The John Report Wrestling Blog

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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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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On The Aire: Selective Hearing
By Mike Aires

Last Friday’s column, besides being about awesome and horrible characters, featured my picks for the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.  I was fairly close on my predictions for the entire show, minus a couple of minor things here and there.  Cena and Kane going at it outside of the ring (right by a TJR sign, no less) to a Double Disqualification was fairly predictable.  The World Heavyweight Championship went about as planned, as did the WWE Championship match.  The Rumble, however, was a big freaking curve ball.

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Congratulations, You’ve Won the Royal Rumble! Part One
Written by Christian Michael

WWE’s last PPV offering was the Royal Rumble. I think it’s fair to say that the match that carries its namesake is one we all look forward to. The Royal Rumble match sets the winner on a road towards destiny as he earns a World Title Match at WrestleMania. The first four years of the event did not provide such an opportunity for the winners. Then in 1992, amid chaos and controversy surrounding the WWF Championship, the title was declared vacant and it was announced that the winner would become the new WWF Champion. Starting in 1993 and all the way until the present day the winner of the Royal Rumble Match would be granted a Championship Match at the biggest event of the year. In this two part column I will be looking at what winning the Royal Rumble Match has done for the winner’s career. Since the match started having title implications in 1992, that’s where we will start.

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Friday Headlines: World Peace Achieved! Poverty Eliminated! Cruiserweights Return!

Yes it’s true, ladies and gentlemen. Peace on Earth has finally been achieved…oh… it hasn’t? Crap. Well, that’s too bad, but I have better news than that for the .00283F5% of the world’s people that make up the wrestling smark population. PWInsider is reporting that WWE is currently working on a brand new series for the WWE Network that would be focused solely on cruiserweight wrestlers. I have to say that this must be stopped. This is just the beginning. First it’s cruiserweights, but then along comes Judy Bagwell. After her, Rick Steiner shows up and starts arguing with the Chucky doll. Then Kevin Nash shows up and…well, he just acts like Kevin Nash and before you know it the Mayan prophecies are fulfilled and WCW has returned!

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The Midweek Breakdown: The 10 Count
By Cody Dodson

Ladies and gentlemen, the funk is on a roll, there are too many limes for lobster heads, and the Deadman is back complete with new curled hair action. This is the Midweek Breakdown, and I am your ever so grateful host, Cody Dodson. I want to thank everybody who read last week’s column and left me feedback on the “10 thoughts” format. The feedback was very positive, and it seemed that most of you would rather hear read me ramble a little bit about a lot of things instead of ramble a lot about one thing. I enjoyed writing the column as well. It was over 500 words longer than my normal writing and I didn’t even notice. I’ve decided to make it a regular feature that I will call “The 10 Count.” I’d like to thank the bossman himself, Big Johnny Canton, for that title. I won’t be doing it every week, but it will definitely appear pretty often on Wednesdays as long as you continue to enjoy it. Without further adieu, let’s get started with this week’s 10 Count!

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Tuesday Headlines: Here Lies The Ho Train
By Mike Aires and Marc “Fozzie” B.

Aires: Obviously the biggest stories this week all revolved around the Rumble…which was decent, if not unspectacular, IMO. I’ve been super busy lately.  Working on buying a house.  It’s a hassle.  So you’ll have to excuse me if my brain is mush for the next 60-90 days.

Fozzie: Umm, wow pretty slow news weekend. Kelly Kelly has to go to driving school? Yawn. Wake me when she goes to “Shut the Hell Up and Just Look Hot” school. Seriously, she needs to be a valet. I’ll take my divas with talent over looks any day.

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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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Worst Royal Rumble Ever?
By Matt Seagull

I’ve been watching professional wrestling for more than 20 years now, and my favorite night of the year has always been the Royal Rumble. I look forward to the Rumble like a child looks forward to Christmas, mostly because like Christmas, it only comes once a year. In an age where a Last Man Standing match may be as common as a six man tag, I cherish a match that comes along so rarely. From a writing standpoint, the Rumble kicks off the Road to Wrestlemania, so the main event matches start their build around this time (which has unfortunately been made moot this year with the main event being announced a year in advance). But most of all, I love the Rumble so much because no matter how much I complain about the creative direction of the company, the Rumble is the one show that is impossible to mess up. Or so I thought…

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A Matter of Character – Richie Steamboat
By Matty J. Douglas

Happy Monday all, and welcome to yet another FCW Edition of A Matter of Character. This will likely be one of the last FCW editions of AMOC for a while, as I’ve taken an in depth look at all my personal favorites and standouts in FCW over the last several weeks, including last week’s piece Replenishing the Tag Team Division.

This week I will be analyzing the talented second-generation grappler known in FCW as Richie Steamboat. The 24-year-old son of WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat is one of FCW’s brightest young talents. It is only a matter of time before the WWE decides to call him up to the main roster and let him showcase his talent to a worldwide audience. Read more…

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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