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WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 (DVD review)

WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 (DVD review)

The annual February pay-per-view offering from WWE has, historically, been somewhat of a mixed bag. Lumped in between the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, it typically is an event that is designed to bolster buy rates and increase interest for the company’s biggest show of the year, by providing a platform to further feuds en route to the big showdowns at the ‘Granddaddy of Them All’.   Occasionally, though, it does much for than that, by providing memories and moments that have gone down in wrestling’s history books. While it may have gone through several different names, February’s pay-per-view has, in the past,…

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WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown 2012 (DVD review)

WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown 2012 (DVD review)

As my esteemed colleague Ben Veal pointed out in his WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches DVD review, 2012 featured some pretty memorable moments. And, whilst many of these culminated in huge PPV encounters, it was Raw and Smackdown that played host to many of the standout moments of the last year.  ‘The Best of Raw and Smackdown 2012′, available to buy now on DVD and Blu-Ray from WWEDVD.co.uk, distils twelve months down to three discs, cutting most of the wheat from the chaff and leaving us with a glorious collection of vignettes, interviews and matches that showcase a lot of what is…

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To be the man, you’ve got to be … somebody.

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Character development is the key ingredient to success in wrestling, according to our newest contributor. Here’s why: In professional wrestling – whether it be WWE, TNA, ROH or any other promotion – as important as the action that takes place in the squared circle is, it is the characters that make the difference. One might argue that surely both are equally as important, but looking at the way wrestling works, that just isn’t the case. To use an example: if we had two people competing in the ring and (going with the WWE way of booking matches) following a list…

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Hometown Heroes?

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Ask most people where they come from, and the answer is usually simple. Not with professional wrestlers. Chris Pilkington takes a look at some of wrestling’s wackiest fictional hometowns… Picture the scene if you will. It’s the 1990 Survivor Series, and Ted Dibiase has just entered the ring to announce his partner for the evening. The crowd boos raucously as Dibiase grabs a microphone. “Everybody’s got a price for The Million Dollar Man, so without further ado, I will introduce to you now my mystery partner”. The audience are on the edge of their seats in anticipation. “Led to the…

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