From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recape - 27.02.2026

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I know that there are no guaranteed of 365 shows. You get a Front Row ticket or general admission ticket and it’s first come, first serve for seats. There are very few people who come and sit in the front row for every single Victoria show 365 throws, but the Front Row Crew does. At any given Victoria show, there is a group of crew members who will be there, cheering and buying things (Beer, shirts, 50/50 tickets). We’re almost always the first ones in the door, to get the SAME SEATS WE SIT IN EVERY SINGLE SHOW. So we were a tad rattled when we were once again the first people through the doors only to find that seats had been blocked off the middle of the row we call our wrestling home. Like, we still had seats and it was all fine in the end, but we weren’t able to sit together and it started our night on a pretty sour note. And while we got some good wrestling, the overall show was one of the most lacking 365 shows I’ve ever been witness to. It was a show where mic-time was equal to in-ring time. This one was NOT one for the sickos, as we say.

Katlin Smith vs Eddie Osbourne (c) – 365 Pro Wrestling Championship
Eddie comes out to a chorus of boos and “No More Beer” chants, fully embracing his heelness now. Katlin, a beloved member of the 365 family, came out fired up for this one. Before the bell rang Eddie once again pointed to the audience to pre-emptively blame us for the violence he was about to inflict. And inflict violence Eddie did. Osbourne hit Smith with deadlift jackknife powerbomb that hurt me watching it. Then he hit Smith with some chops that echoed through the halls of Valhalla. Katlin fought hard and got more offence in on the big man that anticipated, including a fucking lovely top rope clothesline. But in the end, Osbourne was just too overwhelming, finishing off Smith with his driver. Luckily for Smith, Eddie wasn’t in the mood to do that thing he does when he continues delivering drivers after the match ends.

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From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 20.02.2026

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Another Friday, another 365 Pro Wrestling throwdown. Apparently there's been a round robin tournament for the 365 Cup that a bunch of us were unaware was happening. Luckily we got some clarifying announcements and the round robin is nearly done. The winner will win the 365 Cup and get a title shot, I believe? I could be wrong on this. I have a hard time hearing a lot of the mic work from years of working at and covering concerts. Protect your fucking ears, kids.

DJ Kash vs Sawyer Stein

Very stoked for this one as I'm always a big fan of a Face vs Face opener and these two are both big time good guys. Starting out with some solid grappling – haven't seen headlock-trading look so good in a minute. Kash hits a shockingly large shoulder block on the much thicker Stein. Stein responds with a thunderous clothesline but misses a splash right after. Kash comes off the ropes while Stein is down and hits a very strange low blockbuster. Around this point an incredibly mean fan in the crowd yelled at Stein, “You can't lose to a child!” After a huge vertical suplex from Stein sends Kash crashing into the mat, the two trade some pretty hard-hitting forearms to each other. Single-knee Codebreaker from Stein (I'm sure this move has a proper name, but damned if I know it!) shows Kash whose knee is the boss. Kash eventually gets his momentum back and goes up to the second rope to finish Stein off but is met with Sawyer's lovely and devastating superkick. 1-2-3. Stein wins! (365 Cup Match win = 2 points)

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From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 13.02.2026

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Maybe you've been thinking “Where the fucking are my 365 recaps?!” Probably not, but maybe. Anyways, the music festival I work for and help book recently announced its lineup for this year and getting that pretty took most of my energy and attention. I was in the building for the last couple of weeks of 365 Victoria Fridays, but I took those in just as a fan and not as a writer. But after this short break, your boy is here to relay the details of another week of 365 action. You want graps? We got 'em. You want chaos? We got it.

DJ Kash vs Josh Cadwell
It's been a minute since we've seen DJ Kash between the ropes and it's nice to have him back, coming to ring accompanied by his father, Rad Dad. Excited to see what Son Dad has in store for this one. Cadwell comes out second and as usual, is excellent at making people hate him. Kash comes flying out of the gate with a flurry of offence. A second-rope bulldog. A nice snap suplex. Springboard elbow! Over the back Famouser! Cadwell weathers the storm and scores with a greasy powerbomb. But, as he does, Cadwell lets himself get distracted by Rad Dad resulting in an unsuccessful rollup from Kash. Cadwell goes to work with some pretty vicious stomps and a brutal slingshot into the turnbuckle on Kash, who eats that shit fully with his face. Cadwell follows up with some heavy, heavy chops and a nice crisp suplex with a float over pin. Kash won't be kept down though, scoring shortly after with a lovely running knee in the corner and then a crazy flipping DDT into a guillotine-like choke. Josh escapes and starts going for the leg – the limb he previously injured on Kash. But just as things are looking real grim for Kash, he gets a rollup out of nowhere for the win. Whoa! A shocking end.

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From the Front Row - 365 Pro Wrestling Recap - 02.01.2026

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This past Friday night (January 2), the Victoria chapter of 365 Nation convened at the First Met United Hall for the dawning of a new era. An era filled with WEEKLY WRESTLING as 365 Pro Wrestling started their ambitious schedule of weekly shows in 2026. As going to 365 is one of the few things keeping me sane in an ever-crumbling world and is, quite frankly, one of my favourite things to write about, I figured a weekly recap might be useful, at least for myself and hopefully for some others. These will be quick notes with jokes, casually and quickly thrown down. I'm not a machine and can't get to every single show (I DO have a life, contrary to what it seems like sometimes), so maybe we'll have a guest recapper here and there. Anyways, this exciting new era of 365 Pro Wrestling kicked off with Holiday Hangover, a 6-match card with three title matches. Let's find out what happened!

1. Rad Dad (c) vs Haviko – 365 Global Championship
Haviko is out first. Late last year Haviko traded in all his long built-up good will with the fans and turned heel after he turned his back on fan-favourite Inferno. He's more hated as a heel than he was loved as a face – and he was reeeaalllly loved as a face. Incredible work. Rad Dad has been holding both of the big 365 belts for so long it would feel strange to have him not come out with both belts. That's a lot of gold. The two hit hard, trading back and forth. Haviko hit a fucking brutal ushigoroshi on Rad Dad that only got a two count. Haviko looked like he was going to take control with some dastardy cheating but wait! A wild Inferno appears! He thwarts Haviko's cheating. Haviko ends up on his back prone, and wham! One of the most beautiful moonsaults I've ever seen Rad Dad throw gets him the win. Rad Dad retains! We are happy.

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5 Questions with Rags #90 - Eddie Osbourne or "Throw fo' fingers up, add a thumb, then make it a fist, Number one draft pick, lead the league in assists"

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If you go to a 365 show now – here on the west coast or out in Ontario where the company also runs sold out shows – it is packed with people seemingly rabid for 365's brand of wrestling. But, of course, what happens currently is just the tip of iceberg, and doesn't happen without all the hard work underneath that no one really sees. “I went in with no knowledge. I had mentors that were wrestlers, but no promoter that took me under their wing to help me out. There was no one to really study and learn from. It was just a bunch of wrestlers trying to figure out how to make this thing work. It was hard to get people in seats. Learning how to get those posters out there, who to talk to about radio, etc. I didn’t know what to do. It was challenging to be the boss of something.” But in the challenges, there's always sprouts of something good to keep you going. “The surprising part was just how much people want to work to help you with getting bigger and better and GROW. I’ve never done PWA or 365 on my own. I’ve had such a community and people behind me. It wouldn’t be here without them. There’s so many of them. There’s phases – sometimes they come and go, sometimes they’re here forever. I’ve had some guys with me since the beginning.”

Osbourne officially had his first match on September 15, 2001. As he approaches a quarter century of wrestling, he's quick to answer when I ask him what keeps him going. “I love it. It’s fun. If it wasn’t fun, I’d quit. If I wasn’t having a good time, I’d leave. There things to learn all of the time, because it’s always changing” This is man who just really fucking loves wrestling, who has grown with wrestling and is always thinking about wrestling. “Wrestling, from when I started to now, is so different, but it’s also so much the same. The goal is the same now, to get the reaction, but the way we do it might be different now. I used to be in faces, trying to start fights, saying some stuff that makes me go 'Oi!' Now it’s maybe a little more tame but also all the fans are here, not as wrestling fans always, but people who want to come out and get away from the world.”

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