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We’re saddened by the news of the passing of Wakako Kawagoshi-Fisher, who was a collaborator and model for both From Parts Unknown and the predecessor to our VintageNinja.net site Ninja80. Condolences to the Fishers and her family in Japan, we’ve … Continued
It’s been an excellent Fall season for our latest book Rencor: Life in Grudge City. Read this fantastic interview author Matt Wallace did for SLAM! Wrestling, Canada’s #1 source for pro wrestling news. Good for them for pushing the envelope … Continued
Loved by man and mummy alike, it’s here, the second-coming of Matt Wallace’s RENCOR: LIFE IN GRUDGE CITY! By popular demand the genre-blended love letter to buddy cop movies and classic lucha-heroes is now available in traditional print format. “Funny, bloody-knuckled … Continued
August 6th and 7th sees the renowned and ultra-diverse Latino Comix Expo return to the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA. We’ll be there hosting a panel centered on keeping lucha-heroes relevant in the era of billion … Continued
What has two rival luchadores forced to partner up to clean up the streets, a possibly fake mummy, a possibly real mummy, a Latina kick boxer in a lab coat, a crooked promoter, a crooked museum, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, over-aggressive … Continued
Matt Wallace‘s Rencor: Life in Grudge City is centered on rival técnico and rudo enmascarados forced to work together buddy-cop-movie-style, but what you’ll read below features neither of the leads — El Victor III and El Mil Calaveras III. Instead … Continued
Matt Wallace‘s Rencor: Life in Grudge City is now available for pre-order via Amazon! Matt’s fusion of buddy cop and ‘pareja increible’ tag team ring action joins Christa Faust’s Hoodtown on FPU’s exclusive shelf of enmascardo-infused hard-boiled fiction. PREORDER HERE … Continued
We lost one of the icons of the 90s international masked wrestler boom today, FMW legend and iconic high-flyer Hayabusa (Eiji Ezaki), who passed away of bleeding of the brain at age 47. Hayabusa was a colorful high-flyer with absolutely … Continued