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Progress Wrestling’s We Heart Violence: DVD review

May 23, 2013
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London-based PROGRESS Wrestling celebrated its first year in business this past Easter Sunday with its most star studded show to date. Now that the show is available to buy on DVD from progresswrestling.com, we ask whether Chapter Six: We Heart Violence lived up to the lofty highs of its predecessors or did Progress take a step back? Chris Pilkington finds out… Dave Mastiff vs Noam Dar It was perhaps fitting that on Easter Sunday the show started off Old Testament style with a real life David vs Goliath match, only The Goliath in this story was called Dave, confusing the…

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Introducing the new ‘Paul Heyman Guy’: Curtis Axel

May 21, 2013
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This past week on Raw, Paul Heyman unveiled Joe Hennig as his newest client. Richard Hattersley looks at the third generation star’s biggest opportunity yet… Prior to the main event of the 2013 Royal Rumble, The Rock posted a photo of himself and his training partner on his Twitter account as he prepared for his showdown with CM Punk for the WWE championship. Standing beside ‘The Great One’ was Joe Hennig, who The Rock called ‘talented, tough and humble”. With such an endorsement from The People’s Champion, just why was the man who went by the moniker Michael McGilicutty floundering…

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Interview: Shark Boy talks TNA, WCW and Austin’s thoughts on ‘Oh Shell Yeah’

May 18, 2013
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Shark Boy has been one of the most colourful characters in recent professional wrestling history. The 38-year-old from the Deep Blue Sea was a top Indy wrestler and featured on shows shown on ABC, MTV and The Discovery Channel. Shark Boy also spent time with WCW and featured on Saturday Night and Thunder. But it was in TNA that Shark Boy had most of his success,  during the memorable spell mimicking Stone Cold Steve Austin with the popular ‘Oh Shell Yeah’ gimmick. Joshua Modaberi caught up with Shark Boy to talk about ruining a SmackDown television taping, what Steve Austin thought of…

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Kenta Kobashi retires: farewell to a Japanese legend

May 17, 2013
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Kenta Kobashi ascended the top rope for the final time. The veteran landed on Kanemaru with a moonsault to provide a happy ending to his illustrious career. His tag team partners joined the referee in counting the three count. A career that started in 1988 was now over. Kenta Kobashi had retired. On 11 May 2013, Kenta Kobashi, one of the greatest of all time, wrestled his final match, tagging with  Jun Akiyama, Keiji Mutoh and Kensuke Sasaki to defeat his protégés, Go Shiozaki, Kenta, Maybach Taniguchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, in front of a sold out crowd, and movie theatres around Japan.…

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Who’s next for Brock Lesnar after Extreme Rules’ rubber match?

May 16, 2013
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As it looks like Brock Lesnar and Triple H have finally finished their marathon feud, Richard Hattersley looks at what’s next for the former Ultimate Fighting Champion… “I’ve always approached pro wrestling as it were real. I compete with the utmost intensity.” – Brock Lesnar, May 2013, Muscle and Fitness Magazine. Since Brock Lesnar’s return to the squared circle in 2012, he has performed with unparalleled authenticity. The sudden burst of his theme is enough to send the fans into frenzy, anticipating the unleashing of carnage usually only seen from a destructive stomp from Godzilla. Lesnar performs with the aura…

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Hustle, loyalty, relax: Why John Cena needs a holiday

May 15, 2013
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January 27, 2008. The Royal Rumble battle royal is reaching its climax as the likes of Triple H, Mark Henry and Umaga battle for supremacy. Only one man is left to enter the ring: lucky number thirty, the final entrant. The buzzer sounds and there is a moment of silence. Every person in the Madison Square Garden crowd turns towards the narrow entrance way. Finally, the opening strains of ‘My Time Is Now’ hits and John Cena returns after four months on the injured list to a thunderous reaction. Since that unexpected return, John Cena has rarely had more than a week away…

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Tales from an incredible career: up close and personal with Mick Foley

May 11, 2013
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You know those people in life that really annoy you be being great at everything they do? Mick Foley should be one of them.  A former WWE and TNA world heavyweight champion and recent WWE Hall of Fame inductee, Foley is also the author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books for both adults and children (and a New York Times bestselling author, no less), actor and now he’s a successful stand-up comedian to boot. His success should annoy you, but it doesn’t – because despite his many accomplishments, it’s just impossible to dislike Foley. His overwhelming warmth, generosity and humility, combined…

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