By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 20, 2021 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling
This year's holiday gift - a late Hanukkah, early Christmas gift - is a very rare audio CD entitled WCW Christmas Brawl. While the name is appropriate for this holiday, I assure you that this disc does NOT feature wrestlers singing Christmas carols.…
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 29, 2021 at 7:48 PM in Wrestling
It's been almost a year since I last wrote about Botchamania. It's my favorite wrestling comedy series, so when I spot a goof (aka a "botch") in a wrestling program, I send creator Maffew Gregg an e-mail about it. In the latest episode, Botchamania…
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By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 11, 2021 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
The Biography: WWE Legends Volume 1 and Volume 2 DVDs were recently released by Lionsgate. Read on to find out more about them...
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By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 3, 2020 at 1:03 PM in Wrestling
Yes, I've written about Botchamania before. I'm writing about it again because in the latest episode, Botchamania #423, another botch that I spotted was used. Read on to find out more...
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 24, 2020 at 5:09 PM in Wrestling
Yes, I've written about Botchamania before. I'm writing about it again because in the latest episode, Botchamania #422, three botches that I spotted were used. Read on to find out more...
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 11, 2020 at 8:50 PM in Reviews, Wrestling
Ahead of Dynamite's one-year anniversary, All Elite Wrestling and TNT launched the AEWDynamiteArena.com website on or around October 14, 2020. Read on to find out more about it...
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 3, 2020 at 5:49 PM in Wrestling
Botchamania is a popular video series created by Maffew Gregg (his name being a botch on "Matthew") that highlights humorous, embarrassing, and sometimes painful botches in professional wrestling. Each installment compiles clips of in-ring wrestling…
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 15, 2018 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Mystery/Blind Bags
Surprise, surprise. I'm writing about another mystery repack box, but this time it's not from The Fairfield Company. This one is from the MJ Holding Company, LLC (in Bedford Park, IL), and it's apparently a…
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By Paul Rudoff on Nov. 14, 2018 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Mystery/Blind Bags
I've written about The Fairfield Company's Target-exclusive mystery boxes in the past. Each of these boxes, whether they be for wrestling, The Walking Dead, or something else, contains a bunch of previously-released "blind box" cards/collectibles…
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 27, 2017 at 11:30 PM in Wrestling, Mystery/Blind Bags
Undoubtedly, if you've been to a Target store, you've seen the "cards and collectibles" section at the end of the checkout lanes. It's where you'll find all of the sports cards, Garbage Pail Kids, Wacky Packages, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and all of that other…
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 13, 2017 at 10:27 PM in Wrestling
Back in the 1990s and 2000s I used to be an autograph collector. I had quite a large collection featuring a wide variety of actors, actresses, singers, models, voice actors, animators, wrestlers, and wrestling personalities. A good chunk of it got…
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By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 27, 2016 at 11:29 PM in Filming Locations, Wrestling
(View on YouTube) WWE and 2K released a new trailer for the new WWE 2K17 video game (due out in two weeks), and as I was watching it last night on Raw, I couldn't help but notice a bunch of Easter Eggs. I knew that I would have to get an HD copy from…
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By Paul Rudoff on Aug. 18, 2011 at 1:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on August 18, 2011 Archive Footage Shown In Wrong Aspect Ratio (4:3 Stretched Or Cropped Into 16:9), Stretched Footage Gives Me A Headache I really don't understand why any company would author a DVD like TNA did with…
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By Paul Rudoff on Sep. 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on September 23, 2010 An Analysis Of The Lockdown 2005 DVD Alterations Included in the TNA Anthology: The Epic Set box set are the following three pay-per-views: * Victory Road 2004 (November 7, 2004) [TNA's first…
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By Paul Rudoff on Jul. 7, 2010 at 1:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on July 7, 2010 A 30 Minute Sampler, No Complete Matches Or Promos The Rock: The Peoples' Champion VHS (not to be confused with The Rock: The People's Champ VHS) is a short, 30 minute sampler of promo and match…
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 6, 2009 at 3:23 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on April 6, 2009, the day after the live Wrestlemania 25 event took place. -------------------------------------------------- I have been a WWE fan for over 25 years. I've seen every Wrestlemania, been to three of them…
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By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Audio
This review was originally written on April 11, 2008 Good Music, But Beware Of The Restrictive Disclaimer - Can't Resell Or Give Away The CD You Bought I bought the Lilian Garcia - Quiero Vivir! audio CD from Amazon in March 2008. Although I don't…
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By Paul Rudoff on May. 5, 2005 at 5:00 PM in Wrestling, Home Video
This review was originally written on May 5, 2005 Comparing The DVD To The Previous VHS Release Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, also known as G.L.O.W., was a women's professional wrestling promotion that aired in syndication from 1986–1990, with the…
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By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 20, 2004 at 12:00 PM in Wrestling, Video Games
This review was originally written on December 20, 2004 I Hope You Like Playing 1-On-1 Hardcore Matches Over And Over And Over Again The first Backyard Wrestling game (subtitled "Don't Try This At Home") received poor reviews from just about everyone…
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