Upcoming Live Professional Wrestling Event Every year, Trailblazer Championship Wrestling’s biggest show is undoubtedly Monster’s Brawl, the annual Halloween spectacular held every October. This year will be particularly notable, as it marks the first time that both the Trailblazer Heavyweight Championship and the Trailblazer Women’s Championship will be defended at the event. Leading up to the show, there have already been some shocking announcements, first and foremost that…

PREVIEW: Trailblazer Championship Wrestling – Monster’s Brawl 4 (10-18-25)

An Upcoming Live Professional Wrestling Event Every year, Trailblazer Championship Wrestling’s biggest show is undoubtedly Monster’s Brawl, the annual Halloween spectacular held every October. This year will be particularly…

REVIEW: 100 Meters (2025) A Film Directed by Kenji Iwaisawa (a.k.a. Hyakuemu) Most long-form sports anime center on familiar but powerful tropes that highlight perseverance, rivalry, and perhaps most importantly, teamwork. They often feature an underdog protagonist, who starts weak but grows through determination, often spurred by a genius rival whose natural talent challenges them to improve. The storyline progresses through training arcs, emotional flashbacks, and wise mentor figures that help drive their progress toward the inevitable…

REVIEW: 100 Meters (2025)

A Film Directed by Kenji Iwaisawa (a.k.a. Hyakuemu) Most long-form sports anime center on familiar but powerful tropes that highlight perseverance, rivalry, and perhaps most importantly, teamwork. They often feature an underdog protagonist, who starts weak but grows…

REVIEW: Aquariums of PyongYang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag (2000) A Book by Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot The Aquariums of Pyongyang was written via a collaboration between Kang Chol-hwan and French Historian Pierre Rigoulot acting somewhat like a ghostwriter. The two men met when Pierre was working for The International Organization for Human Rights interviewing defectors about political repression in North Korea. Rigoulot was particularly taken aback by Kang’s story and talked him into writing a book together to shed light on his very specific circumstances.

REVIEW: Aquariums of PyongYang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag (2000)

A Book by Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot The Aquariums of Pyongyang was written via a collaboration between Kang Chol-hwan and French Historian Pierre Rigoulot acting somewhat like a ghostwriter. The two men met when…

REVIEW: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle (2025) An Anime Film Event, directed by Haruo Sotozaki One of the more humorous aspects of the 2025 theatrical season is watching industry insiders utterly baffled by the runaway success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle. For two straight weeks, the film held the top spot at the domestic box office. It now sits just ten million dollars shy of surpassing…

REVIEW: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle (2025)

An Anime Film Event, directed by Haruo Sotozaki One of the more humorous aspects of the 2025 theatrical season is watching industry insiders utterly baffled by the runaway success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie:…

REVIEW: Shin Godzilla (2015), 10th Anniversary re-release (2025) A Film directed by Hideaki Anno Some of the best Godzilla movies are the ones where Godzilla is used as a powerful representation of anxieties about a post-WWII nuclear age, but through the years the character has largely become more of a superhero than an ominous warning to viewers. I love the sillier Godzilla films, however ones that go “back to basics,” such as the recent…

REVIEW: Shin Godzilla (2015), 10th Anniversary re-release (2025)

A Film directed by Hideaki Anno Some of the best Godzilla movies are the ones where Godzilla is used as a powerful representation of anxieties about a post-WWII nuclear age, but through the years the character has largely become more…

Review – The Naked Gun (2025) A film directed by Akiva Schaffer When it was declared that a remake or sequel to the legendary comedic film series The Naked Gun was in the works, most people were skeptical at best, if not outright infuriated. Many pointed out that it would be nearly impossible to find anyone remotely as good as the late Leslie Nielsen to take the reins, but when they announced…

Review – The Naked Gun (2025)

A film directed by Akiva Schaffer When it was declared that a remake or sequel to the legendary comedic film series The Naked Gun was in the works, most people were skeptical at best, if not outright infuriated. Many pointed out that it would be nearly impossible to…

REVIEW: The Smurfs (2025) An animated film directed by Chris Miller As somebody born in the early ’80s, I, of course, watched The Smurfs cartoon based on the French comics, but I’ve never been a hardcore fan. I barely remember seeing the CGI/live-action hybrid film from about 15 years ago where the Smurfs ended up in New York, and I didn’t care for it.

REVIEW: The Smurfs (2025)

An animated film directed by Chris Miller As somebody born in the early ’80s, I, of course, watched The Smurfs cartoon based on the French comics, but I’ve never been a hardcore fan. I barely remember seeing the CGI/live-action hybrid film from about 15 years ago where…