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2024
NINE AWARDS! Thank you to the voters of the QWI Awards and LGBTQ in the Ring Podcast for hosting such a momentous occasion!
Also congratulations to EVERYONE in the QWI 200 annual list, including all our special hoodslammers and NUMBER 1 gayest wrestler, mother of the haus of slam DARK Sheik.
https://www.outsports.com/2024/12/12/24105021/qwi-200-lgbtq-gay-trans-wrestlers-top-20/
2023
PWI Magazine: The Most Unique Wrestling Show – October 16th, 2023
Grit & Glitter Podcast: California Uber Alles – The Career and Lives of DARK Sheik – July 4th, 2023
KTVU – Hoodslam Brings Pride to Wrestling – June 2nd, 2023
SF Chronicle – How a trans persian wrestler Built Oakland’s Hoodslam – March 30th, 2023
2022
Secret San Francisco – Hoodslam – Septemeber 22, 2022
2020
SF Gate – Oakland’s Hoodslam wrestles with a pandemic: ‘It’s an existential crisis’ – April 24th, 2020
SF Chronicle – Oakland’s Hoodslam Makes Room in the Ring for a Trans Wrestler – January 17th, 2020
2019
CHRON – Oakland’s GLAM promotes inclusivity in women’s pro wrestling showcase – August 19th, 2019
2018
Times Standard – Eureka Wrestles Up Funding for Community Services Program with Help from HOODSLAM – December 10th, 2018
East Bay Express- Hoodslam is going Weekly – November 11th, 2018
Steve Austin Podcast with AJ Kirsch (Broseph Joe Brody) – September 24th, 2018
Mel Magazine – Hoodslam, the 420-Friendly, Anti-Racist Wrestling Troupe, Might Just Be the Bay Area’s Best Startup – August 31st, 2018
2017
Hoodline – Hoodslam’s Wrestlers Fight Misogny and Homophobia, One Pile Driver at a Time– April 7th, 2017
Salon.com – The Progressive Wrestler – June 28th, 2017
National Geographic – KAYFABE – April 4th, 2017
2016
The Bold Italic – Trump on Ice – November 4th, 2016
The Bold Italic – The Most Outrageous Show in the Bay Area… – October 12th, 2016
VIP Section – MVP talks with Broseph Joe Brody and DARK Sheik – August 13th, 2016
Broke Ass Stuart- The Weird World of Underground Wrestling in Oakland – July 18th, 2016
Brittany Wonder on Booking The Territory Podcast – April 27th, 2016
Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism- Pro Wrestlers Throw Down in Heels – March 10th, 2016
OZY – This is Hoodslam: Oakland’s Craziest, Raunchiest Fight Night – February 6th, 2016
Reno Gazette – Hoodslam: Raunchy pro-wrestling ‘pirates’ in Reno – January 15, 2016
2015
Loaded UK – How Stoner Wrestling Became A Global Phenomenon – December 30, 2015
Oakland Magazine – Hoodslam Paris Pro Wrestling and Performance Art – May 15, 2015
The Five: Allison and Anthony Get Drunk and Go To HOODSLAM- PART ONE – May 5, 2015
Everything Is Already Something: Allison and Anthony Get Drunk and Go To HOODSLAM, PART 2 – May 6, 2015
The Laney Tower – Hoodslam: THIS IS REAL – April 30, 2015
Huffington Post – 21 Best Things To Do In The San Francisco Bay Area, As Explained By Locals – February 19, 2015
“On the first Friday of every month, Oakland Metro Operahouse hosts Hoodslam, where wrestlers/performance artists ‘perform’ for fans. It’s insanely awesome, and on the first Thursday of every month there are also variety shows.” — Alan B.
Maxim – The Most Beautiful Underground Wrestling Documentary You’ll See All Day – February 10, 2015
Al Jazeera – Underground wrestling a hit in Oakland – February 9, 2015
The New York Times – Pro Wrestling, Rated R – February 27, 2015
This is Hoodslam: Oakland’s Craziest, Raunchiest Fight Night – January 12th, 2015
2014
Ace of Geeks: Why the Future of Pro Wrestling is the Death of Kayfabe – December 12th, 2014
L.A. Times – Welcome to Hoodslam – December 11th, 2014
L.A.Times – Inside the Pro Wrestling Ring: Up Close at Hoodslam – December 4th, 2014
NPR.org Wacky Wrestlers of Yesterday – Nov 27th, 2014
Vice.com The Drunken, Bloody Pro Wrestling of Hoodslam isn’t for kids – November 4th, 2014
Cheap Popcast #32: Networking outside WWE – Sept 13, 2014 (@1:20 into the show)
Giant Bomb Podcast: Video Games & Pop culture – Sept 9, 2014 (@1:15 into the show)
KALW SF Radio – Audiograph’s Sound of the Week: Hoodslam – August 22, 2014
SFist – Your Friday Night Agenda: Hoodslam, Jack London Square, Bar and Bites Hopping – July 31, 2014
SF Weekly – Drunken American Storytelling: Western Culture Washes up on the Boozy Shores of a Wrestling Ring in West Oakland – July 2, 2014
Bold Italic – Hoodslam is Crazy; Go To It – April 4th, 2014
2013
HOODSLAM in the SF Chronicle – October 20, 2013
Condensed Audio from Hoodslam’s Visit to 107.7 The Bone – July 19, 2013
Hoodslam: This is Real | The Pioneer Online – July 11, 2013
A Cold One w/The Cold One Episode 10: Interview with Johnny Drinko Butabi – July 10, 2013
“THIS IS REAL” by Will Bundy on Wine & Bowties – July 8, 2013
PWP Xtra Drake Younger: PWG, CZW, His Future and more – June 13, 2013
HOODSLAM in A’s Home Opener Coverage on KTVU – April 1, 2013
HOODSLAM on NBC Bay Area – March 8, 2013
2012
HOODSLAM in Oakland North – March 29, 2012
RADICAN’S DVD REVIEW SERIES: “Hoodslam: So I Married a Hoodslammer” – February 16, 2012
2010-11
Round and Round; My Return to Pro Wrestling – October 12, 2011
HOODSLAM in the Oakland Tribune – September 13, 2011
The Performant 45: Oh Rapture, up yours! – May 24, 2011
RADICAN’S HOODSLAM DVD REVIEW SERIES “I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST HOODSLAM” – April 8, 2011
HOODSLAM on Uptown Almanac – December 17, 2010
