GWA Day 2026

It's November sixth, and this is GWA Day 2026.

Three years ago, I started putting together the Great Western Wrestling Alliance. It began with the plastic wrestling figures I photographed for a stop-motion project. That project never got finished, but it re-ignited my love for pro wrestling, and I began to build a new world around it. That world became the GWA, a fictional outlaw pro wrestling promotion that ran in the West from 1957 to 1993.

I've been adding people, places and events ever since.

Twenty new profiles

This year, twenty new profiles joined the Worldbook. Here they are in debut order.

• Emily Beaumont (1959): Bratty Bayou Belle
• El Desperado Enmascarado (1963): Masked Gringo
• Wendell Briggs (1963): Ring Crew Forever
• "Canadian Crusher" Chris Coleman (1967): Frontier Justice League
• Kiki Starr (1968): Go-Go
• El Violín (1968): Con Corazon Y Coraje
• Billy "The Kid" Carson (1971): He'll make ya famous
• Tom Dillon (1972): He's just a kid
• Nurse Agnes Pruitt (1972): Bad Medicine
• A Man Named Sioux (1973): Not funny
• Billy "Bake-Lite" Larson (1973): Still solid, brother
• Chief Black Hawk (1975): Pure charisma
• "Rocket" Roger Rush (1976): Motion in flight
• The Wrestling Viceroy (1979): Bureaucratic Middle Management
• "Cowboy Diplomat" Hank Remington (1980): Shake or shoot, partner
• Vinnie Voltage (1986): Electric
• Scott Darkness (1988): Lurking
• "The Pacific Prince" Kalani Koa (1989): Regal kicks
• Trash Candy (1991): Pocket-sized riot
• "Corporate" Craig Williams (1991): Maximizing slack

Coming in 2027

I've got plenty to keep me occupied in 2027. The video ends on some of the people still waiting for their profiles, and there are names in there I've been looking forward to introducing.

Where to find the GWA

• The Worldbook: gwawrestling.com
• Merchandise: GWP Workshop
• Wrestling Under Western Skies, on Substack: wrestlingunderwesternskies.com
• XEOJ Radio: xeoj-am.com. The iPhone app is out now, with Android coming soon.
• Western Wrestling Chronicles, the print magazine: at GWP Workshop
• Social: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and X

Thanks for reading, watching, and spending some time with the GWA this year. I'm glad you're here. Happy GWA Day.