In the penultimate edition of the Jim Cornette series for this week, I wanted to outline a number of issues Jim Cornette has with ‘writing’ or aspiring writers in the world of professional wrestling, in order to both inform us and avoid verbal abuse at the upcoming seminar on How To Be A Manager and Booker this Sunday at the WrestleTalk TV studio. For the full in-depth verbal assassination Continue reading
In two of his contributions to Fighting Spirit Magazine and Cornette’s Commentaries, Jim Cornette discusses the thin line between love and hate in wrestling in one, and the historic rise of the art form in both Britain and America, highlighting the key contributions of legitimate tough men in the business. This theme is expanded upon in the book ‘Shooters: The Toughest Men in Professional Wrestling’ by Jonathan Snowden, which concludes with a resounding chapter that suggests Daniel Bryan maybe the latest in a long lasting tradition of legitimate tough athletes in professional wrestling. Continue reading
The United Kingdom’s Government has plans for a cultural co-operative venture with the People’s Republic of China. A donation of £1,500,000 has been provided Continue reading
Two episodes into the Neal Adams trilogy, we’re already filled to the brim with, as Kevin Smith would say, audio pornography. The third act explores real life superhero Neal Adams’ approach for The Caped Crusader before putting an even bigger twist on all things Cape & Cowl.
Adams tells Continue reading
Last week on RAW, we saw Ryback return to accept an open challenge held by ‘The Inspirational’ Bo Dallas. What I mean by that, is we saw the entertaining, captivating and energy-fuelled ‘Big Guy’ babyface we watched rise through the ranks and contest at the main event level while holding his own.
After a surprisingly hot run in the company as a hero (or ‘babyface’), where entire crowds (high-pitched and low-pitched) would be screaming “Feed Me More!” it really did seem strange to suddenly pull the trigger on him after WrestleMania 29. Continue reading
Let’s celebrate Marvel Monday with Kate Bishop, the second Hawkeye from Young Avengers!
Neal Adams is a legendary comic-book artist, known for his influential run on ‘Hard Travelling Heroes’ with prestigious writer Denny O’Neill. In my last article, I went into Adams’ fight to create a respectable black superhero, namely John Stewart as Green Lantern.
In the next episode, we hear the difficulties artists used to have with retaining the rights to their work on the comic books we have come to know and love. Adams goes into his persistent but professional fight (self-admittedly with additional dramatic flair) for his fellow comic book creators.
NXT Takeover took place on September the 11th 2014 and it was the first time I ever saw Charlotte in action – and I think she might be Continue reading
Real Life Superhero
For fans of comic books or writers in general, Kevin Smith’s FatMan on Batman podcast series with Smodcast is one of the most amazing shows you can listen to. But even greater than that, in an episode from January 2014, Kevin Smith sits down with legendary comic book artist Neal Adams.
In the first of three episodes, Neal discusses Continue reading
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