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John LaRocca

Booking With LaRocca – Bringing Back Battlebowl For A NXT Special

The past two weeks, the WWE reached into their collection of intellectual properties they acquired from World Championship Wrestling to revive The Great American Bash for NXT to counter program AEW’s two-week Fyter Fest event. The NXT’s Bash was a success. It gave fans two weeks of top-notch pro wrestling action which included a classic…

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Mr. Wrestling #2 Inspired Another Mr. Wrestling

The passing of pro wrestling legend Mr. Wrestling #2 aka Johnny Walker brought back memories of not only his great career, but also of how he inspired one of my favorite characters that I created and booked — Mr. Wrestling #4. In 2007, one of my long-time friends JJ Perez suffered a serious neck injury…

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First Favorite Wrestler – How Lex Luger Hooked Me On Pro Wrestling

When I first started watching pro wrestling, I saw Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Andre The Giant. I was hooked, but my fandom did not truly kick in until I saw “The Total Package” Lex Luger. On The Fight Game Podcast, you have heard me talk a lot about when I was…

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What’s Keith Lee’s Road To WrestleMania?

John LaRocca looks at a possible way to get Keith Lee on that road to WrestleMania.

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The Art Of The Big Man – Scott “Flash” Norton

John LaRocca writes about Scott “Flash” Norton, and how great of a big man he was in his hey day.

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Throwback Thursday Video – Summer Action Series: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Suwama

John LaRocca looks at Shuji Ishikawa vs Suwama from AJPW’s Summer Action Series in our Throwback Thursday video.

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Video – The Old Aces: Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs Suwama

John LaRocca looks at the 2008 Champion Carnival finale – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Suwama.

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