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The Rise and Fall of ECW — Disc One

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The Rise and Fall of ECW — Disc One
Released by WWF: November 16, 2004

Matt’s review of The Rise and Fall of WCW inspired me to do more of a play-by-play review for the documentary instead of the three paragraphs I had previously. Sort of an abridged ECW history according to this WWE-produced release. While the WCW documentary goes only about 90 minutes, the much shorter history of ECW is given almost a whopping three hours! No justice, right, WCW fans? Read the rest of this entry

Drama’s Smackdown Report 9/18/09

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Drama’s Smackdown Report 9/18/09

Friday Night Smackdown!
September 18, 2009
Hamilton, Ontario
Jim Ross and Todd Grisham

We have a package from Breaking Point, where Undertaker won the World Heavyweight Championship, and then he didn’t. We go live and a limo pulls into the backstage area, and out of it comes Teddy Long, who is of course booed vociferously. He has a big security team surrounding him, and he heads to the ring. Read the rest of this entry

The Rise & Fall of WCW – Disc One

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The Rise and Fall of WCW – Disc One
Released: 8/25/2009

It’s pretty fitting that this would be my first wrestling DVD documentary I’ve ever reviewed. Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Raw Report 8/24/09

Monday Night Raw 8/24/09
Thomas &
Mack Center
Las Vegas
, NV

Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler

– We kick off this week’s show with a quick recap of last night’s Cena/Orton Summerslam encounter. And right away we can confirm that the “fan interference” during the match was a work Read the rest of this entry

Dailymotion Mixtape – Kurt Angle (Part 2, now featuring YouTube!)

Kurt Angle Mixtape Part Two
We begin part two with the year 2003. Even after his serious neck surgery after WrestleMania 19, there was still nobody better in the world than Kurt Angle. Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Raw Report 6/29/09

Monday Night Raw 6/29/09
HP Pavilion
San Jose
, CA
Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler

– We open the show in the arena as Lillian Garcia immediately brings out the Chairman, Mr. McMahon. Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Raw Report 6/22/09

Monday Night Raw 6/21/09
Resch
Center
Green Bay
. WI
Announcers: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Todd Grisham & Jim Ross

– We start off the show with a recap of last week’s Read the rest of this entry

Generations: Linda McMahon

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Generations: Linda McMahon

So before anybody says anything, I’m just filling a request. Because that’s the kind of man I am.

Your host is…Linda McMahon.

This is basically an interview with Linda mixed in with clips. Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Raw Report 5/25/09

Monday Night Raw 5/25/09
Staples
Center
Los Angeles
, CA
Announcers: Michael Cole & Jim Ross

– We open the show with a dedication to the US Armed Forces in recognition of Memorial Day and then hit the opening animation before heading inside the Staples Center for this bastard child edition of Raw! Michael Cole and Jim Ross welcome us to Raw and run down our card. And right out of the gate we are joined by an E. Stan Kroenke impersonator, the owner of the Denver Nuggets. As he makes his way out to “Hail to the Chief” we get a video recap of the Denver Debacle Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Raw Report 4/6/09

Monday Night Raw 4/6/09
Toyota
Center
Houston
, TX
Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler

– We start the show off with a Wrestlemania recap Read the rest of this entry