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This year’s edition of the Royal Rumble arrives amidst a curious period within the wrestling business. At this stage of the year, we’re usually waist-deep in discussion about Mania, and grumbling about how HHH is being set up in a title match at the big event.
However, the beginning of 2010 has seen enormous changes behind the scenes in TNA that have made that company, the main talking point of insiders, while the WWE’s biggest coup has been to bring Bret Hart back to the fold, following an absence that he had maintained since 1997.
That said, the 2010 Rumble has been built up…
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I didn’t intend on writing this until after Lockdown for the simple reason that I didn’t think there’d be much to talk about but the last three weeks have given me more than enough to talk about.
Hulk Hogan has been on every media outlet that’d take him and he said a lot of the right things in relation to TNA. Less talk, less scripting of promos, ‘breathing life’ into TNA’s…
Ever since October 27th people have been wondering what effect Hulk Hogan will have on TNA. Will he be involved in creative? Will he wrestle? And most importantly will TNA as we knew it change forever? Over the following…
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Columnists, DVD & Book Reviews, Featured, MMA News, Martin Smith, UFC, UFC Titles »
Columnists, DVD & Book Reviews, Featured, MMA News, Martin Smith, UFC, UFC Titles »
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So then, Monday, January 4th 2010 – the much hyped reincarnation of the famed “Monday Night Wars”. At least according to some. Much ado about nothing, I say.
January 4th was the night on which TNA fired a shot, made their intentions known and stated that they were truly serious about stepping up a notch. Meanwhile, the office in Stamford simply shrugged their shoulders. Perhaps they were right to do so, given that the ratings were in the 3.6 range to TNA’s 1.5.
But they were not right from the perspective that they believe it’s acceptable at any time to be sitting back and taking it easy…
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With 2010 upon us, we thought we’d share with you our favourite moments from the MMA scene in 2009.
MMA enjoyed huge success throughout the year, with several fighters going on to become world class athletes. The highlights were endless – Team UK impressed during season nine of The Ultimate Fighter, Kimbo Slice made his UFC debut, Dan Hardy sent shockwaves through the welterweight division, Team England impressed in the M1 Challenge and Affliction suffered in similar fashion to the PRIDE organisation.
One thing is for sure however, it was an awesome year to be an MMA fan…
