Western Wrestling Chronicles - Milestone Anniversary Issue

Western Wrestling Chronicles, Vol. 1 is a bold, curated excavation of the mythos behind the Great Western Wrestling Alliance (GWA), a fictional promotion that ran from 1957 to 1993 and served as the spiritual heart of territory-era professional wrestling. This debut issue blends poetic retrospectives, in-universe journalism, archival fragments, and first-person letters to trace the four defining moments across each GWA era: the early coronation of Ramirez in 1965, the cultural confrontation between Martinez and Jensen in 1975, the psychological war between Hurricane and Shogun in 1980, and Mosh Morrison’s fight for accessibility and justice in 1990. Throughout, readers meet wrestlers as mythic figures and media coverage as a character in its own right—shaping and distorting the truth in equal measure. The issue also introduces key antagonists, establishes a multi-publication storytelling approach, and ends with personal letters and legacy reflections from Sapphire Seabrook and Jack Carson. Together, these voices build the foundation for a wrestling chronicle told not by winners, but by the ones who kept the fire burning.