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WWE WrestleMania 29: DVD review

WWE WrestleMania 29: DVD review

For lifelong fans of WWE, it’s impossible not to get excited about the prospect of WrestleMania when it comes around each year. No matter what match-ups are on offer, you can nearly always rely on the world’s biggest wrestling brand to pull something truly special out of the bag and rise to the occasion – but that task  is becoming increasingly difficult in a media landscape which sees more exposure to the product than ever before. With a few notable exceptions (WrestleMania’s IX, XI and XVII spring to mind), the biggest event of the year rarely disappoints, offering fans spectacle, pageantry, awe-inspiring…

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

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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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Has The Rock wrestled his last match?

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After sustaining a catalogue of injuries in the main event of WrestleMania 29, Richard Hattersley asks whether this is the last we will ever see of The Rock in the squared circle… “Was it my last match? Possibly. I’m not too sure, and I wouldn’t rule it out.” - Dwayne Johnson in a recent interview with Peter Rosenberg posted on 22 April 2013. After both hitting their finishers multiple times, The Rock finally succumbed to a decisive Attitude Adjustment from John Cena in the closing moments of their second WrestleMania clash. In a sign of mutual respect, they two men shook hands after…

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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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Ballroom Blitz: How New Jersey put the ‘fan’ into WWE’s Fandango

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WRESTLEMANIA WEEKEND is officially over and despite a plethora of superstars gracing the New York/New Jersey area there is only one name on the lips of the fans. And that man’s name is Fandango! Somewhere, Vince McMahon is smiling. When he gave the go ahead to the Fandango character and his eventual début match against Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 29, it’s fair to say that a lot of people questioned his faith in the gimmick. We’ve seen plenty of reports over the last few weeks of Vince being really keen to push the former Johnny Curtis‘ new ballroom dance persona,…

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WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012 (DVD review)

WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012 (DVD review)

The year 2012 offered up many memories and landmark moments for fans of World Wrestling Entertainment. The return of Brock Lesnar. A ‘Once in a Lifetime’ showdown.  The longest WWE championship reign of the modern era. And, yes, the debut of Ryback. While Raw had a big role to play in many or these memories, WWE’s twelve pay-per-view events also offered a great deal of action and big clashes – so it’s little wonder that Fremantle Media has released ‘WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2012′, a three-disc compilation showcasing some of the strongest bouts from the year’s big shows. It’s available to…

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