ROH Stylin' & Profilin' - DVD Review

We're stepping into Ring of Honor territory once again, mainly because they've sent me quite a few DVDs to review. So this time we're going back to March 13th of this year, with Nigel McGuinness defending the ROH World title against Brent Albright, and an appearance from "Nature Boy" Ric Flair at "Stylin' & Profilin'". Commentary is handled by Dave Prazak and "The Living Legend" Larry Zybyszko.

WWE Night of Champions on Sky Box Office - TV Review

It’s that time of the year again when every title in WWE is up for grabs on the same night, with Randy Orton defending the WWE title against Triple H and John Cena in a triple threat match, and C.M. Punk defending the World title against Jeff Hardy at Night of Champions, shown live in the early hours of Monday morning here in Britain on Sky Box Office, with the usual suspects handling commentary duties.

Extreme Fighting Volumes 1-4 - DVD Review

In November 1995, while the Ultimate Fighting Championship was still in it’s infancy, a new mixed martial arts promotion held their first show. The company, known as Extreme Fighting, only held four events. With the popularity of MMA growing in the last few years, the four volumes that were previously released on VHS were later released in a one disc DVD set, at a very reasonable price. So, having had this for quite a while now, and having recently looked back at a couple of old UFC shows, I thought it would be a good idea to finally give this a look-see.

TNA Victory Road on Bravo 2 - TV Review

It’s that time of the month again when the great and the good of Total Non-Stop Action wrestling gather in the Impact Zone in Florida for their latest pay-per-view offering, Victory Road, shown on a three day delay here in Britain on Bravo 2, and headlined by Mick Foley challenging Kurt Angle for the TNA World title. As usual, Mike Tenay and Don West are handling commentary duties.

Terry Funk's Wrestlefest - DVD Review

On September 11th, 1997 the stars of three wrestling promotions, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation gathered in Amarillo, Texas, to honour one of the true legends of the wrestling business, Terry Funk, as he announced his retirement. To commemorate this event, Funk challenged Bret “Hitman” Hart for the WWF title in the main event of Wrestlefest: 50 Years of Funk, also known as Terry Funk‘s Wrestlefest. Commentary duties are handled by none other than the voice of ECW, Joey Styles.

Pro Wrestling NOAH European Navigation 2008 - CPC Movies DVD Review

In June 2008 top Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH, in association with Mark Sloan’s A-Merchandise, came to British shores for the first time in their history, bringing along such stars as the late, great Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi and Naomichi Marufuji. Along with home-grown talent such as Doug Williams, Nigel McGuinness and Martin Stone, they packed the Coventry Skydome for European Navigation 2008, released a few months later on DVD.

ROH Eliminating the Competition - CPC Movies DVD Review

Ever since he became Ring of Honor World Champion, British star Nigel McGuinness has been blowing away the competition, from the likes of Bryan Danielson to D-Lo Brown. But this past February he had to deal with three challengers.

Pro Wrestling NOAH European Navigation '08 - DVD Review

In June 2008 top Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH, in association with Mark Sloan’s A-Merchandise, came to British shores for the first time in their history, bringing along such stars as the late, great Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi and Naomichi Marufuji. Along with home-grown talent such as Doug Williams, Nigel McGuinness and Martin Stone, they packed the Coventry Skydome for European Navigation 2008, released a few months later on DVD, with Dean Ayass and Mo Chatra handling commentary duties.

UCUK Heat on Sky Sports - TV Review

They’re back! After an prolonged absence, Dave O’Donnell and his band of merry man returned to British television screens as his mixed martial arts promotion, Ultimate Challenge UK, made their Sky Sports debut with Heat, held at The Troxy in London and broadcast on a three day delay. Dave himself acted as host, along with O.J. Borg, with Malcolm Martin and Rob Nutley handling commentary duties.

ROH Eliminating The Competition - DVD Review

It’s time to step into Ring of Honor territory once again, and this time we’re going back to February 27th of this year, with a look at the DVD release of Eliminating The Competition, which sees ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness defending his title against Jerry Lynn, Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs in a four way elimination match. Lenny Leonard and Dave Prazak are handling commentary duties.

UFC 100: Making History on Racing World - TV Review

It’s taken them sixteen years, and they’ve had to overcome many obstacles, but the Ultimate Fighting Championship has reached it’s hundredth major show with UFC 100: Making History, shown live here in Britain on Racing World (yep, a horse racing channel - well we Brits had to watch it somehow!) in the early hours of this past Sunday morning. As usual, Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan handling the commentary duties for this one.

UFC 2: No Way Out - Retro Review

With the UFC’s 100th show just a few hours away (at the time of writing), I thought I’d kill a little time by once again going back in time to look at their origins, following on from my review of their first ever show with a look at UFC 2: No Way Out. This time commentary is handled by Brian Kilmeade, Ben Perry and Jim Brown.

Wrestlerock 15 - CPC Movies DVD Review

When you’ve seen every show a wrestling promotion has held, and you’ve been impressed all the way, you forget that sometimes they’re allowed to have an off day.

ROH Proving Ground 2009 Night Two - CPC Movies DVD Review

If, like me, you’re somewhat down on the product dished out by the mighty World Wrestling Entertainment, you might want to continue to explore the world outside of Titan Towers.

TNA Second to None - CPC Movies DVD Review

When you compare the WWE to TNA, there are some areas where WWE are on top, but others where TNA do so much better. One example of this is TNA’s tag-team division. This is why they’ve recently released a two-disc set entitled “Second 2 None: World’s Toughest Tag-Teams”. But as far as tag-teams go, are TNA really “second 2 none”?

UFC 1: The Beginning - Retro Review

As the Ultimate Fighting Championship prepares to hold it’s 100th major show, I thought that it would be a good idea to take a trip back in time to 1993, to see where it all began. That’s right folks, it’s time to review UFC 1: The Beginning. Handling commentary duties are Bill Wallace, former kickboxing champ Kathy Long, and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown.

Wrestlerock 15 : End Of Year Bash 2 - DVD Review

It’s time to look at the men from down under, as we take a look at Wrestlerock 15: End Of Year Bash 2, held at The Corner Hotel in Melbourne last December, and featuring new Wrestlerock Champion, the mad bastard Krackerjak and Australia’s weapon of mass destruction, Chris Knight, taking on Julian James’ new stable, The Establishment.

BAMMA The Fighting Premiership on Bravo - TV Review

MMA action returned to Bravo’s screens here in Britain this past Sunday night with the debut of a new promotion, the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA). Nicknamed “The Fighting Premiership”, the promotion held semi-final bouts in tournaments to crown lightweight, welterweight and middleweight champions. Hosted by Cage Rage veteran O.J. Borg and radio DJ Christian O’Connell, with two other Cage Rage veterans handling commentary, Malcolm Martin and Rob Nutley, along with O’Connell.