Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, and more WWE wrestlers meet fans at PNC Field in Moosic on Aug. 11
From a press release: While the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders are playing an away game on Saturday, Aug. 11, some legendary pro wrestling stars will take over PNC Field in Moosic for a live wrestling event and meet and greet from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. The Triple-A minor league baseball team will present Big Time Wrestling with a […]
After sold-out Wilkes-Barre event, ‘WWE SmackDown’ returns to Mohegan Sun Arena on July 17
From a press release: Following up the “WWE Live” show at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in January, it was announced today that “WWE SmackDown Live” will be back in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, July 17 at 7:45 p.m. This will be the first time in two years that the Luzerne County arena will […]
From wrestling to music, Back Breakers Training Center in Scranton now hosting all-ages concerts
Art galleries and old storefronts have served as music venues for Scranton shows for decades, so why not a professional wrestling training facility? Located just on the outskirts of the downtown area, Back Breakers Training Center (1008 N. Washington Ave., Scranton) trains athletes for the big time in a 16×16-foot wrestling ring and hosts wrestling […]
Karl Anderson talks Finn Balor and Wilkes-Barre ‘WWE Ride Along’ before Mohegan Sun Arena match on Jan. 26
This time last year, pro wrestlers Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows became the WWE Raw Tag Team Champions during the Royal Rumble pre-show, but they ended up losing the title to the Hardy Boyz at WrestleMania 33 a few months later. Now, after turning face as Finn Bálor’s surprise tag team partners on Jan. 1, […]
INTERVIEW: Honky Tonk Man tells WWE stories and ‘dirty secrets’ at Scranton Comedy Club on Jan. 18
A week before WWE Live returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, a WWE pro wrestler from the past who is still hailed as the “greatest intercontinental champion of all time” will bring a different kind of show to the Scranton Comedy Club at the Ramada Inn in Clarks Summit on Thursday, Jan. 18 […]
ECPW Rock & Wrestling takes over Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on Jan. 19
From a press release: Music and wrestling have long been intertwined, so for the first time ever, three local heavy metal bands and two underground rap artists will perform in between the high-flying, action-packed excitement of East Coast Professional Wrestling at ECPW Rock & Wrestling at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on Friday, Jan. 19 […]
WWE Legend Honky Tonk Man rolls one-man show into Scranton Comedy Club on Jan. 18
From a press release: A week before WWE Live returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, the Honky Tonk Man, a former WWE pro wrestler and self-proclaimed “greatest intercontinental champion of all time,” will bring his one-man show of stories and opinions to the new Scranton Comedy Club at the Ramada Inn in Clarks […]
WWE Live returns to Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre before Royal Rumble on Jan. 26
From a press release: Following “WWE Monday Night Raw’s” long-awaited return to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza earlier this year and a sold-out 900th episode of “WWE SmackDown Live” featuring The Undertaker’s return in 2016, World Wrestling Entertainment will return to Wilkes-Barre just days before the Royal Rumble with “WWE Live” on Friday, […]
Ted ‘Million Dollar Man’ DiBiase documentary ‘Price of Fame’ screens in NEPA theaters on Nov. 7
From a press release: Ted DiBiase is known by scores of fans as the “Million Dollar Man,” the larger-than-life character that helped launch pro-wrestling into the international spotlight and one of the greatest villains in pro-wrestling history. But the price of fame took DiBiase away from his family and into an egocentric world of self-fulfillment […]
NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Break the Barrier indie wrestling festival in Old Forge and Powerbomb.TV
The NEPA Scene Podcast is back in a new location with new co-hosts and a fresh format, conducting the same honest, uncensored interviews and in-depth discussions about Northeastern Pennsylvania that the show has become known for, covering local arts, entertainment, and the issues that matter to the area. Recorded and produced every week by Internet […]
