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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2-Disc, 2DVD, Anthology, Compilation, DVD Review, Hustle, John Cena: Hustle, John Cena: Hustle Loyalty Respect, Loyalty, Madman, Matches, Respect, Respect: DVD, Wrestling, WWE, WWE John Cena - Hustle, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

WWE Wrestlemania 35: DVD

Wrestlemania 35 WWE Madman No matter how out of step I am with wrestling of a year I still look forward to Wrestlemania. As was the case, then, for the 2019 edition – Wrestlemania 35 – particularly after checking in with Elimination Chamber and Fastlane.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, DVD, DVD Review, Elimination Chamber, Fastlane, https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/46840/wwe-wrestlemania-35, Madman, PPV, WM, WM35, Wrestlemania, Wrestlemania 2019, Wrestlemania 35, WWE, WWE Wrestlemania 35: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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…
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, DVD, DVD Review, Fastlane, Fastlane 2019, https://www.madman.co.nz/catalogue/view/46849/wwe-fast-lane-2019, Madman, PPV, Pro-Wrestling, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Fastlane 2019: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, DVD, DVD Review, Elimination Chamber, PPV, Pro-Wrestling, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Elimination Chamber 2019: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Breathe, The Pressure

first it was the news that  the guy from The Prodigy  had died. and just as you were wondering if all those people filling the timelines with much-loves and R.I.P.s and look-after-yourselves would have posted about The Prodigy on that day if he had not died it was suddenly in – news to hand – that ‘Dylan’ from Beverly Hills 90210 was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beverly Hills 90210, Breathe, Breathe The Pressure, Dylan, Keith Flint, King Kong Bundy, Luke Perry, Poem, Pro-Wrestling, The Pressure, The Prodigy, WWE ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), DVD, DVD Review, Ladder Match, Madman, Money In The Bank, Pro-Wrestling, Ronda Rousey, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Money In The Bank 2018: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Christian, Church, Minister, Poem, Poem: The TED.DiBiaseTalks, Poetry, Pro-Wrestler, Pro-Wrestling, Ted DiBiase, The Million Dollar Man, The TED Talks, The TED.DiBiase Talks, Virgil, Wrestling, WWE, WWF ·

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June 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

WWE Wrestlemania Monday: DVD

Wrestlemania Monday WWE Madman Its known now – really ever since the advent of RAW – as its own thing: Wrestlemania Monday. It’s the night after the biggest event on the WWE calendar and just when you think you’ve seen and heard all the big double-crosses or new additions, you’ve watched the pay-off to a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged AJ Styles, Battle Royal, DVD, DVD Review, Hulk Hogan, Madman, Pro-Wrestling, RAW, Warrior, Wrestlemania, Wrestlemania Monday, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Wrestlemania Monday: DVD, WWE: Wrestlemania Monday ·

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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 […]
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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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April 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

WWE: Wrestlemania 33

Wrestlemania 33 WWE WWE.com The flagship event – “Superbowl of wrestling”, etc – is always a calendar-event; for the 33rd time that Wrestlemania has occurred it was a long, rugged set of matches, not without botched spots or weird booking; not without some flatout head-scratchers, but also – the look and feel of it as […]
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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 […]
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