Windy City Slam

Still the reigning AAW Pro Champion, “The King of Chicago” Joe Alonzo is TNA’s newest star. Alonzo joins Windy City Slam for the first time to discuss winning his dark match over The Home Town Man at LockDown in Chicago to earn his TNA contract, his X Division qualifying match against KC Navarro, taking aim at Leon Slater, thoughts on other Chicagoland talent in TNA, John E. Bravo, Robert “Ego” Anthony...

With the premiere of “The Spot” quickly approaching, Windy City Slam welcomes current Rocket Pro, Wrestle League and ARWPRO Indiana State Champion Shaq Jordan and local photographer and artist Vero Delgado, two of the stars of the upcoming short film. The two discuss how they got involved with “The Spot” and their characters in the film. Jordan discusses the growth of his stable at Rocket Pro while Delgado s...

Emerging young star Davina Thorne has only been wrestling for about a year and a half, but “The Head Diva” is already making her name around Chicagoland and even around the country. Thorne joins Windy City Slam for the first time to discuss training at the Freelance Wrestling Academy, working at places such as Freelance Wrestling and AAW Pro, how BloodStone Wrestling brought her and her boyfriend, fellow wrestler, Anaki...

“Yours Rudely” Trevor Outlaw returns to Windy City Slam Podcast for the first time in over two years to open up about everything going on in his life inside and outside of the ring. Outlaw discusses his rise to the Freelance World Championship and Warrior Wrestling World Championship, paring down his wrestling schedule, working with Frank the Clown and The Leo Brothers, reconnecting with his faith, dabbling in acting an...

With TNA LockDown coming to Chicago this weekend, Windy City Slam Podcast goes all in with special guests Mustafa Ali and Cedric Alexander. Ali discusses his TNA International Championship match against Jason Hotch, Order 4, working in a cage, what being a former police officer brought to his perspective, his training school (Chicago Wrestling Center), “The Spot” short film and more. Alexander, Current TNA X Division ch...

“The West Coast Warlord” Ryan Kross, one of the OG guests of Windy City Slam, returns to the show to talk all about this weekend’s “War By The Shore event by SSW Entertainment at Kenosha’s Historic Simmons Field. Kross discusses the entire lineup for the show, which features his son, Jordan, as SSW Unified Champion, going up against Chris Masters, plus the other former WWE stars on the show, including ...

WWE’s biggest party of the summer produced some memorable moments, emotional roller coasters and some not-so good things. Former WWE.com writer Jordan Garretson returns to Windy City Slam to join Mike in recapping SummerSlam, the two World Championship matches, the new directions for the champions, Brock Lesnar’s endorsement of Oba Femi, an exciting return for Kevin Owens, a surprise victory for Chelsea Green and other ...

One of Chicagoland wrestling’s hottest rookies Brian Gorta has quickly made a name for himself on the Midwest independent scene. Windy City Slam Podcast welcomed Gorta to talk about training at the Chicago Wrestling Center under TNA star Mustafa Ali and local stalwarts Koda Hernandez and Alfonso Gonzalez, coming up the ranks with classmates Jonny Black, Kurt Diggity and Pinky Montoya, his debut against Andre Flo, chemistry wi...

He’s a fun-loving dude who brings high energy to every show where he wrestles. Midwest-based Preston Ryker joins Windy City Slam for the first time to discuss being trained by Kongo Kong, how Kong brought him in when he was struggling a bit, being influenced by The Boogeyman, Matt Hardy and Kevin Thorn, his experience at SSW Entertainment at HORSEPOWER IV back in March and his match with tag team partner Rae Larson at SSW&rsq...

He’s one of the world’s most known creators in the genre of wrestling action figure customization. He’s a Croatian 3D artist and designer who services customers all over the world. The Great Tom Veg, with a catalog of over 800 custom 3D wrestler heads, joins Windy City Slam Podcast to tell his story. Veg explains how some life events led to his creative calling, who in the customizing community reached out to him ...

Longtime local wrestling broadcaster and interviewer Tyler Volz joins Windy City Slam to discuss his how he got into wrestling, working with AAW Pro and DREAMWAVE Wrestling over the years, stories about Billy Gunn and Cody Rhodes, getting in-ring training from Mustafa Ali and breaks down the card for this weekend’s AAW Pro event “United We Stand.” Plus, Mike recaps CM Punk’s return to Raw and previews events...

Local content creator “I Am S L P W L K R” Arnley Sena joins Windy City Slam for the first time to discuss his upcoming short film “The Spot,” which stars local wrestlers Trevor Outlaw, Hans Carden, Solomon Tupu, Shaq Jordan and Mustafa Ali and is set to premiere in the fall. Sena talks about his video content career, getting into the independent scene a couple of years ago, Outlaw’s contributions to t...

Chicago’s own Matthew Rehwoldt, TNA’s esteemed color commentator, returns to Windy City Slam to break down the Slammiversary card, discusses The Elegance Brand, Mustafa Ali, Mike Santana, The Hardys, Tom Hannifan, Michael Cole, the state of TNA, Lockdown’s return to Chicago at Credit Union 1 Arena on the campus of UIC and more. Plus, Mike recaps happenings from 2econd Wrestling, DREAMWAVE All-Star Weekend and Hous...

Whether it’s being the wizard behind the curtain or “The Godfather” at ringside, James Russo bleeds Freelance Wrestling. Russo joins Windy City Slam for the first time in a long while to discuss Freelance’s upcoming anniversary show, Trevor Outlaw’s rise to the Freelance World Championship, working with Izzy Moreno, Bang & Matthews’ heel run and how their match with The Headbangers came along...

Dan Reyes made himself known in the ring and behind the scenes on the Chicagoland independent scene before stepping away from the business a few years ago. D-Rey joins Windy City Slam Podcast for the first time to discuss his in-ring career as heartthrob Valentino, behind the scenes work with Zelo Pro, Zelo’s legacy, getting trained by Tony Scarpone, Bryce Benjamin and Robert “Ego” Anthony, favorite people to work...

As someone who was pretty much out of the game for many years, Chandler McClure resurrected his wrestling career in 2025 and now is an integral part of POWW Entertainment. McClure joined Windy City Slam for the first time to discuss his comeback, his role alongside Will Emory, his rivalry with Mason Percs, the quirky POWW Championship match he will be involved in at Summer Xplosion, his friendship with Eric Priest and time with wor...

A Triple Crown champion in POWW Entertainment, “It’s Ya Boi” Mason Percs has been steadily climbing the ladder of success and getting more exposure as he travels the country. Percs returned to Windy City Slam to discuss his quirky high-stakes match at POWW’s “Summer Xplosion 18,” his history with Kyle Allen, starting to work more companies and more states nationally, main-eventing “A Day Fo...

Capturing his first top championship in 13 years, the new Southland Championship Heavyweight Champion Logan Steel joined Windy City Slam for the first time to react to his victory over Benny Bargas this past weekend. Steel discussed The Brotherhood and The Torture Killers, Scott Spade’s influence, training at POWW Entertainment’s school, which towering Attitude Era wrestler he idolized, dream matches, what’s next ...

One of the hosts of Sit Down Marks! Podcast and the host of DREAMWAVE Wrestling, DB joins Windy City Slam for the first time. We discuss DREAMWAVE All-Star Weekend coming up in June and a big outdoor show coming in July, some matches at these upcoming shows, DREAMWAVE Prelude and what’s to come from the pre-show format, DB’s backstory in pro wrestling, how Sit Down Marks! came to be, Jay Repsel’s hard work and con...