{"id":11574,"date":"2019-03-03T14:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T19:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/?p=11574"},"modified":"2019-03-03T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T19:26:53","slug":"my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-3rd-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestlingjournal.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/03\/my-week-in-wrestling-week-ending-3rd-march\/","title":{"rendered":"My Week in Wrestling (week ending 3rd March)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

@RoxBlackburn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week has been a light wrestling week for me but what I\nhave watched has been great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top news out of camp WWE is that Roman Reigns is in remission and is back! This is great news for him personally and still a very stark reminder that there are real people behind these on screen personas with real lives and real problems. I don’t think even WWE anticipated the incredible reception he received on Raw this week. Give it a few months and I’m sure he’ll settle back in and we’ll be complaining about his character again. I for one look forward to that but with a new found warmth and respect for the man behind it. I’ve never been a massive Reigns fan but I am so glad he’s back and I’m so glad I get to complain about him again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of people we like to complain about, please be sure\nto check out my article about Ronda Rousey. I would like to point out that her\nwalking out of Raw, leaving the women\u2019s title in the ring, is the most\ninteresting thing she’s done and shows a greater depth to the storyline between\nher, Becky and Charlotte leading up to Mania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DX for the hall of fame is pretty exciting. Personally I\nwould have loved Chyna to go in on her own. This gives me hope that she will in\nthe future. Other Hall of Fame rumours include Brutus Beefcake and Torrie\nWilson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ooooh The Hardy Boyz are back together on Smackdown. Oh my\nlittle fangirl heart was all aflutter. They are my absolute favourite tag team\nof all time. The tag team divisions needs this experience and expertise to drive\nit forward. A brilliant move, especially as I was convinced we’d seen the last\nof Matt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder what the future holds for AJ Styles, he’s been\npretty quiet this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fastlane is tonight, the final stop before Mania. I couldn’t\ncare less about it if I’m honest. We talk about the throw away TV shows before\nthe Pay Per View, this is the throw away Pay Per View before Mania. I’m sure\nWynter will do a grand job of the review and I’m sure I’ll watch it but for me\nit feels totally unnecessary as there has been no time since the Chamber to\nbuild any storylines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@tvtimelimit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is often the case, my week in wrestling has mostly\nrevolved around watching some of the older classic stuff that I have in my\ncollection. However, it would be remiss of me not to say how great it was to\nhear the news about Roman Reigns and it was a great moment of genuine emotional\noutpouring from the fans to someone who has put their body on the line in the\nname of entertainment. Brilliant stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digging into my pockets, I have bought a few DVD collections\nthat I plan to slowly work my way through. I have the Best of Smoky Mountain\nWrestling, Best of Jushin Liger 1989-1996 and Best of William Regal. I\u2019ve\ndipped my toes in the Regal collection the most so far, primarily as I\u2019ve\nalready seen a lot of early Liger in recent years, and it is interesting to see\nhim in England, Wales and Germany when he was young. The footage I have even\nincludes some of his work from his time working in Blackpool, which is pretty\namazing. A name change to \u2018Steven Jones\u2019 for a run in Reslo was a little bit\ntoo on the nose in terms of trying to make him a bigger babyface, but still, a\nlot of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SMW collection is one I look forward to checking out as\nit is a promotion that I\u2019ve watched bits of, but never had the chance to really\ndive deep into it. From the looks of the match listings, there are a decent\nchunk of fancam footage that accompanies the various television and big show\ntapings, so will be interesting to see guys like the Heavenly Bodies tearing it\nup when the cameras officially weren\u2019t rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at a more modern dilemma, I\u2019m debating whether to\nbuy one of the packages on Fite TV to for my Wrestlemania Weekend viewing. $119.99\nis a lot of money for the one I\u2019m eyeing up in particular, but with it comes\nthe wXw, RevPro, DDT, Stardom, ROH\/New Japan shows, as well as Joey Ryan\u2019s\nPenis Party if that floats your boat. The other package includes Bloodsport and\nthe two Joey Janela shows, which are also tempting, but I don\u2019t think I can\nspend over $200 on wrestling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@TheCiaranJames<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly I have to say how proud I am of\nall the team @ The ProWrestling Journal, the quality of content this year has\nbeen some of the best the site has produced. The recent additions have slotted\nstraight in, and the commitment from all has been terrific. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big news this week was the return\nto WWE television of Roman Reigns, who revealed to the audience that he was in\nremission from Cancer and happy to be back. No timeline was given of his\nreturn, nor did he mention anyone in general, everyone rejoiced in the fact\nthat he was over the worst of his illness. Instead of leaving us guessing of\nwhat his next move might be, WWE went straight to a backstage promo with Baron\nCorbin, surely this was signalling a Fastlane or WrestleMania match with Roman.\nFor me personally this was too soon for Corbin to cut a promo on a man battling\nCancer, it wasn’t that long ago that the former Raw GM told us we’d never see\nReigns again. This was surely another sign that WWE may revert back to the\ntypical Roman Reigns booking philosophy, which in truth scares me. As happy as\nthe majority are that Reigns is back, how long will it be until he is no longer\nbulletproof, if WWE revert back to Roman being the man the sympathy of the fan\nbase decrease?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something else that caught my eye this\nweek happened on Smackdown Live, to my surprise WWE Champion Daniel Bryan\nsuffered another pinfall defeat. This week Bryan was taking the pin after\nsuffering Kevin Owens version of a Stone Cold Stunner, this now also means that\nanother once protected move will become diluted and overused. Daniel Bryan has\nbeen WWE champion since November, and since then he has suffered numerous\ndefeats on live television to non challengers, as much as Bryan plays the\npetulant heel surely you need to protect your champion? This is just another\nissue with WWE’s ongoing TV product, the lack of consistency and build of\ncharacters is scary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also booked tickets this week for two\nfuture shows, the first is Dragon Pro Wrestling in mid-March, the other being\nKamikaze Pro Live in May. I can confidently say that both events will be\nterrific and feature some of the best young talent in the United Kingdom, these\ntwo promotions have evolved greatly over the last 18 months and now are two of\nthe most prominent in the UK. Dragon Pro is renowned for producing the best\ncrop of talent currently working on the independent scene and for WWE. Kamikaze\nPro Live was originally an academy show, however the calibre of wrestlers\nnow being produced and appearing on their events demands your attention. They\nare a progressive organisation and dojo that just keeps producing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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