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Interview: Marty Scurll on TNA, Hulk Hogan and British wrestling’s future

Marty Scurll

Marty Scurll is one of the brightest British wrestling talents today, already achieving so much in the ring despite only being 24 years old. The grappler from Ely, Cambridgeshire helped put British wrestling back on the map after his appearance on hit ITV gameshow Take Me Out, and earlier this year Scurll was one of four Brits to compete for a TNA contract in British Boot Camp,  making appearances on Impact by wrestling at both the Impact Zone and at London’s Wembley Arena. Joshua Modaberi caught up with ‘Party’ Marty to talk about the current state of British wrestling, his experiences on…

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Progress Wrestling’s We Heart Violence: DVD review

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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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4FW’s ‘Battle Britannia’ event offers up the action in Chipping Sodbury

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After watching their entertaining show last month, Richard Hattersley reports from Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire for 4FW’s Battle Britannia show  - and saw the promotion take things to another level.  When Fujita ‘jr’ Hayato left the ring on Friday 8 March 2013, surely the irony of his theme music wasn’t lost on anyone, let alone his opponent Pete Dunne. The chorus from T.O.K’s harmonious reggae song, ‘I Believe’ which accompanied the 26 year old Japanese star claims that, ‘love is the answer’. Yet, you can’t help but feel that Hayato is not one to agree with this philosophy, especially when…

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Interview: Rockstar Spud talks reality TV, wrestling at Wembley and his TNA X Division ambitions

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Earlier this year, Rockstar Spud, along with Marty Scurll and Hannah and Holly, The Blossom Twins, took part in TNA’s search for a new star, TNA British Boot Camp. As we all know by now, Spud that came out victorious, earning a spot on the TNA roster in the process. During the series, the grappler from Birmingham, England was praised by the likes of Rollerball Rocco, Hulk Hogan and Kurt Angle. Spud also featured on the TNA Road to Lockdown tour in the UK, where he made his in-ring television debut against Robbie E. Joshua Modaberi recently caught up with…

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New UK publication celebrates forgotten appeal of the ‘fanzine’

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Regular readers of CollarAndElbow.com may already know this, but if it wasn’t for a ‘fanzine’, this website wouldn’t exist today. I got my start in the world of wrestling journalism back in the late 1990s as a wide-eyed, wet-behind-the-ears young fan who decided to start his own fanzine. Between 1997-1999, I was the editor of a bi-monthly ‘zine known simply as G.B.H! - a title that still makes me chuckle to this very day. Much like with the naming of this very site, I’ve always been one to go for the more ‘unusual’ titles. Whilst relatively short-lived, during its heyday the fanzine…

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Interview: British wrestling legends Ricky Knight and Sweet Saraya speak about NXT, Paige and an exciting 2013

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There have been many great wrestling families over the years. The Von Erichs and the Harts are two that spring to mind – but another grappling family lives far closer to home – the Knight family from Norwich.  The family consists of dad Ricky Knight, mum Julia Hamer-Bevis (known as Sweet Saraya), sons Zak Bevis and Roy ‘Zebra Kid’ Bevis, and daughter Britani Knight. The Knights recently starred in Channel 4 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, which followed the Knight children as they had tryouts with the WWE, with Britani ending up getting a contract and since becoming a huge success…

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Ryan and Dynamo steal the show at 4FW’s latest Bristol event

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On the same evening that TNA filmed their Impact Wrestling tapings at London’s Wembley Arena, 4FW staged an event in Bristol showing that grass roots British wrestling is still thriving. Richard Hattersley was in attendance on Saturday 26th January 2013, and reports on what happened on the night: In the main event of the 4FW event in Bristol, a toy Money in the Bank briefcase became the recipient of the biggest reaction of the night. Eddie Ryan, the 4FW Heavyweight Champion, was handed the briefcase by a young fan sitting ringside and pelted the challenger, Jack Dynamo around the head for a…

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