by Stephen Ashfield on 23 August 2009 Back in 1988 Vince McMahon’s expansion of the World Wrestling Federation was gathering pace. Wrestlemania was well established and the previous year he’d launched The Survivor Series. Now all he needed was a massive event between the two PPVs so on 29th August 1988, Summerslam was born. It’s gone on to become the second biggest PPV of the year, so it’s time to take a look back at the history of this event and explain amongst many other things, why Inter-Continental Champions have every reason to be very worried when they defend their title at Summerslam...

by Stephen Ashfield on 4 April 2009 When it's time for Wrestlemania, everything else fades into insignificance. We need escapism in this world, we need great entertainment and to watch great athletes. Wrestlemania is all that and more. In a Three Count special, it's time to look back over the history of the event that changed wrestling forever...

by Stephen Ashfield on 4 April 2009 The arena goes dark and smoke begins to appear as the druids make their return to WrestleMania. The music that stills sends shivers down our spine echoes around the arena and another opponent of the Phenom awaits his fate. Because you see, The Undertaker never loses at WrestleMania OK! It was at the Survivor Series in 1990 that The Undertaker made his WWE debut and as the latest in a seemingly never-ending conveyor belt of gimmicks arrived, none of us could dare to believe The Deadman would still be at the top of the tree 18 years later...

by Stephen Ashfield on 11 March 2009 So another WrestleMania is on the horizon and the card so far announced has a distinct feeling of having gone back to the drawing board on more than one occasion. In the weeks leading up to WrestleMania 25 I’ll be taking a look at the matches due to be taking place culminating in one giant preview of the event at the start of April...

by Stephen Ashfield on 22 May 2007 Welcome to another Three Count and this time around I’m taking a look at what’s been happening in WWE these past few weeks. There’s certainly been a number of events which has left the companies plans in tatters but have the new ideas been fully thought through and is it perhaps time to end this whole brand extension when it comes to having two champions?

by Stephen Ashfield on 31 March 2007 So we come to the biggest show of the year and a rather strangely constructed Wrestlemania 23 event. Despite being present the Raw tag champs, IC Champion and ECW World Champion aren’t putting their belts on the line. No sign either of a cruiserweight title match or Smackdown tag title match either. Why have titles if they’re not going to be defended on the biggest show of the year? As is often the case Mr McMahon thinks he’s more important than his wrestlers and again will steal the limelight in his Battle of the Billionaires match which will see him doing Kojak impressions for the next few months. Time to preview Wrestlemania 23...

by Stephen Ashfield on 2 December 2006 Once there was a wrestling company that was innovative, entertaining and sadly run as well financially as a Christmas hamper business. ECW changed wrestling all over the world, it may not have had the highest attendances and could only dream of the kind of buy rates WWE get on an off-day but they’ll live on in our memories forever. Of course ECW isn’t dead is it? It still exists in the mind of Vince McMahon who saw some dollar signs in front of his eyes and believed he could make some money by resurrecting ECW. This month it has its first PPV but do we really need ECW?

by Stephen Ashfield on 4 November 2006 So what was Taboo about a Tuesday then? Oh yeah crap PPV buy rates, that's what. Nothing to do with the crap that goes on in the ring though of course. Well it's time to click on the vote button as many times as you want and get ready for Cyber Sunday...

by Stephen Ashfield on 15 October 2006 Welcome to the Three Count, yes I'm back and this week I'm going to take a look at the current champions in WWE and ECW after the announcement of the main event for Cyber Sunday, yes Tuesday really was Taboo when it came to PPV ratings...

by Stephen Ashfield on 3 October 2006 Welcome to another edition of the Three Count and this week I'm going to take a look at TNA as it tries to break the stranglehold that WWE has on professional wrestling in the USA...