Unorganized Rambling About ICW's Biggest Year To Date

It's a shite title. I know. I'm heavy shite at titles. You get the gist though, this will contain words about how Insane Championship Wrestling took 2014, shined it up real nice, turned it sideways and pumped it rotten. This will go down as the year that ICW made it known that they were taking over Britain, Europe, the World. One step at a fucking time.

ICW: Spacebaws Episode V - Bill Murray Strikes Back Preview

This Sunday plays host to the second show in the Spacebaws series. A wee project set up to showcase the young stars of the Scottish wrestling scene in front of the ICW faithful. Hopefully it lasts longer than seven shows, but I can see how issues may arise. There's only seven Star Wars films mate, canny start making clever show names which are a play on film titles that don't fucking exist. That wouldn't benefit anyone in any way. I missed the first one... for whatever reason. I can't remember exactly what happened at Brush Your Goose, never mind the reason I had for no going to the first Spacebaws show. Skint probably. Most likely actually. There won't be such issue this time around though, because it's my birthday ya filthy animals. Plus I surprisingly had cash left after I went Christmas shopping, which is fucking unprecedented. This card is lined up to be a belter, with some very nice looking wrestling matches, and we may be getting a surprise appearance or two. One of which may or may not actually be Bill Murray. Here's a preview of all that's been confirmed so far, and a couple of things that might also be happening. Enjoy.

NXT Takeover: R Evolution Review

Yet again, they knocked it out the park. To directly quote Triple H shortly after NXT Takeover: R Evolution came to it's shocking end - "I'm missing a whole load of brass rings." It may sound cliche as shit, but do you disagree with him? If you do, have numerous words with yourself. Every single performer realized the opportunity in front of them, and swung for the fences in attempt to make a name for themselves. I hate to sound like a typical modern day wrestling fan, but the time for change is surely fast approaching. Where the quality of NXT may not stop us from watching RAW every Monday, there's no debating that from top to bottom, NXT kicks utter fuck out of the main shows in terms of quality. The sooner Vince retires and Hunter takes the reigns properly will be the day that WWE finally starts to evolve. That's what this show was about. This was not only the evolution of each NXT superstar, this was the next stage of NXT's evolution. That was to include three title matches, some BIG surprises, and one of the most highly anticipated debuts in WWE history. Well, since Itami... and Balor... but that's besides the point. This was one for the ages yet again.

ICW: Brush Your Goose - RESULTS

Find below the results from Insane Championship Wrestling's "Brush Your Goose" from the Garage in Glasgow.

ICW: Brush Your Goose Preview

Insane Championship Wrestling: Brush Your Goose
Sunday, 7th December 2014
The Garage, Glasgow
Doors - 7pm
Bell Time - 7.30pm

WWE 2K15 Game Review

Something a bit different here. I had decided on a whim to buy 2K15 the other day and give it a try, despite mixed reports initially about the current gen versions of the game (Xbox 360 and PS3) paling drastically in comparison to their respective upgrade console versions. Realizing that if I waited until I could afford an Xbox One before getting the game, 2K16 would probably be out, I bit the bullet and bought it, and I've got to say, I am chuffed to bits that I made that decision. Instead of rambling on about it though, I'm going to break it down (canny escape a good DX reference) into positives and negatives of the game overall, and then say some things about the different modes. So here is my review of WWE 2K15.

CM Punk Speaks Out

As everyone knows by now, CM Punk spoke out in public for the first time ever on his parting of ways with WWE. It was on Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast, and it is available for free from iTunes and such other places. It's a two hour podcast, but it's so interesting that time flies in without you realizing. Well worth taking some time out to give it a listen, particularly if you aren't clued up on the situation, or simply have been waiting all this time to hear what he has to say on the whole ordeal. As we've come to expect from Punk, he doesn't mince his words in the podcast. He tells it exactly how it is, and is brutally honest about the backstage politics at WWE. Some of the things were bizarre and shocking, but lets be honest, we've all suspected, or even straight known, that there was more to the situation than WWE was letting on. As he says right at the beginning, this wasn't a shoot interview at all. He didn't go into this interview with the intention of tarnishing WWE's reputation. In my humblest of opinions, they've done a good enough job doing that themselves in the past, but that's a different story for a different day. The story here is basically Punk recounts the weeks and months leading up to him finally coming to the conclusion that he had fell out of love with wrestling, and that he no longer wanted anything to do with it. Which is heartbreaking. You all know that. Each and every one of us have the same passion for professional wrestling as CM Punk once did, and to think that the biggest company in the world took that passion and turned it into something that he loathed and wanted out of is an absolute tragedy. Anyway, I thought I would run through some vital points from the podcast, just in case you can't find the time to listen to the full thing, although I would encourage you to do so. If you have the time, stop reading this just now, and go and fucking listen to this thing. It is so in-depth, he gives you a first-hand account of everything he was feeling in relation to his work, and ultimately why leaving was the only option left for him in the end. If you've ever been one of those people who have bashed him for giving up, listen to it and have your opinion changed. If, after listening to what he has to say, you still feel as though he was in the wrong, just... what's even the point? So here's some some of the things he had to say.

WWE RAW Review 24/11/14

RAW RAW RAW. Coming off the back of Survivor Series the previous night, with everything that transpired, there was high expectations for this week's RAW. Would the legendary Sting make his first ever live appearance on Monday Night RAW? Would we be introduced to the man who's in charge of running the place from now on? In short, this was the start of a new era in WWE, without The Authority in charge. And what better way to kick that era off... with The Authority. Or as they're known now, just Trips and Steph. They start shouting really loudly and warns us that we'll be begging for them to come back in no time. Blah blah blah.

WWE Survivor Series 2014 Review

Sometimes things can happen in the most obscure times on a wrestling show. Throughout the course of Survivor Series last night, I made it vocally clear that the fact the show was free was all the show was worth. Nowhere near the standard of a Survivor Series. It was pretty very average in all honesty. Then came the main event, and everything that transpired throughout it, and all of a sudden the first two hours of the show became irrelevant. Merely played filler to lead up to what was the best single hour of a WWE event that I've ever seen. It wouldn't be right if I didn't tell you what happened in that two hours though, no matter how soul draining it might have been at times.

WWE Survivor Series 2014 Preview & Predictions

I've got a really good feeling about this. This is probably the first time since Wrestlemania that I've had that nervous/sick/excited feeling in anticipation for a WWE PPV. Only it's not a PPV, is it? It's #FreeFreeFree for all new Network subscribers. Which would be super helpful if we had a Network to subscribe to. But lets not get into that. The reason I'm excited is simply because there's a chance that by the end of this show, The Authority will no longer be in power. It may sound childish, but I really hate those party-pooping, evil-grinning, stupid heads. After all we went through with Daniel Bryan leading up to Wrestlemania, and ultimately having to see them getting the better of the likes of Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, John Cena etc etc. The list goes on. FINALLY there's a chance that they could be gone, and who could blame any fan for not being at least a wee bit buzzing at the prospect. The "Reality Era" patter fell flat on it's face. The "best for business" gimmick has been ran into the ground. It's about time there was a change in authoritative figure. Who, you may ask? Well, I'll get to that, but for now there is a wrestling show to preview.

ICW: Brush Your Goose Match Announcements

Below are the announcements for Insane Championship Wrestling - Brush Your Goose, taking place in the Garage in Glasgow on December 7th.

ICW: Fear & Lothian II Results

From the City Nightclub in Edinburgh, Insane Championship Wrestling presents Fear & Lothian II. If I happen to find out the results as they happen, I'll be quick to stick the result on here, but the likelihood is it'll be after the show, when the results are confirmed, that they'll be put on here as a set of final results.

Fierce Females: Come & Say G'Day Preview

We're still just over a week away from Fierce Females' next show at Walkabout in Glasgow, but it's always good to get a head start on your previewin'! There will be a few more matches announced before the day and perhaps an impromptu match thrown in during the course of the night itself. For now, though, there has been three matches announced, and they're all belters. Coming off the heels of Priscilla - Queen of the Walkabout, this is set to be a fantastic night, with Nikki Storm's ongoing battle with Hardcore Glamour set to continue, and seemingly the conclusion to a long-running rivalry imminent. Without further ado, here is the card as it stands...

Scottish Wrestling Alliance - Cumbernauld Preview

Gotta hand it to SWA. With every passing show, the cards just get stronger and stronger. I thought Battlezone was a fantastic show from top to bottom, with all the curve-balls adding to what was a fantastic night. Then came Aftermath, which saw the crowning of new tag team champs - Muay Tache (I recently done an interview with one half of the new champs - DCT - check that shit out!) as well as a match of the year candidate between Tommy End and Mikey Whiplash, and a heavyweight battle between Joe Coffey and Dave Mastiff. For me, it topped Battlezone and has set the standard for SWA moving into the final shows of the year and heading into next year. The announcements that have been made for this show here show has gotten me proper excited. Thrilled, even. Here are these matches.

RAW Recap 3/11/14

It's been an awfy long time since I've just sat down and written words about WWE. I've thought of a new format to cover it but I won't start using that until next week. If I started using it this week, this entire thing I've written here would be made redundant, so for now, I thought I'd just give a brief recap of this past week's RAW. This isn't even in running order, because "Anarchy In The UK" and aw that. That was an SLC Punk! reference btw, only really works when ye say/read it in a pure sarcastic voice. But aye. A recap of Monday Night RAW. It gives you an idea of what's happening in terms of the main storyline and anything else I see fit to be a talking point, followed by a quick round-up of the remainder of the matches and their results. 

A Chat With DCT

DCT is perhaps one of the fastest rising stars on the Scottish wrestling scene at the moment. His often hilarious promo work coupled with the fact he's a dab hand in the ring is getting him well noticed in some of the major Scottish promotions. Most recently, winning the SWA Tag Team Championships as one half of Muay Tache alongside Adam Carrel, and winning an invitational battle royal to receive a spot at Polo Promotions, at ICW's "Spacebaws IV - A New Hope". I asked DCT a few questions about this, as well as his early experiences in wrestling, and what we may expect from him in the future...

ICW: Fear & Loathing VII Review (by Daniel Cairney)

Here's the dealio. I wasn't at Fear and Loathing. My good friend and long time tormentor Daniel Cairney was, and as such, I was promised a review of the show. He also promised me a Spacebaws review, but as of yet, after all this time - there is no Spacebaws review. So understandably so, I was skeptical that this would even happen. But fuck. Less than 24 hours after the show, and despite the fact that ICW - On Demand launched this morning (for the very reasonable price of £3.75 or $5.99 per month, get it bought or I'll fuckin end ye), here is a Fear and Loathing review in it's entirety. I know, I didn't believe it either. Anyway, I hand over to Danny boy, cos the pipes, the pipes are calling, from glen to glen, in anticipation of a Fear and Loathing VII review. Here we, here we, here we fucking go.

ICW: Fear & Loathing VII Live Results

From the world-renowned Barrlowlands in Glasgow, ICW host their biggest ever event. Find the results below as they come in!

ICW: Fear and Loathing VII Preview

It all comes down to this. The biggest show in Insane Championship Wrestling's history. Their Wrestlemania, so to speak. The culmination of some of the most intriguing rivalries in the world of professional wrestling, being played out in the biggest venue in Scotland - The Barrowlands.

And I won't fucking be there.

Or at least, as it stands, I won't. That won't stop me going into Glasgow on Sunday and asking everyone within a mile radius of the Barras if they have a spare ticket going. If you don't ask, you don't get, eh? Hesitation gets ye nowhere. I put off getting a ticket time and time again because "there'll be some left next week". I'm a fucking idiot. Know who isn't an idiot but? Mark Dallas. He, along with everyone who is a part of the operation, whether it be behind the scenes or in the ring, have made this whole thing possible. They've made it the hottest thing in professional wresting the world over. The entire world is taking about ICW, and so it fucking should be.

This night will successfully blow the roof off the Barrowlands, it'll have folk missing work on Monday because they just can't bring themselves to get out of bed, nothing they're going to do or see will compare to the controlled chaos they will bear witness to on November 2nd. So we might as well break that madness down match by match...

SWA: Battlezone 2014 Preview

SWA Battlezone
18th October 2014
Motherwell Concert Hall
Doors - 6:30pm
Start - 7pm
Tickets - £12 

A Chat With Lucy Cole

So here's my first ever interview! Lucy Cole is one of the up and coming young talents in the Scottish wrestling scene at the moment. Only recently making her debut for some of the top promotions in the country. I asked her a few questions about her early experience, training, influences and what to expect in the future from Lucy Cole!

TNA Impact Review 1/10/14

TNA has been something different recently. It was only the other week there that I decided to catch up on it and I realized that a few things had gotten better since I was last watching it. The first thing being that there are now considerably less backstage segments that what there used. The second thing is, where is Dixie Carter? Whit? Bully Ray put her through a table? Best for business. Keep her as far off TNA television as is feasibly possible.The third thing is, they've brought back the old six sided ring! The fourth, and most important thing... it's got it's spark back. Now, I'm a WWE fan, and have been for as long as I can remember, but I can not remember a time when TNA was more fun to watch than RAW. But now, it just... is. A fair balance of cracking wrestling, with an X Division that is looking shit hot at the moment, a dominant, all-conquering world champ that's on shows every week, and at the same time, there's loads of fucking FUN. Aye, I'm turning into a bit of a TNA guy, fucking sue me. But enough about my new found love for this shit, lets review a fucking wrestling show...

RAW Review 29/9/14

In a time when nothing seems to be going right for WWE in terms of main event talent succumbing to injury or *clears throat* walking out, it's nice that we've found ourselves a hero. The unlikeliest of heroes. Someone who can electrify an audience simply by unexpectedly jumping out of over-sized presents, or being thrown out the back of a moving car. The two top faces in the company that aren't John Cena are injured, Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns won't be wrestling for a good while. So who will take their place? Sheamus? Big Show? Jack Swagger? I don't think so, there's only one man who can get a crack at being the top babyface in the company for now, and his name is Dean Ambrose.

The Breaking of The Streak

As you probably would have gathered from the title, this is going to be about The Undertaker, and more specifically, The Streak, and if you want to delve even deeper into it, why it seemed inevitable that the streak was going to be ended sooner rather than later. I, along with 100% of the worldwide wrestling community, thought that Wrestlemania 30 was going to be just another notch in the win column for The Phenom. After all, that's what he is, right? The Phenom. The Deadman. The Demon of Death Valley. A man of many names. One of the most feared and revered individuals to ever step foot inside a wrestling ring. So how is it even fathomable, that one of the most poignant images in his legendary career would be this?

ICW: Helter Skelter Preview

It's almost the end of September which means it's almost October, which means it's almost time for Insane Championship Wrestling to embark on the Magical Mystery Tour. That means five shows, five cities, in only two weeks. Not for the faint-hearted. If you are someone who is going to all five of the shows, you have earned my utmost respect. Not only is this important as it is a UK wide tour, but also because these five shows are playing as the prelude to Fear & Loathing VII at the Barrowlands on November 2nd, the biggest night of the ICW year. Without any further ado, I'd better get straight into the first show... Another trip to Newcastle. Should be a belter.

ICW: Helter Skelter
5th October 19:00-23:00
02 Academy, Newcastle
Westgate Road, NE1 1SW

WWE Night of Champions 2014 Review

The name of the PPV says it all really. This was a night heavily packed with champions. Champions of all aspects of the roster. That's right, every single title was on the line at Night of Champions, and truth be told, it was one of the better PPV's this year. Not a glorious affair by any means but it subtly done the job that it was supposed to do, and at most gave us some really decent matches.

SWA Zero1 Scotland (A Few Words, Battlezone 2013, Clan Wars 2014, Future Shows)

I thought it would be appropriate, seeing as though we're coming up to a pretty big month in Scottish wrestling, that I'd write a short wee thing about a promotion that I hold pretty close to my heart. That promotion is Scottish Wrestling Alliance and I can honestly say it's one of my absolute favorites, in terms of providing a world class standard of wrestling, as well as being able to reach out to the younger audience. Why does SWA hold a special place in my heart? Well it's simple. On the 12th of October 2013, I attended my first ever Scottish wrestling show. That show was SWA Zero1 Scotland: Battlezone in the Concert Hall in Motherwell. At this point, I hadn't heard of ICW or anything like that, but if I hadn't went to this show in particular, I doubt I ever would have. The thing that drew me and my mates to this was the inclusion of former WWE superstar, Ultimo Dragon. That was the main reason we went, paying a tenner to go see a guy we used to watch on the telly as weans doing his thing.

ICW: Spacebaws Live-ish Results

Alright troops, I have a man on the inside who's giving me AW the info, so here's what the show has looked like so far...

ICW: Spacebaws Preview

ICW returns to the Garage in Glasgow tonight for yet another cracking night of wrestling, this time with a fresh twist. This show is being directly planted right in the hands of the future generation of Scottish wrestlers. The up and comers. The new breed. No doubt about it, all of these guys are hungry and determined to make a name for themselves, and should put on an absolute stellar show for the ICW faithful, as well as giving a few new fans a taste of what IC-Dub is all about. I do know this is just over two hours away from the show at the time of this being written, but as far as I'm aware, there are still a few tickets left, so if you've not got one... DO IT NOW DAMN IT. First though, if ye have the time, read about the matches that are already confirmed...

NXT Review 18/9/14

Believe it or not, other things happened this past Thursday. Not that you'd know it, because THAT has been all I've blethered on about since then. We're moving on now though, and it's time to get back to reality. The reality of wrestling. And naw, that's no a plug of Booker T's promotion. I'm talking about the hottest program in WWE today... NXT! This week would be the follow-up to last week's NXT Takeover: Fatal 4 Way, and we were set to see the in-ring NXT debut of Hideo Itami. That's yer man KENTA, in case anyone missed Takeover, but I doubt yees did. Anyway, cracking show to look forward to, so here's how it went...

NXT Takeover: Fatal 4-Way Preview

Finding it hard to produce a proper introduction to this, so I'll keep it simple. NXT is the absolute baws. The shining light of WWE programming at the moment and this 2 hour special should be no different. There's been some fantastic build up to this event since Triple H announced it last month, and there have been some quality matches set for the night. So let's get into them!

In fact, before that, I'd be as well getting this out the way first. Tonight we will see the NXT debut of KENTA. As of yet, we only know that Ric Flair will be introducing him, but there has been no word of him competing tonight. The use of legends to promote the signing/debut of him would suggest they see KENTA as someone to hold in high regard in the company, and we may not see him make his in-ring debut for another wee while. However, if there was to be an impromptu match - Devitt. Dae it. And we can all be happy...

RAW Recap 9/9/14

I don't know what happened, but RAW was... good this week. After the product being substandard for the past several weeks, it was about time we had a breath of fresh air from WWE, and with NXT Takeover right round the corner, they knew exactly what to do, but we'll get to that in a bit.

NXT Review 4/9/14

Not done a review of a WWE show in aaaaages, so I thought, rather than having to suffer re-watching RAW or Smackdown, I'd go down the more pleasant path. The path filled with future stars. NXT. Here, we're now less than a week away from NXT Takeover 2, and the number 1 contenders for The Ascension's tag belts would be decided this week, as well as some more no doubt braw build-up stuff for the big event, so I chose a good one to review eh? So we kick off with some Divas action...

Bonded By Blood?

Wrestling. A sport. A drama. An art-form. Something that allows us to put the troubles of our "real lives" to the back of our minds and has us engrossed with men and women telling stories in the form of wrestling matches. The ability to tell these stories have been perfected recently by a pair of guys who are cousins no less. Two men who have tried relentlessly to end each other's careers and/or lives on more than one occasion over the past year, stemming from a storied rivalry that dates back to their early days in the wrestling business. These two men are Wolfgang and BT Gunn. Cousins, best friends, fierce enemies.

Fierce Females: Strewth Sheila & ICW: 1.21 Gigawatts, Great Scott! - Results

Wrestling. Hunners ae it. 16 matches split over two shows and every one of them were fucking quality. I could do a dinky wee intro about ma day leading up to the wrestling, but naecunt wants to read that, so I'll just dive inty the first show.

We kicked off the day with some Fierce Females, coming to us live from Walkabout in Glasgow. It was a last minute decision to check out this show, because we found out it wasn't sold out and were bored shiteless waiting to go in for ICW. What we got was well worth the 8 quid paid on the door, and I'd have happily paid 18 quid to see this show in hindsight, as we kicked off the action with the first female to make me shite myself of the afternoon...

NXT

Who'd have thought that NXT would come this far? From being that kinda daft rookie competition, that's thrown out some top main roster superstars since, such as Daniel Bryan, Wade Barrett and Ryback, to being reshuffled and made the new developmental territory for WWE. Taking over from Florida Championship Wrestling, which was great in itself, NXT has been of phenomenal use to the main show. Originally the WWE home of the likes of Cesaro, Paige, The Shield and The Wyatt Family, it has garnered an immense support as a show in it's own right, and put on some amazing programs in the past year or so. At the moment, we're only a few weeks away from the second NXT Takeover show, and it already looks to be a cracker, with a few matches already set in stone for the big night.

ICW: 1.21 Gigawatts, Great Scott! Preview

Well, it's time for this impressive run of shows to come to an end. This coming Sunday will be the sixth consecutive Sunday that has hosted an ICW show. Starting with Shug's House Party at the 02 ABC in Glasgow, and then going on a 4 week run in Studio 24 in Edinburgh throughout the Fringe Festival. This Sunday sees the sixth and final show in the run, with ICW returning to the Garage for what, in my opinion, is shaping up to be one of their best cards of the year. Also noteworthy that this is 6 from 6 shows that have SOLD OUT in the past month, with Spacebaws and Fear and Loathing likely to follow in no time. Taking over brotha! So lets just dive in heid first, kicking off with what's due to be an absolute stoater...

A Decision To Be Made

I feel like I'm betraying the purpose of the blog by posting this in here, but where wrestling is my biggest passion, it's followed closely on the list of things I feel strongly about by politics.This is simply the easiest way to put my feelings across as I'm uncomfortable by writing things like this on facebook. It's just something I've always been into. Politics from any country across the world, I just find it completely fascinating. But as we all know, we are in the middle of a debate on the future of Scotland. In just about three weeks time, on September 18th 2014, we will go to our respective voting stations and be asked the question "Should Scotland be an independent country?" Anyone who knows me knows fine well that I am a Yes voter through and through, and there never has or never will be a moment's doubt about that. Now before I go on, this isn't sour grapes here, everything I'm about to say comes from the heart because at the end of the day, this is a serious matter, and it's not one of those "there's no right or wrong answer" things. There is very much a right answer, and that is YES.

RAW Live Results 25/8/14

I don't know how helpful this will be to anyone, but I'm going to post live results of RAW tonight. The majority of you will either be watching live or waiting until tomorrow to watch, wanting to avoid spoilers. This is just if you can't really be arsed watching it whenever and just want to know what's happening. I'll probably add bits during every break. If this is something that you'd like to see more often, let me know and I'll start doing it regularly. This will also probably be the template of the review of the show which I'll have finished and posted by about Wednesday. So aye, hope this is alright. So far we know that Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels will be appearing tonight... and that's about it so far. Tune in as the night progresses if you want caught up on what's happening! 

Even More Bad News...

Even more bad news. It was recently reported (although not confirmed, as far as I'm aware) that Daniel Bryan has suffered yet another setback in his recovery from a neck injury. It's yet another blow for Bryan, who's been absolutely luckless since walking out of Wrestlemania 30 as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Originally only supposed to be sidelined for a few months, in order to recover from surgery, it now appears that he will have to go under the knife yet again and may be out of action for several more months. With that being said, I've been thinking of a few ways, some realistic and others rather far-fetched, that Bryan can re-enter the fold in WWE upon his return.

Wrestler of the Week - Week Four

I was going to do this week's article on someone over in WWE who became a new champion at Summerslam (3 new champs, have a guess ;)). However, as I was flicking through the Daily Record yesterday, I came across something that I had suspected was probably going to happen, but found myself aw happy when I saw his big handsome mush looking back at me. This week's wrestler of the week is a Scottish guy who everyone knows by now. The man who most would say was the star of Insane Fight Club on BBC 1. The man who was this week selected to appear on TNA's British Bootcamp 2, and who is probably the best entertainer in Britain today... GRRRRRRADOOOO!

Summerslam 2014 Review

It's always a good feeling when a PPV delivers. After a good few below par shows this year, WWE needed Summerslam to be up to the same standard as Wrestlemania. I never thought that I'd ever say this about a WWE show, but every match last night had the correct results. The whole show made sense. The way each match was constructed made sense. It was all just so... GOOD. With every match on the night delivering in their own unique way, Summerslam exceeded any expectation most of us had, and ensured as some brilliant viewing over the coming months.

Wrestler of the Week - Week Three

Made the decision to make this weekly article a British wrestling exclusive type thing. To be honest, no one in particular across WWE or TNA has taken my interest recently, and I've yet to get further into more international wrestling. It's being a bit biased but wrestling over here has been the only wrestling that's had me gripped for the past few months, so it's easier for me to make a decision for this based around the home promotions. This week's main man is one who that I could watch for hours in the ring. One of the brightest prospects in Scottish wrestling today. The man who is known as "The Bollocks" - Kenny Williams.

Summerslam 2014 Preview & Predictions

It's one of those times in wrestling where all the seeds are planted for Wrestlemania season. Where, technically, the "Road to Wrestlemania" begins at the Royal Rumble, 9 times out of 10, the Summerslam card dictates what happens for the rest of the season. Look at last year. Daniel Bryan won the WWE Championship clean from John Cena in a match of the year contender, only to have the title snatched from him in the dying minutes of the show by Triple H and Randy Orton, who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. Fast forward to WM30, and after an 8 month long battle with Triple H's authority, Daniel Bryan fulfilled his destiny by winning the now unified WWE World Heavyweight Championship, defeating not only Hunter himself to gain entry into the title match on the night, but then champion Orton and Royal Rumble winner Batista in a triple threat match. An 8 month journey starting at Summerslam, will we be treated to something similar this year? Only time will tell. Only early days but, so let's deal with the matters at hand. Here's what the card looks like for this Sunday...

RAW Review 11/8/14

It was Hulk Hogan's birthday on RAW this week, and as could have been expected, everything was red and yellow. There was a big stack of presents for the Hulkster on the stage, this week's RAW was to be a PARTY! And just like any empty you've ever been at, there's that one prick who turns up and flushes yer hamster down the toilet. The prick in question here is Brock Lesnar, and he's here to send a message. Well, Paul Heyman is, and Brock'll just stand there making his best constipated faces. Heyman tells us that John Cena is going to be made to suffer at Summerslam, and that the beating he'll receive will be tantamount to a Shakespearean tragedy. He claims that Hulk Hogan and The Rock were never the same after Brock got his hands on them, and we won't be seeing Cena for a long time after Summerslam. Paul goes on to belt out a belter of a rap about Brock, and then states that the WWE ring is Brock's home, and after everyone has their party tonight, the man of the house is coming home. Typically brilliant promo from Heyman.

Change Is Good

I’ve not watched WWE programming for the past few weeks, mainly because of a lack of ways to watch it, but even when I get the chance, I don’t feel obliged to watch it the way I used to. Where I do plan on getting back into the swing of things tonight for RAW, I can’t help but feel as if the storylines at the moment just aren’t doing it for me. The main problem for me personally is down to NXT. The developmental program is, in my opinion, casting a shadow over anything that the main roster has been doing recently, and I feel as if when it comes to WWE, you’re getting better quality of viewing in one hour of NXT than you do in three hours of RAW.

Wrestler of the Week - Week Two

Photie by David J. Wilson

I completely forgot that I wanted to make this a thing, and I’ve not even watched WWE in about a month, so I’ll have to stick with ICW this week and have a wee talk about the big yin. The big yin that just so happens to be the ICW Champion – Jack Jester.

Wrestler of the Week - Week One

Wrestling does things to you. As a fan of pro wrestling, the chances are you’ve went through every emotion that’s feasibly possible whilst watching this beautiful sport. Whether it be sheer euphoria or sickening sadness, you’ll always feel something when it comes to wrestling. However, these emotions wouldn’t be real and the stories wouldn’t affect us as much as they did if it wasn’t for those who train every day of the year and put their own safety on the line in order to entertain us and tell us those stories. Every week, I plan to write about one individual who has caught the attention of the wrestling world in that particular week, and how they have made the impact that they have.

ICW: Shug's House Party Review

Well that was an emotional roller-coaster. July 27^th 2014 saw ICW come to the 02 ABC in Glasgow in what was billed as the biggest ICW show ever, and to say it lived up to the hype would be a massive understatement. We got the usual standard of world class wrestling, as well as some top notch patter, surprise appearances, and a segment in particular that had the crowd split down the middle, but this will all come in good time.

ICW: Shug's House Party Preview

I don't want to jinx it or anything, but if I make it through the next three days without any natural disasters or drapping deid all of a sudden - Sunday will finally be my first ICW show. After several daft and unfortunately timed circumstances, the Square Go and Still Smokin' had to be missed, despite the fact I had tickets for both. But now, Shug's House Party - I'll be there, and so will a bunch of heavy talented wrestlers, so everything will be sound. So aye.

RAW Preview 14/7/14

By now, every wrestling fan on the planet knows about THAT tweet. That tweet that a certain legend sent out last week, simply stating a date. A date that has had the internet going into meltdown. That's right folks, if you believe the dirtsheets, tonight, on RAW, will accommodate the highly anticipated WWE debut of the legend that is STING.

Money In The Bank Review

I love it when PPVs turn out as good as ye think they're going to be. In my preview for this show, I said it could be the best show of the year from WWE, and where it didn't quite manage that acclaim, it certainly gave it a hell of a shot. Still a bit rusty from not doing a load of writing in a while, so this is only going to be a short one. Recap the matches, give opinions, round it off. Keeping it simple, folks.

Money In The Bank Preview

How long has it been? A long time. Too long. Blogger hasn't been working for the best whack of 2 months on the laptop, and that is not best for business. I was also in Magaluf for a fortnight and missed three RAWs and two Smackdowns. It therefore took some time to catch up and bask in the glorious few weeks of WWE. It's been awfy good indeed. Luckily, everything is caught up and working again right in time for Money In The Bank - one PPV I've personally been looking forward to this year. So aye, here's a wee preview of what's to come tomorrow night.

RAW Review 14/4/14

You know that when the entire locker room is filling the stage at the start of an episode of RAW, your very masculinity will be left in tatters, and you'll be reaching for the hankies to wipe away a tear or two. A video package plays, documenting the career of Ultimate Warrior, and then we observe a silence while the bell is rung 10 times. It's aw too much man. I just wanted to jump in the laptop and give Cody a pat on the shoulder. Aw the feels.

Tonight we have the first round of a tournament to decide the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship. The winner will face Big E for the title at Extreme Rules... and the first match is...

RAW Review 7/4/14

We watched an era officially end on Sunday at Wrestlemania. The Undertaker's streak is gone, and no matter how much we don't want to believe it, no matter how unfair it seems to take our childhoods and tear it to shreds in such a way, it won't change the fact that Undertaker's record now stands at 21-1. Despite this, the proverbial silver lining was that we watched a new generation of wrestler's come to the forefront, and cement there place as the one's to carry the business forward. Cesaro. Bray Wyatt. Roman Reigns. Dean Ambrose. Seth Rollins. The new WWE World Heavyweight Champion - Daniel Bryan. The future is now.

WRESTLEMANIA XXX PREVIEW

Let's just ignore the fact that I haven't reviewed the last two shows before Wrestlemania. I'll tell yees for why that is the case - RAW was shite, and I haven't watched Smackdown yet. Good enough reasons, I feel. But as I sit here, 3 and a half hours away from the "Showcase of the Immortals", I find myself in dire need of something to pass the time, so here goes...

Smackdown Review 21/3/14

Firing them oot lads. Firing them oot. It's time for Friday Night Smackdown, and we kick tonight's show right aff with a match between two of the best cunt's aboot...

RAW Review 17/3/14

I don't get the fuckin time to give a wee intro here because Triple H has awready made his way into the ring to give us all a piece of his mind. He's only ever protected Daniel Bryan, and the fans are to blame for the melting oor DBry is gonny get at Wrestlemania. He's going to end Bryan and the Yes Movement. Batista rudely interrupts and he's got a mean expression on his face (or at least, I think that's what he was going for). No way was he coming back to be in a triple threat match for the title. Triple H actually fell asleep on his feet at one point and only got woken up when Randy Orton's music hit. He's ragin' anaw. Everyone's ragin'. He wants oor wee hero in a no DQ and he fuckin gets it. Hunter then enters his seemingly inevitable midlife crisis and tells them baith to shut the fuck up, and that when he beats Bryan at Mania - it'll be HIM in the triple threat for the title. I'd love to say I didny see that coming. Funnily enough, I actually think a working feud for the title between Hunter and Bryan would be smashin'. But moving the fuck on...

The Shield vs The Wyatt Family

While writing the Elimination Chamber review, I came to the realisation that there was no way I could word, without rambling on too much, just how good this match was. I sit here almost 48 hours later and I've got to tell yees, the words still don't seem right. So instead of giving a full, detailed breakdown of the entire match, which lasted a good 40 minutes I think, I'll pick apart some of the key points throughout the match and dae my best to paint a picture of how braw it was. First, though, I'll take some time to appreciate each member of baith teams. The six boays.

Elimination Chamber Review

Well, this is a familiar story. Another Monday morning where I've woken up and quite wished I hadn't. Just a couple hours more sleep. That's aw I ask. That and for WWE's PPVs to not be laden with bullshit results that make me want to cry masel to sleep. This wasn't a bad show btw, as expected from the match card, it lived up to the entertainment side of things and at one point had me jumping about like a nutter, MD in hand, screaming ma heid off because of how braw a certain match was. I'm sure you all know which match. This was WWE's last PPV before Wrestlemania so the results of these matches basically outline the Wrestlemania card, so they had to get it right. They didny. Typical.

Elimination Chamber Preview

This is ridiculous, as I sit here, watching Newcastle play Aston Villa in what's sure to be a grade A shiter, I realised that in just about a month, I've done one review of Smackdown and there's been a throwback thursday from the bold Daniel. Every wrestling show since has reviews that are scattered in drafts, but I'm just no happy with any of them, and if yer no happy with them, wits the fuckin point eh? But aye, this is a gid opportunity to write something that disny make me want tae slap masel. A PPV preview, canny be that hard.

TBT - Survivor Series 2002

What's happenin'? Danny Cairney here, AKA – Sgt. Rotter. I gave Johnny the title for this blog and he is yet to give me credit for it, so I'm writing a wee “Throwback Thursday” blog. Decided that since the Elimination Chamber isn't far away, I'd review Survivor Series '02, which was host to the first ever Elimination Chamber match (I think.) Looking at the match card, I know watching this PPV is going to depress me mightily, given how bloody good the roster was at this time. The Dudley Boys, Billy Kidman, Victoria, Trish Stratus, Los Guerreros, Chris Benoit, and Kurt Angle. To name but a few. But anyway, here's how it went:

Smackdown Review 31/1/14

Awrite! Ma name’s John, but folk that think am no bad call me Johnny, and this is ma first attempt at reviewing a wrestling show, or reviewing anything to that point. Went to watch Smackdown back there and discovered the TiVo box only recorded the last hour, which is heavy guttin’. So basically half of this will be done from sheer memory and if I canny remember, I’ll have a wee gander at watchwrestling.

As we arrive at Smackdown, Dolph Ziggler is already making his way down to the ring, and Lilian kindly informs us that the following is an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match, so ye know immediately Dolph won’t win. What a shame. What an underutilized gem of a wrestler. The Real American’s music hits, and the bold Antonio Cesaro appears, flanked as always by Zeb Colter. Look at that, we have us a wrestling match.