WWE Superstars 02/02/12
By Graham Galloway
You know what they say, third time’s the charm! On that note I would like to present the third instalment of WWE Superstars Review by Graham Galloway. This week I thought I would provide information relating to my history as a wrestling fan. Firstly, I am not actually a fan of ‘Wrestling’ but rather a fan of the WWE. I watched the WWE a lot as a kid during the Attitude Era. As my teen years approached I fell away from the product, as is the norm in my homeland of Scotland. I started watching again in my late teens around 2008.
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Canton’s Corner: The Wrestling Week in Review – February 4
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport
Welcome to Canton’s Corner. It was a good week of wrestling on TV this week. I thought Raw was excellent while both Smackdown and TNA Impact Wrestling were above average this week too. I’ll cover all three of those, plus the usual polls, video, Melo Out and other things you’ve come to expect from Canton’s Corner. It’s the Super Bowl on Sunday. If you follow me on Twitter you know I’m a huge NFL fan, even more than I am a wrestling fan. Before I get to the wrestling part of the column, I need to share my pick.
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Categories: Canton's Corner, Columns, John Canton, TNA, wwe Tags: chris jericho, cm punk, daniel bryan, raw, royal rumble, sheamus, smackdown, triple h, undertaker, wigs, wrestlemania, wwe
WWE WrestleMania II
April 7, 1986
Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York
Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, Illinois
L.A. Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California
By John Canton (@johnreport)
The second WrestleMania was unique in that it emanated from three different cities: Long Island (New York), Chicago and Los Angeles with each city getting one hour of live action.
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Categories: Columns, John Canton, WrestleMania Reviews, wwe Tags: Andre the Giant, hulk hogan, king kong bundy, mr t, Roddy Piper, wrestlemania, wrestlemania 2, wrestlemania II, wwe, wwf
WrestleMania
March 31, 1985
Madison Square Garden in New York, New York
By John Canton (@johnreport)
The first WrestleMania took place at the home of WWE in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. How’d they get the name WrestleMania? The story goes, from the “True Story of WrestleMania” DVD, that ring announcer Howard Finkel came up with it when he mentioned the Beatles craze was known as “BeatleMania.”
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Categories: Columns, John Canton, WrestleMania Reviews Tags: Andre the Giant, hulk hogan, mr t, new york city, paul orndorff, Roddy Piper, vince mcmahon, wrestlemania, wwe
Note from John: Ring Ka King is a TNA produced project that takes place in India. They air episodes on the Colors TV Network every Saturday & Sunday. The first shows aired this weekend. Reviewing the show for the site is Siddharta Sengupta, who lives in India and can offer a lot of insight on the culture over there while also recapping what happened. Below are his reviews of the first two shows. At the end of the recaps I’ve added youtube links to the shows if you’d like to see for yourself.
Ring Ka King Review – Episodes 1 and 2
By Siddhartha Sengupta
Hello, ‘namaste’ and welcome to the first EVER RKK (Ring Ka King) review.
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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 01/30/12
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport
Live from Kansas City, Missouri this is the Raw Deal…
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Categories: Columns, John Canton, The Raw Deal, wwe Tags: cm punk, Dolph Ziggler, john laurinaitis, randy orton, raw, royal rumble, smackdown, triple h, wwe
WTF: TNA Impact Wrestling 01/26/12
By Marc B.
Welcome to another edition of WTF: Impact Review. The last two weeks have been surprisingly good showings for Impact Wrestling, highlighted by the fantastic Aries/Shelley promo that you should watch in case you missed it, and that can be found
here.
The traditional opening video package this week is about the main event picture, which I love right now. I have a feeling this all leads to a triple threat or a four-way match, with Bully Ray, at Against All Odds. I’m cool with that.
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WWE Royal Rumble
St. Louis, Missouri
January 29, 2012
By John Canton (Twitter @johnreport)
They aired a video package hyping that the winner of the Royal Rumble gets to go to WrestleMania. Lots of people do, but for now we should only believe the winner does.
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Categories: Columns, John Canton, wwe, WWE PPV Tags: chris jericho, cm punk, fella, john cena, randy orton, royal rumble, sheamus, wrestlemania, wwe
WWE Superstars 01/26/12
By Graham Galloway
Welcome to the second edition of WWE Superstars by Graham Galloway. Last week’s feedback was widely positive. However, my 3-star rating system came under mild scrutiny. After a discussion with John Canton I have decided to drop my rating system. The “Man of the Match” shall remain. Onto this week’s show.
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WWE Royal Rumble 2012 Preview
By John Canton, Andrew Johnson & Christian Michael
John Canton: I’ve always loved the Royal Rumble pay per view. I showed that love last year when I recapped every Royal Rumble match. The concept of the match is wonderful. Even if you think you know what might happen, there’s always a very good chance that something crazy will happen. I didn’t think Cena would win in 2008 or Edge in 2010 because they both made surprise returns. Could there be a surprise winner this year? You never know. The sad thing about the Rumble is that the winner doesn’t really get to “main event” WrestleMania anymore (especially this year), but it’s still one of my favorite matches and I know I’m going to enjoy it like I do every year. Right now there are only four announced matches. I’d expect some kind of midcard match to be added as a buffer to some of the big ones on the card, but I’m not going to guess what they will be.
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Categories: Andrew Johnson, Christian Michael, Columns, John Canton, TJR Staff, wwe, WWE PPV Tags: chris jericho, cm punk, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, john cena, kane, r-truth, randy orton, raw, royal rumble, sheamus, smackdown, the miz, wade barrett, wwe
The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 01/23/12
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport
Live from Phoenix, Arizona this is the Raw Deal…
We get the usual intro. Isn’t it time to get a new theme song? I’m so sick of Nickelback. I’m sure a lot of people are, but in Canada it’s even worse since they come from this country. I’ve had people write me about a lack of pyro at WWE shows. I’ve read that they made an internal decision to cut back on the amount of pyro they use. It’s a money thing.
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Categories: Columns, John Canton, The Raw Deal, wwe Tags: chris jericho, cm punk, Dolph Ziggler, john cena, john report, kane, raw, raw deal, royal rumble, world title, wwe, wwe title, Zack Ryder
This is a discussion post for tonight’s edition of WWE Raw. It’s the last Raw before the Royal Rumble. I’ll have the Raw Deal posted on Tuesday morning or early afternoon. On Friday we’ll have a Royal Rumble preview, on Sunday I’ll be doing live coverage of the Royal Rumble and next Monday I’ll write about Raw live.
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