Catch-Up: BAMMA 25 Champion vs Champion

Our game of catch-up continues as we enter the world of British mixed martial arts and BAMMA 25, shown recently on Spike here in Britain.

Catch-Up: UFC 198 Werdum vs Miocic

It’s time to play catch-up as we take a look back at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most recent visit to Brazil for the Heavyweight Title showdown between Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic at UFC 198, show recently on BT Sport here in Britain.

Look! The Museum Won An Award!

Only went and flippin' won!!!! @RNLI #HenryBloggMuseum it's official,you're volunteers of the year! #proudofourcrowd pic.twitter.com/kvPDrtslVq

— Katie Ann Smith (@KatieSmith138) May 18, 2016

DVD Review: WWE The Best of Raw & Smackdown 2015

So do you remember what happened on WWE’s television shows last year? No? Then read on as we take a look at the DVD release of The Best of Raw and Smackdown 2015.

TV Review: WWE Payback

It’s time to step into WWE territory once again as we take a look at their latest pay-per-view offering, Payback, shown live in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

TV Review: UFC 197 Jones vs Saint Preux

The Octagon is our destination once again as we take a look back at the events of UFC 197, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on BT Sport here in Britain.

TV Review: WWE Wrestlemania 32

It was the biggest event of the year, but did it deliver? That’s what I was hoping to find out by watching the marathon that was WWE Wrestlemania 32, shown recently on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

What does it take to get a job at Morrisons?

Once again Morrisons in Cromer were advertising for people. My adviser at the job centre said I should give it a go, even though I'd been rejected lord knows how many times over the years.

So I filled out the form and took it back to the job centre on Wednesday. This morning I got yet another rejection letter from their personel manager.

Jackie Pallo and Me

In February 2006, shortly after the death of British wrestling great Jackie Pallo, the Eastern Daily Press got in touch with me asking me to contribute to the article below.

It's the only time during my nearly 16 years as a wrestling blogger I've been asked to contribute something in this way, and even though I only get a brief mention it was nice to get a bit of recognition.

TV Review: UFC 196 McGregor vs Diaz

The Octagon is our next destination as we take a look at the recent happenings at UFC 196, shown live in the early hours of this past Sunday morning on BT Sport here in Britain.

DVD Review: WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2013

So what was WWE’s year like back in 2013? Can’t remember? Then maybe this will help as we take a look at the DVD release of WWE’s Best Pay Per View Matches 2013.

TV Review: WWE Fast Lane

It was the final pay-per-view stop on the Road to Wrestlemania, but did it deliver? That’s what I was hoping to find out by watching WWE’s Fast Lane, shown live in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

My operation was a success!

A quick health update for you: this past Wednesday, about five months after being admitted to A&E, I went back into hospital for my heart operation. 

The procedure I underwent was a coronoary angiogram. The operation was a success. They discovered some minor damage to a couple of arteries which will be treated with medication, while another artery at the back of my heart was repaired with a stent. I was released from hospital the following day, with strict instructions to take it easy for a week or so.

RIP Sir Terry

A few years ago when I was on Seetec's work programme my advisor was a lady called Maggie-May Francis. She was by far the best advisor I'd ever had, a genuinely lovely lady who made the effort to get to know me as a person rather than as a job seeker. We became good friends, and I was genuinely sad when she left Seetec to move on to pastures new.

Our conversations would often stray into non-job seeking discussions, and she often spoke of her work as a singer (she's very good by the way). One of her gigs way back when saw her working as a backing singer for Terry Wogan on Children in Need.

TV Review: WWE Royal Rumble

Traditionally it’s the first stop on the road to Wrestlemania, a thirty man battle that carried even more significance this year. But did it deliver what it set out to do? That’s what I’m hoping to find out by watching WWE’s Royal Rumble, shown live in the early hours of this past Monday morning on Sky Box Office here in Britain.

TV Review: TNA One Night Only Live

It was the first wrestling pay per view of the year, but was it that good? That’s what I’m hoping to find out by watching TNA One Night Only Live, shown this past Wednesday on Challenge here in Britain.

Download Review: MCW Ballroom Brawl 2015

It’s debut time here again as we travel to the land down under to take a look at Australia’s Melbourne City Wrestling. We’re going back in time to May last year to see some new faces and some old friends from the Wrestlerock days as we take a look at Ballroom Brawl 2015.

Rest in peace Mr. Bowie

Back in the 1970’s when I was a young lad my Dad used to work as a bin man. It was an entirely different job back then. No simply putting wheelie bins on a lift to tip into the back of a truck back then.

One of his routes saw him collecting the rubbish from one of the local cafes here in Cromer. Every few weeks a man would go round and change the records in their jukebox, and rather than throw them away the owner used to give some of them to Dad, so when I first took an interest in music our family had a ready-made record collection.

Most of the songs I used to play a lot came from the glam rock era, so among the likes of Slade, Sweet, T-Rex, Suzi Quatro and David Essex were a few from a guy called David Bowie.

DVD Review: WWE The Beast in the East

In my last review of 2015 I took a look at WWE’s Elimination Chamber show, an event that fell under that radar for those of us who don’t subscribe to the WWE Network.

So for my first review of 2016 I’m going to continue in a similar vein by taking a look at another network-exclusive event that was subsequently released on DVD here in the UK, an event that saw Brock Lesnar returning to Japan for The Beast in the East.

DVD Review: WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

As we near the end of 2015 I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at a show that fell under the radar of those who don’t subscribe to the WWE Network, a show that was later released on DVD here in the UK. The show in question is Elimination Chamber.