Every year, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter holds its annual end-of-year awards, with fans emailing in their picks for categories such as Match of the Year, Show of the Year, and all of that good stuff. As we’re now in July, we’re going to take a look at what we’d be picking if we had to place our votes now.
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Back in the day, WCW was known for it’s flagship show – Monday Nitro – hence, the Monday Night Wars. At the peak of their popularity, WCW then created a second major weekly in January 1998, called Thunder – beating out WWE’s SmackDown by around eighteen months. This week on Random Reviews, we take a look at some of the action that graced our screens in WCW’s “B-show that tried to be an A-show”.
Well, since we’re up to date (as best we can be) with PROGRESS events, it’s time to set the time machine back a little further, all the way back to March 2012, for Chapter 1.
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After two episodes of the new WhatCulture wrestling show, entitled “Loaded”, it’s fair to say that I’ve been critical of the WCPW product. Whilst week two was much better, there’s still weaknesses – and for the sake of those who want to get my take without reading match results, here is “a note to WCPW”.
One of the stand-out storylines from TNA this year – from a creative perspective, at least – has been the feud between the Hardy brothers. Going in, it’s easy to see how fans would have been cynical, given how badly their prior attempts at a feud bombed. But this time, it was different, and it was glorious.
Formed in 2011, the Welsh-based ATTACK! Pro Wrestling has built up quite a niche following, with their unique spin on the concept of British wrestling. And by unique, that’s in no ways a back-handed compliment! Here, we review their most recent event, June’s “Press Start IV”.
2016 has been a year of rebuilding for New Japan, as the days after WrestleKingdom saw the company panic as their upper mid-card plans were thrown out of the window (and ended up in Stamford, Connecticut).