Wrestlingbytinks towers has been subjected to illness this week (Yeuch!) so it's been a tad quiet; that said, here's the roundup of this weeks highlights.
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Monday, 24 June 2013
What's new this week 24 June 2013
Hey Guys! So I figured that every Monday I'd give you guys a round up of the new products coming out from WWEShop and from WWE DVD here in the UK. Click on the photos to go directly to the products.
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Bleacher Creatures are 10" collectible beanies of your favourite superstars. Currently available are CM Punk, John Cena, Ryback, Sheamus and Team Hell No. The six are available for $99.99 or are $19.99 each. There are also two twin packs of Team Hell No or Cena and Ryback priced at $35.99
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This Commemorative plaque limited to 500 pieces is available for pre-order for $129.99. The plaque features photographs from Wrestlemania 29 and a piece of the ring mat and will be released on July 8th
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This signed plaque depicts Dolph's Money in the Bank cash in on the Raw after Wrestlemania. Priced at $129.99, there are just (you guessed it) 500 available for pre order for release on 27th June
UK Fans will know there's a new home of dvd - WWEDVD.co.uk. This week's release is:
The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History. Available on Bluray (£22.99) and Dvd (£19.99) also available at Asda and HMV (prices may vary)
Sunday, 23 June 2013
This Week in WWE 17-23 June 2013
Hey Guys! I figure that since I don't usually get to see Raw or Smackdown live that instead of doing a write up of both shows I'll do a week round up with the main headlines coming out of both shows. Here's this weeks! Since these round up could technically constitute spoilers, you'll find this weeks news after the jump.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Results Round Up - Payback's a hit
Hey Guys, here's the round up of Payback's results.
Sheamus defeated Damien Sandow - A solid match, perhaps should have appeared on the main show. I think by having these two on the pre show is to build watch figures. The best thing about the pre show is the panel; hosted by Josh Matthews The Big Show, Cody Rhodes and R-Truth gave their insight into specific matches. A thoroughly enjoyable addition to the show in general.
Sad sad news
I will have a post about Payback and Raw going up later this evening.
If you follow me on Twitter you may have already caught wind of the awful news I am about to share.
Being an AJ fan I've been following the lovely gang over at april-jeanette.org. One of the site's staff members, Shirlz, has suffered a terrible tragedy which resulted in the loss of her mother and sister in a house fire. While I did not know Hayleigh, I have heard wonderful things about her and her devotion to WWE and wrestling and it is always sad to lose a member of our community.
Caleb and Dana have set up a fund to try and raise some money to help Shirlz. The appeal has already raised over £1000. If you'd like to donate you can do so by going here. Your generosity is appreciated.
Sunday, 16 June 2013
How can WWE save the Divas Division?
Seeing Stephanie McMahon on Raw over the last few weeks left me reminiscing about the days when she, Trish Stratus, Lita and the many other female wrestlers were involved in some way in Raw each and every week.
It led me to ponder about today's product. With so many talented females like Natalya, AJ and Tamina Snuka why has the division fallen flat on its face?
I don't think that the shift to a more family friendly product can be blamed. Rumor has it that Triple H isn't a fan of the division but I don't know if there is any truth in that, especially if you think that Hunter was responsible for bringing Chyna into the wrestling business.
When AJ Lee became Daniel Bryan's girlfriend and later the Raw GM I thought there would have been a resurgence in visible female characters. With her match against Kaitlyn taking place on Payback I still hold out for this reality, and with good things coming out about Paige in NXT it seems a shift towards wrestling ability over just a lady's looks is happening. This can only be a step forward.
One of the 'Did You Know' cards has trumpeted the female audience of WWE Programming at a 36% share of the total viewing numbers. While it's great that a company with a high youth audience is taking part in campaigns like Be A Star isn't it about time that WWE took steps to show positive female role models to the young girs in the audience? In a time where childhood obesity makes daily news headlines and young women suffering with self esteem issues WWE could use their strong, beautiful and intelligent women in an engaging manner to help inspire youngsters to be happy and healthy.
In my 13 plus years as a wrestling fan my interest in female wrestling has waned and I think that is mainly because I have no interest in watching 'models'* pretend to know how to wrestle. It's turned the divas matches into 'Piss breaks' for many fans.
Scrap the Barbie belt and bring back the Women's Championship and give those ladies a chance to show the audience that they really are talented. The show with E!, Total Divas, isn't what I want to see from them though
*I know that they aren't from model backgrounds but in recent times it has certainly been a sense of style of substance in the recruitment of women wrestlers.
Payback Predictions
Welcome everybody to my Payback predictions post!
This is a new PPV this year and replaces No Way Out
There are 8 matches for us to think about and you can find out what I think after the jump
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