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June 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
My New EBook: Wrestling Is Fake. That’s What Makes It So Real – Selected Grapplings (2005-2015)
I’ve just published my new e-book, my third. This is the first one that’s not about music at all. This is a selection of my various writings about pro-wrestling. I’ve fallen in and out with the “sport” over the last three decades, but I can’t quite shake my fandom, certainly don’t want to ignore my early […]Archive
May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Best of 24 – 2020: DVD
WWE Best of 24 – 2020 WWE Madman This best of 24 DVD set collects up a few capsule documentaries from the WWE Network’s show 24 – the last couple of years the network has been anthologised with a compilation set cherry-picking some of the best content.Archive
April 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE TLC – Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020: DVD
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2020 WWE Madman This was just a solid PPV card from start to finish – no massive duds, nothing that totally blew me away but some quality matches, solid booking and it pretty much all made sense and went off hitch-free. Opener, a ladder match (always a great way to […]Archive
March 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Survivor Series 2020: DVD
Survivor Series 2020 WWE Madman One of the original PPV events from the old days – Survivor Series 2020 faces the adaptation or die model that the WWE now has well in place; video screens dangling in the arena in place of an actual live crowd. It’s bedded in now – we’re used to it. […]Archive
February 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Clash of Champions 2020: DVD
Clash of Champions 2020 Madman WWE I really enjoyed this Clash of Champions showcase overall. I’m settling into the non-crowd era where the screens are up in the background and the arena is super-quiet; its weird – but so is wrestling. And thus is life.Archive
November 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Summerslam 2020: DVD
Summerslam 2020 WWE Madman Summerslam is one of the once-heralded “Big Four” – the original run of PPV events that powered the then-WWF and now-WWE through the year. You had the Royal Rumble at the start, then the big show – Wrestlemania – Summerslam was the mid-year show that settled scores set up at the […]Archive
October 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Best Main Events of The Decade 2010-2020: DVD
Best Main Events of The Decade 2010-2020 WWE Madman The WWE loves these lazy package-jobs; parcel up the highlights from the things they already shipped out to shelves a while back. Well, why not I guess, easy to do. But as they’re now their own network in service to themselves with rolling ads and aiming […]Archive
October 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020: DVD
The Horror Show at Extreme Rules WWE Madman I’m part-time with this shit, you know that if you’ve read any of my pro-wrestling reviews across the last few years. So you can absolutely take anything I say with a grain of salt. I’m occasionally blown away by the ‘show’ aspect, often underwhelmed and either way […]Archive
September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Backlash 2020: DVD
Backlash 2020 Madman WWE As a fairweather fan – at best – these days, I was intrigued to catch up with Backlash on DVD not so much for the greatest hyperbole of all time (“The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever”) more for the fact that this was my first wrestling-watching experience in the Covid-era.Archive
August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)
I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]Archive
March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman