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The GOLDBERG school of acting

titleLearn to act, the GOLDBERG way!

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If you’re a wrestling geek – and being honest here, we all are – you’ll have been watching the Cruiserweight Classic on the WWE Network. Amongst the high-flyers, strong style fighters, technical wizards and everything in between, one man stood out for me. As much as I’m a huge fan of Zack Sabre Jr. and Kota Ibushi, I was pulling for THE Brian Kendrick. View full article »

Sami Zayn sat in the ring; crouched in the corner, awaiting his foe for the evening. Game face in place, he looked as intense as he ever has in an NXT ring, even more than he did before the Kevin Owens wars he waged. Those confrontations were fuelled by anger, this one was all about pride. View full article »

Thank you Daniel Bryan

April 6th, 2014. WrestleMania 30, inside the Superdome in New Orleans and in front of 70000+ people, Daniel Bryan ascended to the very peak of his profession. Once the bell had tolled to signal his victory, he grabbed his belts, celebrated briefly, and hopped out of the ring.

He made his way to young Connor Michalek at ringside, and with confetti still falling, hugged the 8 year old cancer sufferer. Bryan would by all accounts tell Connor that he was the inspiration he needed to win that night, and that if Bryan could win, then Connor could beat cancer and to keep fighting. View full article »

Royal Rumble 2016 Review

Well, hello.

It’s the ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA~~~!!! Yes folks, prepare for the season of sign pointing and non stop network shilling. The grandest stage of them all (according to Vince) is on the horizon and as usual, the heavy lifting starts at the Royal Rumble. View full article »

The suburb of Reseda in California isn’t at first glance somewhere that you would instantly peg as being inherently famous or influential in any field, yet when it comes to professional wrestling in North America, that’s exactly what it is. Reseda, and specifically the American Legion post #308 that is now the adopted home of Pro Wrestling Guerilla, perhaps the hottest independent promotion in the world right now. View full article »

Your comprehensive list of facts and figures for the 2004 Royal Rumble!

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Well, hello.

It’’s the second last column of the year, it’s nearly Christmas, and it’’s time for The Live Wire to infringe upon your Christmas spirit and make a fool of itself at your Christmas party – lock up your photocopiers!

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WWF Live In Glasgow

WWF House Show Results : Glasgow, Scotland 2nd May 2002

The Fink comes out to ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ and gives the usual crap about no laser pens and no videotaping, etc. then introduces a very special guest – one of the top divas – no not Mae Young, Debra! Debra comes out, poses for a bit and talks about her husband ‘opening a can of whoop ass’ tonight…

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2002: A Year In Wrestling

Last year’s predictions column seemed to go down well, so I thought I’d do one for this year as well. Sadly with ECW and WCW done and dusted, there’s less to work with this year… so let’s see what the Crystal Ball shows me for this year…

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