http://www.wrestling101.com Wrestling101 Latest Articles Copyright 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:46:49 -0500 This was always going to be a hugely ambitious project and in this case it doesn't quite come off. The first issue is with the hosts Miz & Morrison. Now don't get me wrong both guys are great talkers and were a fantastic team but that's the problem they WERE a fantastic team. Having a collection centred around the greatest tag teams of all time hosted by a team no longer together just doesn't seem to sit right... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1178/ WWE DVD Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1178/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:24:00 -0400 A lot of people will have written off 12 Rounds simply on the basis it's from WWE Studios. Others unaware of Vince's non-wrestling project will simply dismiss it because it stars that wrestler guy. These assertions are unfair as it creates a judgemental attitude before the opening credits have begun running... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1179/ WWE DVD Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1179/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:38:00 -0500 And so once again I grace youre computer screens to retrospectively review an old wrestling autobiography that seems to have largely fallen into obscurity with wrestling fans. This pick is Its True Its True by none other than Kurt Angle everyones favourite American hero/braggart. On paper this sounded like a great read - Kurt Angle has certainly had a stellar life... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/Book/1177/ Wrestling Book Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/Book/1177/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:03:00 -0400 A lot of people are dismissive of the B-level pay-per-views but you usually get at least two or three good bouts and a few decent ones as well. Judgement Day 2009 on paper looks to have one of the better cards for a non-Big Four event. The Chicago crowd also deserve a heap of credit for being up for it pretty much from the first blast of the opening pyro... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1174/ WWE DVD Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1174/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:47:00 -0400 Smackdown the WWE B show reaches double-digits and the company is going all out to celebrate that fact. As I write this the special broadcast of the show is getting set to air this Friday the latest video game to carry the name is due to be in stores in three weeks time and in my hand I have this a three-disc look back at the top 100 moments in the show's history... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1175/ WWE DVD Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1175/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:04:00 -0400 The Royal Rumble is my favourite WWE PPV so this Tagged Classics collection was one I looked forward to reviewing. The first disc takes us back eight years to 2001 and the beginning of the Road to WrestleMania. This era was brilliant and little things like the Attitude Era opening to WWF programming cutting to WWF New York Earl Hebner in a WWF's referee shirt and the wrestlers who were around at the time all add up to a nostalgia trip that never gets old.... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/FTV/1171/ From The Vault - WWF Classic Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/FTV/1171/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:26:00 -0400 Bret Hart: The best there is the best there was and the best therell ever be...words that Bret Hart proclaimed about himself throughout his career. On paper it appeared to be nothing more than a wrestling gimmick but when Bret Hart allowed the WWE to release a DVD documentary about his career it became rather apparent that this man really believed that moniker. The weird foible was that we finally had a look into his career only for it to be ruined by the very man we wanted to know more about... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/Book/1170/ Wrestling Book Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/Book/1170/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:21:00 -0400 Wrestlemania the biggest show in the wrestling calendar is the official year end for WWE. It's where everything comes to a head where all the talent want to be showcased and where the biggest matches take place. To highlight this the show opens with a brilliantly put together video package that puts across the magnitude of the event featuring the performers talking about watching the early 'Manias and letting us know which match was their personal highlight before cutting to previews of the bouts on this year's card. I actually had goosebumps during some of the historic footage... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1168/ WWE DVD Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/WWEVD/1168/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:06:00 -0400 Releasing the old classics from WWE's back catalogue is a fantastic idea and this double-set continues that great tradition. 2000 was one of the best years WWE has had from a creative and in-ring standpoint and these two PPVs are filled with great wrestling matches and guys at the peak of their career... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/FTV/1166/ From The Vault - WWF Classic Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/FTV/1166/ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:16:00 -0400 Wrestlers like Lita William Regal and for reasons Ive never understood Mick Foley have set a bar of excellence with their autobiographies. Unfortunately you also have wrestlers like Hulk Hogan who have set a bar of mediocrity in wrestling autobiographies. So for the benefit of Wrestling 101s undernourished book section and because I actually want to talk about this book I decided to take a crack at reviewing Chris Jerichos opus A Lions Tale: Around the World in Spandex... http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/Book/1165/ Wrestling Book Reviews http://www.wrestling101.com/101/article/Book/1165/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:46:00 -0400