As the popularity and size of Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment promotion has increased over the years so too has the number of independent wrestling organizations. Though WCW and ECW have ...

Aug. 29 -- A backyard wrestler hits an opponent over the head with a fluorescent light bulb, a heavy-set wrestler leaps off a roof on top of his friend, and bodies go flying over the top rope. A ...

Two or three years ago, Paradox Development's Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood might have been a pretty decent entry-level wrestling game. But the reality in the here and now is that ...

For generations, suburban kids have turned their backyards into makeshift sports arenas, where fantasies of stardom flourish. That was me, the skinny blond kid, magically transformed into Elgin Baylor ...

Backyard Wrestling places you in the role of an aspiring wrestler. You must be prepared to endure extreme amounts of pain and take incredible risks in order to move one step closer to the BYW title ...

There is shocking new evidence that children do imitate what they see on TV. The most popular programming on cable TV is professional wrestling, where well-trained adults appear to beat each other to ...

Rick Mahr walks into a built-to-impress bar on the Sunset Strip called Mirabelle. He’s wearing designer jeans, a streamlined, beige leather jacket and matching tassel-free loafers. He has a 5 o’clock ...