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Future-Shock #22

Welcome to another Future-Shock: Find out what I have been doing in recent weeks, plus whom did a certain wrestling promoter want to team me up with?

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Future-Shock #21

Yes indeed, the 21st Future-Shock, and another round of analysis of the wrestling scene from a UK wrestlers perspective. I remember doing an interview for a northern-based television company in 2001, and in that interview I spoke about the upturn in British wrestling business. Now, here in 2004, if I were to do the same interview, I think I would have to pause before I used the same tone…

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Future-Shock #20

Short of an unscripted feud between Ric Flair and anyone dissed by his book, wrestling doesn’t seem to be bringing the feuds that viewers need to get ‘hooked’.
I’ve often said that much of the WWE’s success post 1998 is because of 4 on-screen characters, in this order, Mike Tyson, Steve Austin, Vince McMahon, The Rock…

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Future-Shock #19

Ric Flair says that Mick Foley is no great shakes because he is a stunt man rather than a wrestler. I asked in the last edition of the Future Shock, just how much amateur wrestling background and technical wrestling expertise matters in the total package of being a ‘sports entertainer’. The response was mixed. Here’s my take…

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Future-Shock #18

Rather than in a ring, a war of words has erupted as a result of Ric Flair’s statements made about various iconic figures in the wrestling business, in a new book to be released as an autobiography. These statements have been met with bitter responses. It’s a battle that interests fans and wrestlers alike, and I like everyone else has an opinion on whom should be the most upset and why. This issue is going to be the theme for the next few Future-Shocks’, as I try to do the debate justice…

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Future-Shock #17

Over the past couple of weeks I have been continuing my MMA/ Grappling training. It’s different from pro wrestling in the sense that, with Pro, there is a more strict technique in terms of which side of the opponent’s body you go for. With the MMA, moves have to be done from either side, and so you have to cast off some of the old habits…

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Future-Shock #16

Its great to be back after a couple of weeks absence. In this issue of the Future-Shock, I’m going to talk for the first time on my recent MMA experience. As I mentioned earlier, my training has undergone its usual annual overhaul and I have done something that most pro wrestlers would find pretty intimidating- that is throwing myself into the world of Mixed Martial Arts training…

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Future-Shock #15

Over the course of the “Future Shock” columns that I have written so far, I have looked at a number of the side issues surrounding wrestling. We’ve talked about the politics, the way promotions work in the UK, and lots of other elements such as booking, both here and abroad, and most recently attitude. Those issues are all very dear to my heart. They are not as dear to my heart as the art of wrestling, itself, however…

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Future-Shock #14

Just finishing up on last weeks article on attitude, and my 2 cents on the Eugene character…

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Future-Shock #13

This week’s future shock is about having the right attitude to succeed in the ring, and in the locker room…