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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. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 30 YEARS, Dead Man, DVD, DVD Review, Madman, PPV, Pro-Wrestling, Survivor Series, Survivor Series 2020, Undertaker, Wrestler, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Survivor Series, WWE Survivor Series 2020, WWE Survivor Series 2020: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Being Wooed by The Nature Boy: My Chat with Ric Flair

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 being Bret “The Hitman” Hart and then – it was on to The Nature Boy, Ric Flair… Ladies and gentlemen, his name […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Being Wooed by The Nature Boy, Being Wooed by The Nature Boy: My Chat with Ric Flair, My Chat with Ric Flair, Natch, Nature Boy, NZPWI, NZPWI.co.nz, Phone Interview, Phoner, Pro-Wrestling, RAW, Ric Flair, Ric Flair Interview, To Be The Man, Wooo!, Wrestler, Wrestling, WWE, WWF ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Autobiography, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Bret Hart, Heart to Hart, Heart to Hart: 90 Minutes on the Phone with Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, Hitman, Interview, Pro-Wrestling, Wrestler, Wrestling With Shadows, WWE, WWF ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3 DIscs, 3DVD, Brock Lesnar, Dino Bravo, DVD, DVD Review, Eat Sleep Conquer Repeat, John Cena, Madman, Mr Perfect, PPV, Pro-Wrestling, Seth Rollins, Triple H, Undertaker, Wrestler, Wrestling, WWE, WWE: Brock Lesnar - Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat: DVD ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, Ed Wood, Eulogy, George "The Animal" Steele, MINE, Pro-Wrestling, R.I.P., R.I.P. George “The Animal” Steele, Superstars of Wrestling, Tor Johnson, TV, Wrestler, WWE, WWF ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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October 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

WWE The Best of Sting: DVD

WWE: The Best of Sting WWE Shock The wrestler Sting played by Steve Borden is known for his loyalty to WCW – until very recently he had never signed with WWE – the last of the very big names, 2014 has been a year of rejuvenation in many ways for the WWE and pro-wrestling and […]
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