Hospital scans, crazy benefits decisions and unsympathetic bosses

This wasn't me by the way!

I’ve seen in recent days that my post telling of my trip to the hospital back in September is currently one of the trending topics on my blog. A lot’s gone on since then, so there’s no better time than to give you all an update.

For those who don’t know I was taken into hospital last September suffering from severe chest pains. I underwent the full battery of tests, and while the doctors found no damage to my heart they found some damage to the area around my heart. They also found that I had extremely high blood pressure.

TV Review: UFC 193 Rousey vs Holm

It’s time to take a trip to the land down under as we take a look back at the events of UFC 193, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on BT Sport here in Britain.

DVD Review: ROH Honor in the Heart of Texas

Ring of Honor is the destination for our next review as we go back in time to June 2013, where future TNA star Davey Richards challenged Jay Briscoe for the World title in the main event of Honor in the Heart of Texas.

TV Review: WWE Hell in a Cell

It's time to see what happened in Satan's playground as we take a look at WWE's most recent pay-per-view offering, Hell in a Cell, shown in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

DVD Review: Chris Jericho: The Road is Jericho

He was the first Undisputed Champion in WWE history. He's also an international rock star, a best selling author, and he'll probably go into the Hall of Fame. Now we're going to take a look at WWE's most recent DVD tribute to Y2J himself, Chris Jericho. The DVD in question is The Road is Jericho.

TV Review: TNA Bound for Glory

It was TNA's biggest show of the year, but it deliver? That's what I'm hoping to find out by watching this year's Bound for Glory, shown this past Wednesday night on Challenge here in Britain.

DVD Review: WWE Straight to the Top: The Money in the Bank Ladder Match Anthology

It's the match that guarantees it's winner a title shot at a time of their choosing. But which one was the best? That's what I'm hoping to find out with my latest DVD review as we go back in time a little and take a look at WWE's tribute to one of it's greatest gimmick matches, Straight to the Top: The Money in the Bank Ladder Match Anthology.

DVD Review: Progress World Cup

In June 2014, with the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in full swing, Britain's Progress Wrestling decided to cash in.....I mean compliment the tournament with a tournament of their own, drawing together eight international stars for a one night single elimination tournament for the first ever Progress World Cup, with the winner getting a shot at the Progress title.

TV Review: WWE Night of Champions

It was the show where all the titles were defended. But did it live up to the hype? That was what I was hoping to find out by watching WWE's Night of Champions, shown live in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

TV Review: BAMMA 22 Duquesnoy vs Loughnane

It was British MMA with an Irish flavour as BAMMA travelled to Dublin for their 22nd event, shown live this past Saturday night on Spike here in Britain.

A little piece about immigration.....

Every day when I log onto Facebook I see people posting images about how the UK should stop immigrants, how they should do this, and how they should do that. Well, let me tell you a little story.

Last week when I was in hospital the first person I saw in A&E was an African porter. While I waited for treatment I saw doctors and nurses from Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Just when you think things are going well for you life comes and gives you a big kick up the arse

Just when you think things are going well for you life comes and gives you a big kick up the arse.

This past Tuesday night I was taken into hospital suffering from severe chest pains. I was put through a whole load of tests, which focused on my heart, they gave me a ton of medication, and kept me in overnight for more tests on Wednesday morning before discharging me around tea time.

The news is that while there’s no damage to the heart itself it looks like there is some damage to the muscles and arteries around the heart. What the damage is I won’t find out until I undergo further tests and scans.

I've got a job!

This past Friday I finally got the telephone call I'd been waiting for. Having been "officially" unemployed since October 2009, having been through the government's work programmes four times, and having submitted thousands of applications I've finally got a job!

DVD Review: The Destruction of The Shield

They were the most dominant force in WWE in recent years, a three-man unit that conquered all before them before their inevitable split, a split that created three bonafide singles stars. Yep, you guessed it, we're taking a look at the WWE's recent tribute to Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, The Destruction of the Shield.

TV Review: WWE Summerslam

It's billed as the hottest event of the summer, but did it live up to expectations? That was what I was hoping to find out by watching WWE's Summerslam, shown live in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

Say Hello to Monty!

Say hello to eight week old Monty, the newest member of our family. Monty is a Jack Russell, and named after Cromer's most famous dog Monte, who was resuced from an Italian cargo ship by Cromer Lifeboat and adopted by Coxswain Henry Blogg. Cute little bugger, isn't he!

DVD Review: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come

So how do you start a DVD review about one of the most powerful men in the world of wrestling today? You could go on about how he's been a polarizing figure during his career, or how he went from a blue blood to a degenerate and all that. But I think the best way to start this thing is to just say that we're going to take a look at WWE's most recent DVD tribute to their Chief Operating Officer with Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come.

Rest in peace Dexter

I'm feeling very sad at the moment. My dearest companion Dexter suffered a stroke last night and two further strokes today. After the third one he'd lost the use of his back legs completely, his head was titlted to the left and the left side of his face was drooping.

Even before I called the vet it was more than obvious that I was losing him. He was still quite attentive, but the sparkle in his eyes had gone. Shortly after 6.30 this evening the vets eased his pain and sent him on his way just a couple of weeks before his 14th birthday.

My Roddy Piper Story

When I heard about the sad death of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper late last Friday night I immediately began to think about the great man’s legendary career, not just as one of the most iconic stars of the wrestling business but of his acting career as well.

I then began to think about my own Roddy Piper story. Sadly I never met the man, and as with many things related to my somewhat brief time in the British professional wrestling business it was a case of “what if” and “almost”.

When the man from the Beeb came to Cromer

Post-show group photo!

Picture the scene. It's around 11am in the morning, I'm sitting in my bedroom, listening to BBC Radio Norfolk. Nick Conrad, the station's morning show presenter, has left the studio for what he's termed a "Pop-Up Conrad" show, the idea being that he travels to various parts of the county and finds new places to present his show.

This particular morning saw him presenting his show from Aylsham Market Place. During one particular segment he's talking to various people who happen to be passing by the spot where his radio car is parked, and there's one memorable moment where he talks to an old boy who thought he'd been banned because he was taken off air for saying the word "bitch" during a phone-in. Nick and Edd (the show's aptly-named editor) then tell their audience that they're looking to do more Pop-Up Conrad shows in the future, and they want their listeners to send in their ideas.