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The Best Indie Wrestling Interviews

If you’re serious about understanding independent professional wrestling, you need to hear from the people living it. These interviews go deep—into the business, the craft, the struggles, and the reasons wrestlers risk everything to step into a ring with nothing but passion and conviction backing them.

These are long-form conversations with independent wrestlers from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and beyond. They’re not promotional pieces. They’re honest, unfiltered, and built on the understanding that the people wrestling in regional promotions, community halls, and sold-out independent venues have just as much to teach us as anyone on a national stage.

The Gambler’s Bet

All In: Ben Barnett, the Gambler, and the bet he made on himself

Ben Barnett started wrestling at 26—late by anyone’s measure. Two years in, he’s running two characters, main eventing his home promotion, and still carrying a black armband for the coach who believed in him before he believed in himself. This is the story of character work so thoughtfully developed that the audience understands the logic. A masterclass in what it means to commit to the bit.

The Dream Written in a Yearbook

The world’s end: Doomslayer and the dream he wrote in his yearbook

In his grade ten yearbook, Doomslayer wrote down his two life goals: “be a wrestler” and “be a wrestler.” Nearly twenty years later, he made his debut at 41, has toured across 14 different Australian wrestling companies, and continues to get on planes to wrestle in a scene where there’s only one promotion on his entire island state. This is persistence. This is faith. This is what happens when you finally say yes to yourself.

Swamp Creature, Showman, Storyteller

Swamp creature, showman, storyteller: A conversation with Frankie Grime

Frankie Grime is one of Victoria’s most distinctive indie wrestlers—part horror character, part metal musician, part swamp-dwelling smartarse. Beneath the face paint is a thoughtful performer who understands that wrestling is glorified theatre violence, and that the performance matters just as much as the athleticism. A deep dive into character work and storytelling in the indie scene.

The Calamity: Always Too Much

The Calamity: MJ Russo and the kid who was always too much

MJ Russo is the longest-reigning MXW Upload Champion, a committed heel who has made children cry and grown men want to climb the barricade. But before he was the Calamity, he was a hyperactive kid who learned to shrink himself. This is the conversation about why it’s easier to be hated than loved, and what it means to leave the business better than you found it.

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Why These Interviews Matter

Independent wrestling is where wrestling happens when nobody’s forcing it to happen. It’s the purest expression of the craft—wrestlers choosing to risk their bodies, their time, their money, and their sanity because they love it. Not for contracts. Not for fame. Just for the ring, the crowd, and the knowledge that they’re part of something real.

These interviews exist to let you hear directly from the people building that scene.

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