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Friend Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends meeting celebrities Today's feature is bittersweet on a couple levels. It is from...

Nick Hausman was one of the first folks I met on the independent wrestling scene. Then known as manager Rinaldo Piven, Hausman was carving a...

The newest episode of The "Or Else" podcast is now on SoundCloud. In Episode 27: Reality and Ravinia, Tommy Else and I discuss th...

I liked the Smashing Pumpkins, but I was not a huge fan.  Of course, I respected what they accomplished. When I got involved with Resista...

Friendly Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends who have met celebrities. Here is one celebrity encounter that I got before my...

This is a weekly series featuring my friends meeting celebrities. Matt "Big Money" Parker has been a vital cog in the Johngys...

A few weeks ago, Billy Corgan made his Ravinia debut. So did I. In fact, for a magical five minutes or so, we sang together, but more on th...

Resistance Pro's last event, Welcome to My Nightmare, was a fantastic evening of exciting pro wrestling, cool costumes by all, tricks, t...

At last month's Resistance Pro wrestling show, I had the pleasure of interviewing R Pro Creative Director Billy Corgan.  Aside from it b...

JohngysBeat.com is all about meeting celebrities.  Over the years, I have written about hundreds of celebrities.  Today, I am writing about ...

This is a regular series about friends who have met celebrities. I met "The Ego" Robert Anthony at a Resistance Pro event about ...

This is a regular feature about my friends who have met celebrities. Two years ago this Friday, Sam Thompson lost his life after battling ...

When I heard that Billy Corgan was getting involved in wrestling, I was surprised and skeptical.  Why would the front man for the Smashing P...

This is a weekly series featuring friends who have met celebrities.  If you have a celebrity encounter picture you are willing to share, I...

This is a regular feature about my friends who have met celebrities. I first encountered Resistance Pro Wrestling last year at Wizard Wor...

This is a weekly feature about friends who have met celebrities. Last Friday, Johngy's Beat covered Rise, the second event held by Res...