tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77980167487480744442024-03-13T23:16:43.827-07:00Wrestling's Last HopeLIKE us on facebook - http://facebook.com/WrestlingsLastHopeWrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.comBlogger879125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-12296832188647859792024-03-06T07:05:00.000-08:002024-03-06T07:05:13.201-08:00Hall of Fame 2024, new name announced<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrelCdInT3blgWHbL8ZX-PXbqgp40SJVc-COdRgjBinooQmjot9hSD3rUDKX1o9dnAcFPAXo03Ty3R3DGz9MI8ryyyRCHBprdXRf8leZcYLHZcX7BmU8MsbvxWAW5nc7ewR_PDDLfwx8cm0k4LjOf4WkaNoPag4jBnABwMcP_wNWErIO2PMWy7dkrcUE/s1170/IMG_4714.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1170" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrelCdInT3blgWHbL8ZX-PXbqgp40SJVc-COdRgjBinooQmjot9hSD3rUDKX1o9dnAcFPAXo03Ty3R3DGz9MI8ryyyRCHBprdXRf8leZcYLHZcX7BmU8MsbvxWAW5nc7ewR_PDDLfwx8cm0k4LjOf4WkaNoPag4jBnABwMcP_wNWErIO2PMWy7dkrcUE/s320/IMG_4714.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>Paul Heyman was announced the other day, did put out there I thought maybe the fact he is still such a prominent figure and involved right at the top of the card that they should hold off on him but he 100% is a hall of famer, he brought us ECW, I started watching ECW in 1994 via tape trading and for me, ECW was a heavy influence to what became the WWE’s Attitude Era.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;">This new announcement wasn’t in the WWF at the time for too long really but the career they had over in Japan with All Japan Women was stellar. Go back and find matches featuring her, in fact, go back and watch AJW full stop. This inductee is Bull Nakano.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAvKK5aCIBbRqJ3EXQBEJOpTTjA4qKAix2bxqsRl2tv26V8-r1ZMdKxqZLSVqjPy9Xvu5-RQH331Z5QUWknsZHQmtim0oE5Vr-FNywue3laZQpVpPMTsU1VXEpxs07RA4ZsXkbWoDakaJ7i8733pRW1A8GFZmytzAqLbr8KpYzCBbvBaQiiDzmTxCzwM/s1350/IMG_4715.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAvKK5aCIBbRqJ3EXQBEJOpTTjA4qKAix2bxqsRl2tv26V8-r1ZMdKxqZLSVqjPy9Xvu5-RQH331Z5QUWknsZHQmtim0oE5Vr-FNywue3laZQpVpPMTsU1VXEpxs07RA4ZsXkbWoDakaJ7i8733pRW1A8GFZmytzAqLbr8KpYzCBbvBaQiiDzmTxCzwM/s320/IMG_4715.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /> </div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p>WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-16010904840626031292023-11-11T04:10:00.003-08:002024-02-07T01:10:33.185-08:00Russo is a hypocrite and JR’s AEW Future<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho6RmeIvldwVWAbWMZ9lH5_gRxDU2V39kAVmi6kVHmSDZH5NKKcqwcddbgyLzv22rDT8vKKLP1hBtXjMy76zQrdJzJYqtCHz3fa-1TeC2ubB2iceB2LpkhZY5vSlQA0IYWK3utFd4IcMAacjcwgEMz-p2-FTbqaagjDhd096bULiZmV5CEdzzHV3SypQ/s526/CE38C55F-A67E-4DC5-A693-96F65A25B29C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho6RmeIvldwVWAbWMZ9lH5_gRxDU2V39kAVmi6kVHmSDZH5NKKcqwcddbgyLzv22rDT8vKKLP1hBtXjMy76zQrdJzJYqtCHz3fa-1TeC2ubB2iceB2LpkhZY5vSlQA0IYWK3utFd4IcMAacjcwgEMz-p2-FTbqaagjDhd096bULiZmV5CEdzzHV3SypQ/s320/CE38C55F-A67E-4DC5-A693-96F65A25B29C.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><p><b style="font-size: 12pt;">So, it's been a while, a long while, since I posted anything on this website, the reason, well, I don't really watch wrestling anymore, I watch some older stuff every now and then, I sort of keep an eye out on happenings within wrestling but I just don't have the get up and go to really watch it this day and age. Even when I stopped watching wrestling I kept listening to podcasts that covered wrestling in one way or another, I would listen to a wide range of them but then really cut down as my podcast listening time was taken up listening to podcasts on other subjects but then, I just got totally disillusioned with the ones I was listening to, so I just totally stopped altogether. </b></p></b><p></p><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;">I got into a position to be able to listen to Vince Russo's 'Castrating The Mark' podcast. At first I did find it funny in parts where he, and his lapdog, sorry, his co-host, Jeff Lane would mock the likes of Dave Meltzer, Mike Johnson and people of that ilk but I think, his main target is Tony Khan. </b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;">These people don't do themselves any favours however, I can't listen to Russo and not think he is just a hypocrite. The CTM podcast relies on listeners sending in tweets or clips they find online that Russo/Lane will read/listen to and then rip the you know what out of them. I said above, I think Russo is a hypocrite, he takes the piss out of wrestling fans and the 'dirt' sheet writers for being obsessed with wrestling, he often mocks Meltzer for not having anything in his life other than wrestling, the thing is, these two (Russo/Lane) do countless podcasts, they may make a pretty penny off them but are tons of them really needed?</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>They rip on Meltzer for talking about the amount of fans in a crowd yet they will constantly talk about ratings even though he is not involved in wrestling anymore. I have emailed Jeff Lane as he wants listeners to send in submissions but to no surprise, they have brought up my points on their show. CTM is behind a paywall but if you can get the chance to listen to it, give it a go to see what I am talking about, you will find some stuff funny, I have no doubt of that, you just won't hear Lane disagreeing with Russo, and the fact Lane has the nerve to rip on wrestling fans, writers etc. is laughable, this is a grown man who films himself playing video games.</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Anybody who has known me for a while will know I have a hang-up so to speak regarding ratings discussions. most that do these podcasts or write for websites are just fans, should it really matter to a fan what ratings say WWE RAW or AEW Dynamite do? For me, no, let those in power in the respective companies worry about that, fans should just enjoy the product if they can and if they feel they need to talk/write about wrestling then do that. To put a bow on this, if talking about ratings is something you like to talk about then that's cool if that's your thing, it's not my place to say what you can or can't talk about I just think, fans shouldn't care.</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-CCLmWPoA-FOl_9P54eafynGA5A7lD9W_t_29bwPYsdGwQ1LlFgYNitXmSoixPB16NP0K_qS60x9_MDhhPhdlZOSOYXk4rC7t3881yNv5MYtaG5fl_xcHZYR0qwDD80y4-UgzPXHewTyXUbYQs9GJ357QIBfGIXTn-9W5hwzj0FDesrpQzE4SCgRL4E/s565/0B9FC5EA-963D-4F4C-818D-C780F80E0D88.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="565" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-CCLmWPoA-FOl_9P54eafynGA5A7lD9W_t_29bwPYsdGwQ1LlFgYNitXmSoixPB16NP0K_qS60x9_MDhhPhdlZOSOYXk4rC7t3881yNv5MYtaG5fl_xcHZYR0qwDD80y4-UgzPXHewTyXUbYQs9GJ357QIBfGIXTn-9W5hwzj0FDesrpQzE4SCgRL4E/s320/0B9FC5EA-963D-4F4C-818D-C780F80E0D88.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></b></div>So, what else has been happening, well, I saw a graphic saying Jim Ross was leaving AEW and he would give an update on his contract situation soon. I then thought I'd listen to his podcast for the first time in a while to hear if he covers it with Conshill Thompson, after 15 minutes or so of talking about college football they eventually talked about it, he basically said, his doctor has advised him to take time off, when he flies, his leg hurts him quite bad, for those who don't know, Ross was diagnosed with skin cancer sometime ago and he recovered somewhat but still has issues and as stated, after he flies, he has issues with his leg for a while. Ross is 71yrs old now, he has been well-regarded as the best commentator in wrestling history, some will say Gordon Solie was and maybe even Lance Russell but those who were fans of the NWA and then WCW in the late 80's and early 90's and of course, fans of the WWF from 93 onwards through the Attitude Era until he finally parted ways with the company do regard him as the best. I have to say, I always thought Ross in AEW was a strange combination, of course, you never know why Vince McMahon would not want Ross on TV but people have their own thoughts. Although a great catch by Khan to get him for AEW, not just for his commentary skills but his overall, knowledge for wrestling, of course, while in the WWF/E, one of his jobs was head of talent relations so you'd think that would be a great help to AEW BUT, I said earlier I thought it was a strange combination, Ross and AEW and I mean, Ross has always been a bit of a wrestling traditionalist, yes, he had to commentate through the Attitude Era, which, although was very successful for the WWF featuring some absolutely ridiculous stuff that frankly shouldn't have been anywhere near a wrestling show but AEW, well, although a lot of it is the style of wrestling I was big into as I was a huge fan of independent wrestling and many of the guys in AEW came through the indies (some in the WWE too of course) and I would've thought Ross wouldn't have been a fan and tbh, listening to his podcast since he has been in AEW I have heard little comments here and there that you can hear him pretty much state this.</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>I wish JR all the best, if he carries on in AEW (or goes to work elsewhere) or just retires and enjoys his family, and carries on his podcasting, maybe if he does retire he can do a college football podcast rather than talk about it on his wrestling one 😉</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Thanks for reading guys, my email is on the right hand side if you want to get in touch or you can get me on twitter or X or whatever @WLHSTU</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>If you want to write for the website, again, get in touch</b></div>WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-25846216503962921952019-01-15T11:23:00.003-08:002019-01-15T11:23:58.631-08:00WWE Best Of PPV Matches 2018 DVD Review By Martin Bentley<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In a very mixed year overall for the WWE, their pay-per-view
offerings at least provided some great moments for viewers of the WWE Network
along with the fans in attendance, and WWE’s latest collection, “Best
Pay-Per-View Matches 2018” brings together 17 of last year’s best big show
bouts. As with prior collections in the series, matches from end of year PPVs
such as Survivor Series and TLC aren’t included for timing reasons, but there
is enough variety over the course of the three disc set to keep fans happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Disc One</b> kicks off in a huge way with the Men’s Royal Rumble
Match from the 2018 edition of the Royal Rumble PPV. Although it sat in the
middle of the card while the first ever female edition headlined the show, it
was the best Royal Rumble match in many years, with Finn Balor anchoring the
match as the Iron Man, some surprises from both the past and from NXT, and a
dramatic finish between Roman Reigns and Shinsuke Nakamura. Another of WWE’s
tentpole matches is next, as Reigns, John Cena, The Miz, Seth Rollins, Elias,
Balor and Braun Strowman entered the Elimination Chamber to claim a shot at the
WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34. With an extra body involved, the
match was more chaotic than usual, and had a key storyline in Cena being
desperate to win the match in order to secure a big WrestleMania match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Fastlane 2018’s contribution is a polarising bout for the WWE
United States Championship between champion Bobby Roode and Randy Orton, which
is definitely slow-paced, but showed that Roode when on his game could fit the
in-house WWE style, a match very much suited to Orton’s taste. The last bout on
the disc is the main show opener from WrestleMania 34, as The Miz defended the
WWE Intercontinental Championship in a Triple Threat Match against Finn Balor
and Seth Rollins. The Kingslayer had gained momentum following a gauntlet match
on RAW where he lasted over an hour, and this match showcased why Rollins ended
up being the WWE’s male workhorse of 2018 – though Miz and Balor hold up their
ends of the bargain as well in a very good match.</span></div>
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in-ring debut of “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey, as she teamed with Kurt Angle against
Stephanie McMahon and Triple H. The former UFC Champion delivered beyond
expectations in her first ever public wrestling match, judo throwing McMahon
from hither to yon, and also outclassing The Game on a few occasions, while
Angle threw back the years with his own great performance. One of the more
underrated PPV matches of the year is next, as Seth Rollins defends the
Intercontinental Championship against The Miz at Backlash 2018. The first
non-Big 4 PPV where both RAW and SmackDown Live would host matches (due largely
to the single brand PPVs not performing well on the WWE Network) saw Miz try
and take the title over to his new home of SmackDown, with Rollins fighting
tooth and nail to keep it on RAW, resulting in a great contest that ranks at
the top of Miz’s long career.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Both matches featured from Money in the Bank 2018 are from
the women’s division, the first being the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder
Match, where RAW stars Sasha Banks, Ember Moon, Alexa Bliss and Natalya faced
off with SmackDown’s Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Naomi and Lana, producing a
pretty violent match that showed the levels WWE’s female talent were prepared
to take things going forward, and one which two of the competitors went on to
replicate later in the year. The winner of the match also proved to be a key
factor in Nia Jax’s RAW Women’s Championship defence against Ronda Rousey,
where the Rowdy One stunned fans with how good her selling was for someone so
inexperienced at the profession, making Jax look super intimidating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A strange inclusion in the set is Braun Strowman’s steel cage
bout with Kevin Owens at Extreme Rules 2018, although it includes Owens taking
an insane bump off the top of the cage through a table, the spot was rendered
meaningless by the subsequent booking on TV. A better bout from the same show
saw Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley go one-on-one, a rare time where WWE booked
the former ECW and Impact Championship effectively, although once again, the
next night’s TV booking overruled it. SummerSlam 2018 featured two old TNA
rivals going at it over the WWE Championship, with AJ Styles defending against
Samoa Joe. A slower-paced match than their past bouts, the drama of their
storyline more than makes up for it, although the finish is a bit of a
let-down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Disc Three</b> remains at SummerSlam with the renewal of a
decade-long rivalry between The Miz and the returning Daniel Bryan, as both men
delivered on their hatred for each other, stemming from how Miz treated Bryan
while Bryan was the general manager of SmackDown Live. The story sees Miz claim
that he’s better than Bryan, only to be outwitted at nearly every turn, until a
familiar saviour emerges. SummerSlam’s main event saw the conclusion of one of
the most disappointing rivalries of 2018, but at least this bout between Brock
Lesnar and Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship didn’t outstay its
welcome – in fact it’s a pretty action packed six minutes, although Braun
Strowman’s presence with his Money in the Bank briefcase is very confusing.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hell in a Cell 2018 is represented by three matches, the
first of which is Jeff Hardy’s very first match inside the demonic structure
against Randy Orton. Although the Cell presented its obvious dangers, the most
memorable spot sees Orton jam a screwdriver into Hardy’s pierced earlobe in one
of the most squeamish spots in WWE history. Following a heel turn at SummerSlam
that instead helped make her the most popular Superstar in WWE, Becky Lynch got
her one-on-one shot at Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship,
and shows why she’s such a problem for the Queen as the Lass Kicker had a
counter to nearly everything thrown at her. The last bout is another Cell
match, as Braun Strowman cashes in his Money in the Bank briefcase against new
Universal Champion Roman Reigns. It’s a brutal bout with an ugly conclusion,
but sadly one that proved to be Reigns’ last singles PPV match for the time
being, as he would vacate the title in October following the reoccurrence of
leukaemia.</span></div>
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the best main roster match of 2018, as Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair met once
again in a Last Woman Standing Match for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at
Evolution, the first ever WWE all-women’s PPV, this time with Lynch defending
the title. The two rivals went all over the building, using many weapons,
stealing the show on one of the most important nights in recent WWE history.
This is also the match where Lynch moved on from being just the Lass Kicker,
and ended up becoming The Man, and the person hotly tipped to have WrestleMania
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">'Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2018' is a mixed bag in terms of
quality, but the majority of the great PPV bouts from 2018 have made it into
the collection, ranging from world title bouts, to some of the big marquee
gimmick matches, to the further emergence of the women’s division. The DVD set
is a good snapshot of the highs and lows of WWE’s year, with plenty to learn
from heading into 2019 and you can buy it from <a href="https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.wwedvd.co.uk</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Since making the move to the WWE nearly three years ago, AJ
Styles has proven himself to be one of the promotion’s most elite and
dependable stars, and his quick rise to the top of the card is documented in
his first WWE DVD collection, “AJ Styles – Most Phenomenal Matches”.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With the WWE Network allowing the ability to tell Styles’
story in previous documentaries, including his 365 special, “Most Phenomenal
Matches” features just under 9 hours of The Phenomenal One’s best matches since
his arrival in WWE at the 2016 Royal Rumble, where he was a surprise entrant
after finishing his storied run in New Japan Pro Wrestling. The collection
features short interview segments where Styles goes over various events in his
WWE career, including the possibility that he could have been introduced with a
new name, but the giant “AJ” tattoo on his ribcage led to the decision to stick
with the name he had been using for his whole career. Anyone wanting footage
from his time in NJPW as well as Ring of Honor or TNA have to make do with
various still photos in a short summary of what he accomplished before arriving
in WWE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b> Disc One</b> starts the night after his Royal Rumble debut, and
the beginning of his first WWE rivalry with Chris Jericho. Their bout on the
January 25<sup>th</sup> 2016 episode of RAW is a decent introduction for Styles
to a new audience, giving a taste of what was to come. Styles and Jericho then
formed a short-lived alliance known as Y2AJ, which came to a head when they
challenged The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Titles on the March 7<sup>th</sup>
2016 episode of RAW. The conclusion of a well-worked tag bout led to Jericho
turning on Styles, setting up Styles’ first appearance at WrestleMania, where
he and Jericho had a good bout which could have been capable of better, but was
still one of the highlights of a not-fondly remembered WrestleMania 32 in
Dallas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Styles eventually gets the better of Jericho in a Fatal Four
Way also involving Kevin Owens and the returning Cesaro the night after WrestleMania
on the April 4<sup>th</sup> episode of RAW, which made him the number one
contender for the new WWE Champion Roman Reigns. Their two PPV bouts are shown
back-to-back, the first at Payback 2016 is affected by the stop-start nature
near the end that served to build up a storyline at the time between Shane and
Stephanie McMahon, but the in-ring work is exemplary. The follow-up at Extreme
Rules 2016 is a step up, even with interference by The Club and The Usos, and
it showed that Styles was more than capable of hanging with “The Guy”. The end
of Disc One details Styles’ heel turn on John Cena, skipping over their
forgotten Money In The Bank 2016 match to go right to their first classic
encounter at SummerSlam 2016, where Styles got his first marquee victory in WWE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Disc Two</b> begins at the start of the most recent WWE brand
extension, which saw Styles head over to SmackDown Live. It would not take long
for him to begin his dominance of the Blue Brand, as The Phenomenal One wins
his first WWE Championship against Dean Ambrose at Backlash 2016. Styles would
go on to feud with The Lunatic Fringe over the title for the rest of 2016,
culminating in their crazy Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at TLC 2016 which
demonstrated their hatred for each other, although interference by James
Ellsworth throws things off a touch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Styles’ first reign with the title comes to an end with
another classic with John Cena at Royal Rumble 2017, which gave Cena his
WWE-recognised record-equalling 16<sup>th</sup> World Title reign, but this was
an incredible performance by Styles in what was regarded as the best main
roster match of 2017. Cena and Styles met again on the February 14<sup>th</sup>
2017 episode of SmackDown, but by this point, Cena had lost the WWE
Championship to Bray Wyatt, so the two challenged the Eater of Worlds in a
great Triple Threat bout in what was by far the highlight moment of Wyatt’s
lacklustre title reign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Styles then began a rivalry with SmackDown Commissioner Shane
McMahon over what was perceived as a lack of respect, leading to their bout at
WrestleMania 33 in Orlando. Styles and McMahon engaged in a fun weapons brawl
which set a pace that the rest of the card struggled to live up to, and not
long afterwards, Styles turned back babyface after having earned McMahon’s
respect. The final bout on Disc Two saw Styles welcome Sami Zayn over to
SmackDown Live as part of the Superstar Shakeup on the April 11<sup>th</sup>
2017 episode of SmackDown, in another fun Triple Threat match also involving
Baron Corbin, which made Styles the number one contender for the United States
Championship.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Styles vs Shane McMahon At Wrestle Mania 33</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b>Disc Three</b> begins with a fun TV bout against Chad Gable on
the July 4<sup>th</sup> 2017 episode of SmackDown, three days before Styles
would win the United States Title from Kevin Owens at a Madison Square Garden
house show. Styles lost it back to Owens by accident at Battleground 2017, but
two nights later, Styles wins it back in a Triple Threat match on the July 25<sup>th</sup>
episode of SmackDown which also includes his old rival Chris Jericho. The
rivalry with Owens over the summer of 2017 didn’t have the killer matches fans
hoped it would, which is why it does not feature heavily in the collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">By November 2017, Styles had lost the US Title, but would
surprise fans by claiming his second WWE Championship against Jinder Mahal at
the November 7<sup>th</sup> episode of SmackDown in Manchester, marking the
first time in the over 50 year history of the title that the WWE Championship
had been won outside of North America. It also began a year-long reign with the
title that Styles still holds as of the release of this DVD collection and the
publication of this review. The title win set up a Champion vs. Champion
showdown with Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series 2017, where Styles put on the
best one-on-one bout with The Beast in the last couple of years, despite ending
in defeat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2018 began with a rivalry against Shinsuke Nakamura,
following The King of Strong Style’s Royal Rumble win. Their WrestleMania 34
bout in New Orleans was billed as a dream match following their classic at New
Japan’s Wrestle Kingdom 10 in 2016, and while this bout was very good, it
failed to live up to their Tokyo Dome showdown. Nakamura turned heel on Styles
following the match, setting up a series of matches throughout the summer,
culminating in their Last Man Standing Match at Money In The Bank 2018 which
did a great deal to make Nakamura look good in defeat, and make Styles look
strong as champion. The collection unfortunately cuts off before Styles’
current rivalry with Samoa Joe, with the last match being a very good TV bout
against Andrade “Cien” Almas on the July 17<sup>th</sup> 2018 episode of
SmackDown.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Styles vs Nakamura At Wrestle Mania 34</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Most hardcore AJ Styles fans will own the various collections
of his matches issued by Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling, and will have
access to New Japan World to see his legendary NJPW bouts, and “Most Phenomenal
Matches” will sit along nicely with those collections. As Styles heads towards
the tail end of his career, “Most Phenomenal Matches” demonstrates that he
certainly isn’t letting up into his early forties, and that his WWE run is more
than a match with what he accomplished earlier in his career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">You can purchase this great DVD set right NOW over at <b><a href="https://wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://wwedvd.co.uk/</a></b> </span></div>
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<![endif]-->WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-12057735948745810852018-09-27T11:16:00.000-07:002018-11-05T22:02:49.807-08:00WWE Presents Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased DVD Review By Richard Edmund<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New from WWE Home Video, 'Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper:
Unreleased' takes a look at the legendary career of the Heartbreak Kid
with (as the title would suggest) thirty five matches never before
released on DVD. Across the three discs in this set we are treated to
action from Shawn's humble beginnings in Mid-South and the AWA, through
his formative years in the WWF as one half of The Rockers, to the
singles run that led him to the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and
beyond. In addition, the set features brand new interview segments with
Michaels as he gets used to his new role as coach, helping to shape the
WWE SuperStars of tomorrow at the WWE Performance Center in Florida. </div>
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The
first disc is a real treat, with a strong selection of matches from the
first eight years of Shawn's career. Beginning in Mid-South wrestling,
we see a young Michaels less than four months after his pro-wrestling
debut, teaming with Tim Horner to take on Chavo & Hector Guerrero.
Also from Mid-South, a hugely important bout for the youngster from San
Antonio, TX as he goes one-on-one against the merciless Jake 'The Snake'
Roberts, who gives his unseasoned opponent a resound beating! Next,
it's on to the AWA where Shawn was paired with another young talent
named Marty Jannetty. With a few more years of wrestling under his belt
than Shawn, the already impressive Jannetty was able to shape his less
experienced tag partner into a great tag wrestler as one half of The
Midnight Rockers.</div>
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We see a great example of that with a pair of matches that put The
Midnight Rockers across the ring from the AWA World Heavyweight Tag
Champions, Buddy Rose and Doug Somers, managed by a young Sherri Martel!
Both these are great matches, not only showing Shawn's progression but
also highlighting why Rose & Somers were an underrated tag in their
own right. There's one last AWA tag match on here with Marty & Shawn
taking on Dennis Stamp and a young Brian Knobbs, before we enter the
next stage of Michaels' career with the WWF. The first offering comes in
a solid tag bout that saw The Rockers (having dropped the Midnight from
their name) taking on The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, followed by Marty
& Shawn's first shot at the WWF Tag Team Championships as they took
on Demolition on Prime Time Wrestling.</div>
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There's
also tag bouts pitting The Rockers against The Legion of Doom, The
Orient Express, The Natural Disasters and Demolition once more, but the
real highlight of Disc One are two very rare tag matches from 1989 that
rank amongst some of the very best tag matches Marty & Shawn were
involved in. First, from a taping for the New England Sports Network,
The Rockers put on a true classic against The Brainbusters of Tully
Blanchard and Arn Anderson, a match that's still as exciting and clever
today as it was then. Finally, a dark match from a house show in Canada a
few months later saw The Rockers across the ring from the hugely
popular Hart Foundation of Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart, a similarly
excellent match that definitely holds it own by modern standards.<br />
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Two starts by recounting the famous events that led to Shawn Michaels
leaving The Rockers to embark on a singles career as The Heartbreak Kid,
first hated and then later beloved by many as he became one of the most
popular (and divisive) WWF SuperStars of the 1990's. The matches on
offer chart the six year journey Michaels took from Intercontinental
Champion, to World Tag Team Champion, to WWF World Heavyweight Champion,
many of them never seen before. There's a previously un-aired episode
of Piper's Pit featuring Shawn and his manager Sensational Sherri, plus
an excellent Intercontinental Title dark match that pits H.B.K. against
'Mr. Perfect' Curt Hennig and features a title change that was later
overturned. We also see the beginnings of Shawn's association with 'Big
Daddy Cool' Diesel, plus a pair of tag matches that align Shawn with
some of the biggest names in the WWF in Bret Hart and The Undertaker.</div>
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The
second half of the disc focuses on Shawn's time as WWF World
Heavyweight Champion, kicking off with a great singles bout from
SuperStars that saw the new champion challenged by The 1-2-3 Kid.
Although that bout wasn't for the title, a dark match from Des Moines
was as H.B.K. defended the belt against a highly regared up-and-comer
managed by Ted DiBiase, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin! There's also a title
match that sees Shawn defend against Yokozuna in front of a rabid
Kuwaiti audience during WWF's 1996 tour of the Middle East, with his
gargantuan opponent appearing to be more popular with the locals than
even the champion. Rounding out the disc is an awkward house show
singles encounter between Michaels and Vader that typifies their
relationship inside and outside the ring, a Superstars bout that marked
the first ever shot at the WWF World Heavyweight Championship for Justin
'Hawk' Bradshaw and a one-sided match against the Brooklyn Brawler that
sees interference from Degeneration-X of Triple H and Chyna.</div>
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The
final disc of the set fast forwards five years to Shawn's return to the
WWF, or rather the WWE. It's by far the weakest disc of the set, with
many matches taken from episodes of RAW and a handful of largely
inconsequential dark matches thrown in for good measure. That being
said, we do get a fun WWE World Heavyweight Championship match with
R.V.D. shortly after Michaels return, where he wasn't yet certain if he
could still "be" The Showstopper. Also from RAW are some good singles
bouts against the likes of Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Ric Flair and
Christian, while the dark matches on offer see Shawn team with John Cena
against Rated RKO, reunite as Degeneration-X with Triple H, and a
Triple Threat WWE World Heavyweight Championship match also featuring
Batista and Chris Jericho. </div>
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Overall, this is a
worthwhile release from <a href="http://wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">WWE Home Video</a> and (as Michaels himself remarks
in the intro) it's remarkable they still have worthwhile H.B.K. matches
that before now have never been available on DVD. The first disc of the
set is undoubtedly the strongest and a must-have for fans of The
Rockers, if only for the amazing back to back tag classics vs The
Brainbusters and vs The Hart Foundation. The rest of the set is much
more of a mixed bag, but does an admirable job of charting the course of
Shawn's career before and after the back injury that would sideline him
for five years. The new interview segments provide some context, but
are most keen on highlighting Shawn's new role as an NXT coach, with
many of the young WWE SuperStars effusively praising the experience of
training under a veritable legend of the business. For even the most
ardent fan of Shawn Michaels there's good value here, with a number of
matches and segments that have never been publicly available before
now. </div>
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'Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper: Unreleased' is available to pre-order now from WWE Home Video and releases on October 1st.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">In late 2017, WWE pulled the trigger on a reunion of
The Shield in a bid to try and get Roman Reigns more popular with the fans
ahead of another WrestleMania push, and while the reunion and Reigns’ push both
didn’t kick on the way they were intended, it did result in the release of the
second career retrospective of the Hounds of Justice, following on from 2015’s
“Destruction of The Shield”.</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">“The Shield: Justice for All” takes on a different
format to the first collection – while “Destruction” repackaged a WWE Network
documentary and included matches as a bonus, “Justice for All” features several
new mini interviews with Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, along with
their peers, and pairs them with key matches from 2015 onwards. In total,
there’s nearly 9 hours of action included, with several TV matches that have
yet to be released on DVD.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">“The Lunatic Fringe” takes the focus of <b>Disc 1</b>, with
Dean Ambrose’s story beginning here with his challenge of the newly-crowned
United States Champion John Cena on the episode of RAW held the night after
WrestleMania 31, which set the tone perfectly for Cena’s great run with that
championship throughout most of 2015. The end of that year saw Ambrose enter a
feud with Kevin Owens, and their battle for the Intercontinental Championship
at TLC 2015 is showcased here, with Ambrose winning the title. In the buildup
to WrestleMania 32, Ambrose entered a short rivalry with then-WWE Champion
Triple H, and their match from Roadblock in Toronto for the title is included –
a bout that proved to be far superior to what both men ended up doing in Dallas
a few weeks later.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">A huge career break happened at Money in the Bank
2016, where Ambrose competed against Owens, Sami Zayn, Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro
and Chris Jericho in the eponymous Ladder Match – while the result of that bout
is featured on Seth Rollins’ disc, it led to the much-anticipated Shield Triple
Threat Match, which surprised fans by taking place at Battleground 2016 rather
than at SummerSlam that year. Ambrose enters as the newly-crowned WWE Champion
looking to take the title to SmackDown Live against RAW’s Reigns and Rollins,
and in the end manages to take the championship to Team Blue despite being
outmatched physically and fitness-wise by his two former partners.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The first SmackDown Live episode of 2017 sees Ambrose
win back the Intercontinental Title against The Miz in an entertaining bout, an
example of the regular great matches on SmackDown in that time-period. The
final match on Ambrose’s disc sees him transferred over to RAW, detailing the
lengthy build to his reunion with Rollins, as it was Ambrose who took Rollins’
betrayal in 2014 the hardest. They enter No Mercy 2017 as RAW Tag Team
Champions against The Bar, a match made infamous by Cesaro badly damaging his
teeth during the contest, but also showcasing how well Ambrose and Rollins had
gelled back together again.</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;"><b>Disc 2</b> looks at “The Architect” Seth Rollins, whose
collection of matches starts later than his partners, as his heel run
post-breakup is chronicled on last year’s “Seth Rollins: Building the
Architect”. The first match of his collection also features on that DVD set, as
he challenges Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2016,
a match that sees him win back the title, but not for long, as Dean Ambrose
cashes in on him to win the title. 2017 saw Rollins move away from his heel
role and start to rebel against his former leader Triple H, leading to their
unsanctioned match at WrestleMania 33, which is a technically good match, if
about 5 minutes or so too long. The next match is the only one on the whole set
to feature The Shield in their entirety teaming up, as they took on The New Day
at Survivor Series 2017, which was by far the highlight of the Hounds of
Justice’s disappointing reunion marred by injuries and poor booking.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">Rollins kickstarted the momentum that has so far
carried him through a career year in 2018 with his 65-minute run in a gauntlet
match on the February 19<sup>th</sup> episode of RAW. His portion of the match
is featured here, as he kicks off against his on-again partner Reigns,
defeating him to then go up against John Cena. Once the Architect outlasts the
Cenation Leader, he ends up running into Elias, but by the time the vagabond
guitarist manages to defeat him, Rollins has already created a legendary RAW
moment which sparked his popularity with the fans. The final match featured is
his Intercontinental Title win at WrestleMania 34 against The Miz and Finn
Balor in a Triple Threat Match, which was among the high-end of bouts in a
lob-sided Showcase of the Immortals in New Orleans.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;"><b>Disc 3</b> is all about the “Big Dog”, as we track the
rocky road of Roman Reigns towards becoming “the guy” in WWE. Reigns’
collection begins with his first WWE Title victory against Dean Ambrose in the
final of the mini-title tournament at Survivor Series 2015, ironically caused
by an injury to Seth Rollins. The joy is short-lived as Sheamus then cashed in
the Money in the Bank briefcase on him to win the title, but the December 14<sup>th</sup>
2015 episode of RAW sees Reigns win it back from the Celtic Warrior, at a time
where Reigns was arguably the most popular he had ever been in his career.</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">Any good will towards Reigns had evaporated by the
time WrestleMania 32 rolled around, as his absolute bore-fest with Triple H in
the main event saw him win the title back for the third time, with the fans in
attendance completely disinterested. We fast-forward a year to WrestleMania 33,
where Reigns managed to infuriate fans in a different way, by supposedly
retiring The Undertaker in another weak main event – one retconned the
following year when Undertaker returned.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">A potential WrestleMania main event that the fans
could have enjoyed with John Cena instead takes place at No Mercy 2017, one
that was preceded by both men doing worked shoot promos on each other. It
doesn’t quite hit the mark, but it is far better than the two WrestleMania main
events featured on this collection, as well as his second Brock Lesnar bout
that does not make the cut here. However, we get their follow-up Steel Cage
Match from the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia instead, which gets a
better reaction than their WrestleMania 34 stinker, but the in-ring action is
just as bad.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">“Justice for All” tells three stories in the tale of
one stable – the wasted potential of Dean Ambrose that was affected by
inconsistent booking and his triceps tendon injury at the end of 2017, the
redemption of Seth Rollins towards becoming arguably the best overall performer
in WWE today, and the fruitless pursuit towards making Roman Reigns the top man
in the company, when the fans at large have clearly rejected him. This
collection shows that while Vince McMahon and his team want to make one Shield
member their top star, evidence points towards another member being a far more
suitable candidate for that role. Although this is another essential DVD
collection for Shield fans, other mat-watchers should avoid the Reigns disc
like the plague.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">You can purchase this DVD set from <a href="http://wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">WWE DVD UK</a> </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgA4JFWI4Ze-yj805f2aLbZFlcUDNod29yDd3Y7T-cC3E1nymHq8HVNrdLNqGNETcR9Q6_VRfSsvvSkoKlqeVtbpp_zAr-z9S1PDe8CY0n931gJmCmYMXqFVSrDa8_cFI89TKz2DZJkks/s1600/WR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="293" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgA4JFWI4Ze-yj805f2aLbZFlcUDNod29yDd3Y7T-cC3E1nymHq8HVNrdLNqGNETcR9Q6_VRfSsvvSkoKlqeVtbpp_zAr-z9S1PDe8CY0n931gJmCmYMXqFVSrDa8_cFI89TKz2DZJkks/s320/WR.jpg" width="242" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Above: Wendi Richter</span></td></tr>
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on their sex appeal, with the likes of Sunny, Sable, Torrie Wilson and Stacy
Keibler selling posters, bikini DVDs and even copies of Playboy, with in-ring
prowess low in priority. Allegedly driven by the success of women in outside
sports, including the Williams Sisters, the US women’s football team and UFC
champion Ronda Rousey – who as we will see, eventually joined the WWE – the
decision was taken to change the presentation of women in the WWE to one based
on in-ring competition and compelling characters, and “Then, Now, Forever: The
Evolution of the WWE Women’s Division” is the first WWE DVD to focus on some of
the greatest and most-notable female matches in company history.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">Those looking for a documentary to tell the story of
how WWE made the change should be directed to two episodes of the WWE Network
series “WWE 24”, looking at the directive change heading towards WrestleMania
32, and then the Women’s Royal Rumble Match at Royal Rumble 2018. “Then, Now,
Forever” is made up of short profiles of key figures in WWE history, dating
back to the 1980s, accompanied by a match associated with their career.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">There are only three profiles for talent from before
the 21<sup>st</sup> century, which goes to show how low a priority women’s
wrestling was for the WWE in that time-period. Although the Fabulous Moolah
came to be reviled for her alleged treatment of female wrestlers throughout her
career, she appears in the two 1980s matches, first in a profile for Wendi
Richter in the July 1984 Madison Square Garden match where Moolah not entirely
cleanly loses the WWF Women’s Championship to Richter; and then in the match
associated with the late Sensational Sherri – the women’s elimination match
from Survivor Series 1987 where Sherri teams with Donna Christanello, Dawn
Marie (not the former ECW and WWE wrestler) and the Glamour Girls of Judy
Martin and Leilani Kai against Moolah, Rockin’ Robin, Velvet McIntyre and the
Jumping Bomb Angels (Itsuki Yamazaki and Noriyo Tateno), with the match proving
to be a standout for the style the Japanese tag team displayed which was beyond
what most Westerners thought women were capable of at the time. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The only 1990s
representative on the DVD set is Alundra Blayze, who was infamously fired by
the company while Women’s Champion, and then went onto WCW Monday Nitro to
throw their title belt into the bin. Her match comes from her great rivalry
with Bull Nakano from the April 3<sup>rd</sup> 1995 episode of RAW, which the
commentary team of Vince McMahon and Jim Cornette put over for its in-ring
action, which makes people wonder why McMahon got rid of the division later
that year.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The first profile for the 2000s is Ivory, who was
inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. Although her choice of match is
at a WrestleMania, it’s the match where she’s squashed by Chyna at WrestleMania
X-Seven, although it does demonstrate how effective her Right to Censor
character was at the time. Next is Victoria, who followed the path set by Trish
Stratus in converting a fitness modelling career into a WWE run – her match
with Stratus from the November 25<sup>th</sup> 2002 RAW is shown, which is a
better example of her in-ring wrestling than the great brawl from Survivor
Series 2002 was, although it is notable of the think-tank from WWE towards
women at the time, with Jerry Lawler on commentary focused on “puppies”.
Victoria also features in the next two matches, first in the profile for Lita,
where their steel cage match from the November 24<sup>th</sup> 2003 RAW is
featured – the first one for women in WWE history, and then for Molly Holly,
which looks at their Women’s Championship match from WrestleMania XX, where
Holly put her hair on the line. Lita returns for the profile on Stratus, which
is fitting considering those two were closely associated throughout the early
2000s in WWE. Their title match from the December 6<sup>th</sup> 2004 RAW is
featured, where Lita nearly breaks her neck again, but at a time where women’s
main events on TV were not as common as they are now, this match stood out as
the peak of the division at the time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The first woman to feature who currently wrestles for
WWE is Mickie James – her match is the classic with Stratus from WrestleMania
22 where the fans went against the narrative and cheered for the psychopath
James over the “fan favourite” Stratus. There is a big hole from this point
until the next featured match, which suggests that the period from the late
2000s to the early 2010s which was dominated by the Bella Twins was not one
well-regarded. A major surprise in the DVD is that there is no profile of Beth
Phoenix, who is someone in good standing with the company, and her best matches
took place in that time-period. Disc 1 concludes with two stars from the
beginning of the movement towards the style we see in WWE today. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">First up is AJ
Lee, who features despite the company’s feelings towards her husband CM Punk –
her match with Kaitlyn for the Divas Title from Payback 2013 is one that was a
sign that the in-ring product for the women was beginning to be taken more
seriously. The final profile on the disc is for the recently retired Paige, and
her match with Emma from NXT ArRival shows the promise that was sadly curtailed
by injury and other factors in the young Brit’s life.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">Disc 2 begins with Natalya, the division’s most
reliable performer when it comes to needing to make a new star. Her match is
the one that put Charlotte Flair on the map, their title showdown at the first
NXT Takeover, with Natalya’s uncle Bret Hart in her corner, and Ric Flair in
his daughter’s corner, but the abilities of both women in the ring outshine the
presence of their famed relatives. Although the Bella Twins were seen as part
of the dark period of the early 2010s, their second run was more well received,
and their profile features Brie Bella’s match with Stephanie McMahon at
SummerSlam 2014, which stemmed from Brie’s marriage to Daniel Bryan, and led to
a poor feud between Brie and her twin sister Nikki, though this match was
better than many considered going in.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Above: Sasha Banks & Bayley</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The meat of Disc 2 is dedicated to the WWE “Four
Horsewomen” – whose success eventually led to all four of the MMA Four
Horsewomen being signed to the company. The first to be profiled is Bayley,
whose potential to be truly popular among kids and hardcore fans alike ended up
being stunted by poor main roster booking, but her Iron Man Match with Sasha
Banks from NXT Takeover: Respect showed her at her most popular, telling a
great story of the lengths she and Banks went to try and prove who was the
better woman, and remains the only women’s match to main event a Takeover
special. Charlotte Flair is next up, and her match proved to be a pivotal
moment in the rebrand of the division, as it was when the Divas Championship
was replaced with the WWE Women’s Championship (eventually becoming the RAW
Women’s Championship) – her Triple Threat Match with Becky Lynch and Sasha
Banks was arguably the highlight of a poor WrestleMania 32, showing a division
determined to prove itself and demand the same respect as the men.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">Following the second brand extension in the summer of
2016, SmackDown also gained a women’s championship, and the profile on Becky
Lynch shows her becoming the first champion, as she defeated Alexa Bliss,
Carmella, Naomi, Natalya and Nikki Bella at Backlash 2016 in a fun scramble
which showcases why many people love the Irish Lass Kicker. The final spot on
the disc is reserved for Sasha Banks, and her match is the first ever women’s Hell
In A Cell match with Charlotte Flair from Hell In A Cell 2016, which although
wasn’t the best match in their rivalry, is there mainly for the occasion, a
theme continued on Disc 3.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">Although “first time ever” is the main theme continued
over to Disc 3, Carmella’s match is actually the second ever Women’s Money In
The Bank Ladder Match from the June 27<sup>th</sup> 2017 episode of SmackDown
Live, mainly due to James Ellsworth’s involvement in the first one at Money In
The Bank 2017. The rematch with Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Natalya and
Tamina is everything the first match should have been, with a far more
satisfactory finish. A jump back in time leads us to a profile on Mae Young,
but this leads to the final of the first Mae Young Classic, where Kairi Sane
and Shayna Baszler won over a hard-to-please SmackDown crowd in Las Vegas,
leading to both competitors becoming staples of the women’s division in NXT.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The first ever Women’s Royal Rumble is shown in full,
which was a great encapsulation of the evolution of the division, with many
stars of the past returning to interact with today’s stars, including several
flashbacks to former rivalries. With no profile of her own, this is as close a
showcase as it comes for Asuka, remaining as her standout achievement in the company.
Alexa Bliss is featured by way of the first ever Women’s Elimination Chamber
match from the 2018 edition of the event, where she attempted to outlast
Bayley, Sasha Banks, Mickie James, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville inside the
deadly Elimination Chamber structure. The final match includes new star signing
Ronda Rousey, and her standout debut teaming with Kurt Angle against Stephanie
McMahon and Triple H from WrestleMania 34, closing out with a hint at things to
come from the division.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small; line-height: 107%;">The WWE women’s division is in a very different place
now to when it was when it was only considered good enough for “bra and
panties” titillation, and “Then, Now, Forever” tells the story of how it got
from A to B. Some may argue how long it too Stephanie McMahon and WWE to drive
the change and the outside factors that influenced it, but this DVD set
illustrates how welcome the change has been, and some of the great performances
that have come about as a result. Coming in at a shade under 9 hours of action,
it’s an essential collection for fans of women’s wrestling.</span></div>
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WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-67395772278721130052018-06-21T13:54:00.000-07:002018-06-21T13:54:19.815-07:00Vader's Time - A Brief Reflection On Wrestling's Masterdon By Steve Fullard<br />
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As you'll no doubt have read, Leon White, better known to wrestling fans as Vader, passed away on Monday evening. Vader meant a lot of different things to many different sets of wrestling fans.<br /><br />He will be remembered without a doubt, as one of Pro Wrestling's best ever Super Heavyweights, with the strength of a Bull Elephant and an agility quite unbelievable for a man of his size.<br /><br />His fearsome offence and intimidating in ring demeanour left many fans with a real belief that Vader was a man to be feared.<br /><br />I'll readily admit I'm no authority on Vader's time in Japan, but I consider myself a fan, so I present to you a small cross section of what I feel made Vader so special.<br /><br />I've picked 5 matches, in no particular order, all of which are available to watch on WWE Network.<br /><b><br />5. Vader vs. The Undertaker - In Your House : Canadian Stampede - July 6th 1997</b><br /><br />While not exactly a hidden gem, this match plays co-main event to an excellent 10-Man Tag match, which is the match most people remember.<br /><br />A benefactor of circumstance, Vader stepped into this program in the place of an injured Ahmed Johnson, Vader and The Undertaker went to war in front of one of the hottest crowds you'll ever see.<br />
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This match illustrates one of my favourite things about Vader, that being his willingness to take bumps like a man half his size. In this contest he takes a lovely Chokeslam as well as a Tombstone Piledriver and does his very best to make all of The Undertaker's offence look as good as it possibly can. <br /><br />They do attempt a Tombstone reversal spot that goes a bit wrong, but in attempting the move, the pair show a desire to put on a good match that would put most of the so-called monsters of the ring to shame.<br /><br />
<b>4. Vader vs. Ric Flair - Starrcade 1993 - December 27th 1993</b><br /><br />This match is what many people consider to be Vader's best match, and is probably one of the best WCW main events I have ever seen.<br /><br />The stipulation for this match was Vader's Title vs Flair's Career, the high stakes add to an already compelling contest. The dynamic for this match is very much Vader's power in opposition to Flair's experience and ring savvy.<br />
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Flair takes a lot of big bumps in this match and the end appears to be nigh when Vader attempts his now legendary Moonsault, but after a big miss on Vader's part, Ric Flair comes back with a real vengeance, logically attacking the big man's legs and nullifying his offence.<br /><br />Harley Race in the corner of Vader is a very entertaining addition to this match and it's not long before he becomes physically involved.<br /><br />The finish of this match feels real, with the experienced man having just a few more tricks up his sleeve, and taking an opportunity when he see's it. <br /><br />This match shows Vader's versatility, Ric Flair's regained confidence, and both men working together to put on an outstanding match.<br /><br /><b>3. Vader vs. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker - In Your House : Final Four - February 16th 1997</b><br /><br />This match was booked somewhat hastily after Shawn Michaels vacated the WWF Championship following the Royal Rumble of that year. The four participants in this match were the last four in the Rumble match, and the winner would become the new WWF Champion.<br /><br />This match is a four way elimination match, and feels like one of the very first "Attitude Era" style main events, and we get to see Vader as part of a very interesting main event scene, as the last vestiges of the New Generation are moving on, and in a few short months, the wrestling business as we know it would be altered forever.<br />
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During this match, Vader is bloodied when The Undertaker manages to kick
a chair into his face, and while the match was good until then, it
really seems to kick up into another gear once Vader removes his mask to
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This match shows Vader outperforming
and exceeding expectations. At this point in time, his run in the WWF
had reached his peak, and after a brief flirtation with the main event
scene, he appeared in main event's sporadically. On paper, Vader was the
rank outsider in this match, but after watching, I cant imagine this
match without him.<br />
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<b>2. Sting vs. Vader - Starrcade 1992 - 28th December 1992</b><br /><br />Confession time for me, I'm not a fan of Sting. I don't enjoy his matches and I think he's somewhat overrated, that being said, this match with Vader could be one of his very best.<br /><br />While not as good as Vader's match with Flair one year later, Sting does an excellent job of staying alive after absorbing almost every Vader can throw at him.<br /><br />This is the second match for both men on this night, and they would go on to be involved in a Battle Royale straight after.<br /><br />
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The reason I included this match is because I absolutely adore the finishing sequence, that see's Vader encouraged to go up to the top by Harley Race after connecting on a middle rope splash, only for Sting to catch his top rope attempt in mid air, and turn it into a mammoth Powerslam. This spot was imitated many times after this , but this is probably the best version of it you will ever see.<br /><br /><b>1. Vader vs. Cactus Jack - Halloween Havoc 1993 - October 24th 1993</b><br /><br />
Contrary to my previous entry, I am a massive Mick Foley fan, and this match with Vader, to me, is the stuff of legends.<br /><br />This match follows on from the amnesia angle that WCW tried to execute when Mick Foley sustained a horrid concussion from a Vader Powerbomb on the arena floor a few months earlier, this was a story so good, it would take a special kind of incompetence to mess it up.<br /><br />While WCW's creative may not have done this story justice, the two performer's put on a hell of a show, as they beat each other senseless for nearly 16 minutes.<br /><br />This match is contested under Texas Death Match rules, whereby after a pinfall, and a 30 second rest period, the man who cannot make to his feet at the count of ten is declared the loser.<br /><br />Both men give as good as they get as they brawl in the ring, on the ramp and meander through the makeshift graveyard erected upon the stage, blood flows and both men throw caution to the wind.<br />
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This match is here because when I was young, I believed Vader to be exceedingly dangerous, and me and my brother speculated that while wrestling may be a work, here was a guy who took real pleasure in hurting people. Once I had grown up, I knew this of course wasn't the case and in most of these matches I've selected, Vader sacrifices himself willingly for his opponent, and if a ten year old me believed that his moves hurt, well, that was the point, wasn't it?<br /><br /> <br />
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This was by no means an exhaustive run through of Vader's best matches, instead these were just a few that come to mind when I think of him at his very best. Vader's influence can be seen all over pro wrestling in 2018.<br /><br />When you see Jonah Rock attempt his frog splash, he does so, thanks in part to Vader, who didn't listen when old-timers told him what he should or shouldn't be doing in the ring. <br /><br />Embracing your abilities, as opposed to giving in to what people expect from you is one of the core elements of modern wrestling, and few did that as well as Vader.<br /><br />Vader for Hall Of Fame 2019WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-91925194268156575332018-05-30T11:12:00.000-07:002018-05-30T11:14:16.209-07:00Randy Savage 'Unreleased' DVD Review By Richard Edmund<div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_018f04d4-1d9f-4af5-aa24-afd294aa869b">
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New from WWE, 'Randy
Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of the Macho Man' is a three disc
DVD set that provides die-hard Macho Man fans with a glimpse at some
rare matches never before released on DVD and, in a few cases, matches
that have never aired anywhere. Covering the entirety of Macho's run in
the WWF from his debut in 1985 to his departure in 1994, the set also
touches on his time at rival promotion WCW and in total has over forty
matches on offer. These are interspersed with clips from a round-table
discussion hosted by Corey Graves (a self-confessed Macho Man fanatic),
with guests Bayley, WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page and legendary
WWF announcer Sean Mooney, providing anecdotes about the Macho Man, as
well of context for and remembrances of his legendary career.</div>
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The
first disc contains some of the most interesting matches on the set,
although many are short affairs with the fledgling WWF Superstar Randy
Savage mostly facing enhancement talent, but it's an era of the Macho
Man's career that is rarely highlighted. It's great to see the Macho Man
at this point, already in his prime and being treated as such in his
WWF debut against Aldo Marino (a young Ricky Santana) as the WWF's
ensemble cast of managers come out mid-match to watch the promotion's
newest hot prospect have his hand raised in victory, and to vie for his
contract. There's also a short match against perennial jobber Mario
Mancini and another against a young Paul Roma, before the set talks
about Macho's decision to have Miss Elizabeth as his manager and how
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While
a lot of fans will have seen Randy playing the bad guy with his
cartoonishly unhinged 'Macho King' persona, perhaps they'll be less
familiar with the early incarnation of the Macho Man, who cowardly puts
Miss Elizabeth in the line of fire and routinely demeans her in public,
which drew great ire from crowds at the time. This we see in the next
few matches, as Randy faces more enhancement talent such as Scott McGhee
and Troy Martin (a young Shane Douglas), teams with Jesse 'The Body'
Ventura, puts in a good shift against the up and coming Tony Atlas and
defends the WWF Intercontinental Title against Pedro Morales. Next, the
set turns to Macho's famous rivalry with Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
and we get treated to a never before seen house show version of their
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The
set then fast forwards a year to Macho Man as Undisputed WWF World
Heavyweight Champion, defending his newly won title against Ted DiBiase
in a steel cage. Savage, now a huge fan favourite, has changed his
attitude towards Miss Elizabeth by this point, far more complimentary of
her ability as a manager and the role she plays in the Macho Man's
success. The next match is a largely forgettable title match against
Akeem (who the ring announcer introduces as One Man Gang), that's
notable for the fact that it came from the WWF's first ever visit to
France. Although broadcast live on Canal+ in France, this is the first
time the match has been internationally available and, while not a great
match, the crowd are electric and the scale of the celebration for
Macho's victory to close out the show is impressive.</div>
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Disc
two picks up shortly after the implosion of the Mega Powers, Macho Man
is once more somewhat reviled by large portions of the crowds and in the
first match on this disc he defends the WWF Intercontinental title
against a wildly popular new superstar in the Ultimate Warrior from a
1989 house show in Chicago. Next, the set covers the introduction of
Sensational Sherri as the Macho Man's new manager and, over the course
of the next series of matches, we see the much more direct influence
Sherri had in Randy's bouts compared to Elizabeth. Firstly, there's an
entertaining WWF title match from Toronto that sees the Macho Man go one
on one with Hulk, before a somewhat less exciting match vs Brutus the
Barber Beefcake. The Macho King vs Hercules match is surprisingly fun,
but is followed by a farcical mixed tag with Macho & Sherri vs Dusty
& Sapphire, with Miss Elizabeth.</div>
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The set
covers Macho Man's feud with Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and subsequent
forced retirement, which leads into his campaign to be reinstated by WWF
President Jack Tunney. The next match is a never before seen six man
tag from December 1991, as Savage teams with Roddy Piper and Hacksaw Jim
Duggan against the team of Ric Flair, Jake Roberts and The Undertaker!
Then, another never before seen match as the Mega Powers reunite for the
first time in two years to take on Jake Roberts and The Bezerker. We
jump forward post-WrestleMania VIII to now two-time WWF World
Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage teaming with The Undertaker to face
Flair and The Berzerker, before heading onto a solid pair of singles
matches against Razor Ramon and Terry Taylor to close out disc two.</div>
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Disc
three starts with the absolutely '90s-riffic 'Gets Your Heart Pumping'
music video WWF produced for the Macho Man, as well as some great blue
screen outtakes from its production before getting on with the matches.
Unfortunately the quality isn't terribly high in this last gasp of
Randy's WWF career, after a solid match against Yokozuna there's a
plodding singles bout against Lex Luger, an entirely forgettable match
against Mr. Hughes, a Macho & Perfect vs Hughes and the awful Giant
Gonzalez and a short match from Monday Night RAW with Randy taking on
Fatu before the set heads into WCW territory. Randy's WCW work was a
mixed bag, and there's not exactly many 'must see' matches in this
portion of the collection, but still a few cool bouts here and there
such as Randy vs 'Stunning' Steve Austin, or taking on Kurasawa (a young
Manabu Nakanishi) or facing off against Sir Robert of Eaton.</div>
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Overall,
while this set most definitely can't be considered a 'best of', it's a
solid accompaniment to the WWE's other Randy Savage DVDs 'The Randy
Savage Story' and 'Macho Madness - The Ultimate Randy Savage
Collection'. It's great that newer fans can get a taste of the earliest
days of the Macho Man in WWF, as well as seeing him at the peak of his
abilities and the matches on offer from later in his career provide a
few nice highlights and some notable oddities. Also, it's cool to see a
bunch of promos and video packages here, including the great 'Macho
Lifestyles' segment that saw Mean Gene take a trip to Randy's home for a
candid interview. I'm not a huge fan of the round-table format and
think a 'talking heads' approach with a greater cast of characters
would've been better, although Corey Graves does a good job as host and
DDP and Sean Mooney both provide some great insight.</div>
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'Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of the Macho Man' is available now on DVD from: <a href="https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/</a></div>
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WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-67201127138133435682018-04-26T08:37:00.000-07:002018-04-26T08:39:07.457-07:00DVD REVIEW: Twist Of Fate: The Best Of The Hardy Boyz By Richard Edmund<div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_f68e5742-41c0-4e19-9b20-3528fe8b89d4">
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After a lengthy absence
from the grandest stage in all of professional wrestling, 2017 saw the
return of The Hardy Boyz, Matt & Jeff Hardy, to a WWE ring. One of
the most accomplished and innovative tag teams in WWE history, the
Hardyz paved the way for a faster paced, high intensity (and high risk)
daredevil style which changed the face of tag team wrestling within the
WWE. After returning to great acclaim at WrestleMania 33 and winning the
WWE RAW Tag Team Titles, WWE have set out to mark Matt and Jeff's
homecoming with this 3-disc DVD set 'Twist of Fate: The Best of the
Hardy Boyz' featuring over 25 matches and newly recorded interview
segments at the Hardy Compound that add some context and
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The
first disc begins, where else, with the WWE debut of Matt and Jeff as a
tag team from way back in 1996. Facing off against the short-lived duo
of The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Leif Cassidy, AKA Al Snow), the
young Hardy brothers acquit themselves well while taking a resounding
beating. Jeff takes a huge back body drop over the ropes and to the
floor, before suffering a doomsday powerbomb to give the Rockers the
victory. Fast forward a couple of years and The Hardy Brothers (now both
out of high school and able to compete full-time with the WWE) have
become The Hardy Boyz, but are still in search of victory as they take
on the Kai En Tai team of Funaki & MEN's Teioh. The Hardyz get to
display some innovative offense, but their risk taking is almost their
undoing as Jeff misses a step-up tope and crashes hard to the floor. But
when Kai En Tai's nefarious tactics backfire on them, the young Hardyz
take full advantage and pick up their first WWE win in the process.</div>
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Their
first taste of WWE Tag Team gold came in 1999 against The Acolytes of
Bradshaw & Farooq. With the help of Michael Hayes as their manager
The Hardy Boyz steal a win over their intimidating opponents, thanks to a
tombstone on the ring steps Kane delivered to Bradshaw the night
before, and a shot to the head from Hayes' cane. Next we're treated to
two of the earliest matches in the long-standing rivalry of The Hardy
Boyz and Edge & Christian. The first of the two is a fast-paced
Tornado Tag match from an episode of Smackdown, while the second is the
very first (but most certainly not last) ladder match in which both
teams faced off against one another. </div>
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Here we
get a glimpse of the inventiveness of The Hardyz and Edge &
Christian, the chemistry they had together in the ring and the
death-defying lengths they would go to in order to steal the show. Next
up is another big first, the first time The Hardy Boyz wrestled each
other on WWE television. Forced into the match by Stephanie McMahon, the
reluctant Hardyz soon find their competitive spirit and the result is a
brief but entertaining singles bout pitting brother against brother.
Another tag match vs Edge & Christian follows, this one from No Way
Out 2000 is a bit more grounded than the last and notable for The Hardyz
manager Terri turning on them. </div>
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The year from
WrestleMania 2000 to WrestleMania X-Seven was an important one for The
Hardy Boyz and the first disc of the set closes out with four huge bouts
that went a long way to cementing their status as one of the most
exciting tag teams in the world. First, the 3-way ladder match from WM
2000 introduced the destructive Dudley Boyz to the Hardyz/E&C mix,
while SummerSlam a few months latter saw all three teams collide again
in the first ever TLC match. At Unforgiven Edge & Christian faced
the Hardyz in a memorable cage match, while WM X-7 saw the three-way TLC
match return for a second year. These four matches include some of the
most memorable moments in the careers of all six men involved, and set
the bar for tag team wrestling in the WWE. </div>
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2 begins with The Hardy Boyz at the very top of the tag team game,
having seen it all and done it all as a tag team their increasing
popularity grants more and more opportunities for them outside of the
tag division and in the main event. Case in point, a huge Monday Night
RAW main event match pitting The Hardy Boyz & The Brothers of
Destruction vs Stone Cold, Triple H, Edge & Christian. Matt &
Jeff talk about what it meant to them to get to work with some of the
biggest names in the WWE and how they used the experience to improve
their game. Next, old enemy Edge teams with The Hardyz to take on Test
& The Dudleys, setting up a unification match between The Hardyz
& The Dudleys for the WWF & WCW Tag Team Titles in a steel cage
at Survivor Series 2001 that saw a memorable (but disastrous) Swanton
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Over the next year or so
Matt & Jeff would branch out more as singles competitors with
varying degrees of success. While Matt established himself with his
Version 1.0 character, Jeff struggled to find his footing on his own and
would end up leaving the WWE in 2003. The matches chosen here reflect
that, with Chris Jericho taking on a Jeff Hardy struggling to find his
identity in the "solo dimension", as Jeff puts it, and two great matches
from a popular feud between Matt Hardy and Rey Mysterio for the
Cruiserweight Title. The second of which is an important match in the
career of Mysterio, his first singles title in the WWE.</div>
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Fast
forward to December 2006 and the Hardy Boyz are once again teaming
together in a WWE ring for the first time in just under 3 years. The
match vs MNM is a bit of a mixed bag, although it drags in places and
goes longer than necessary it was the one bright spot of a generally
ill-remembered ECWWE PPV, but the crowd were definitely pleased to see
The Hardy Boyz teaming again. Next up a solid tag bout pitting the newly
minted WWE Tag Team Champions (The Hardys won the belts in a Battle
Royale on RAW) against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, notable for being
the first Hardy defence of the tag titles in six years.</div>
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The
final match on this portion of the set is a show-stealing ladder match
from One Night Stand 2007 that saw The Hardy Boyz defend the World Tag
Titles against The World's Greatest Tag Team of Charlie Haas and Shelton
Benjamin. A classic car crash of a bout that illustrates how well
matches these two teams were, and what a shame it is they didn't face
off again. Shelton has the athleticism and will to put his body on the
line like Jeff, Charlie has the skills to handle Matt in the ring, but
The Hardys have the experience and the result is a great tag contest
that is deservedly highlighted here.</div>
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Disc 3
picks up the action in 2009 with the Hardy brothers locked in an
embittered feud stemming from Matt's jealousy of Jeff's popularity, and
resulting in a memorable storyline where it's revealed Matt burned down
Jeff's house (a real life event incorporated into the tale). They face
off in a ladder match at WrestleMania XXV that sees both brothers test
the extremes to which they'll go in order to gain victory, before the
feud is settled at Backlash 2009 in an I Quit match where Jeff finally
defeats his brother. </div>
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A few months later Jeff
would again leave the WWE, and a year after that Matt followed him. They
reunited in TNA and ROH, a period of their career covered here by a ten
minute interview segment and a few scant clips courtesy of the Global
Wrestling Network. Quickly, however, the set races towards The Hardy
Boyz big return to the WWE at WrestleMania 33 in Florida. Fresh off a
gruelling ladder match to finish up their time in Ring of Honor, Matt
& Jeff were brought back to the WWE in the utmost secrecy and,
although their return had been widely speculated upon, the response from
the crowd was no less rapturous.</div>
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The match
itself is a chaotic 4-way ladder match for the RAW Tag Team
Championship, pitting The Hardy Boyz against Sheamus & Cesaro, Enzo
& Big Cass and Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson. While much of the
action inevitably revolves around the other teams in the match, the
experience of the Hardyz pays off and they pick their moment perfectly
to win the tag titles (as well as reminding everyone that they're still
as crazy as ever, Matt with a Twist of Fate off a ladder, and Jeff
hitting an insane Swanton to the outside).</div>
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The
next two matches on the set come from The Hardy Boyz feud with Cesaro
& Sheamus over the RAW Tag Team Championship, namely the cage match
from Extreme Rules 2017 and the Iron Man Tag Team Match from WWE's Great
Balls of Fire PPV. The name of the show being 'Extreme Rules' only
highlights how different the modern WWE cage match is from the sort of
cage matches Matt & Jeff were innovating nearly two decades prior.
That being said, all four guys work hard in this one, as they do in the
Iron Man match. Not a rule-set terribly suited to tag wrestling, but
they make it work here and after a bit of a rough start the crowd get
really into the final third of the match.</div>
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Rounding
out the set are two singles matches from Monday Night RAW with the
Hardy brother in turn trying to wrest the WWE Intercontinental Title
away from the hands of The Miz. Compared to the other singles matches on
the set these show a different side of the Hardyz, older, a bit wiser
and more experienced, but still with a spark of that same energy they
possessed when the were in their prime. Afterwards Matt talks about
Jeff's recent injury and how that gave him an opportunity to bring his
'Woken' character to the WWE, before the brothers contemplate what the
future will bring for their careers to bring the interview to a close.</div>
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Overall
this is a content-rich set that will please any fan of The Hardy Boyz.
While not a definitive collection, the matches have been selected to
tell the story of Matt & Jeff's careers from the beginning up to the
present day and, to that end, the selection suceeds with only a small
number of matches feeling superfluous. The interviews are a welcome
addition and provide good context where needed as well as a number of
backstage anecdotes, and it was cool to see early footage of the Hardyz
as kids and some clips of their time in TNA. </div>
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Once more, WWE release their annual compendium of Pay-per-View matches 'The Best PPV Matches of 2017'. As usual with these type of DVD sets, one should expect samples and highlights of the year's best feuds and championship matches - greatly expanded once again as the two brands establish their own respective titles.<br />
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Disc One, at first glance of the contents list, appropriately appears to be very SmackDown-heavy, considering the critical positivity surrounding the brand going into 2017. First up was the WWE championship bout that saw perennial poster-boy John Cena claim the title from AJ Styles, a refrain of 2016's arguable feud-of-the-year, to tie with the legendary 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair at 16 WWE-recognised world title reigns. This wasn't the year for the Rumble match itself to get on the 'best-of' list, but second-time winner Randy Orton had his subsequent Elimination Chamber PPV match with Luke Harper included, foreshadowing a feud with the winner of the event's eponymous match. The Elimination Chamber match itself was one of the most coherent of recent times, and provided overdue WWE championship recognition for Bray Wyatt as he surprisingly defeated Cena, Styles, Dean Ambrose, The Miz and Baron Corbin.<br />
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Whilst that would have set up the traditional WrestleMania main event, the three examples from this year's 'Superbowl of Wrestling' didn't include Orton's almost inevitable victory. Instead, we get Styles versus 47-year-old boss-man Shane McMahon (which, to be fair, built a slow start into a serviceably entertaining bout). The Cena & Nikki Bella mixed-tag against The Miz & Maryse was turgidly paced, and whilst the ensuing marriage proposal was highlight-worthy, the match itself is hideously misplaced on any 'best-of' list. In contrast, the feud between the phoenix-like Universal champion Goldberg and Brock Lesnar has been denoted by explosively brief, almost terse, matches. Lesnar's WM33 victory here was almost an epic by their standards, and began to approach double-figures in terms of minutes' length... almost as long as Goldberg's entrance down the interminable ramp. The crowd had fun counting the suplexes and spears though.<br />
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The second DVD features more RAW, with two post-Superstar-Shakeup matches from Payback opening the disc. Alexa Bliss becomes the first woman to have held both brands' titles when she takes the RAW women's championship from Bayley, whilst the second features the objectively brilliant feud between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman beginning to peak. A brief sojourn back to SmackDown sees the start of Jinder Mahal's initially unlikely but ultimately productive WWE championship run, taking the belt from Orton at Backlash.<br />
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The first of three excellently free-flowing 'Fatal' matches on the set, this one a 5-Way match to determine the number-1 contender for WWE Universal championship, sees Samoa Joe overcome Reigns, Wyatt, Seth Rollins and Finn Balor. The Universal title bout at the rock-n-roll-retro Great Balls of Fire is one of that archetypal 'big fight feel', full of impassioned brawling, but ultimately unsuccessful for Joe. Sandwiched in between was the first ever Women's Money-in-the-Bank ladder match, but the good-to-excellent bout was marred by the thoroughly objectionable finish. Carmella comes away with the case in circumstances shrouded in understandable feminist controversy.<br />
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The final fight of the DVD is the tag-team championship match between The Usos and The New Day. New Day gain the SmackDown gold after previously holding their RAW equivalents for so long; Xavier Woods looking particularly dogged, enough to get his first belt-winning pin.<br />
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Summer Slam opens the third DVD, and the long-awaited reformation of SHIELD (two-thirds of). Ambrose and Rollins take the RAW tag-titles from Sheamus and Cesaro in a bout that manages to be both brutal and technical. The other match from the 'big-four' PPV is the delightfully outstanding Universal championship Fatal Four-way. Seeing Strowman manhandle Lesnar like a cruiser-weight to demolish consecutive announcement tables is a rare sight, but the champion returned after<br />
medical attention to retain against a resurgent Reigns.<br />
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Bliss underlines her 'Five Feet of Fury' moniker, defeating Bayley, Emma, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks in the final fine 'Fatal' fight to retain her title at No Mercy, which also provided a clash of titans in the form of Cena versus Reigns. No matter which side the perennial detractors fall, this is an exemplar match of WWE's heavyweight Sports-Entertainment style, both technically and narratively.<br />
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A casual observer, using this DVD set to stay moderately up-to-date on WWE goings-on, may be forgiven for thinking that Shane McMahon is a top-tier major draw, judging by a second inclusion. The match with Kevin Owens at Hell-in-a-Cell is a worthy addition though, if inevitably a little formulaic. Sami Zayn makes a timely intervention to cement the restoration of his and Owens' friendship, and save his Canadian compatriot from Shane-o-Mac's 20-foot cage-top plunge.<br />
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The set concludes with the strongest technical match-up: Styles versus Balor, a veritable exposition of intricacy and almost Indy-level pace, but one, no-matter how you look at it, that missed the gun narratively. As a last-minute replacement match it is mind-blowing, but a year-or-so before it would have been the battle of the Bullet Club (even if they couldn't call it that), or with some build-up it might well have been 2017's pure gold.<br />
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The opportunity cost and logistics of getting this set out for the biggest (Christmas) market, means that Survivor Series onward is absent from the set, a grave omission in terms of narrative build for 2018, but commercially understandable. Other than a somewhat weak WrestleMania selection, this represents a great value-for-money coherent anthology of WWE's year, and a solid addition to a fan's<br />
collection.<br />
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Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the pro wrestling business. I’ve been a part of it (10 years) and a fan for a combined 30 years. I’ve taken just lately to writing about my thoughts and feelings on certain subjects and this is another one. </div>
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I recently read online that during a press tour of India to promote WWE’s upcoming show, Kane was quoted as saying that Jinder Mahal is a superstar that should be admired for his change in attitude. Kane makes reference to Mahal’s 2014 release and spoke about the way Mahal conducted himself while being away including becoming a better wrestler and the drastic changes to his physical appearance. I understand that this interview took place in India to promote the forthcoming show which Mahal is due to headline in a match against the COO of the company Triple H however, it got me thinking. <br>
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In the bigger picture, should we all not respect Jinder Mahal for his most recent accomplishments a little bit more than we do? <br>
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I understand that some purists and wrestling die hards were outraged when the company went left field and chose to put the WWE Championship on Jinder and the rise of the ‘Modern Day Maharaja’ began. I admit, I thought it was going to be a transitional champion kind of situation and the company would keep with the safe cards like AJ Styles (champion now) or Randy Orton. A near enough 6 month reign would be the result of it all which even if you appreciated it or not brought fresh new light into the tired and tested main event scene. <br>
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In 2014 Jinder Mahal was released from his contract. At the time of his release he was a member of 3MB. Prior to 3MB he had bounced around the mid card with a couple of mediocre winning streaks. He was the runner up to Seth Rollins in the final of the NXT Championship Tournament and was also the on screen brother in law to The Great Khali. Jinder was re-hired by the company along with Curt Hawkins, Rhyno, Shelton Benjamin and a few others to bulk out the rosters during the brand split. Not long into Mahal’s return he begun to make some big changes to his physic and attitude in the ring whilst finding himself in a team with Rusev. Mahal would look like an absolute beast leading intro Wrestlemania where he again came second in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal however, the ground work was already being laid down for him to rise to the top of the Smackdown brand and lead it as it’s champion.</div>
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Taking a step back from his accomplishments during all of this I’d like to go back to concentrating on the point Kane was making. Jinder Mahal is a character. Love him or hate him he isn’t real. Yuvraj Singh Dhesi was giving a second chance with a company that doesn’t really give second chances very often (okay goldust being the exception) and he chose to reinvent himself to give himself a fighting chance to survive. <br>
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As I said earlier wither you like him or not as a performer it’s immaterial. Personally I feel he should be admired and ultimately looked up to as someone who took the measures to better himself within his workplace to stand out from the pack instead of just filling the hole in the roster which ultimately he was brought back to do. Take a quick second to look at the rest of the returning stars. Rhyno was Tag Team Champion and got a push on smackdown but has done nothing since the brand switch moved him to Raw. Curt Hawkins gimmick is that he’s lost every match since the start of his career and Shelton Benjamin has been shoved into a 2.0 tag team. You may argue that Mahal has done nothing but alter his appearance and that his level of wrestling skill hasn’t changed at all. Against the skill of the veterans I mentioned above I would strongly argue that if his push was solely based around in ring skill then chances are he would be jobbing to the stars as well and in some way maybe he knows that. Look into his past again for a second. WWE tried multiple times with Jinder to make something of him and nothing happened. When he was Average Mahal you never saw him knocking down doors to get to any championship glory. <br>
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In an industry STILL (WWE at least) dominated by big men with impressive physical appearances Mahal has perfectly played the one card he did have for success and he played it extremely well. <br>
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Changing his physical appearance is the best thing Jinder Mahal has ever done for his career and it says a lot about his personal character and his willingness to want to succeed. He was given a second chance at a dream career where he hadn’t made the best of it the first time round and has hit a home run this time round. <br>
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Surely that’s something to look up to for anyone in any industry. <br>
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I’d call this a dream come true. <br>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">You see, my problem is time and environment. Once the kids are in bed, I have a few hours to spend with the wife</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> which, lies the second problem; t</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">rying to negotiate a night watching</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">wrestling.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> WWE isn’t easy</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to watch</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> at the best of times, let alone when the current product just doesn’t make any sense. When I introduced the wife to wrestling</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> back in 2009</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, her first </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">comment</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> was “do they do risk assessments?” when watching a money in the bank ladder match. A fair point, I suppose. Then a large amount of </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">reasonable</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">questions followed, “why do they always do moves facing the camera?” or “why are they always distracted when someone else’s music plays?”. Dearest wife, I have no answer. I don’t </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">think many people have answers, including the decision makers.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So my valuable, marital time is at a premium, WWE is not an option. </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Fortunately,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I have two other subscription services which, are cheaper than the “New York” territories offering and more importantl</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">y, a more common sense approach to content. Another subscr</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">iption service we have is Netfli</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">x and, we really enjoyed watching GLOW together as well as non-wrestling related shows such as American Vandal, Toast of London to name but a few. A few hours of free time every night and, with al</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">l these options available, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">we tend to go for Netflix (also cheaper than the WWE Network) then, if I feel </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">lucky I will offer up</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a New Japan English Commentary show or, if I am really feeling lucky, a Rev Pro Cockpit show.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With time at a premium, this week I have found having plenty of free time. Once I get the kids to bed, I am on my own. The wife is out doing a play (because we are middle class… Amateur Theatre </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Dahling</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">). </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I can sit in and watch whatever I want (and play Football Manager at the same time – MULTITASKING!). What have I chosen to watch this week? Well, to watch Rev I have to plug in my Chromecast, connect my </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Macbooks</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Chrome, log in and then Cast. New Japan is the same process – but this has improved greatly (I now no longer need Google Translate – Huzzah!). For the WWE Network, I just hit the apps button on my remote and go to the WWE App, Michael Cole told me how to install it and everything (I have a Smart TV – told you I was middle class). Ease of use doesn’t seem to affect me. I can log onto the site nice and easy and browse the network. I even get emails from John Cena, Roman Reigns and Charlotte Flair to tell me amazing new events are coming to the Network. Thanks guys.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> This week, I have been mostly watching Rev Pro Global Wars Shows 1 and 2, New Japan Power Struggle (again) and PWG BOLA 2017 Night 1. Really enjoyable ways to spend an evening or two.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Why don’t I use the Network then?</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Well,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I have lived</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> through</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">most of their</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> 90s to date</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> archives. Putting in the hours when I wasn’t married, with kids and a mortgage. No, I lived these events when I had a social life – which I didn’t have because I wa</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s in my room watching wrestling.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Nostalgia seems to be a big reason to have the network, but I don’t need nostalgia in my current free time. I have vintage video games for my nostalgia fix</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, plus a lot of the content from the Attitude Era for example doesn’t age particularly well. There are plenty of more qualified folk to point this out, but the way women were portrayed at the time has no place in my house. The Attitude Era and all ECW shows are a no go option for me </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">these days.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I want new, up and coming, different, challenging viewing options and, in its current form the WWE just doesn’t offer me that. Even with NXT – it is formulaic</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> focused on being a TV product rather than a sport on TV. Can you imagine Ronaldo getting screamed at for not turning to the hard cam to do his celebration? Or how about Roger Federer serving fo</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">r the match and accidently looking</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">straight into the camera? If it is “Sports Entertainment” why </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">isn’t</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> there emphasis on the sport? We don’t scream at the Sky Sports commentators for talking about what is trending online during a match or the editors cutting away every time someone completes a tackle. It’s time for me to just give up on the network. I thought it was everything I ever dreamed of, but in reality, Over </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Top services such as Rev Pro, Progress, NJPW World </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">etc</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> IS what I dreamed of. Current product of the highest of qualities with an archive should I wish to go back. </span></div>
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WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-89668757804953589832017-11-12T00:25:00.000-08:002017-11-12T08:58:53.317-08:00WWE Presents NXT: From Secret To Sensation DVD Review By Keagan Barnes<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NXT is WWE’s third brand, well known for it’s tendency to create stars in such a short time. This DVD was dedicated to that with a list of NXTs top 25 of all time. In the last review I did, I covered the ‘30 Years of Survivor Series’ DVD and in that I was very critical. However, the things I criticised were improved and I can’t see a fault in this DVD. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We start off with Tom Phillips giving a brief introduction to NXT. He name drops a few alumn who’ve gone on to do great things and then the list gets underway.. The list entries have a video package but with sections in between, quizzing other WWE/NXT stars about the performer. This was really well put together and this is what the survivor series dvd, in my opinion, was lacking. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The top 25 were all deserving of their place on the list. There was a few surprise entry numbers. That was bound to happen though. The list of illustrious superstars included greats like: Triple H, William Regal and John Cena. It was also very cool to see the NXT Superstars and alumn talk about their peers in such a positive way. Also, it was great to reminisce and look back at some great gimmicks and matches. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cesaro made the list, which wasn’t a shock considering what he did for the brand in its early days. A lot of people picked up on that. His feuds with Sami Zayn and William Regal should definitely be in the conversation for best rivalry in NXT’s early days. Like I just mentioned, it was great to see peers praise Cesaro and his contribution to NXT. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One which surprised me was Paige. She defitnitely deserved to be put on but due to the situation she’s in with WWE at the minute, I wasn’t sure that she would be. A big name who didn’t make the list such as: Roman Reigns or Dean Ambrose could’ve made the list instead. It was easily done. In my opinion, Paige definitely deserved a place on the list over those two.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The superstar input wasn’t scripted and you could definitely tell. It added a sense of sincerity which can’t be faked. It was wrestlers giving their genuine thoughts on their colleagues. This was made more apparent on Alexa Bliss’ entry more than anyone’s. Many stars said that they didn’t believe she was going to do much in the WWE. Reminiscing about her old cheerleader gimmick, it was crazy to see how far she’s come. The change from over-the-top cheerleader to intense bad girl was drastic and will arguably go down as the best image change in NXT history.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tyler Breeze made the list! I love Tyler Breeze, he’s my favourite NXT wrestler of all time.. His schtick was so original and he had the charisma to perfect it. He put on solid matches and the NXT higher ups thought that much of him, they used Liger’s one off WWE appearance in a match against him at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn. The fact that he’s gone to SmackDown Live and is now doing something completely different to his NXT gimmick while perfecting it to the same degree, proves that he’s a fantastic performer. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NXT Tag Teams got their own segment prior to the Top 10 countdown but none of them were ranked. It was a collection of video clips for each team. The Vaudevillians were included and it was cool to see Simon Gotch again I guess. The Ascension was really cool to see at their most dominant. A lot less like the Road Warriors cosplayers they later became. Enzo and Cass at their best, The Revival in their earlier days and DIY were all welcome additions to the list. It was a great compilation of teams and the tributes were fitting to the guys that made NXT weekly TV so entertaining.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The new generation of NXT was represented by none other than Ember Moon. Although receiving a low placement on the list, it was still cool to see her on it. It felt like just yesterday she debuted and wowed everyone with her appearance and unique in ring offence. It just adds to the point I started off this review with, NXT are really great for creating stars in a short time. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Finn Balor. His position is high obviously and I think it’s also pretty predictable. However, it’s predictable with good reason. Finn Balor elevated NXT and is the longest reigning champion in the brands short history, putting on barnburners every time his championship was on the line. Every time Balor was in a feud with someone it felt like a big deal. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This disc finished on a positive note, looking to the future of NXT and all the stars on the rise. Superstars name dropped here included: Aleister Black, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce and Ruby Riot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This disc had a collection of classic NXT matches including an untelevised contest between Xavier Woods and Big E Langston from 2011. </span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Non-Televised Match - Big E Langston vs. Xavier Woods - NXT (Pilot Episode) </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NXT Championship Match - Seth Rollins vs Corey Graves - NXT January 2, 2013.</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fatal 4-Way Match for the NXT Championship - Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd - NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way. </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Adrian Neville vs. Tyler Breeze - NXT January 15, 2014. </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn - NXT June 12, 2013.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Like the disc before it, this had a collection of NXT classics. From this disc I recommend the following 5. </span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - NXT TakeOver: Dallas 2016</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NXT Women’s Championship Match - Asuka vs. Ember Moon - NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NXT Championship Match - Finn Bálor vs. Samoa Joe - NXT (Lowell, MA) April 21, 2016</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss - NXT July 6, 2016</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">NXT Women’s Championship Match - Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch - NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable 2015.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All in all, I believe this DVD is an all round fantastic set. Great list, great matches and I for one, thoroughly enjoyed every second of it. Definitely recommend.</span></div>
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WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-6140734904589214582017-10-22T04:38:00.000-07:002017-10-22T04:38:41.657-07:00WWE '30 Years Of Survivor Series' DVD Review By Keagan Barnes<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_f2d3a62d-cb12-4894-82d6-54665457e427">
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the 23rd of October 2017, WWE will release the '30 Years of Survivor
Series' DVD set. I sat and watched the discs back to back to back and
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The
DVD kicks off with no introduction or host/s with the only thing given
being the Survivor Series transitions they've been using for the last
few years. The first disc is a top 30 of the best Survivor Series
moments. It felt like an hour long YouTube video. Don't get me wrong, I
thoroughly enjoyed the disc but I feel like it could've been put across
better. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Each
place on the list has a video package similar to those used in WWE
today and boy have the video team knocked it out of the park here. I
have a few issues with placements on the list but nothing too drastic.
Do I believe that number 1 should've been number 1? Yes, without a
doubt. Despite being controversial and pretty obvious, it couldn't have
been anything else. It also felt nice that everything on the list
deserved to be on it and that none of it was just there to fill places
up. It was also nice to see people no longer affiliated with the WWE
involved in the list too. People like Demolition, CM Punk, Hulk Hogan
and Alberto Del Rio all featuring prominently. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another
thing that could've been improved was the amount of information given.
We were just presented with the video and had to make our own
assumptions. There is a list with names of moments online at
wrestlingdvdnetwork(dot)com but you shouldn't have to go out of your way
to find it. I'm not going to spoil the list placements but I'm going to
give you my personal favourite moments that were put on the list. </span></div>
<ol style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Undertaker Returns at Survivor Series 2004</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Shield Debut</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The First Elimination Chamber </span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Winner Takes All - Team WWE vs Team Invasion</span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Team Cena vs Team Authority / Sting Debut.</span></li>
</ol>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I
don't have much to say about the first disc besides the lack of
information and the presentation of the list leaves this DVD with the
untapped potential of being fantastic. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<b><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Disc 2:</i></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The
second disc is a collection of matches from the earlier Survivor Series
which were mentioned on the list. This collection of matches is nice
and are definitely must watch. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My Top 5 however: </span></div>
<ol style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">WWE Championship Match: The Undertaker vs Hulk Hogan @ Survivor Series 1991.</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">5-on-5 Elimination Match: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">The
Bad Guys (Razor Ramon, 1-2-3 Kid, The British Bulldog & The
Headshrinkers) vs. The Teamsters (Jeff Jarrett, Shawn Michaels, Diesel,
Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart) @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 1994.</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">No Disqualification Match for the WWE Championship: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Bret “Hitman” Hart vs. Diesel @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 1995.</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">WWE Championship Match: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 1996.</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Triple H vs. The Rock vs. The Big Show @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 1999. </i></span></li>
</ol>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It was so nice to listen to Brain on commentary again too. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<b><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Disc 3: </i></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Similarly
to Disc 2, this was a very nice collection of matches beginning from
the attitude era spanning to the current era. Like the previous, must
watch matches. The last two discs are what makes the set worthwhile in
my opinion. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My Top 5 Matches: </span></div>
<ol style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Steel Cage Match to Unify the WWE & WCW Tag Team Championships: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 2001</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">WWE Championship Match: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Brock Lesnar vs. The Big Show @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 2002</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">6-Pack Challenge Match for the Vacant WWE Women’s Championship: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Trish Stratus vs. Lita vs. Jacqueline vs. Molly Holly vs. Jazz vs. Ivory @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 2001</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">5-on-5 Elimination Match: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">The
Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) & The Real
Americans (Jack Swagger & Cesaro) vs. Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Rey
Mysterio, & The Usos @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 2013</i></span></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Tournament Finals for the Vacant WWE Championship: </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose @ </i><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Survivor Series 2015</i></span></li>
</ol>
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<i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Conclusion:</i></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The
set was good. Not fantastic, not bad, just good. The list was mediocre
but was made up for by the quality matches on the other discs. I still
do recommend it but I just thought you might want to know what you're
buying before you buy it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Buy or Not To Buy: </i><a href="https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/years-survivor-series-p-12421.html" target="_blank">BUY from WWE DVD UK</a> </span></div>
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Rating: 6.5 </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-40212282705028887602017-09-27T10:34:00.000-07:002017-09-27T10:42:54.583-07:00WWE Presents WWF: 1997 Dawn Of The Attitude DVD Review By Keagan Barnes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Panel: </b>Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley, The Godfather, Ron Simmons and Kane.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Going
into this DVD I had mixed feelings. I wasn't sure if the lack of bigger
stars would have an effect on this feature. There was no Stone Cold,
there was no Rock and there was no Triple H. As time passed and as I was
getting more invested, I can tell you that the star power didn't matter
at all. If anything it just made it more interesting. 'Dawn Of The
Attitude' was a joy to watch from start to finish and I found it to be
very insightful. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We
start things off with the superstars describing the wrestling industry
at the time. 1997 was a big year for WWE. Times were changing, the
ratings war was in full swing and superstars were given an opportunity
to use their personalities as their in ring persona. This gave a lot of
stars the chance to shine. 1997 was a much simpler time in the wrestling
business. You'd never have to worry about your character looking
'weak'. Wins and Losses never mattered and you wouldn't have to deal
with hate on twitter. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Slightly controversial topics included talks about Sunny and Chyna. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">The Guys: </i></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Shawn Michaels: </i>Shawn
recalls 1997 being a good year for him, his degenerate persona really
helped him turn his negative backstage attitude into positive for the
WWE. The first meeting of the Raw is War era was Vince telling the guys
to put more of themselves into their characters. He remembers Vince
being stubborn, the attitudes backstage were positive towards the war
because all of the guys knew that WWE would be the last one standing.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shawn
was a very positive part of this DVD. He'll make you laugh, he'll
intrigue you and you won't get bored of anything talks about. Definitely
put in to be the leader of the table, Shawn shows that he certainly
doesn't lack in charisma and makes for a good watch. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Mick Foley: </i>Mick
never imagined himself playing Mankind. As a youngster, he always
wanted to be the chick magnet. Bruce Prichard himself saw tapes of the
promos Mick did as an 18 year old and this led to Mick's series of
interviews with Jim Ross which he describes as really opening up his
character.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Think
you know all of the backstage groups? You probably don't know about
this one! (If you do, well played) 'The Nerd Kliq' was a group of only 3
men. Kane, Mick Foley and Al Snow. The guys would chill out watching
documentaries and reading books which completely contrasts with what was
previously stated about personas. Looking back to 1997, you would never
be able to guess that Mankind and Kane were avid readers.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mick
was definitely a huge part of WWE in 1997 as he is in this feature. He
had rather interesting stories and takes and he just added to the
natural feeling this interview gave off. None of the guys at the table
were uncomfortable and I think Mick played a big part in that. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Ron Simmons: </i>Simmons
gives us information on how he arrived in WWE. Vince would ask him a
question, he'd answer bluntly with no beating around the bush. He said
whenever he'd have an issue with race he'd tell the truth. Mick turns
this into a light hearted joke asking if Ron asked Vince what was on his
mind when Vince gave him The Sultan's helmet. This attitude of Ron's
lead to the Nation of Domination's Farooq. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ron
made his presence felt for sure. I was unsure about Ron being in this,
heading in but by the end I was glad he was. He definitely contributed
to discussions well.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">The Godfather: </i>The
first thing The Godfather talks about was being in the background of
the Nation of Domination as The Rock was being built up to become the
megastar he is today. "Me and D'Lo were just there to take stunners and
that's when I knew something had to change". Mick and Godfather recall
the creation of his character and tell the story of how it came to be. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oh
The Godfather is great in this. I've always found Charles Wright an
interesting man to read about/listen to. Everyone frequently talks about
the three faces of Foley but no one really talks about the four faces
of Mr Charles Wright. I felt the same about Charles as I did about Ron
coming in and once again, I'm glad he was in it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Kane:</i> 1997
was a good year for Kane. He mentions how the fact that the wrestling
aspect of WWE in 1997 took a backdrop to the character aspect was a big
help to his career. Kane is such a down to earth guy and this DVD made
it apparent. </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kane
didn't really talk much throughout this feature which is made evident
by my lack of notes on him. This is probably to do with the fact that
Kane debuted in October of 1997 and may not have had as much to say as
the other guys did. He was still a very welcome addition to the panel
and I don't think he was out of place whatsoever.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Disc 2:</i></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Disc
2 is focused on matches and segments from the first half of 1997. There
are some nice little gems on here and I'm going to list the 5 you
should definitely check out.</span></div>
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<i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Matches and Segments:</i></div>
<ol style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Bret Hart vs Mankind - Shotgun Saturday Night, January 25th 1997. </i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">European Championship: Owen Hart vs British Bulldog - RAW, March 3rd 1997.</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Jim Ross interviews Mick Foley - RAW, May 1997.</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">WWF Championship: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Bret Hart - Wrestlemania 13, March 23rd 1997.</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Street Fight - Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Bret Hart - RAW, April 23rd 1997.</i></li>
</ol>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This disc is my favourite of the pair, solid matches throughout even though I'd already seen a few it was great to rewatch.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Disc 3:</i></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Disc
3 is focused on matches and segments from the second half of 1997.
Similar to disc 2, disc 3 has some nice little gems on it. Here's 5 you
should definitely check out.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Matches and Segments:</i></div>
<ol style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Flag
Match - The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Owen Hart & The British
Bulldog) vs Steve Austin, Dude Love & The Undertaker - RAW, July 21
1997</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">European Championship: Shawn Michaels vs The British Bulldog - One Night Only, September 20 1997</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Stone Cold Stuns McMahon - RAW, September 22nd 1997</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">WWE Championship Match: Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels - Survivor Series, November 9th 1997</i></li>
<li style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">European Championship: Shawn Michaels vs Triple H - RAW, December 22 1997.</i></li>
</ol>
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<b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;"><i style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); outline: transparent solid 0px;">Conclusion: </i></b></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All
in all I found this DVD to be fantastic. If you like shoot interviews
then this is definitely the DVD set for you. 'Dawn Of The Attitude'
really pulls back the curtain and gives you insight to how WWE was back
then. My initial doubts were proven to be stupid and I believe if it was
a table of a different 5 guys it may not have been as interesting. I
can't recommend this DVD enough and the fact that there is another 2
discs of just matches makes this even better value for money. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Buy or Not to Buy: </b>Buy! </span></div>
<div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 0px; outline: transparent solid 0px;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can PRE-ORDER it on DVD or Blu-Ray (which comes with extras) right now over at <a href="http://www.wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.wwedvd.co.uk </a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="-webkit-touch-callout: none; outline: transparent solid 0px;">Rating: </b>8/10 </span></div>
WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-6735026086626408552017-09-06T12:43:00.000-07:002017-09-06T12:50:35.779-07:00Nathan K. Major Gives Some Thoughts On Chris Jericho's New Book – No Is
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I
pre-ordered this book way back in January while browsing and randomly
coming across it, I didn’t even know Jericho was working on a fourth
book, and up to this past week forgot all about it, until it landed on
my kindle for my reading pleasure.</div>
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For
those new to the Friends of Jericho, this is, as I mentioned, his
fourth book, going in I was expected another volume of his consistency
excellent memoirs, while there are a fair share of great stories from
Chris’ time in the squared circle and music, what I read was entirely
different.</div>
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You see, this
book sells itself as a ‘self help’ book, a concept I’ve always been
against, if you needed to read someone’s book, that isn’t self-help,
that’s help, but I digress. Thankfully this book shares the same humour
as Y2J’s previous entries (which means cheesy jokes and 80’s references
galore, natch) and he leads into each ‘principle’ with a witty name and
the story behind it, then segueing into an anecdote or two.</div>
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This
being Jericho, the stories he tells are amazing, dropping more names
than a clumsy name tag factory employee (god, that was awful) he tells
tales of times with the usual suspects wrestling wise, as well as
stories concerning Metallica and Lemmy, to name but a few.</div>
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One
prevailing lesson Jericho tries to get across is he did everything he
put his mind to, to the best of his abilities and this book is intended
to inspire others to do the same.</div>
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Throughout
the book he drops a few none-too-subtle hints at another book in the
future, which in all likelihood will be a return to his memoirs, he
still has stories of a certain list to tell after all…</div>
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In
summary, there’s plenty here to enjoy for fans of wrestling and music
for the stories alone, and maybe a lesson to pick up along the way, it
serves up a healthy dollop of the gift of Jericho. READ IT IN
MAAAAAAAAAAN. </div>
WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-27427075760061597082017-08-02T10:03:00.000-07:002017-08-02T14:12:57.090-07:00Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection review By James Russell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kurt Angle is one of the most historic WWE superstars of all time. He's a
former two-time NCAA All American. He's a grand-slam champion in both
TNA and WWE, not to mention holding the WWE heavyweight championship on 4
separate occasions.
He was the 2000 King of the Ring winner and even voted #1 Wrestler of
the Year in the 2001 PWI 500. And to top it all of - he's the only
Olympic gold medalist in WWE history. This legend is truly one of the
best of all time, and this DVD set proves it.<br />
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The
first disc of this set covers the first 18 months of Kurt's WWE career
and really reminds you of just how good he has been from the very start.
From his debut at Survivor Series 1999 against Shawn Stasiak to winning
the European Championship from Val Venus
just 3 months later and then defeating Chris Jericho for the
Intercontinental Championship at No Way Out 2000 and unifying both
titles. His beginning in WWE is second to no one. His KOTR victory over
Rikishi is also on here and reminds you just how good a
match this was. Then comes his first WWE championship victory over The
Rock at No Mercy 2000 and successful defences against Undertaker and
Triple H. The first disc ends with the amazing match against Shane
McMahon at KOTR 2001. One of the most entertaining
matches from around that time and definitely helped show just how tough
Shane-o-Mac is.<br />
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The second disc has more great matches against the
likes of Stone Cold in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Edge, the WWE debuts
of John Cena and Rey Mysterio; and even a hidden
gem against Hulk Hogan from KOTR 2002. Watching this DVD helps show
just how good Kurt is at changing his style against opponents with such
unique styles over the years. But, this disc ends with a fantastic match
between Kurt and Brock Lesnar at Summerslam
2003 in a rematch from their Wrestlemania 19 classic. This, once again,
was an instant classic. The third and final discs has another match
against John Cena, also showing the classic footage of the infamous
battle rap between the pair. It also shows a match
between he and Eddie from Summerslam 2004 which is good, however I
would've much rather preferred this to be their match from WrestleMania
20 earlier in the year. Then, we get the match which was match of the
year 2005 in PWI against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania
21. This match is nothing short of phenomenal, just like their Iron Man
rematch which follows. We are then treated to a fantastic triple threat
match involving the pair and John Cena. All 3 men were at the top of
their game here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Classic Wrestle Mania 21 match against Shawn Michaels</td></tr>
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The final match on this disc
is an entertaining bout for the ECW Title against Rob Van Dam. But the
true ending on this set is how Kurt Angle has finally came home to the
WWE after 11 years. He is a different man to the one who left back in
the Summer of 2006. He's overcome his demons,
started a beautiful new family and is now the best man he can possibly
be. Inside the ring, he lived a legendary career and will go down as one
of the best of all time. And it's fantastic to see Kurt back on our
screens again each week as the General Manager
of RAW. But it's outside the ring that means most to Kurt. These days
he lives his life the way he lived his Wrestling career - with the 3
I's: Intensity, intelligence and integrity. He truly is an Olympic hero,
inside and outside of the ring; and this DVD
set truly shows it. It's true, it's DAMN true!!!<br />
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You can purchase this DVD set from <a href="https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/kurt-angle-essential-collection-p-12373.html?osCsid=4ac9a9946a055fa5517c51a3b81733ae" target="_blank">WWE DVD UK</a> for £19.99 WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-89683170286496341402017-07-02T09:21:00.000-07:002017-07-02T09:31:08.562-07:00WWE 'The Kevin Owens Story' DVD Review By James Russell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It never ceases to amaze me how down to earth this
man is. As much as he loves the wrestling business, nothing means more
to him than his family and that is apparent from the very beginning of
his story. Kevin
Yannick Steen was born May 7 1984 and raised in Marieville, Quebec. We
don't learn much of his childhood other than one day, for some reason,
his dad decided to rent a wrestling tape. It was Wrestlemania 11. Shawn
Michaels vs Diesel in the main event. Being
a scrawny 11 year old that looked more like he was around 8 years old,
he immediately looked up to the heartbreak kid because he was the
smaller guy battling the giant. He became obsessed. From that day on it
was "wrestling, wrestling, wrestling", according
to his father. Then eventually the day came - he wanted to train. Kevin
admits that when he got in the ring he wasn't particularly good at it
and his elbows were hurting a lot and his head was pounding from it. He
immediately started to doubt himself. His
mom worked nights and when she called to ask him how training went, he
admits he told her he wasn't sure it was for him and he was already
thinking of quitting. She was blown away because she knew how much
wrestling meant to him. Lucky for us fans, the next
day he put a mattress outside, carried on practising and working hard
and stuck at it. The following day he went back to the gym and thought
"let's do this". We then hear a story from his old friend, Neil
Felzenstein. He says he showed up to this wrestling
school in the middle of a flea market and there's this kid doing 450
splashes and blowing everyone away. Kevin was definitely the star pupil.
He had his first match at just 16 and made his parents proud and
immediately began to make some waves. Sami Zayn then
talks about how he'd heard about this Kevin Steen guy from his friend
and asked if he was any good. His friend responded, "he's really good,
but he knows it, he's kind of a jerk too". So even from such an early
age, Kevin has never had a problem with self
confidence or rubbing a few people the wrong way. Steve Corino talks
about Kevin's confidence in himself at just 18. He immediately thought
he was amazing and the future of the wrestling. We see early footage
from his career from the IWS (International Wrestling
Syndicate) promotion against guys like El Generico (Sami Zayn) and his
friend Neil. He used moves from everybody. Rock Bottoms, Stunners, even
split legged moonsaults were in his arsenal! But the biggest moment of
his (and Sami's) career came when one of the
IWS guys, SeXXXy Eddie, went down to Philadelphia based promotion CZW
(Combat Zone Wrestling), for their death match tournaments. He severed
an artery in his arm and began to drink the blood from his arm.<br />
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This
made people take notice and made them think, "hey,
these Quebec guys are nuts", according to his friend Neil. They then
brought a couple of guys to a CZW show for a match. Kevin vs Generico vs
SeXXXy Eddie vs eXceSs 69 in a fatal 4 way match. They stole the show
and immediately opened up doors, not just to
Philadelphia and the east coast but to America. This opened to door for
PWG which led to ROH which led to wrestling around Europe. We then see
some footage from Kevin's early days in Ring of Honor. 'Mr Wrestling'
was his nickname back then because of how good
he was. Johnny Gargano, Neville and AJ Styles talk about how amazing he
was and there was nothing he couldn't do. He was untouchable, even back
then. Neville then talks about as impressive as his in ring work was,
it was his trash talk that separated him from
everyone else. There was nobody better. However, growing up in Quebec
he couldn't speak English, so he learned how to speak English from
wrestling - specifically Jim Ross. Sami even talks about how back then
there was a lot of 'Good God Almighty' coming out
of his mouth! Kevin tells a great story about meeting Steve Austin in
an airport in 2005 and asking him for any advice. Austins advice was
never stop trash talking - which was fine to Kevin because he loves to
talk! We then see footage from the ROH Driven
show back in 2008 in Boston, where Tyler Black (Seth Rollins) and Jimmy
Jacobs (Chris Scobille, who now writes for the WWE) lost their ROH Tag
Team Championships to Steen and Generico. Rollins and Jacobs both say it
was the biggest pop they had ever heard
up to that point when the referees hand hit the mat for 3 and they won
the titles. Steen and Generico definitely had something special and were
well and truly made men with the ROH fans. They were only second to
Bryan Danielson. Sami talks about driving back
after a show and talking with Kevin. He says Kevin has always been a
'hands on kinda guy', especially when it comes to his career and he just
felt like something needed changing. Kevin says he felt like they had
run their course as a tag team and needed something
fresh. He decided they needed to split. They mapped out a year long
storyline and took it to ROH. Steve Corino talks about how he showed
this sort of creativity at such a young age and knew he needed a change
and took the risk. And it was definitely worth
the risk. Final Battle 2009. Kevin spoke after the match to Generico
about how much he loved him and they hugged in the centre of the ring.
2000 people applauding. Some crying. Goosebumps all over the building.
And then Kevin turns and says..."I hate your
fucking guts!" And puts Generico down. This is the moment, not just in
Kevin's career but Generico too, where they both took the next step and
became something special. They both had a year long feud and constantly
stole the show. It was the hottest feud on
the indies, according to Neville. And it was exactly what ROH needed at
that time according to Corino. 12 months had gone by. Final Battle
2010. The match was made a loser leaves town match. New management had
come in to ROH, specifically Jim Cornette, who
clearly didn't believe in Kevin as much as everybody else did. So he
gave Kevin some time off, however from Sami's POV, Kevin was basically
told to leave. This left a sour taste in his mouth. This was his job,
his livelihood. He made a family, had recently
gotten married and now he has to sit and watch for god knows how long.
So he basically abandoned wrestling, in his own words. So he made his
family his number 1 priority over wrestling and essentially walked away
from it for 6 months. He did a podcast with
a buddy and was asked "what's next?" And he had no answer. He
considered quitting. Sami says he and Kevin's father spoke to him and
tried to remind him to take this seriously and not walk away from what
he's wanted his whole life. Then Kevin wrestled at a
PWG show and that helped turn it around for him. He decided to change
things up a bit. At ROH Best in the World 2011, he returned to the
promotion after Steve Corino announced 'Mr Wrestling has returned to
Ring of Honor'. He stood on the balcony, in street
clothes and the entire building shook. Jimmy Jacobs says he had never
felt anything like that. He was carried out of the building by security
and says he 'felt like Jesus on a cross'. He became the ROH version of
Stone Cold in Steve Corinos opinion. No matter
what he did, they loved him because he was the Everyman. Almost a year
later at ROH Border Wars 2012, he won the ROH World Championship. But in
his opinion it was too late.<br />
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They were giving him the title because
they had no choice. In Jimmy Jacobs' own words
it had to be him. There was nobody else. Kevin admits it wasn't as
special as he'd imagined it would be. Then not long after Sami had his
tryout with WWE and even signed his contract in front of Kevin. He
didn't do this to rub it in his face, but because they'd
been through everything together and he wanted to share it with his
best friend. However, to Kevin, this stung. Knowing Generico is going to
WWE and he's nobody near that. He still had 2 years left on his deal
with ROH. And times were tough for Kevin. Sami
admits he wanted him to join but was worried he wouldn't get his
chance. Seth Rollins holds his hands up and admits "right here, I'm one
of his best friends, but I never thought Kevin Owens would be a WWE
wrestler because he just doesn't look like a WWE wrestler".
Then we see Triple H and William Regal talking about how they changed
the direction they were going in and started watching more independent
guys. William Regal was backstage at a PWG show and was there
specifically to watch Kevin. Triple H says he remembers
Kevin telling him the story about Regal watching him and he told Kevin,
"Who do you think sent Regal there to watch you?" Kevin had a great
match with Johnny Gargano but was only wrestling for one person that
night. He took that as maybe the only chance he
has to get his foot in the door at WWE. And he more than impressed
Regal. He got his tryout. Kevin admits the tryout was the hardest thing
he'd ever done and even started crying when he went into the bathroom
because of how much pain he was in. Then he was
asked to cut a promo. Standing there in a PWG t shirt, he cut a promo
on his best friend, Sami Zayn. He talked about when "Sami signed the
contract in front of him. And how much he hated that because he's the
best in the world. And now Kevin Steen has arrived".
He says he immediately knew he was signed after that promo. But, he
asked Sami if they had told him this when he was signed - "Don't expect
anything..." No they hadn't said that to Sami. But they had told Kevin
that he "shouldn't get his hopes up for Raw and
Smackdown because he's not someone Vince is looking at right now. He
should concentrate on NXT and just see how it goes". Sami says it best -
"look how that turned out". Kevin talks about how he got goosebumps
before his first NxT match when the WWE then now
forever promo video was playing whilst he stood backstage. He thought
about his family at home. His dad in the crowd. Then the promo video
started and he saw his face on the screen and realised "Holy Shit. This
is real. It was perfect". At the end of that
same show, his best friend Sami Zayn finally won the NxT championship
and was congratulated by Kevin - before being turned on and attacked.
Immediately he was in the main event picture, and with his longtime best
friend too. He captured the title from Sami
not long after in February. A month later he was at Wrestlemania as a
fan and promised himself this would be the last time he'd be there as a
fan. We see some great backstage footage of him talking to Hulk Hogan
and The Rock and both greatly complimenting
him. Triple H admits Kevin Owens probably had the shortest term in NxT.
Then not long after, John Cena hand picked Kevin for the US Title open
challenge and went to Vince with the idea. It was approved. Elimination
Chamber. US Champion vs NXT Champion. We
see amazing, touching footage of his son at home reacting to his Dad
fighting John Cena. It truly puts into perspective what I said at the
beginning of this - his family mean more to him than anything in his
world. The reason he chose the surname Owens when
it was to be changed from Steen in NxT is because his sons name is
Owen. So to be that little boy watching his Dad on TV defeating John
Cena at Elimination Chamber in May in his first WWE PPV match, I can't
imagine how great that felt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owens confronting Cena on the WWE main roster</td></tr>
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We then see footage
of him talking after the match about how it doesn't get better than
that - before saying he's going to call his son. It was only a couple of
months before he was a major player in the game. He won the
intercontinental championship at Night of Champions in
September. That started a long feud between him and Dean Ambrose over
the championship. A few months go by, and it's Wrestlemania time again.
We see footage of him standing in the ring before the show and reminding
us what he said the year earlier - "that
would be the last time ever as a fan". He was right. We see him talking
backstage with some of his peers, guys he admits he looked up to as a
child - Scott Hall and X Pac. And then he bumps into Stone Cold at the
Gorilla position. From when he gave him advice
in an airport in 2005, to giving him advice before his first ever
Wrestlemania match, his career had well and truly come full circle. Sami
admits standing in the middle of the ring at Wrestlemania watching his
best friend walk down the ramp was unbelievable
and still gets goosebumps thinking about it now. Kevin admits after
that match if that would've been his last, he would've been a happy man.
We then see Jimmy Jacobs talking about how his career had come full
circle when he took a writing job with WWE and
now works with his good friend Kevin once again. He says one reason
he's as good as he is - is because nothing is ever good enough. He's
always pushing for more and more and more. He wants to the best. Neville
repeats the same statement, before saying he's
a bit of a prick. But, outside of the ring, he's far from a prick. He's
the best father and husband his family could ask for. Without them, he
would be nothing. Payback 2016. Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn. One of the
best matches of the year. Jimmy Jacobs admits
it's one of the best matches he's ever seen live. They well and truly
stole the show and both felt on top of the world. But then Summerslam
was around the corner - and he was teaming with Chris Jericho against
Enzo and Cass. He admits its no disrespect against
them but that wasn't where he wanted to be. He felt like he deserved
better and was better than that position on the card. He was right. But,
as luck would prevail, Finn Balor won the first ever WWE Universal
Championship pinning Seth Rollins. However he got
injured during the match and had to relinquish the title. Enter Kevin
Owens. It was a fatal 4 way Elimination match on Raw to determine the
new champion. Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins vs Big Cass vs Kevin Owens.
After Cass was eliminated, Triple H entered the
ring and delivered a pedigree to Reigns, allowing Rollins to get the
pin. Then, after entering the ring, he turned on Seth and delivered a
pedigree to him before he and Kevin stared at one another. 1...2...3.
Kevin Owens is the new champion. Kevin Owens is
the chosen one. He admits that he owes literally everything to Triple
H. From sending Regal to PWG to watch him. To the tryout. To giving him
the opportunity in NxT. And now this. He literally handed Kevin the
championship. We see footage backstage of them
both embracing, before he hugs Vince McMahon, the man who at one time
wasn't looking for someone like Kevin Owens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Triple H raises Owens' hand after helping him win the Universal title</td></tr>
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We see Sami taking about
how he couldn't believe what he was seeing and had no emotion, it was
only when Kevin walked through the curtain and
they hugged. We see an emotional moment with Kevin's father talking
about how proud he is of his son. Then we see footage of his son
watching his dad win the championship and getting emotional. His dad is
literally the man. Daniel Bryan talks about how he
believes he's as good as he is because he never stops. He never thinks
good is enough. Johnny Gargano reiterates this statement and mentions
how he was 'never a WWE guy', well look at where he is now. He's the
man. Neville admits if you'd have told him 10
years ago that Kevin would be WWE champion he'd have told you to go
away. Triple H believes talent rises and Kevin has all the talent in the
world, he just needed an opportunity. Seth says what separates Kevin
from every other guy is the fans can relate to
him. He's got his finger on the button at all times and Sami reiterates
this too. He says Kevin always makes himself relevant and makes sure
he's the best he can be. But, as it comes full circle, Kevin ends the
story saying that as good as he is, he would
be nothing without his wife and his kids. And as long as he's got them,
then he will be fine. The Kevin Owens Story is one a lot of people can
relate to. He's always been the underdog in a sense, always been backed
into a corner. From being the scrawny kid
looking up to Shawn Michaels doubting himself to doing 450 splashes in
IWS. From Jim Cornette not believing in him and considering walking away
from the business, to that PWG show with William Regal watching. From
being told not to expect Raw and Smackdown
and get his hopes up because he's not what Vince is looking for, to
becoming the Universal Champion. Kevin Owens has fought to get where he
is today, it's like Triple H said - "he has all the talent in the world,
he just needed an opportunity". The match listing
for this DVD is fantastic. The only downside is there couldn't be any
ROH matches on here. Other than that, this is a stellar DVD. His debut
match in NXT is on here against CJ Parker, which is just a generic match
enabling Owens to show the NXT fans what he
can do. But then there's his title victory over Sami Zayn at NXT
Takeover: Rival and this is a great match, which should come as no
surprise. His shocking debut victory over John Cena at Elimination
Chamber is also on here, as well his his first Intercontinental
Title win against Ryback at Night of Champions. There's a brilliant
Last Man Standing match on this against Dean Ambrose from Royal Rumble
2016. However, in a match that I didn't remember but is honestly
brilliant, he goes up against Dolph Ziggler on an episode
of Main Event from April 2016. Definitely worth a watch! There's also
another hidden treasure as KO and Triple H face off against Sami Zayn
and Dean Ambrose at a house show in Paris, also from April 2016. Now,
this next match is KO vs Sami from Battleground
which is a stunning match, make no doubt about it - but, on the
documentary, Jimmy Jacobs calls the match they had at Payback one of the
best he's ever seen. And it was an unbelievable match. So to exclude it
from this DVD seems very odd indeed. Nevertheless,
next up is the entertaining fatal 4 way match where he wins the
Universal Championship which I talked about earlier. Then there is a
very good Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins, which I consider
highly underrated. Then, the final match on this DVD
is his Wrestlemania 34 match against Chris Jericho. This match is very
good, however I don't think they reached their potential during the in
ring aspect of that feud. Finally, I have to say this is a fantastic DVD
set and definitely worth the money. It follows
him throughout his career and shows enough IWS and ROH footage during
the documentary. Nevertheless I still would've liked to see some ROH
matches on this or at least some IWS ones. Also, excluding the match at
Payback against Sami seems odd but they more
than make up for the match listings with the documentary side of
things.<br />
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I can be contacted on twitter @jamesrussell137 with any feedback. <br />
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The DVD/Blu-Ray is available in the UK from July 3rd from <a href="https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/fight-owens-fight-kevin-owens-story-p-12371.html?osCsid=0a2ed63f04ce266393e2806e422ca7ba" target="_blank">WWE DVD UK</a> WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-58732132933600125632017-04-28T06:38:00.001-07:002017-04-28T06:38:19.606-07:00WWE 'Diamond Dallas Page - Positively Living' DVD Review By Tim Ricketts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a 90's teen, slightly WCW obsessed to boot, Diamond Dallas Page holds a very special place in my wrestling memories: alongside Sting, he stood out as a shining beacon of hope for the good guys against the depredations of the burgeoning NWO. So with that in mind, I approached this DVD with a mixture of excitement and reticence – is this going to be a festival of my boyhood hero, or another opportunity for WWE to wave the victor's flag over The Monday Night Wars?<br />
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This three-DVD set follows the usual WWE biography format, comprising of a documentary disc and two of supporting clips and matches. Dallas himself introduces and presents his own journey from the off, immediately giving the documentary an original autobiographical feel, particularly as he describes his less-than-perfect childhood, and the traffic accident that stole his early sporting potential.<br />
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The novelty is amplified by the topsy-turvy route he took into wrestling. From owning a bar frequented by wrestlers, he ended up cutting a managerial audition tape that was picked up by the diminishing AWA, before joining 'The Dean' Gordon Solie on commentary for the Florida territory. Back into management, he represented the Freebirds in WCW; traditionally, these sort of roles went to ex-wrestlers or those in the twilight of their careers, but DDP's was only just beginning. At the age of 35, he headed to WCW's Power Plant training facility to begin his in-ring career. The vox-pops from Page's peers, present throughout the film, convey the incredulity well at this stage.<br />
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Obviously, the documentary's focus continues on Dallas's outings for WCW, which include all of that promotion's major titles as well as the European title in WWE, but with the match selections on the other discs representing this period well, I'll just make a couple of quick points. As I've already mentioned, Dallas was one of the notable few who made any significant heroic stands against the villainously anarchic New World Order stable, and one particular moment at Souled Out. Turning on Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, after accepting their invitation to join as a decoy, he sprints through the adoring crowd in the sort of organic moment that prepends the 'Super' to the beginning of 'Star'. It also struck me how honest Page is about his unsuccessful stint in WWE, considering he tore-up a contractual guarantee from Time-Warner to go there<br />
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Following the end to his improbably successful wrestling career, Diamond Dallas Page created a modified form of Yoga that spans physiques and abilities, DDP Yoga. Not only that, but he has used it (and his bottomless positivity) to give both Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and Scott Hall a new chance at life after they looked to have pressed their own personal self-destruct buttons. Whilst this film goes into that in a little detail, The Resurrection of Jake the Snake is recommended viewing on the subject. On that note, and the re-ignited relationship with WWE it provoked, this heart-warming tale reaches it's satisfactory conclusion with Page's sprightly appearance at the age of 59 in The Royal Rumble 2015 and a phone-call from old buddy Triple H to inform him of his impending Hall of Fame inclusion.<br />
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The second disc contains some more documentary clips that must have missed the cut, mostly expansions of themes from disc one, but really worth the watch. A lot of humorous stuff, but the best is saved 'til last: the full audition tape DDP sent to Verne Gagne's AWA. It really does have to be seen to be believed. <br />
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The match selection for the remainder of disc two, and the entirety of three, ranges from the solidly good (if not in technique or psychology, then for historic perspective) to the excellent. Twenty-one bouts in all on the DVD version, with the first batch focusing on the initial in-ring development of DDP. The first four matches are all tags, with the obviously still-green Dallas mostly teaming with his former managerial charges - the Diamond Exchange or Vegas Connection stables - people to whom he would become inextricably linked throughout his career. The Diamond Studd (Scott Hall), Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) and Scotty Flamingo (Raven) all feature against an array of early-nineties WCW luminaries.<br />
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Page also had plenty of singles feuds as he rose up the card during Eric Bischoff's tenure in charge, notably against Johnny B Badd, Randy Savage and Hulk/Hollywood Hogan, as well as United States Championship rivalries with Eddie Guerrero and Curt Hennig. All have a match included on the second DVD; not necessarily the ones I would have picked personally, but stand-up examples nonetheless. <br />
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Disc three is a library of DDP at his zenith, opening with two of WCW's most infamous 'celebrity' bouts: with 'Mailman' Malone against Dennis Rodman and Hulk, and with chat-show host Jay Leno versus Hogan again, this time with Bischoff. Unsurprisingly the match involving the sportsmen rather than the TV personalities is the better of the two.<br />
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The next pair have their own place in the tapestry of wrestling's past too. As thousands of paying customers missed DDP's Halloween Havoc '98 main event defeat to Goldberg when it over-ran the PPV time, it was repeated the following day on Nitro. At the end of the same episode, DDP got the US title from Bret Hart instead. The championships keep rolling on this DVD set, as this is followed with Page's first World Heavyweight win in an excellent four-corners fight featuring WCW's marquee talent Hollywood Hogan, Ric Flair, Sting and Special Guest Referee, Macho Man Randy Savage.<br />
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Another pair from the same night again, as Dallas firstly lost the Big Gold Belt to Sting before a No-DQ four-way (also involving Nash and Goldberg) saw him regain it. DDP's Tag Title victory with Jersey Triad partner Bam Bam Bigelow against Raven and Perry Saturn is the penultimate match, whilst the quite frankly brilliant WrestleMania X8 bout versus 'protégé' Christian represents his post-WCW 'cup of coffee' in the WWE and rounds out the collection.<br />
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There were a few matches I was a bit surprised <i>not</i> to see included, but they would bring the tone down somewhat. For better or worse, I expected to see DDP lose his third World title (won the previous night from Jeff Jarrett) to his own tag partner, David Arquette, in one of the greatest farces in history. I thought I might see Dallas's first major [TV] title win against WCW's ill-fated Warrior clone, the Renegade. Maybe the turn on the NWO at Souled Out. Mercifully enough, there was no source material on the Undertaker versus 'Stalker' DDP storyline.<br />
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Just like the subject, this DVD set is an uplifting, relentlessly positive thing of joy. We all need a bit of that in our lives.<br />
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Available from <a href="http://www.wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.WWEDVD.co.uk</a>WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-41040583984349120502017-04-24T12:05:00.000-07:002017-04-24T12:05:14.391-07:00WWE Wrestle Mania Monday DVD Review By Dave Adamson<div style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> WWE
Wrestlemania Monday is a three disc boxset giving fans a
behind-the-scenes look into the all important night after Wrestlemania,
the “new year’s night” as Enzo Amore calls it in the WWE 24 documentary
that forms the hub of this set.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With
the documentary taking place in 2016, we get interviews with a cast of
superstars, many of them relatively new to the main roster and the
events directly after Wrestlemania 32, whilst established stars talk
about their experiences. Everyone speaks positively about the
post-Mania Raw, with emphasis on how raucous the crowd are and how big
an event that episode of Raw is.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">We
see big debuts, huge moments and it really does reinforce how important
the day after Mania is. It’s occasionally emotional (especially the
speeches) and there are certainly moments where longtime WWE fans will
get goosebumps (mostly for the returns).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">JBL
says it best when he says that, for many fans, this is the last show
that the fans will do on the Wrestlemania weekend. It’s almost like a
final blow out for the fans and they want to go out with a bang. “It’s
almost like the Bizarro-world night,” says Sami Zayn, about the audience
interaction, and it’s pretty much true.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Watching
the NXT guys as they step up to the main roster is a great moment, they
all speak highly of their experience and it’s by far the most
interesting bit of the documentary. When Amore and Cass speak about
their journey from developmental, the criticisms they received and the
work they put in, along with the faith that WWE have in their elevation
to Raw, it’s an emotional story and reflection at its finest, especially
when it's combined with historical footage of how they looked and
performed in the past.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In
addition to Amore and Cass, we see Apollo Cruz and Baron Corbin move to
the main roster, and the arrival of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson,
reunited with AJ Styles, as they begin their WWE journey and Cesaro as
he prepares to return to WWE Raw. All speak eloquently and openly about
their experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Whilst
it’s great hearing from the WWE Superstars and experiencing the
behind-the-scenes work that goes into making Raw happen as we wait to
see new guys debut, there’s very little from the creative aspect as to
what makes it the “new year” for the WWE. Stories aside, it’s a great
documentary if you want to experience the fans getting rowdy and watch
WWE praise WWE for being WWE. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Clearly, this one documentary - running at 55 minutes - doesn’t fill all three DVDs.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The
other two DVDs are full of Raw-After-Wrestlemania moments and, with
over thirty years of shows to choose from, there’s some truly great
stuff here.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The
two discs benefit from being full matches and segments, instead of
highlights, but offer no more insight than the commentary - there’s no
comments from current day stars, nor is there any context really offered
to what we’re watching.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">We
do see Bull Nakano vs Alundra Blaze from 1995 showing how great women’s
wrestling used to be before it descended into titillation before
talent. Thankfully, the other women’s match chosen for this collection
is AJ Lee vs Paige from 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">From there, it’s a mixed bag of history, with only a couple of years missing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">There’s
a handful of championship matches, a few matches and moments that WWE
fans may have forgotten about and plenty of stuff that reminds fans just
why they continue to watch the product - Amongst others, we see Stone
Cold Steve Austin, Vince McMahon, Triple H and Shawn Michaels at their
finest on the microphone (and, in Michael’s case, Psycho Sid being…
well, Sid), Rick Flair’s retirement speech, Vince McMahon failing to
convince Steve Austin, Rock and Cena, Ultimate Warrior’s final
appearance, the return of the former 123 Kid, Goldberg, Brock Lesnar,
Hogan and the nWo, the ten team battle royale which saw British legend
Dave Taylor and William Regal in action, Eddie Guerrero vs Jericho and
much, much more.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Hopefully,
for more recent fans, they’ll want to revisit moments past to discover
the story of some of these classic (and not so classic) moments,
especially with the likes of Guerrero, Regal, Blaze, Helms, The Sandman
and Tommy Dreamer featured, given how much footage is available on the
WWE Network.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The documentary may not hold up to repeat viewings, but the two discs of matches and moments will.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Order yours right now from <a href="http://http//wwedvd.co.uk" target="_blank">WWE DVD UK</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Royal Rumble, WWE's
annual take on the Battle Royale match format, has reached it's thirtieth
anniversary. So San Antonio hosts a very significant event, with a potentially
great card. The titular match usually holds it's fair share of surprises, shock
returns and twists with the severity of hair-pin bends on the Road to
Wrestlemania. Four title matches on the under-card means that this DVD should
be quality from bell to bell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">With no 'Special Features'
to consider, the show-proper started with melange of moments of significance in
Rumble history, followed by a more up-to-date reel of of the significant feuds
coming into this PPV, particularly Bayley/Charlotte, AJ Styles/John Cena and
Brock Lesnar/Goldberg. A good little segment that segued to the first line-up
of the continually rotating commentary team, who fervently started to build the
importance of the Road to Wrestlemania, the significance of the 30th
anniversary and, of course, the Alamo Dome, San Antonio Texas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>WWE RAW Women's Champion Charlotte vs Bayley</b> </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bayley looked the
epitome of her ebullient self as she entered, whilst Charlotte took the Flair
familial Ring-Robe gimmick into fantasy uber-villain territory with a look of supreme
arrogance on her face. It was effective, as smug always winds people up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Opening the match, and
the card, Charlotte demonstrated her physical superiority over her smaller
opponent. This only fired Bayley up, which culminated in a diving enziguri from
the turnbuckle to Flair at the ring-side, followed up by a massive splash. She
couldn't maintain the offence however, and Charlotte resumed her grinding pace
and tactics. The champion became increasingly sadistic with frustration and
began trash talking, which matched the arrogance of her entrance to a tee. It
left room for some typical Bayley cheeky opportunism though, as always
explosively high-risk, and led to a Macho-man elbow-drop that gave Charlotte a
fat lip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Despite a good showing
by the fan-favourite compulsive hugger Bayley, Charlotte cemented an imperious
victory to make it 16-0 on PPV, with a Natural Selection from the top
turnbuckle to her recovering adversary, right onto the ring apron. It was
merely a simple task to roll her in for a pin.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">A strong mix of
psychology, exciting high-spots and grinding attritional power to open the
show.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Following this
excellent opener, we saw the 'Shark Cage' being lowered to the ring before a
highlight reel of last month's Roadblock: End of the Line PPV which Kevin Owens
retain his title against Reigns thanks to 'Best Friend' Chris Jericho's
disqualifying interference. The frequency of similar occurrences is enough for
GM Mick Foley to stipulate the old-school cage as a means of insurance for this
upcoming match.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Y2J played the fear of
the cage to the hilt, then right at the last second jumped Reigns with Owens in
tow. Reigns sent KO to the ring-side and quickly pummelled Jericho in to the
cage to get the match started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">We were soon into some
quality through-the-arena brawling, and it was no surprise when they hit the
foreign announce tables. KO came out on top, so spent some time getting steel
chairs in a stack. Avoiding taking that big-hit, Roman worked his power moves
to eventually set up a table on the outside, only to take a massive Owens frog
splash through it. No three count for the Canadian, so he went back to using
the chairs to good effect before Jericho unstashed some brass knuckles and
dropped them from his high vantage point. Still no luck for him though, as
Reigns kept kicking out. A Samoan drop through a chair gave Roman a chance at a
pin, but 'no dice' for him either, so he put a table in the corner of the ring.
This gave KO chance to recover, try a stunner (another close pinfall) and climb
up top, only for a recovering Roman Reigns to Superman-punch Owens through the
pile of chairs that had been a tantalising tease all match. No pin attempt now
though, as, playing the long-game, Reigns followed up with a bomb through the
announce table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Just as it looked like
Reigns had the victory in sight, Braun Strowman surprised him (me, and probably
a fair few others too) with an ambush, slamming the challenger through his own
table set up. Owens had just enough wherewithal to roll his near-corpse over
the remains of Reigns to retain.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">An incredibly well
constructed Tables and Chairs brawl, with plenty of TLC-style action and pin
attempts. That tall stack of chairs provided excellent anticipation before the
shocking finish too.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">More Rumble 'moments'
followed, building effectively for the main event, and subsequent tombola draw
of Rumble entries which featured the RAW and Smackdown management teams with
Sami Zayn and Dean Ambrose picking their numbers. It seemed like a bit of a
throwaway comedy skit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann vs Neville </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">A highlight package
covered the background to this match, primarily concerned with the resurgent
Neville's unapologetically single-minded quest to become 'King of the
Cruiserweights'. It provided a meaty angle to this title match of the rebooted
high-flying division.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Swann took to Neville
with determination and athleticism to open the match, which demonstrated the
fire and skill that landed him the belt, but soon Neville slowed the pace down
and began his methodical grinding. Swann used the ropes well to break, given
the opportunity, whilst the Geordie lad sadistically made full of every referee
count. It wasn't all one-way traffic though, as Rich Swann managed a thunderous
superkick as Neville flew in from the top turnbuckle, to mount a valorous
comeback. He couldn't make good on it though, submitting when Neville twists
his arms in to the brutal Rings of Saturn.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I'm not normally the
greatest fan of villains, but this new no-nonsense Neville could be King of the
Cruiserweights for some time yet, given this showing against the
internationally experienced Swann.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>WWE World Champion AJ Styles vs John Cena</b></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Those of you who follow
my DVD reviews may already be aware that I firmly believe Cena and Styles put
on some of the best WWE matches of 2016, and this promised to be a gigantic
reprise with the added 'sauce' of the title. Victory for AJ would mean leaving
his First Anniversary show still as champion, but even more significantly for
John would be that elusive record-tying Sixteenth world championship reign. In
comparison to those epics, it did not disappoint: the stunning spiralling
sequences of signature moves, counters, trips to the turn-buckles for some
super-augmentation and knife-edge rallies of the previous bouts were all
present, but with a different twist. To use the old Spinal Tap idiom, they
'turned it up to eleven'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">John Cena looked to
have the match in the bag with a ring-shaking super-AA that slammed AJ to the
centre of the ring from many feet in the air, but Styles kicked out of the
following pin attempt. He responded by locking in his eponymous 'Clash', but
that couldn't keep Cena down either. It took a further two repetitions of an
Attitude Adjustment to finally finish off the reign of Styles, and claim the
sweetest of spots in the history book right alongside 'The Nature Boy' Ric
Flair. This match really did that significance justice.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Main Event: The 30th
Annual Royal Rumble match.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The last highlight
package of Royal Rumble statistics were run to lead in the match, before the
commentary team took us through the rules. Essentially, 30 competitors enter
with two minutes between each of them, elimination is by over-the-top-rope with
both feet hitting the floor, last man wins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Big Cass, who had the
honour of the number-one draw, came out with partner Enzo Amore and delivered
one of their tremendously popular promos, Pre-Rumble. 'Y2J' Chris Jericho was
second, Kalisto third (who then had a good big man/little man moment with Cass)
and Mojo Rawley fourth. The next music to play led to some serious excitement
in my house, as Jack Gallaher entered, which meant the cruiserweights were
being included, and he was utilising an umbrella to great effect. It wasn't
just us British nutters who seemed to enjoy his surprise entry, the crowd in
Texas were going nuts too. It was to be no fairy-tale though, Jack was
eliminated first despite a Mary Poppins moment thanks to entrant six, Mark
Henry. Braun Strowman was right out to cheer me back up, chucking Rawley, Cass,
Kalisto and Henry over the top in short order. Sami Zayn arrived to continue
his enmity with Strowman, and took two minutes of pummelling 'til Big Show
entered the fray and provided a distraction. Good stare off, too. He slammed
Braun, but was immediately forced out in retaliation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">At number ten, it was
the perfect point for the 'Perfect Ten' Tye Dillinger to make his main roster
[re]début, which popped the crowd (and me), providing another top-notch
surprise. He and Zayn stuck it to Strowman as James Ellsworth made his way,
tentatively, to the ring. Ellsworth still hadn't made it in when Dean Ambrose
appeared, but was easily tricked into diving in and being fodder for the
elimination machine Strowman. Baron Corbin came out to make it a four-on-one on
Braun who responded by adding Dillinger to his list, before he received a
Helluva Kick from Zayn and a lariat from Corbin which sent him over-and-out.
Kofi Kingston and The Miz entered next. Kofi continued his Rumble tradition of
impressive escapes by almost impaling himself on a ring-post. Sheamus in,
followed by Big E then Rusev in a protective mask and Cesaro, which made it
quite a melée. Proper battle royale stuff. The commentary noted that Sheamus
and Cesaro lost their Tag Titles to Gallows and Anderson on the pre-show,
conspicuous by it's absence from this DVD. Xavier Woods entered to complete the
New Day too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Alamo Dome went
dark and the fireflies came out as Bray Wyatt made his usual grand entrance and
set to dealing some damage, although his explosiveness was one-upped by the
incoming Apollo Crews. The New Day were eliminated en-masse by Cesaro and
Sheamus before Jericho opportunistically tipped the squabbling pair over as well.
The newest Wyatt family member, Randy Orton, rampaged at 23, Ziggler at 24
going after his recent enemies Miz, Ambrose and Crews. Another Wyatt, Luke
Harper, was next, but reneged his family ties to unsuccessfully attack Bray and
Orton. Brock Lesnar stormed the ring taking out Ambrose and Ziggler, and left
the rest in a devastating wake of suplexes and F5's. Enzo Amore was the hapless
subsequent entrant, rag-dolled straight back out by the 'Beast Incarnate'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Goldberg made his
trademark entrance as well at 28 (as if the pace hadn't increased enough),
stomped down to the ring and speared Lesnar allowing him to be cast out the
ring. Yet again the stadium darkened, this time for the supernatural presence
of The Undertaker. Goldberg took out Rusev and Harper, whilst the 'Deadman'
pitched Baron Corbin over the top before he made sure Brock's nemesis hit the
deck too. Last man out to the ring, Roman Reigns, got a chorus of booing from
the Texan crowd as he stared off with Undertaker. Not as much as when Roman
tossed him out a few moments later, after he had taken care of Miz and Zayn.
Reigns got some revenge for earlier by finally putting Jericho out, and the
crowd's ire increased as another unwanted Rumble victory for the despised
Samoan Superman loomed. The intense anger seemed to max-out seconds later as he
took out the charismatic cult-leader Wyatt, but the pay-off came as Orton
snapped off a trademark 'RKO outta nowhere' to stun Reigns enough to claim the
win and his Wrestlemania Main Event slot.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">And Finally...</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">This really does live
up to my expectations of excellence from the start to finish, the under-card
oozing with it's title match prestige, each one exemplary of it's genre, and a
Royal Rumble that made up for a slight lack of genuine surprise entries with
coherent narrative. On that note, an NXT call up and a solitary unexpected
Cruiserweight competitor barely qualified as surprise, but they were timed so
well that it kept the early momentum of the epically long match flowing. If
moments of wrestling history that actually live up to their significance is
what you want from a PPV, then this ticks every box. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Available now from <u><span style="color: navy;"><a href="http://www.wwedvd.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.WWEDVD.co.uk</a></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I don't often do consumer advice, mainly because I'm not qualified to do so, but one thing I am qualified to say is: Books are the best. Well, not the best, I'd say wrestling is the best, or maybe movies, but they're pretty great, unless you don't like books in which case then this column probably isn't for you anyway. Sorry.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If I may step away from the silliness, I'll explain. You see, I like reading, have done since I was a kid, I also like wrestling, hence why I write about it so much and one of my treasured possessions is my Kindle (other e-readers are available) which is chock-a-block full of books, and most of them are about wrestling, in fact at the moment I'm alternating between two books about wrestling, and they are: A Lion's Pride a book about the history of New Japan Pro Wrestling and Power Slam Interviews: Volume One a book of interviews from the lifetime of British Wrestling Magazine Power Slam. I'm about halfway through each and thoroughly enjoying the read, Lion's Pride in particular gives a great insight into the history of a promotion many have just become acquainted with, and with the Power Slam book, I really enjoyed reading the book about the history of the magazine while I was on holiday last year and have only just got round to buying it, just in time for Volume 2's release.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, why am I talking about what I'm reading? Well, because in this article I'm going to highlight a few personal favourites and talk about them, because as with everything in wrestling, we need to encourage the writing of wrestling books for the enjoyment of fans worldwide, potential authors need encouragement after all, so for your enjoyment and to better your book collection, I attempt consumer advice. Enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>The Death of WCW by R.D Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The death of WCW is all over the internet to be ridiculed by all, and quite often it is, but nothing quite covers the history and misgivings of a promotion that went so horribly wrong as this books does, written by the same men behind the website and books WrestleCrap give an informative and humorous read, I'd recommend getting the 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Edition of the book as it include more content including all the 'Lessons Not Learned' after the closure of WCW, and an entire chapter dedicated to TNA, in comparison with the decisions made in the last few years of the deceased company. Also the audio-book version, read by Alvarez is worth a listen as hearing the stories read aloud somehow makes them more absurd, and more importantly, entertaining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Really, all four of Mick Foley's memoirs could appear on this list, but I'm trying my best to keep it to one book per author, so I'm including his first book, which is somewhat of a trailblazer in the wrestling autobiography world as he wrote it all himself, without the aid of a ghost-writer, and what's more he wrote it all in shorthand, as he was computer illiterate at the time, it's somewhat of a revelation too, as Mick comes across as the world's most likeable, charming man telling his story which took him from sleeping in his car and travelling 600 miles to training all the way to winning the WWE World Title, all the time telling his story in his own charming style, what's even more impressive is he kept this up through FOUR books, it was also a best selling phenomenon, who'd have ever though that the guy who fell off a cell would ever be a New York Times Number One Best Seller, three times in fact! A book that set the standard for all wrestling books to follow it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>A Lion's Tale by Chris Jericho</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Again, a case of any book could have been included Jericho has written three volumes of his autobiography so far, with a fourth to be released in the summer and like Mick Foley before him, tells his story in a unique and entertaining way, dropping a lot of references as he goes, not only does it cover his wrestling career but his out of the ring exploits, including his band Fozzy, who I am a fan of also. This book covers his career up to his WWE debut, through WCW, ECW, Mexico and Japan as well as a bit of tragedy, some may prefer reading about his WWE runs, but to really get a measure of Jericho, you really need to start here. The Book of Jericho. Read It Maaaaaaaaaaaaan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A book closer to home now, as James Dixon chronicles the turbulent life of 1PW, a British company which spent big, went through several pairs of hands, and ultimately went under into bankruptcy due to overspending and bad management, also, uniquely it's told by the wrestlers at the centre, the book is based around interviews about the events and paragraphs of exposition by the author to tell of the events behind the scenes and first hand accounts by wrestlers and personalities including the companies founder to tell it's story and as with WCW it's intriguing to read about a company self destructing, as intriguing as it is devastating for those involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This was a book that was long awaited, and one I've read many times over, Bret has had an unmatched career with many stories and title reigns, sprinkled with the bitterness that we've come to know from the Hitman in recent years, he's still a man who is clearly hurt, even almost 10 years on from Montreal at this point and possibly a man still grieving for his younger brother, taken by the industry he'd given his entire life to, in reading all the trials and tribulations of Bret, you feel many things, elation one minute, devastation the next, it is a map of human emotion masquerading as a wrestling autobiography, and you should absolutely read it, as a wrestling fan, or as someone who is interested in the backstage stories of the late 80s and early 90s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, there you have it, actual consumer advice, and what's more you can probably pick a few of these up for very cheap these days, especially the Mick Foley ones. Another one I'd recommend but couldn't put on due to my 'One Book Per Author' rule but deserves to be mentioned is Titan Sinking by James Dixon, it's a book about the worst year in WWE history, 1995 and it's a fascinating read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In conclusion, we should all read more, especially us wrestling fans, given how the mainstream perceive us as knuckle-dragging neanderthals, so let's prove people wrong. Also, tweet me if you think I've missed any.</span></div>
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is a mammoth set for a mammoth year in the WWE, and trying to represent five
hours of TV output per week, 52 weeks a year in only nine hours of DVD space is
a mammoth task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that samespirit of
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DVD opens with Jerry 'The King' Lawler introducing this archive of an important
year for both brands, and the first match, with a cheap shot at the butterfly
Divas belt of the women's old title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Charlotte versus Becky Lynch is a solid technical match with the
champion's father, Ric Flair, heavily involved with the finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An appropriate pick as this would be a theme
for Charlotte's matches in the first part of this year.</span>
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improbable victory for the US title over the recently returned Alberto Del Rio
is a true underdog treat, despite being brutalised from the first moment and
having his high-flying devastatingly countered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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[biased] Ref' Vince McMahon that set up the Royal Rumble match for the WWE
Championship.</span>
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might be an unpopular opinion, but Daniel Bryan's retirement speech - included
here in full - is too long for a summary DVD of an entire year. I'm not
doubting Bryan's impact on WWE and wrestling in general, but it slowed the flow
of the DVD significantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, it
is followed by Chris Jericho versus AJ Styles from SmackDown. A 'dream match'
that would have been fantasy booking a few years ago, although Jericho is
marginally off his prime athleticism now. It doesn't suffer for that, as the
beautiful clash of similar styles leads to a knife-edge match of precision
technique.</span>
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Vincent J McMahon Legacy of Excellence award ceremony gets interrupted to the
crowd's (and my) delight. Just as Stephanie McMahon is being presented by her
father, brother Shane makes a stunning return after almost a decade. With
notions of blackmail and backstabbing, this segment leads in to the upcoming
battle for control over Monday Night RAW. Unsurprisingly, this subject also
features in the February highlights.</span></div>
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Chris Jericho acted as WWE's gatekeeper to the incoming AJ Styles, they ended
up together as a Tag team - Y2AJ. The title-match against The New Day didn't go
according to plan however, leading to Jericho's turn on AJ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Triple H versus Dolph Ziggler started as a
good match, but not as good as the ending: Roman Reigns interrupting and
brawling with HHH throughout the entire arena, excellently invoking the spirit
of the old Hardcore championship. A game of move-set one-upmanship between
Kevin Owens and AJ Styles is followed by the March Highlights which continue
the Roman/HHH feud on the road to Wrestlemania.</span>
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King begins Disc Two with a preamble about the new faces of the 'New Era'
beginning with RAW the night after Wrestlemania, which is immediately backed up
with a serviceable bout between NXT alumni Apollo Crews and Tyler Breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Styles versus Zayn number one contender
match puts us back on the World Class level though, an absolute throw-down.
April's Highlights: a New Women's title, Zack Ryder's criminally short
Intercontinental reign and AJ allying with Gallows and Anderson.</span>
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and Zayn tag against Kevin Owens and The Miz in an astoundingly athletic tag
match that is a brilliant snap-shot of the Intercontinental title scene, with
the sauce of schadenfreude-inducing squabbles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This disc also has a massive change-of-pace discourse in the middle,
John Cena providing the mid-ring monologue for this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back after some time out, he sets himself up
as some kind of guard or gatekeeper against the 'New Era' superstars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cue AJ Styles' entrance for a surprising bit
of returned respect, interrupted by The Club threatening him. It's just a ruse
to beat up John Cena though, setting up the Summer's hottest programme of
matches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The May Highlight package
focuses on the McMahon sibling rivalry and associated New Era brand
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couple of tag matches have been chosen to represent June, The New Day and Enzo
& Cass versus The Club and The Vaudevillains is an epic Promo battle only
matched by the excellent in ring product, while Ambrose, Zayn & Cesaro
against Owens, Jericho & Del Rio is a prelude to Money in the Bank, a 6-man
tag that isn't just on here for the storyline narrative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the Brand Extension draft looming, the
highlights are densely packed: Ambrose 'the Dude' now WWE Champion, The
Styles/Club versus Cena feud continues, some posturing cameos for a potential
SmackDown GM and the Wyatt’s compound match against New Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shane and Daniel Bryan end up in charge of
SmackDown, whilst Steph and Mick Foley get Monday nights.</span>
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Day itself gets an introduction from Lawler as well as its own highlights,
throwing up all of the seismic changes that this kind of structural shift
brings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subsequently, we have four
decisive matches to put the top-order of each brand into some kind of
perspective.</span>
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there's the Ambrose/Rollins WWE Championship match in which Ambrose needs to
retain to go to into the Battleground Main event, with RAW's Rollins plus Roman
Reigns confirmed, and keep Smackdown's hopes alive of holding the historic
title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should be noted that he does
in both instances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then comes Charlotte
versus Sasha Banks for the (RAW) Women's Championship where Banks finally gets
the gold, ending Flair's interminable run.</span>
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makes a huge impact on RAW after the former NXT champion drafted highly, and
gives himself a huge birthday treat by beating the big-dog Roman Reigns. This
sets up the Summerslam finale crowning a new 'Universal' heavyweight champion,
against #1 draft pick Seth Rollins, to headline the red brand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over on the blue side, AJ Styles wins an
action-packed 6-Pack Challenge against Cena, Ziggler, Crews, Corbin and Bray
Wyatt for contendership to the traditional title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stylistically, these go to demonstrate the
initial general differences between the brands; RAW with the traditional
in-ring storytelling psychology but Smackdown high-paced and heavy on
spectacular spots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>July's highlights
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King's back again at the start of Disc Three, seemingly to put in a good word
for NXT's American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan) before the segment
segues into a Charlotte Flair in-ring promo. She regained the title at the
previous night's PPV so wants the night off, but Foley has other ideas. After
mentioning Finn Balor's relinquishment of the Universal Title due to injury, he
introduces Bayley for her RAW début. Charlotte refuses her challenge, so she
gives Dana Brooke a solid striking fight, and defeat, instead.</span>
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mention of American Alpha makes sense as they take on Breezango (Tyler Breeze
& Fandango) in a 1st round tournament match. It demonstrates the potency
and agility of the patriotic Alpha as they progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next up is the Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens vs
Seth Rollins vs Big Cass (w/Enzo) fatal four way for the Universal Title after
Balor's injury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A gruelling visceral
match is concluded with a screw-job and swerve of legendary proportions. Triple
H turns on his former chosen one, Seth Rollins, to surprisingly set up Owens
for the win.</span>
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fatal four-way follows. This time a fast-paced submission victory for Kendrick
as he makes Alexander tap to become number-one contender, in RAW's first
cruiserweight division match, also including Rich Swann and Gran Metalik.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Miz TV segment begins with a retrospective
of the Intercontinental champion's career, but after The Miz starts running
down Dolph Ziggler he comes out to put his WWE career on the line for one last
shot at the title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subtle as a
sledge-hammer in my opinion, but it goes over well with the crowd. The month's
highlights follow.</span>
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the former WCW star, makes his return to WWE on Monday Night RAW after a
12-year absence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tying in with the 2K17
video game release, he challenges Brock Lesnar (his last opponent) to one more
fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn't a big fan of the former
World Heavyweight champion the first time around, and less so a good stride into
middle age, especially when there's so much fresh talent coming through from
NXT.</span>
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Ellsworth, the sympathetically engaging recipient of a Braun Strowman squash on
RAW, has become embroiled in the feud between Ambrose and Styles for the
SmackDown World Championship in the next match.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some quality comedy antics and classic JBL commentary are mixed with
deceptively crisp in-ring action, making it a bit of an unexpected hit for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's followed by yet more monthly highlights.</span>
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Women's matches finish this set off incredibly nicely. Becky Lynch defends the
newly-minted SmackDown Women's title against the diminutive but highly
aggressive Alexa Bliss, and Sasha Banks nearly breaks Charlotte in half to
regain the RAW championship during their Falls-count-anywhere match.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these only go to highlight the
strides that female WWE competitors have taken in the past few years. A final
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'Best of RAW and Smackdown' DVD sets have a superbly unique point to them: ease
of access to the most significant TV matches of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even on the Network, it can be a major pain
in the posterior to track down one match in an odd episode for reference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you combine it with the recent Best of PPV
Matches collection too, then you get a sum greater than its parts, a chronicle
of the WWE year.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">What a
year it has been too! The Second Brand Extension, the rise of the New Era, NXT
and Women's wrestling, just to name a few. It has been a year to challenge
preconceptions and the Status Quo, a year to remember.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "droid sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Direct link to BUY the DVD <a href="https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/best-smackdown-2016-p-12292.html?osCsid=210040038205850f02499bdf7d9714fd" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
WrestleFigsUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09959845838371027660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798016748748074444.post-59462748950992133222017-03-10T10:26:00.002-08:002017-03-10T10:27:06.499-08:00WWE Roadblock: End of the Line DVD Review By Tim Ricketts<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4lEqsILG9HBLlSqaBP13aW2nGIcAbKvXctf-3PWf9yKTl2sfZgDuVoZ93468PLxHTcwAHxBio2jsTbZLM9JZ6YYy0LYqhQA7X3dUFlEI6_IfHOiZqSd_SPWTENHnAkenoXy_TtocDm8/s1600/Roadblock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4lEqsILG9HBLlSqaBP13aW2nGIcAbKvXctf-3PWf9yKTl2sfZgDuVoZ93468PLxHTcwAHxBio2jsTbZLM9JZ6YYy0LYqhQA7X3dUFlEI6_IfHOiZqSd_SPWTENHnAkenoXy_TtocDm8/s320/Roadblock.jpg" width="227" /></a>Welcome to another
DVD-packaged PPV review on Wrestling's Last Hope, this time December 2016's
Roadblock: End of the Line, a RAW exclusive event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main story-lines from the Monday night
brand coming into this event involve a mess of nepotism behind Universal
champion Kevin Owens' reign, a see-saw battle for the RAW Women's title between
Charlotte's PPV dominance and Sasha Banks' TV glory, and The New Day's record
tag-title run.
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The DVD 'Special
Feature' is the pre-show match, so I shall tackle that first, as it makes
chronological sense. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Big Cass (w/Enzo Amore) vs Rusev (w/Lana) - Special Feature</b>
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An unfortunate recent
clothing and communication mix-up between Enzo Amore and Lana in a hotel has
led to this match, where Big Cass and Rusev are essentially fighting as seconds
for their partners' honour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A typically
long entrance promo speech from Enzo and Cass, with plenty of audience
participation, preceded the lock-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
fight quickly spilled over the barrier and into the crowd with Big Cass in the
ascendancy, but as the Referee's count approached double-digits Lana shoved
Enzo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cass showed his inexperience by
checking on his team-mate, allowing the Bulgarian brute to roll in the ring
with a second to go and claim the count-out victory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good ruse to claim a spurious victory,
however the pre-match promo was longer than the fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a good promo though.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E w/Xavier
Woods) vs Sheamus & Cesaro</b>
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After recently
surpassing the record for longest tag team title reign, which now stands at 483
days, The New Day come to the ring crowing and dismissive of their squabbling
odd-couple opponents. "Pride comes before a fall," as the saying
goes, and New Day's complacency is evident by their reliance on the usual
numbers-game tactics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The extra man is
neutralised by the ingenious tactics of the European team though, as Sheamus
patrols the ringside area in an enforcer role while Cesaro makes long imperious
stands in the ring, more often than not against Kofi Kingston.</div>
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The New Day are
successful in distracting the ref from a Kofi tap-out, but that is just a
portent of the result. In one last blast of tactical genius, the Swiss Superman
feigned a tag and allowed himself to be taken down by the resurgent Kingston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A beautiful move that leaves the surprised
Kofi susceptible to Sheamus' roll-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This match had everything, action, pace, tactics, psychology... except a
particularly surprising result. How they got there was slick though. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10 Minute Survival Match - Sami Zayn vs Braun Strowman</b>
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Whilst I accept the
might and prowess of Strowman, I don't entirely understand how Sami Zayn has
gone from a hair's-breadth rivalry with the now Universal Champion Kevin Owens
to being a squash-match whipping-boy in the space of six months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather than engendering my sympathy, it made
me feel rather more pitiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether
this conveys a genuine sense of "David and Goliath" or not, Zayn must
fulfil the stipulation and survive ten minutes to win.</div>
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The first six and a half
minutes is pretty much filled with Braun beating down and grandstanding above
the hapless Zayn, turning down multiple pin opportunities before GM Mick Foley
intercedes carrying a towel - the corner-man’s traditional method of signifying
submission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sami rejects this token of
weakness and dodges Strowman's charge, sending the giant into the
corner-post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With only a couple of
minutes left, we get what this match should have been from the get-go: Sami
using his speed, skill and experience as an effective foil to Strowman's size
and strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unsurprisingly, Zayn sees
out the 10 minutes to claim 'victory'.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Seth Rollins vs Chris Jericho</b>
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The usual highlight reel
conveys the basis of this grudge: Rollins jilted as the 'favoured face' of WWE
by Triple H in favour of Jericho's friend Owens Universal Champion, Jericho's
interference in their follow-up bouts, and Seth's subsequent parking lot ambush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some good, old-school, alliance-based
feuding.</div>
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The match opens with
some good mat work and striking from Rollins, but as soon as Jericho gains a
foothold he begins to take control. When Rollins starts to look bright again,
Jericho drops down to ringside to slow him back down. Rollins uses one of his
favourite barricade attacks, so Jericho rolls back in and utilises a
traditionally nefarious thumb in the eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Quite literally, he uses his current low morals and canny knowledge to
stop any Rollins' momentum in classic Y2J style.</div>
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Seth recovers only to be
kicked off the ring apron, but beats the Ref's count out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris continues grinding work on the mat and
ropes, Rollins only making his comeback when he painfully foils Jericho's
Bulldog, and starts building toward a finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That's when the inevitable Kevin Owens appearance and interference
occurs, despite 'BFF' Jericho's previous pleading, but spectacularly backfires.
The disoriented Jericho succumbs to a pedigree and a pin-fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect that this breach of trust will have
an effect on the Main Event.</div>
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A triple threat is the
classic match format for the high-kicking and high-flying cruiser-weights,
their fast pace and spectacular counter moves always underlines the
'threat'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a superb example of
that, the opening minutes flowing excellently between the current and two
former title holders demonstrating their pedigree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The exhausting pace quickly takes it's toll,
as first Kendrick, then Perkins, attempt to force a submission from the champ.</div>
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Swann battles back and
takes advantage of his momentary alliance with TJP, dual-kicking a recovering
Brian Kendrick to the floor, to quickly roll the CWC winner into a successful
pin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a solid, action-packed
match that establishes Swann's dominance of the division and over his
predecessors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The '205-live'
colour-commentators provide a quality soundtrack, their lively banter
contrasting with the often stayed and steady flow of their Raw counterparts on
the other matches.</div>
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Neville, Swann's
tag-partner of yore, makes a surprise appearance, kicking and beating the
living hell out of TJP and Rich, who's face is a picture of pain and
betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A shocking about-face from the
former fan-favourite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that mention
of betrayal, there's a little back-stage segment involving Kevin Owens ranting
at Chris Jericho's locker-room door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
seems like it's a case of 'Sorry, not sorry' from the Universal champion, about
the involvement in his friend's match.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">30-min Iron-man match - Raw Women's Champion Sasha Banks vs
Charlotte Flair</b>
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These two have feuded,
and traded the title, consistently over the previous few months, with Flair's
unbeaten streak at Pay-per-Views always seeing the championship return to her
hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These often brutal matches have
established the women at the top of the card, and following October's
record-making Hell-in-a-Cell fight, this Iron-man match looks to continue the
rivalry.</div>
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The first ten minutes
are an absolute grapple-fest, trading and chaining holds, strikes, locks and
pin attempts, before the match descends into ringside brutality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sasha can't regain a foothold after she gets
bounced, headfirst, off the ring-steps, eventually leading to the first
pin-fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlotte nails the 'Natural
Selection' from the top turn-buckle to break the deadlock with a third of the
match left, and immediately presses her advantage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Banks is dynamite though, with an acrobatic
detonation she takes a feint at a rana and comes down in control of Flair's
arm, rolling her up to level at eight minutes remaining. Two minutes later,
she's in the lead, Charlotte tapping to the Bank Statement.</div>
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Flair fixates on Banks'
knee, softening it up effectively for a Figure-four leg-lock, pummelling it and
laying in her wrenching submission. With seconds to go, Sasha taps, levelling
the score.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ref Chad Patton sanctions
sudden-death overtime, playing into the hands of the fresher Flair, but it's
The Boss who makes a couple of quick pin attempts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That's as far as her rally gets, as she taps,
blood streaming from a facial wound, to the bridged Figure-Eight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flair's PPV run continues, as does the
resurgence of female wrestling in the WWE. Bravo to these athletes on such a
gruelling rivalry.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">WWE US Champion Roman Reigns vs Universal Champion Kevin Owens</b>
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Following his earlier
appearance and backstage rant, Owens looks to be dealing with this fight
without his former 'Best Friend Forever'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He launches into it, and it spills quickly to ringside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Owens seems determined to Frog-Splash the
imposing Reigns wherever possible, off the barricade, through an announce table
or even in the ring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As he starts to lose
dominance, Kevin becomes increasingly desperate; he grabs the title belt, only
to be speared by Roman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's at this
point Jericho runs-in and puts the Code-breaker to his ex-BFF in an apparent attack
of spite, handing him the DQ victory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Seconds later the ruse is revealed, Y2J handing Owens the belt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good twist to keep the narrative going, but
one that was far too easy to telegraph.</div>
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The action doesn't
finish there though, as Seth Rollins follows his earlier opponent out and forms
a mini-reunion with former SHIELD team-mate Roman Reigns to dish-out
double-power-bombs to Jeri-KO through the remaining announce-tables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This adds a little more intrigue to the mix,
and satisfaction for the ending.</div>
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This is a very worthy
PPV offering from WWE, with the landmark Tag Title and Women's matches living
up to their historic significance and the main-event narrative thread providing
plenty of amusement, however predictable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Cruiserweight effort is good support too, though the Zayn-Strowman
and Pre-show matches left me distinctly uninspired.</div>
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Available now from
www.WWEDVD.co.uk</div>
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