And They Wonder Why This Country Dislikes Banks?

2002: Bank of Scotland tell me that because my clinical depression wasn't diagnosed by a fully qualified shrink I can't claim my credit card insurance, despite the fact that I was under the care of my GP and several officials from the local health authority, who all said that I was in no condition to work. They then set their debt collector attack dogs on me, contributing to my illness.

UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs Davis on ESPN - TV Review

It’s time to step into the Octagon once again as we take a look at the latest offering from the Ultimate Fighting Championship, with Rashad Evans taking on Phil Davis in the main event of UFC on Fox 2, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on ESPN here in Britain.

XWA Goldrush 2011 - DVD Review

It’s debut time again here in the hallowed pages of The Two Sheds Review. This time we’re going to take a first look at a promotions I’ve heard a great deal about but never actually seen. That promotion is the XWA.

WWF Royal Rumble 1991 - Retro Review

With this year’s Royal Rumble just a few days away there’s no better time than to revive my tradition of looking back at a previous “big four” show.

For this we’re going back to January 19th, 1991. Allied forces were taking part in the Operation Desert Storm campaign to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein’s invading forces, and in Miami Iraqi sympathiser Sgt. Slaughter was challenging the Ultimate Warrior for the WWF title at the Royal Rumble.

UFC Fight Night on FX: Guillard vs Miller on ESPN - TV Review

It’s time to step into the Octagon once again as we take a look at the second show broadcast with the help of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire, with Melvin Guillard facing Jim Miller in the main event of UFC Fight Night on FX, shown live in the early hours of this past Saturday morning on ESPN here in Britain.

ROH Gateway to Honor - DVD Review

It’s time to enter Ring of Honor territory for the first time in 2012 as we go back to last November where the All Night Express took on the American Wolves in the main event of Gateway to Honor, recently released on DVD.

UFC 142 Aldo vs Mendes on ESPN - TV Review

It was a night with a controversial decision and a fighter failing to make weight as Dana White and his crew returned to Rio, where Chad Mendes challenged Jose Aldo for the Featherweight title at UFC 142, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on ESPN here in Britain.

TNA Genesis on Challenge - TV Review

It’s time to step into the Impact Zone for the first time this year as we take a look at TNA’s first pay per view of the year, with Jeff Hardy challenging Bobby Roode for the World title in the main event of Genesis, shown this past Wednesday night on Challenge here in Britain.

Strikeforce: Looking Back at Rockhold versus Jardine

With Strikeforce having vanished completely from British television screens yours truly has had to go the download route in order to watch and review their latest show, with “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine making his middleweight debut and challenging Luke Rockhold for the title in the main event.

YouShoot with Tony Atlas - DVD Review

For the younger generation of professional wrestling fans he’s nothing more than the big guy who laughed at Abraham Washington’s jokes during the dying days of ECW, but to the rest of us he’s more than that, and now Mr. USA himself, Tony Atlas, is the latest subject of Kayfabe Commentaries’ YouShoot series.

While Others Have Come and Gone.....

It's been nearly twelve years since The Two Sheds Review began, and in that time I've seen many things.

While other bloggers and sites came and went after the proverbial five minutes I've worked tirelessly to promote wrestling and MMA, working long hours and, at times, to the detriment of my health, both physical and mental, with very little financial reward. I've worked my backside off getting my work on over 50-plus websites and newsletters over the years.

UFC 141 Lesnar vs Overeem on ESPN - TV Review

It was the last big event of 2011 as Brock Lesnar faced Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC 141, shown live in the early hours of New Year’s Eve on ESPN here in Britain.

The Last Three Strikeforce Shows of 2011

With 2012 almost upon us I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the last three Strikeforce shows of 2011, a year that many are saying could be their last full year.

WWE TLC on Sky Box Office - TV Review

It was the final wrestling pay per view of the year as World Wrestling Entertainment presented TLC, shown live on Sky Box Office in the early hours of this past Monday morning here in Britain.

TNA Final Resolution on Challenge - TV Review

It was the penultimate wrestling pay per view of the year, as A.J. Styles challenged Bobby Roode for the World title in a 30 minute iron man match in the main event of TNA Final Resolution, shown this past Wednesday night on Challenge here in Britain.

Guest Booker with Terry Taylor - DVD Review

It’s 1987. Bill Watts, having attempted to expand his UWF promotion has over-extended himself financially, and ends up selling everything to Jim Crockett promotions. The result is that a select few go on to be big stars while very little else happens as prestigious titles were allowed to fall by the wayside.

UFC 140 Jones vs Machida on ESPN - TV Review

My MMA weekend trilogy concludes with the biggest show of the month so far as former champion Lyoto Machida takes on Jon Jones for the Light Heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 140, shown live on ESPN in the early hours of this past Sunday morning here in Britain.

BAMMA 8 on SyFy - TV Review

It’s time to step into the world of British mixed martial arts once again as we take a look at the latest televised offering from BAMMA, with Jimi Manuwa making his promotional debut live on SyFy here in Britain this past Saturday night.

Home and Away with UCMMA

It’s time to step into the world of Dave O’Donnell’s Ultimate Challenge MMA once again, but this time it’s going to be a little different as I give you two reviews for the price of one, a review of a show that was broadcast live on the interweb, and a review of their most recent show on Sky Sports.

UFC The Ultimate Finale on FX - TV Review

So after several weeks of eliminations we were at the final stage, and once again my dislike of reality television meant that I hadn’t watched any of it. But that doesn’t mean I couldn’t enjoy a few good scraps for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 14th Ultimate Fighter Finale, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday on the FX channel here in Britain.