Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Fight Factory Relentless - DVD Review

My latest review sees me going back to an arena I know quite well, the Waveney Sports & Leisure Centre in the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft. I’ve reviewed quite a few professional wrestling shows there, but I’m not reviewing a wrestling show now. We’re going to take a look at the DVD release of MMA promotion Fight Factory’s debut show Relentless, held just over a year ago.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

TNA No Surrender on Bravo 2 - TV Review

It’s multi man madness time again as Total Non-Stop Action present their latest pay-per-view, No Surrender, headlined by Kurt Angle defending the TNA World title against A.J. Styles, Matt Morgan and Sting, and shown on a three day delay on Bravo 2 here in Britain, with Mike Tenay and Taz handling commentary duties.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort on ESPN - TV Review

It’s dream match-up time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Following Couture v Nogueira, Rich Franklin takes on the returning Vitor Belfort, headlining a strong show at UFC 103: Franklin versus Belfort, shown live in the early hours of this past Saturday morning on ESPN in Britain, with Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan handling commentary duties.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 19 on ESPN - TV Review

As an appetiser to this Saturday’s coming show, the Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to Oklahoma City for their nineteenth Ultimate Fight Night show, shown live her in Britain in the early hours of Thursday morning, and headlined by a lightweight battle between Nate Diaz and Melvin Guillard. Commentary for this one was handled by Mike Goldberg and Kenny Florian.

Friday, September 18, 2009

WWE Backlash - DVD Review

It’s time for another of those weird and wonderful reviews, where I take a look back at a DVD release of a pay-per-view I’ve already reviewed, and this time the honour goes to World Wrestling Entertainment, and the 2009 version of Backlash.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

WWE Backlash 2009 - CPC Movies DVD Review

It’s time for another of those weird and wonderful reviews, where I take a look back at a DVD release of a pay-per-view I’ve already reviewed, and this time the honour goes to World Wrestling Entertainment, and the 2009 version of Backlash.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

WWE Breaking Point on Sky Sports - TV Review

It’s new concept and name time in World Wrestling Entertainment. Having changed The Great American Bash to just plain old The Bash, WWE have now gone one step further with a new name and concept, Breaking Point, with all the main event matches to be decided by submission.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

TNA Slammiversary - DVD Review

Having just reviewed Ring of Honor’s seventh anniversary show, it seems apt somehow that my next review sees me taking a look at the DVD release of Total Non-Stop Action’s seventh anniversary show, Slammiversary, and as I’ve already reviewed television broadcast of the show in June, I’m going to again take an overall look at the show.

Friday, September 11, 2009

ROH 7th Anniversary Show - CPC Movies DVD Review

They say time flies by when you’re having fun, and it’s hard to believe that it’s over seven years since Ring of Honor held their first ever show. But seven years it is, and this past March they held their anniversary show at the famed Hammerstein Ballroom on New York, and it’s quite possibly the best ROH show I’ve seen this year.

TNA Slammiversary 2009 - CPC Movies DVD Review

Having just reviewed Ring of Honor’s seventh anniversary show, it seems apt somehow that my next review sees me taking a look at the DVD release of Total Non-Stop Action’s seventh anniversary show, Slammiversary, and as I’ve already reviewed television broadcast of the show in June, I’m going to again take an overall look at the show.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

ROH 7th Anniversary Show - DVD Review

It’s time to step into Ring of Honor territory again, especially as the powers that be have sent me a new batch of DVDs to review. So we’re going to begin this latest series by going back to March 21st, and the famed Hammerstein Ballroom, with ROH’s 7th Anniversary show, headlined by Nigel McGuinness defending the ROH World title against Japanese star KENTA, with Dave Prazak and Lenny Leonard handling commentary duties.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Cage Fight Series D-Day - Retro Review

Over the past couple of years I’ve had quite a bit of contact with a guy called Tom Tailford. Tom is a mixed martial arts fighter, based in sunny Lowestoft, who also works for the Fight Factory promotion and website. He also spends a lot of time travelling the country filming various MMA shows.

Friday, September 04, 2009

Pro Wrestling NOAH European Navigation '08 Night Two - DVD Review

A few weeks ago I had the chance to review the British debut of Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH, with their European Navigation ‘08 DVD. It was a cracking DVD, but the tour didn’t end there. The following night the NOAH crew, along with some British talent, travelled to Faringdon in Oxfordshire for European Navigation ‘08 Night Two. This show had a slightly different theme, NOAH versus The World. Commentary on this DVD was handled by “The Twisted Genius” Dean Ayass and “Irish” Stu Allen.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Pro Wrestling NOAH European Navigation 2008 Night Two - CPC Movies DVD Review

A few weeks ago I had the chance to review the DVD release of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s British debut, European Navigation, which was held at the Coventry Skydome in June 2008. It was a cracking show, one of the best wrestling DVDs I’ve seen this year.

UFC 102: Couture v Nogueira on ESPN - TV Review

It’s the stuff dreams are made of, two of the top heavyweight MMA fighters in the history of the sport finally facing off against each other, and it finally happened when “The Natural” Randy Couture squared off against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 102, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on ESPN here in Britain, with Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan handling commentary duties.