Wrestling Uncensored EP. 131 now online

April 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Wrestling Uncensored Episode 131. Original air date: April 13, 2013. Hosted by Dave Simon and Johnny North.

This is a special international edition of Wrestling Uncensored featuring phone calls from around the world. Eric in Chicago, Andy in England and Niall in Ireland all joined Dave Simon to discuss the results from Wrestlemania 29.

Simon and North discussed the results of Wrestlemania 29 including Triple H’s win over Brock Lesnar, John Cena winning the WWE title from The Rock and The Undertaker defeating CM Punk.

Simon and North talked about Dolph Ziggler becoming the new World Heavyweight Champion, Fandango’s rise to prominence and the electric crowd for the most recent episode of WWE Monday Night Raw.

All this and much more pro wrestling on this 2-hour episode.

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Wrestling Uncensored EP. 130: Wrestlemania 29 preview now online

April 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Wrestling Uncensored Episode 130. Original air date: April 6, 2013. Hosted by Dave Simon and Johnny North.

Simon and North previewed WWE Wrestlemania 29 on this episode including The Rock defending the WWE title versus John Cena and where they will go after the big event.

Simon and North discussed CM Punk versus The Undertaker and the latest interaction between the two with Paul Heyman dressing up as Paul Bearer and CM Punk spilling ashes onto The Dead Man.

Simon and North talked about Triple H versus Brock Lesnar, Jack Swagger versus Alberto Del Rio and everything else scheduled to take place at Wrestlemania 29.

All this and more pro wrestling on this 1-hour episode.

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Wrestlemania 29

Sunday April 7, 2013

New Jersey, United States of America

MetLife Stadium

The Rock (C) versus John Cena (WWE Championship)

The Undertaker v. CM Punk w/ Paul Heyman

Triple H w/ Shawn Michaels versus Brock Lesnar w/ Paul Heyman (No Holds Barred, Triple H must retire if he loses)

Alberto Del Rio w/ Ricardo Rodriguez (C) v. Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Coulter (World Heavyweight Championship)

Ryback v. Mark Henry

Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) (C) v. Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston with A.J. Lee (WWE Tag-Team Championship)

Chris Jericho v. Fandango

Sheamus, Randy Orton and Big Show v. The Shield (Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose)

Brodus Clay, Tensai and The Funkadactyls v. Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) and The Bella Twins (8-person inter-gender tag-team match)

Wade Barrett (C) v. The Miz (Intercontinental Championship)

 

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Wrestling Uncensored EP. 122 now online

February 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Wrestling Uncensored Episode 122. Original air date: February 9, 2013. Hosted by Dave Simon and Johnny North.

Simon and North discussed Brock Lesnar attacking The Miz on Raw and his potential match with Triple H at Wrestlemania. Simon and North talked about Triple H negotiating Bruno Sammartino’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame and the significance of Sammartino in the WWE HOF.

Simon and North talked about the great wrestling on Raw that included CM Punk versus Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan versus Rey Mysterio.

Simon and North discussed Alberto Del Rio and Big Show’s encounters on Raw and Smackdown, the return of Mark Henry and the formation of a tag team between Brodus Clay and Tensai.

All this and much more pro wrestling on this 1-hour episode.

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Wrestling Uncensored EP. 121 now online

February 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Wrestling Uncensored Episode 121. Original air date: February 2, 2013. Hosted by Dave Simon and Johnny North.

Simon and North discussed The Rock defeating CM Punk for the WWE title at Royal Rumble, their rematch at Elimination Chamber and who they could face at Wrestlemania.

Simon and North discussed John Cena winning the Royal Rumble and announcing he will challenge for the WWE title at Wrestlemania.

Simon and North talked about the returns of Brock Lesnar, Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara and Chris Jericho this week and what they could do next.

All this and lots more pro wrestling on this 1-hour episode.

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Wrestling Uncensored EP. 73 with Trish Stratus now online

March 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Wrestling Uncensored Episode 73. Original air date: March 3, 2012. Hosted by Dave Simon and Jeremy Prophet.

Trish Stratus appeared on this episode to discuss her movie “Bounty Hunters,” whether or not she will be at Wrestlemania this year and much more.

Simon and Prophet discussed The Rock’s return promo on Raw and John Cena’s interruption. They also discussed CM Punk and Chris Jericho’s confrontation on Raw and the mysterious return of Randy Orton on Smackdown.

All this and much more on this over 70-minute episode of Wrestling Uncensored.

WARNING: Pre-show bonus material contains language that may be offensive to some listeners.

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WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century DVD review

August 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Relive the rise to super stardom in the WWE of John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Batista, Edge, Randy Orton, and the return of Shawn Michaels in WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century.

Like past WWE DVDs covering the greatest superstars of the 80′s and 90′s, WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century covers the WWE stars that made the biggest impact from 2000-2009. More than 20 stars of the past decade are featured in short highlight packages on the first disc while the two other discs are filled with matches. The majority of the commentary comes from the current WWE roster and officials.

Surprisingly WWE showcases talent that no longer works for the company. Brock Lesnar, Jeff Hardy and Kurt Angle all get their own video bios. Angle’s video does poke fun at Angle being a goof more than his abilities at being a great wrestler though. When it comes to Hardy and Lesnar they are both given their dues for their unique and memorable moments in WWE history. Eddie Guerrero is also given a respectable tribute for his five-year contribution to WWE.

Lesnar VS. Angle in a 60-minute Ironman match for the WWE Championship is the most exciting match on this DVD set as it was quite possibly one of the best WWE television matches of all-time. Great back-and-forth action with brilliant storytelling. Although Lesnar’s career in WWE was short, the Ironman match with Angle may have been his best match. Kane unmasking after his match with HHH is a noteworthy event as it spawned into Kane’s current demonic character.

For most WWE fans this is a trip down a very recent memory lane. New WWE fans will likely benefit from this history lesson if they only tuned in a few years ago. A little disappointed that they did not expand on some of the controversial moments a lot of superstars caused. While The Miz hints at how JBL is a bully and did not like him there was no in-depth reasons to why JBL treated new talent poorly. The WWE portrays a positive light on almost every aspect of their entertainers.

WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century

Rated PG

eOne Films

Released on Jul. 26, 2011

Run time of about nine hours

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DVD listing–

Disc 1

Ground Breaking Superstars

Chris Jericho

Edge

Triple H

JBL

Kane

Kurt Angle

The Rock

Randy Orton

Brock Lesnar

Decade of the Divas

Jeff Hardy

Big Show

Eddie Guerrero

Shawn Michaels

Booker T

Stone Cold Steve Austin

The Undertaker

Rey Mysterio

Batista

John Cena

Disc 2

WCW Championship Match
Booker T vs. The Rock
SummerSlam 19th August, 2001

Intercontinental Championship Match
Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam
Raw 16th September, 2002

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Triple H vs. Kane
Raw 23rd June, 2003

60 Minute Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship
Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar
SmackDown! 18th September, 2003

WWE Championship Match
Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
SmackDown! 18th March, 2004

Disc 3

Fatal 4-Way Match for the WWE Championship
JBL vs. The Undertaker vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Booker T
Armageddon 12th December, 2004

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
JBL vs. Big Show vs. Kurt Angle
Royal Rumble 30th January, 2005

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Triple H vs. Edge
Raw 7th February, 2005

Women’s Championship Match
Lita vs. Trish Stratus
Unforgiven 17th September, 2006

Triple Threat Match – Winner Faces John Cena For The WWE Championship At WrestleMania 23
Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge
Raw 5th February, 2007

8 -Man Tag Team Match
John Cena & Batista & Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton & Edge & Mr. Kennedy & MVP
Raw 15th February, 2007

World Heavyweight Championship Match
Batista vs. The Undertaker
WrestleMania 23 1st April, 2007

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WWE: WrestleMania XXVII 2-disc DVD review

June 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Rock made his triumphant return to WWE home video guest hosting WrestleMania XXVII and laying the smackdown on John Cena and The Miz causing havoc in the main event.

Starting off the biggest WWE show of the year, The Rock promised to ‘bring it’ and he did so by hitting on Eve Torres, a face-off with long-time rival Stone Cold Steve Austin, and using his authority along with his move set against Cena and Miz. Fair to say that The Rock’s larger than life presence made this year’s Mania special.

The Undertaker putting his 18-0 WrestleMania streak on the line against HHH in a No Holds Barred Match was clearly the match of the night. HHH and Taker put on an exciting display of showmanship, athleticism, and dramatic pauses. HHH brought his brutal side that night, violently hitting Taker with numerous chair shots even a shot that nailed Taker on the head. HHH made sure that no matter the result Taker will no longer be the same ever again.

Jersey Shore’s Snooki made her WWE in-ring debut in a six-person tag team match as she teamed with Trish Stratus and John Morrison against LayCool and Dolph Ziggler. Surprisingly, Snooki displayed some impressive maneuvers that included a cartwheel handspring back elbow. This bout included a bit of controversy backstage as Morrison gave Stratus ‘the cold shoulder’ as their team celebrated. WWE announcer Michael Cole made his singles in-ring debut against Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the guest referee. Almost every time Austin tries to talk audio is completely cut due to the amount he swears and WWE doing their best to keep their PG rating intact. Austin followed his own rules and raised hell like he usually does. This caused three announcers to go down allowing Jim Ross and Lawler to commentate on Taker-HHH, the six-person tag and Cena-Miz.

This is one of the rare WWE DVDs that has no extra content whatsoever. If you’re looking to watch the Hall-of-Fame ceremony, the United States Championship match between Sheamus and Daniel Bryan and quite a few more extras, you have to get the 3-disc Collector’s Edition. This edition only shows you the original broadcast that has been edited. Undertaker does not come out to Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave” just his WWE theme, HHH does not have Metallica’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls” for his special Mania entrance, Cole against Lawler was edited down due to the finger salute from Austin to Cole.

The 2-disc set is only recommended for those that only want relive the WrestleMania XXVII event. With Edge’s last ever WWE match defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio, the return of WWE Attitude stars The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin, JR returning to the announcers booth and quite possibly one of the last matches ever for The Undertaker, WrestleMania XXVII has so many historic moments all jam-packed into one night.

WWE: WrestleMania XXVII

Rated: PG

Distributed by Entertainment One

Released on May 10, 2011

Runtime of four hours

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WWE: WrestleMania XXVII full card

WWE Championship – John Cena VS. The Miz

No Holds Barred Match – Undertaker VS. HHH

World Heavyweight Championship Match – Edge VS. Alberto Del Rio

Jerry Lawler VS. Michael Cole with special guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin

Rey Mysterio VS. Cody Rhodes

Randy Orton VS. CM Punk

Trish Stratus & Snooki & John Morrison VS. Dolph Ziggler and LayCool

The Corre VS. Big Show & Kane & Kofi Kingston & Santino Marella

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WWE: Elimination Chamber 2011 DVD review

March 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Rock made his triumphant return to World Wrestling Entertainment home video delivering a war of words against John Cena in the special features on the WWE: Elimination Chamber 2011 DVD.

A week before the last pay-per-view prior to WrestleMania, The Rock appeared on RAW to announce that he was going to guest host the biggest WWE event of the year. The Rock did not waste time stating his dislike for Cena dissing him while he was away from WWE. The Rock delivered classic and new material against Cena, who responded the following week on RAW with a freestyle rap against The Rock. WrestleMania is now a lot more intriguing thanks to this new storyline twist.

Canada’s own Trish Stratus also made her return to WWE, but it was at the Elimination Chamber event as she revealed her role on the new season of WWE’s Tough Enough show. Stratus did a hybrid of Booker T’s and The Rock’s catchphrases and delivered some Stratusfaction by saving Kelly Kelly from a beatdown from LayCool later on in the show.

Elimination Chamber starts off with a solid encounter between the no.1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, Alberto Del Rio, against the Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston in a non-title match. Del Rio showed an aggressive streak throughout the match that Kingston had difficulty keep up with at the start. However, once Kingston got an opening he seized it and unloaded his typical offence against Del Rio. Del Rio though delivered a stunning neckbreaker with Kingston caught in the top rope and finished off Kingston soon afterwards.

The first Elimination Chamber of the night saw Edge defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Rey Mysterio, Big Show, Kane, Drew McIntyre and Wade Barrett. Despite Edge having to start the match he was able to outlast all five other competitors to move on to the WrestleMania showdown with Del Rio. Edge started off battling Mysterio until the big men got involved and started throwing the superstars into the glass pods. Carnage reigned supreme until Mysterio and Edge teamed up to take out the giants. Mysterio jumping off the top of the cage and the abuse Barrett took going through multiple pods was merely the start of the chaos to come.

While Barrett had a rough night, his teammates from The Corre had a better time against the WWE Tag Team Champions Santino and Kozlov. Capturing their second tag team titles, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater continued their rise to fame in sports entertainment. The Miz also believed he continued his rise with a victory over WWE Hall-of-Famer Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler. When Alex Riley was ejected to the backstage Lawler got a fair fight, but it was not enough to beat Miz. Miz now believes he lived up to the claim of the greatest of all the world champions.

The main event saw John Cena, CM Punk, John Morrison, R-Truth, Sheamus and Randy Orton battle for the last chance for a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania. Sheamus and Morrison stood out the most in this match, putting their bodies on the line countless times. This allowed for Orton to come in and dominate until Punk came in. When it came down to Cena and Punk, Punk was badly beaten with blood coming down his leg and some bruising on his back following an Attitude Adjustment on the steel floor.

WWE is clearly picking up momentum as WrestleMania draws near. The return of ‘Attitude Era’ stars has been a great mix to the current batch of WWE superstars. The Rock and Cena confrontation is one that fans have been waiting for a while now. The Elimination Chambers delivered the price of admission, and if you missed it live, well worth the price of the DVD.

WWE: Elimination Chamber 2011

Entertainment One

Rated PG

Released today Mar. 22, 2011

$24.59

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2011 card

Alberto Del Rio VS. Kofi Kingston

Edge Vs Kane Vs Rey Mysterio Vs Big Show Vs Wade Barrett Vs Drew McIntyre – World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber

Santino & Kozlov VS. The Corre – WWE Tag Team Championships

The Miz VS. Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler – WWE Championship

Sheamus Vs John Cena Vs CM Punk Vs John Morrison VS. R-Truth VS. Randy Orton – No.1 contender match for WWE Championship at WrestleMania

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WWE: Wrestling’s Highest Flyers DVD review

November 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Jimmy Snuka’s dive off the top of a cage, Jeff Hardy’s leap of faith at WrestleMania 2000, Evan Bourne nailing his Air Bourne maneuver, all just a small taste of a thrilling three-disc DVD set.

WWE: Wrestling’s Highest Flyers DVD takes a look at 20 superstars in the WWE video library that have dazzled, shocked, and innovated the WWE Universe with their aerial attacks. 27 matches are showcased on the three-disc set. The DVD features a great mix of WWE legends, alumni, current WWE high flyers and even former superstars that compete outside of WWE.

All 20 superstars get their own short bio package, some of them have segments showing a move with a camera strapped to their chest. The features on Steamboat, Pillman, Eddie Guerrero, all look similar to past clips shown on their own WWE documentaries, but the matches featured are not from their DVDs.

For Lucha Libre action, the six-man tag team match from WCW: Bash at the Beach 97 delivers an insane array of moves that you rarely see even in today’s Lucha Libre. Shelton Benjamin’s match is a great reminder that he had all the potential to be a main eventer in WWE.

For a compilation DVD set this is an excellent selection of the high flying wrestling style of North America, Japan and Mexico. While DVD collectors may already have Guerrero VS. Rey Mysterio from Halloween Havoc 97 and Edge & Christian VS. Hardy Boyz VS. Dudley Boyz from WrestleMania 2000, there are still plenty of matches to make this a worthy purchase.

WWE: Wrestling’s Highest Flyers

Rated: PG

Vivendi Entertainment

Run time of 540 minutes

Released on Oct. 12, 2010

$34.95

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DISC ONE:

A Different Stratosphere

Ricky Steamboat
Ricky Steamboat vs. Brian Pillman
WCW Halloween Havoc October 25, 1992

Evan Bourne
Evan Bourne vs. Zack Ryder
WWE Superstars June 11, 2009

Sky-View with Evan Bourne

Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka vs. Samu
WWF at Madison Square Garden February 20, 1984

New Style

WCW Cruiserweights
Juventud Guerrera, Hector Garza, Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka, Psychosis, Villano IV
WCW Bash at the Beach July 13, 1997

Shelton Benjamin
Gold Rush Tournament Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Shelton Benjamin
WWE RAW May 2, 2005

Ultimo Dragon
J-Crown Cruiserweight Championship Match
Ultimo Dragon vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
WCW World War 3 November 24, 1996

Eddie Guerrero
ECW World Television Championship Match
Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko
ECW Hardcore TV July 21, 1995

Special Features:

Ultimo Dragon vs. Psychosis
WCW Uncensored March 16. 1997

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jamie Noble
WWE SmackDown April 18, 2008

Sky-Cam with Jamie Noble

Flight Turbulence

DISC TWO:

Degree of Difficulty

Chris Jericho
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Chris Jericho vs. Ultimo Dragon
WCW Bash at the Beach July 13, 1997

1-2-3 Kid
1-2-3 Kid vs. Hakushi
WWF SummerSlam August 27, 1995

Sky-View with John Morrison

John Morrison
John Morrison vs. Tyson Kidd
WWE Superstars July 30, 2009

High Flying Duos

Tag Teams
WWF Tag Team Championship – Triangle Ladder Match
Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Edge / Christian
WWF WrestleMania 2000 April 2, 2000

Super Crazy
3-Way Dance
Tajiri vs. Super Crazy vs. Little Guido
ECW One Night Stand June 12, 2005

Brian Pillman
Brian Pillman vs. Alex Wright
WCW Great American Bash June 18, 1995

Great Muta
Great Muta vs. Sting
WCW Japan Supershow March 21, 1991

Rob Van Dam
WWF Hardcore Championship Match
Jerry Lynn vs. Rob Van Dam
WWF Sunday Night Heat August 5, 2001

Special Feature:

The Hardy Boyz vs. Kai En Tai
WWF Sunday Night Heat September 27, 1998

DISC THREE:

Shawn Michaels
WWF Championship Match
Shawn Michaels vs. Vader
WWF SummerSlam August 18, 1996

Flash Funk
ECW World Television Championship Match
2 Cold Scorpio vs. Sabu
ECW CyberSlam February 17, 1996

Sky-View with Kofi Kingston

Kofi Kingston
Intercontinental Championship Tournament Finals
Kofi Kingston vs. Christian
WWE SmackDown May 14, 2010

Aerodynamics

WWE Light Heavyweights
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Match
Taka Michinoku vs. Pantera
WWF In Your House: No Way Out February 15, 1998

Lita
WWE Women’s Championship Match
Lita vs. Trish Stratus
RAW December 6, 2004

Sabu
ECW World Television Championship Match
Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam
ECW Guilty as Charged January 9, 2000

Jeff Hardy
Steel Cage Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga
WWE RAW January 7, 2008

Rey Mysterio
WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero
WCW Halloween Havoc October 26, 1997

Special Feature:

WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Juventud Guerrero vs. Billy Kidman
World War 3 November 22, 1998

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