SoCalUncensored.com is a professional wrestling news website based in Southern California. It is owned by Steven Bryant and was created in 2001. The site aggregates local wrestling and MMA events and a number of wrestlers such as
Samoa Joe
Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Samoa Joe who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Joe is currently a double champion - in his first reign both as AEW ...
and
Jake Atlas have contributed to the site over the years. The popularity of the site led
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the Head of Talent Relations. He is best know ...
,
Frankie Kazarian
Frank Benedict Gerdelman (born August 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and musician currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian. In addition, Kazarian also performs for Impact Wres ...
, and
Scorpio Sky to name their
professional wrestling stable as "
SoCal Uncensored" in homage to it.
Pro Wrestling Stable
At
Ring of Honor's Final Battle, Scorpio Sky joined Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian, becoming known as SoCal Uncensored. They chose the name SoCal Uncensored in homage to the website, which all three were fans of. Before using the name they asked for and were granted permission from the website to use the name.
Legal threats from Lucha Underground
In March 2018,
Lucha Underground's parent company, FMV, sent a cease and desist to Steven Bryant of SoCalUncensored.com and
Ryan Satin
Ryan Satin is an American pop culture and professional wrestling journalist. He was a producer for TMZ and founded Pro Wrestling Sheet which reports on professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. He has since left the site and now works for Fox ...
of ProWrestlingSheet.com for publishing spoilers to recent Lucha Underground tapings. SoCalUncensored.com continued to post spoilers for Lucha Underground and no further legal action was taken.
Awards
SoCalUncensored.com has given annual
professional wrestling awards
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in several categories since 2001. The awards have been referenced on Ring of Honor,
Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the pro ...
,
AEW television, and featured on Spectrum News.
Hall of Fame
SoCalUncensored.com currently hosts the
Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame
The Southern California Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame was created in 2001 by wrestlers Cincinnati Red, Jason "Primetime" Peterson and Steven Bryant, it was dedicated in the memory of Louie Spicolli. The Hall of Fame was created with the mission to ...
, which was created in 2001 by wrestlers
Cincinnati Red, Jason "Primetime" Peterson and Steven Bryant.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://socaluncensored.com
2001 in professional wrestling
Professional wrestling websites