Based out of the English town of High Wycombe, Empress Pro Wrestling is the latest in a line of women-only promotions. They’ve only been around since the start of 2015, and with four shows to their name (as of time of writing), it’s fair to say that they’re not rushing things either.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve spent big money on a “supercard” style show. Not counting the WWE and TNA shows I’ve been to, you’d have to go back to one of 1PW’s dying days. From a live perspective, this was a totally different crowd to what you’d usually see from, say, a PROGRESS event. Sure you had your chants, and the infernal “one fall” gimmicks. But nevertheless, this was a fun show to watch, aided by the names on display.

Ahead of the start of the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic next week, WWE presented a one-hour show on the Network earlier this week previewing the event. Here’s our quick run-down of their Bracketology show.

June 12, 2016 saw England’s Revolution Pro Wrestling host yet another in a line of indie dream matches, with a card at London’s York Hall headlined by Kurt Angle taking on Zack Sabre Jr. And since I’ll be at Rev Pro’s next big show this Sunday – featuring Messrs. Shibata and Ishii – it’s only right to catch up on their last banner event.

Every year, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter holds its annual end-of-year awards, with fans emailing in their picks for categories such as Match of the Year, Show of the Year, and all of that good stuff. As we’re now in July, we’re going to take a look at what we’d be picking if we had to place our votes now.

Back in the day, WCW was known for it’s flagship show – Monday Nitro – hence, the Monday Night Wars. At the peak of their popularity, WCW then created a second major weekly in January 1998, called Thunder – beating out WWE’s SmackDown by around eighteen months. This week on Random Reviews, we take a look at some of the action that graced our screens in WCW’s “B-show that tried to be an A-show”.

Well, since we’re up to date (as best we can be) with PROGRESS events, it’s time to set the time machine back a little further, all the way back to March 2012, for Chapter 1.

We wrap up our look at the first half of 2016 by casting an eye over a select group of indie promotions from around the world.