Clash of the Comics 2025 - TV Review

So…..

It’s been nine years since I’ve watched and reviewed a full wrestling show. Nine long years. I was never tempted to go back into the wrestling world at all during that time, not even when the country went into lockdown when people suddenly found themselves with a lot of time on their hands.

But now, with access to Netflix (thanks to big brother Mark, he’s a DJ you know), to ITVX, and to countless hours of free wrestling courtesy of YouTube, I’ve decided to dip my toes into the waters once again. Who have I watched, I hear you ask?

Have you watched the most recent episode of Monday Night Raw? Have you watched AEW for the first time? Or perhaps you’ve gone into the past and looked at the WWE or WCW Vaults over on YouTube? Or have you even turned your attention to those guys you used to hang around with in Norwich?

No. None of that. I headed over to the U&Dave catch-up service to watch a bunch of comedians.

RE-POST: UWA Volume 1 - DVD Review

In this edition of The Two Sheds Review we’re going to take a trip back a couple of years with a visit to the now-defunct Ultimate Wrestling Alliance, who staged something of a comeback after their original demise. This DVD, UWA Volume One, features matches from various shows held in 2004. 

RE-POST: UWA Wrestling Rampage Episode 1 - TV Review

In 1999, British cable television station Live TV, amongst the weather midgets, topless darts matches, and news bunnies, presented a show from one of the few British wrestling promotions to get on television since Greg Dyke kicked it off the ITV television schedules in 1988, the Ultimate Wrestling Alliance. Now, after many months of searching the Internet, I can now bring you a review of the first UWA Wrestling Rampage show, the latest in my series of Retro Show Reviews.

RE-POST: Showstealer Promotions King of Europe Cup 2007 - DVD Review

Last year, the good and the great from sixteen of the world’s top wrestling promotions gathered in Liverpool for a two night knock-out tournament. Stars such as Rhino, Trent Acid, Doug Williams, Chris Hero, Go Shiozaki and many more gathered to determine who would be the winner of the first King of Europe tournament, and it’s the two disc DVD release of these two shows that we’re going to be taking a look at now. Dann Read and Dean Ayass will be handling commentary duties for this one.
 

RE-POST: The Best of Premier Promotions - DVD Review

It’s been a while since I’ve taken a look at John Freemantle’s Premier Promotions, one of the oldest companies in Britain at the moment. So what better way to have a gander than through The Best of Premier Promotions DVD compilation, originally filmed by Figure Four Films.

RE-POST: LDN Wrestling The Showdown II - DVD Review

Following on from my recent review of LDN’s debut show, I’ve decided to make a quick return to Sanjay Bagga’s company with a review of their latest DVD release, The Showdown II.

RE-POST: HEW The Devil's Temptation - DVD Review

Following on from my recent review of Herts & Essex Wrestling’s “Forever Joe” DVD, we once again take a look at Sam Knee’s promotion and their latest DVD release, a fan-cam recording of “The Devil’s Temptation” show.

RE-POST: HEW Forever Joe - DVD Review

Following on from my recent review of WAW’s tribute to British wrestling referee Joe Williams, I thought it would be quite apt to take a look at another promotion who paid tribute to Joe in their own way, with the DVD release of Herts & Essex Wrestling’s Forever Joe show, held last November and filmed by Bagga Entertainment.

RE-POST: HEW Shows 2 & 3 - DVD Reviews

Two reviews for the price of one here, as once again we take a trip to the east of England to take another look at Sam Knee’s Herts & Essex Wrestling promotion, taking a look at their most recent DVD releases, “Show 2” and “Show 3”.

RE-POST: DAM Promotions Spring Showdown - DVD Review

So I had a little problem. British music legend Midge Ure, one of the founding fathers of the Band Aid and Live Aid charities, was coming to Cromer for the first time in five years to play a live acoustic gig, on the same night that DAMPromotions were holding their Spring Showdown event ten miles away in Holt? What was I to do? Simple. The wrestling show was being filmed, so I went to the gig instead, and a year after it’s release, I’ve finally found the time to review the Spring Showdown DVD, courtesy of Pinfall Productions. Our hosts for the evening are John Johnson and Dan Ambrose.

RE-POST: BRAWL Collision at Coalville - DVD Review

This week I'm dipping into the video archives, for a review of the British Real Attitude Wrestling League's (BRAWL) "Collision at Coalville" DVD, a show filmed by WAR Productions last November.

RE-POST: FWA Carpe Diem, June 2002 - Live Show Review

In eager anticipation of the Zebra Kid's debut for the most publicised wrestling company in the U.K., I made my way to the F.W.A.'s Carpe Diem show, eager to get a taste of a company I had heard so much of in the past year. The show actually started later than advertised (an ominous sign, perhaps?), but at least I was getting the chance to sample another promotion.

RE-POST: WAW Battle of the Champions - DVD Review

My first professional wrestling review of 2009 will in fact be the end of an era (more on that later), as once again I go back to my old stomping ground, the World Association of Wrestling, taking a look at the DVD release of Battle of the Champions, held at the Waveney Sports & Leisure Centre in Lowestoft in October 2004.

This release actually has quite a bit of back story. It was originally film by The Wrestling Channel for inclusion on their UK Round-Up show, with the deal being that none of the matches were included, then WAW would be allowed to release a DVD of the show. So when none of the matches made it onto television, the powers-that-be waited for their fully edited DVD. And waited. And waited. Even after seeing those responsible at countless shows and voicing their concerns, the waiting game continued.

RE-POST: 1 Stop Wrestling 22nd April 2004

On various fan forums recently, my esteemed employer Ricky Knight once again raised the topic of an all-British supershow, asking fans just who they would want to see on such a show.

It's been a dream of Ricky's for some time now, to promote a show where all companies put aside all of their differences, and come together for the good of the sport to hold a show that doesn't contain expensive, American or Japanese imports, just nothing but the top, home-grown talent.

It was while reading these threads that I thought it would make a good column. I've posted my views on who should be on the card, but since then I've done a bit more thinking, and I've come up with a few more ideas.

RE-POST: WAWW Girls - DVD Review

In this edition of The Two Sheds Review we’re going to take a look at the world of women’s wrestling, and more specifically, the UK-based World Association of Women’s Wrestling, the sister company of WAW, and their compilation DVD, WAWW Girls, which features a variety of matches from various WAW shows dating back to 2005.

RE-POST: WAW May Mayhem III - DVD Review

This past May, the World Association of Wrestling travelled down to Bournemouth to take on their counterparts in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance for the first ever British Inter-Federation Cup, and just two months later, WAW, in association with Pinfall Productions, have released this great show on DVD.

RE-POST: WAW Legends - DVD Review

Last September the men and women of the World Association of Wrestling paid tribute to referee Joe Williams, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Their Legends show, held at the Waveney Sports Centre in Lowestoft, was dedicated to him, and featured some of the greatest wrestlers to have ever stepped into a British wrestling ring. Sadly, Joe died shortly after this show took place, which makes the review of the WAW Legends DVD more poignant. Filmed by Pinfall Productions, our host for the evening was John Johnson.

RE-POST: WAW Fightmare II - DVD Review

In April 2001, two thousand fans filled the Norwich Sports Village at the World Association of Wrestling’s first Fightmare show. Finally, after six years, there was a sequel, with Fightmare II being held at the Waveney Sports Centre in Lowestoft in May last year, with the two disc DVD set released a few months later, and it’s this release, courtesy of the WAW powers that be, that we’re going to look at now. Our hosts for the show are Pinfall Production regulars John Johnson and Dan Ambrose.

RE-POST: WAW Yet Another Night in Yarmouth - DVD Review

It’s time to go back to my old stomping ground as we take a look at one of the World Association of Wrestling’s recent DVD releases, “Another Night in Yarmouth”, held at the Great Yarmouth Marina Centre in August of last year. Our host for the evening is John Johnson.

RE-POST: WAW Yarmouth Uncaged - DVD Review

As a companion volume to their “Another Night in Yarmouth” DVD release, the World Association of Wrestling, in conjunction with Pinfall Productions, have also released “Yarmouth Uncaged”, a best of the rest compilation if you will, featuring some of the other matches from their successful run of shows at the Atlantis Arena last summer. Our hosts for this compilation are John Johnson and Dan Ambrose.