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The Iron Jung
Iron Jung #8: From midcard to main event - all we need is a little patience
by The Iron Jung on 28 June 2008
Howdy folks for another edition of the Iron Jung. In my last column I focused on Chris Jericho. Literally days after I highlighted my love for his will he/won’t he approach to being a heel, they pulled the trigger on his heel turn. In a way I was very frustrated, as I felt there was significant mileage to be given to drawing out Jericho’s dilemma. However it was clearly inevitable that he would turn heel sooner, rather than later. Because that’s the thing with the WWE. Patience, in the last few years, has never been one of their strong points...
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Iron Jung #7: Chris Jericho - Save Us Y2J?
by The Iron Jung on 8 June 2008
Greetings boys and girls, I hope your all well and gearing up for the European Championships. I’m sure they’ll be a fair few surprises like Greece in 2004. For me personally though I’ve already had a surprise and that surprise (love the linkage) has been the one and only Chris Jericho. Thus this week I’ll be focusing on the man known as Y2J and telling you all why Jericho’s gone from being stale and dull to the most interesting man on Raw...
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Iron Jung #6: WWE - Deja Vu All Over Again
by The Iron Jung on 1 June 2008
After my last column on TNA, I thought I’d focus on their superior. The company synonymous with the word wrestling. The WWE. Now I had a variety of people from all over the globe and one person who sounded like he was from Saturn, ask me about my comment from my TNA post in relation to the confusion surrounding WWE’s identity. Well this week I shall discuss my likes and dislikes with regards to current WWE and explain why financially they are in the best shape but creatively; I just can’t get into their programming...
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Iron Jung #5: TNA - Turns, Nonsense, Aimless. The Crystal Ball for the Future of Wrestling's Number Two
by The Iron Jung on 18 May 2008
Yo Yo Yo let me speak on this. No it’s not Konnan, he’s too busy sorting out his K to the I to the D to the Neys. But this week’s column is linked to K-Dogg. You see he has a problem with TNA. And so do I. While Konnan may want money from TNA for discrimination, I’m ensuring TNA get none of my money. This week I am going to focus on the number 2 wrestling promotion in the USA and explain why being number 1 is a pipedream which won’t ever happen. Yes it really is that cut and dry...
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Iron Jung #4: Triple H - Played the wrong game?
by The Iron Jung on 6 May 2008
Now who watched Backlash? Come on hands up. I imagine a fair few of you. Not because the product is scintillating and you can’t even miss an episode of Heat. Why of course, it was free (for those of us in the UK) wasn’t it? And fair play to you for taking advantage. Stick it to the man. Yet I’m sure a lot of you groaned at the end of the event as we saw for the 117th time, Triple H begin another title reign, which will last what seems like forever. Before you say it though, I’m not going to go on a long rant about his boring counter productive promos from years ago or even how his ability to elevate stars is as good as Teddy Hart’s ability to keep a job. I’m actually going to go for a more well-rounded, civil and helpful approach...
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 The Iron Jung #3: Maybe It's Time To Tag Out: The Truth Behind WWE Tag-Team Wrestling
by The Iron Jung 26 April 2008
The Iron Jung #2: The Inevitable Chapter of Jeff Hardy in Wrestling History
by The Iron Jung 18 April 2008
The Iron Jung #1: Ric Flair
by The Iron Jung 10 April 2008
 | THWD: WWE Raw Find?s It?s Feet
By Tink Holloway on 28 June 2008 |
| WWE Draft RAW - June 23rd 2008
I have to admit to being mildly interested in this year?s Raw draft. WWE is in major need of a change and this was their chance to make those changes. I was convinced however that the creative geniuses behind the WWE would drop the ball again [...] |
| | THWD: One Year On - The Benoit Problem
By Tink Holloway on 22 June 2008 |
| Almost one year ago, news began filtering through that Chris Benoit, one of professional wrestling?s finest ever competitors had died at the age of 40. At first all of us, fans and the industry alike, mourned and wondered what exactly it was about professional wrestling that led to so many of [...] |
| | THWD: The case for a WWE off-season
By Tink Holloway on 3 May 2008 |
| My goodness, how long ago does Wrestlemania seem already!? Despite the WWE’s attempts to link everything they could at Backlash with WM24, the night felt far detached from the bright lights of the Citrus Bowl. It’s a shame that there is so little time to take in what happened at the biggest event of the [...] |
| | THWD: MMA and Wrestling?
By Tink Holloway on 25 April 2008 |
| I’d like to make a survey asking fans of professional wrestling why it is that they watch it. I wonder how many of them would answer because it’s a form of combat? I only wonder about this because over the last 3 or 4 years I’ve become increasingly perplexed at the close proximity of sports-entertainment [...] |
| | THWD: UK - The WWE?s nice little earner
By Tink Holloway on 18 April 2008 |
| Ever since I was very young and watched my first WWE (F as it was at the time) pay-per-view, Royal Rumble 1994, I had always wanted to see it live. The way Vince McMahon would assure everybody that the arena had gone cold when The Undertaker came out and the fan reaction to Bret Hart?s [...] |
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