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On Saturday Night, March 29th, Dynamite Championship Wrestling inducted, the legendary, Michael 'Mr. Ooh La La' Houghton into its 'Hall Of Fame' class of 2025!!!  We've said it once, and we'll say it a million times, this man is a staple of independent Pro Wrestling and deserves all the recognition in the world!!!  Another year and another accomplishment for our R.A.W Media brother!!!  From the rest of the R.A.W Media team we want to say a huge congratulations to the man!!!  OOH LA LA...HA HA!!!

  From stepping into the ring, for nearly four decades, to stepping into the music arena independent Pro Wrestling legend, and R.A.W Media's very own, Michael 'Mr. Ooh La La' Houghton will be launching 'Ooh La La Records' on the Bandcamp platform!!!  The Bandcamp exclusive label is set to officially launch over, the always high profile, 'Wrestlemania Weekend' on April 18th!!!  To kick start the launch, North Carolina based, DeckHead Records will be re-releasing UnXpectedBeatz second album 'UnXpected Package 2: The 2nd Delivery' alongside a list of projects previously available through 2300 Music (which quietly closed its doors back in February)!!!  The label is yet another title under the legendary Mr. Ooh La La's belt!!!  OOH LA LA...HA HA!!! Editor's note: We would also like to quickly throw in that this also marks the 500th post on the R.A.W Media Blogger site!!! Thank you to everyone for supporting us!!!

So, ladies and gentlemen, today marks the 5th anniversary of R.A.W Media!!!  To celebrate the occasion we're going to take a little trip down memory lane and look back at five pivotal moments, in our history, that made R.A.W Media into what it is today!!!  5. United Elementz Media joins Bout Dat Online (2018) - This was a pivotal moment in the history of R.A.W Media because if it hadn't of joined Bout Dat Online, under it's previous name of United Elementz Media, in early 2018 then the brand would have never of had the opportunity to branch out beyond the world of Hip-Hop/Rap and into the world of Professional Wrestling as well. Thanks to Bout Dat Online's 'WrestleBiz' section United Elementz Media had the opportunity to cover, both classic and current, Pro Wrestling events and helped make the decision to eventually re-brand to R.A.W Media on January 3rd 2020. Though R.A.W Media and Bout Dat Online went their separate ways, i...

R.A.W Media, and general Indy Wrestling legend, Mr. Ooh La La recently appeared on, the 'Godmother of Philly Wrestling', Carmela Federico Panfil Foss' 'Carmela's Rasslin Radio Relived' show to discuss his storied career and how he's stayed so relevant over nearly four decades in the industry!!!  Definitely worth an hour of your time!!!  Check out the full interview here -  Carmela's Rasslin Radio Relived with Special Guest Mr. Ooh La La (Full Interview)

This past weekend, from April 5th - 7th, the Pro Wrestling world was gripped with 'Wrestlemania' fever!!!  A number of independent companies took advantage of WWE's biggest annual event by putting on a number of supercards/PPV's themselves, over the weekend, however we will be highlighting our top picks, of those events, on the next edition of 'The R.A.W Report'  This one is specifically results, recaps and highlights from WWE's 'Wrestlemania XL' weekend of events all held in Philadelphia!!! R.A.W Media was even there, in spirit, as our very own Mr. Ooh La La was in attendance representing the Rap and Wrestling culture in Phily!!! Watch the video of that here -  R.A.W Media @ Wrestlemania XL with Mr. Ooh La La From 'Friday Night Smackdown' to Night 2 of 'Wrestlemania XL' here is the full WWE 'Wrestlemania XL Weekend' 2024 recap - •  WWE 'Friday Night Smackdown' (April 5th...

R.A.W CLASH proudly present the first series of their brand new collection called 'CLASH CULTURE'!! Created by re:imaginedvibes the collection features 5 vintage, VHS based, pieces that are free to use for phone wallpapers or whatever you like!!! Series 1 features R.A.W CLASH World Singles Champion L.A. Park, Charles Hamilton, Mr. Ooh La La, Darko The Super and Tatanka!!! Check the collection out below and download them all, for free, through Guerilla Tacticz WeTransfer platform here -  R.A.W CLASH Presents 'CLASH CULTURE' - Series 1 (Free Download) L.A. PARK CHARLES HAMILTON MR. OOH LA LA DARKO THE SUPER TATANKA Please note that the 'CLASH CULTURE' collection is free and not for resale. The pieces are for personal, or non-for profit, use only. 

Independent Wrestling legend, and R.A.W Media's very own, Mr. Ooh La La goes up against 2300 Wrestling's D.B Richards for a classic game of Connect Four and general chat!!! Watch the video here and make sure to subscribe to the 2300 Wrestling Podcast YouTube channel -  Mr. Ooh La La vs. D.B Richards in a game of Connect Four (Video)

Independent Wrestling legend, and current World Singles Champion, Mr. Ooh La La has been named R.A.W CLASH's 'M.V.P' of 2022!!! He won the World Singles title (then known as Pro Wrestling Fix's 'RAW Clash' title) back on February 26th, defeating Darko The Super' and has held it ever since!!! He has gone on to defeat the likes of former NWA World Champion Matt Cardona, Impact Wrestling's PCO, L.A. Park and many more to reign supreme throughout 2022!!! He has also supported the R.A.W CLASH brand greatly, since day one, and truly deserves this award!!! Congratulations to Mr. Ooh La La on being R.A.W CLASH's Most Valuable Player!!!

The R.A.W Media team are proud to announce that, our very own member of the team, Mr. Ooh La La defeated Joey Ace at last night's ECWA double super card event, at The Jersey Dugout in New Jersey, to become the NEW World-1 Heavyweight Champion!!! Mr. Ooh La La is a 35+ year veteran and is still proving that he's got what it takes to bring home the gold!!! From all the team at R.A.W Media we say congratulations you legend!!! Also at last night's historic events, current ECWA Legacy champion, Erica Leigh became the first female wrestler to ever win the ECWA Heavyweight championship and Midas Black & Jay Lyon won the 2022 Super 8 Tag Team tournament!!!

The trio of Dirty Needlz, Eirenicon and Bean Lebouc debut there new, Instrumental Hip-Hop, side project UnXpectedBeatz with the dope single 'Ooh La La' via the United Elementz Bandcamp!!! The track features additional vocals from Pro Wrestling veteran Mr. Ooh La La and will now be his official theme music!!! Check it out here -  UnXpectedBeatz - Ooh La La (Stream + Download)