Tag: DJ Stewart

Survival gets the wheels turning: Why this founder sold his home and belongings for a new pro journey

By Tommy Felts / July 20, 2022

An entrepreneur who’s gained a following with his homegrown wrestling company and deeply personal cancer survival story is hitting the road — hoping to change perspectives about the disease by engaging and uplifting others who are fighting or affected by the disease.  “It’s so easy to ignore something like brain cancer when it is seen…

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DJ Stewart, Journey Pro Wrestling

Put a ring in it: Journey Pro enters the ‘Era of Agnes’ with new location on KC’s East Side

By Tommy Felts / May 27, 2022

Founder combines passion for wrestling, fighting cancer in latest show Every window was broken. A solid foot of trash covered the floor. And there was a strange smell coming from the bathrooms. Yet, DJ Stewart stepped into the abandoned section of the Agnes Arts Center and knew it was going to be the perfect home…

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DJ Stewart in a still from "Rare Enough"; image courtesy of director Ryan Lovell

Premiere: In the span of 11 minutes, you’ll watch one entrepreneur fight for his life (and win)

By Tommy Felts / February 4, 2022

DJ Stewart beat the odds — and his prognosis — in a health battle chronicled by friend and Kansas City filmmaker Ryan Lovell. The intimate documentary they created together premieres today. “Rare Enough” captures Stewart at his most raw during the Journey Pro Wrestling founder’s fight against Grade 4 glioblastoma — a rare malignant brain tumor…

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DJ Stewart, Journey Pro

‘Prognosis is pointless’: Journey Pro KC wrestling owner forces cancer statistics to tap out

By Tommy Felts / November 18, 2021

 Story and photos by Channa Steinmetz, Startland News | Video by Catherine Hoffman, Flatland Two years after his diagnosis, DJ Stewart still has never googled “glioblastoma.” “I have Grade 4 glioblastoma — meaning the highest, most aggressive grade. If you go down that rabbit hole on the internet, it’s a terrible thing to do.…

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DJ Stewart and Hartzell Gray, Journey Pro KC

KC pro wrestling rides its return — inside Blip Roasters and fueled by founder’s recovery

By Tommy Felts / July 23, 2021

The fast-paced world of local wrestling might seem like a crazy one, but its coming return offers DJ Stewart a much-needed sense of normalcy.  “It gives me something to be really excited to work on,” said Stewart, owner of Journey Pro KC, announcing the return of the Kansas City wrestling company’s live shows, which found…

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