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May 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Heart to Hart: 90 Minutes on the Phone with Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart
For a few years I wrote for a pro-wrestling website, NZPWI, mostly I reviewed DVDs and books, I wrote a nostalgia-based column – and I interviewed two of my favourite wrestlers. The first was Bret “The Hitman” Hart. He had just released his autobiography. I sat at the kitchen table and had a phone call […]Archive
March 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
WWE: Brock Lesnar – Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat: DVD
Brock Lesnar: Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat. WWE Madman When the WWE releases a multi-disc set about one performer you better be a fan of that athlete or entity. An obvious point, right. But I struggled to work through the three discs here because I’ve never cared about Brock Lesnar in the WWE – a Dino […]Archive
February 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. George “The Animal” Steele
George “The Animal” Steele. He had a green tongue and made Robin Williams look like someone with Alopecia. He grunted and said only the word “mine”. But in The Truth and TV Guide you’d read, via the weekly updates, that he was actually a university lecturer. He was one of my childhood heroes. A pro-wrestler so […]Archive
December 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
WWE: TLC – Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2016
TLC – Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2016 WWE WWE.com In the penultimate PPV-event card of the year for WWE, TLC really delivered. A set of strong matches, storylines furthered, no giant shockers, no botched-beyond-repair finishes, no over-booked shenanigans…well, you be the judge there…but a solid three-hour slug-fest of fun and fighting with some pretty wonderful […]Archive
November 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
WWE: Survivor Series 2016
Survivor Series 2016 WWE WWE.com Maybe it’s the whole Thanksgiving thing – a cultural aspect lost on me given my location, but I’ve never really been that blown away by a single Survivor Series event. The first was a novelty, sure. Beyond that – and to of course I missed a bunch of them in […]Archive
February 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Shawn Michaels: Wrestling For My Life
Wrestling for my Life: The Legend, the Reality, and The Faith of a WWE Superstar Shawn Michaels w/ David Thomas Zondervan Shawn Michaels’s second memoir is a wonderful study in diminishing returns – apart from the sub-title there’s little here to tell you about his “Legend” status. Instead this runs like a lazy afternoon or […]Archive
October 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman