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February 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Legend of Baron To’a: Film
The Legend of Baron To’a Director: Kiel McNaughton Department of Post / Madman Films The Legend of Baron To’a isn’t great – but it’s charming in its way. It’s so easy to sit back and watch it happen; to be amused in part, to cringe in that way that we do with some of the […]Archive
January 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Hell In A Cell 2019: DVD
Hell In A Cell 2019 WWE Madman It seems funny to even be discussing this Hell In A Cell event after that fucking ending! So I’ll start there. Chants of refund and rematch, boos galore and then chanting “AEW” – which is All Elite Wrestling (basically Ring of Honor via TNA for 2019/20). So what […]Archive
December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Getting Rowdy – The Unreleased Matches of Roddy Piper: DVD
WWE Getting Rowdy – The Unreleased Matches of Roddy Piper WWE Madman Roddy Piper was one of the true legends of pro-wrestling; a man who succeeded due to his charisma and character. He was a basic brawler at best, and not big. But he had a motormouth, seemed genuinely unpredictable and was funny-af. He was […]Archive
December 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Summerslam 2019: DVD
Summerslam 2019 WWE Madman There was some good, bad and ugly here which is how it goes with WWE pay-per-view events, how it’s always been really – but certainly in recent years the idea of a classic card with very little in the way of filler seems a distant memory. And this, the 32nd iteration […]Archive
August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE John Cena – Hustle, Loyalty, Respect: DVD
John Cena: Hustle, Loyalty, Respect WWE Madman John Cena is a big-match player. He takes the pain. He bounces back. He banters well – with the audience and with in-ring smack-talk; he’s a promo-master and he’s cleverly worked out how to own his line-call persona of being an over with the kids babyface that sells […]Archive
June 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Fastlane 2019: DVD
Fastlane 2019 WWE Madman On the road to Wrestlemania another of the stops was Fastlane – and there was obvious business to do here, break up the Miz and Shane so they could fight at the big show, get Becky Lynch back into the title-run, develop story lines…Archive
June 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019: DVD
Elimination Chamber 2019 WWE Madman Just when I thought the Elimination Chamber PPV event on DVD was one of the more laborious of the WWE staple shows, along comes the 2019 edition. Featuring two of the very best elimination chamber contests. We start with a dynamic showcase to establish the women tag team champions – how strong the female division is […]Archive
March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Box Brown: Is This Guy For Real? – The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman
Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman Box Brown First Second A graphic novel about Andy Kaufman written and drawn by the guy that paid tribute to Andre The Giant using the same form – I’m in!Archive
September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Money In The Bank 2018: DVD
Money In The Bank 2018 WWE Madman I am so far out of the loop with the current product – this is the first PPV event I’ve watched in well over a year. And it’s the first WWE DVD I’ve reviewed in even longer… But that worked out pretty well for me. I’ve always enjoyed […]Archive
January 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The TED.DiBiase Talks
* Ted DiBiase was “The Million Dollar Man”, a pro-wrestling bad-guy (a “heel”) that fought in matches with the likes of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage and Andre The Giant, people wealthier than DiBiase; “Multi-Million Dollar Men” * But DiBiase was one hell of a bad guy. * He had the best finisher too: The […]Archive
June 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman