Happy Anniversary

To me actually.  Ten years ago to the day, I posted my first ever review.  Now it’s about 5200 later, meaning I put up about ten reviews a week.  I know I’ve slowed down a lot over the years, but egads how did that happen?  Thank you for being around with me this long and I’ll try to be around for a long time.  I mean, I’m destined for carpal tunnel but I can get someone to take dictation right?




Things Are Going To Be A Bit Slow

My grandmother has been diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time and likely won’t be making it until February.  I’ll be at the hospital more often than not and while I’ll have my laptop, I won’t be able to do much.  I might check out a show just to get my mind off things for a bit but I have no idea how things are going to go for the time being.

 

KB




Heading To England For A Few Weeks

It’s time to go see the in-laws again so I’ll be down for a bit.  The time situation won’t let me do any live shows while I’m gone but I’ll be doing them ASAP as I’ll have some down time over there.  I already have all the columns and 2004 shows written in advance so they’ll be up as usual.  I’ll try to throw out some old school stuff to fill in some of the gaps.

 

KB




You Know What Would Make A Good Christmas Present?

An e-book (Or a paperback book.  Or both.) about wrestling.  Say by someone who watches a lot of it.  Even if it’s late, it’s the thought that counts.

 

I’ve got nearly thirty different subjects to pick from so there must be something you’ll like.




Your Chance To Tell Me What I Should Do

What changes should I make?

So the other night, someone left me a comment (politely) saying that my older reviews were better/more entertaining than the current ones. I tend to agree with this, but I’m not entirely sure how to fix it. I know I used to get more annoyed and angry at a lot of the stuff back in the day but that’s not something I can just turn back on. My life is a lot better than it used to be but more importantly, so much of wrestling today feels more bland than stupid and anger inducing.

On top of that, I now do live coverage for almost every show, which takes away the amount of time I have to really go into detail and such (notice that in the reviews of older shows, the details/annoyances are at a bit of a higher pace). At the end of the day, the live coverage style is what has me paying my bills and actually doing this for a living so I can’t change much of that.

Now all that being said, the last thing I want to be is boring/dull. Therefore, I thought I’d ask my loyal readers (who I certainly appreciate and whose opinions matter more than most anyone else as you’re the ones who stick with me) what they think I should change/what they want to see more/less of. I’m not saying I’ll make the changes (some stuff I have to do for the sake of finances) but I can always use input like this.

So what would make things more entertaining for you here? More of a certain kind of show? Less of something? More opinion stuff? More anger/annoyances? More analytical style? Anything really. I’m typically just going off what I’ve done in the past so I’d like to know what you would like to see. Like I said, I can’t guarantee that I’ll do/not do some of them but I can always go for some (hopefully constructive) criticism.

Go for it.

KB




History of Saturday Night’s Main Event and Clash of the Champions Now in Paperback, Plus Price Drops

Before we get to these new ones, a quick update: I’ve lowered the prices on all of the books. I was looking at them the other day and the prices were just too high. I probably wouldn’t pay that much for them and I have no idea why anyone else should be expected to either. Each one has been lowered by at least a dollar and some far more than that. The British prices have been lowered as well.

You can check them out, with the new prices, by clicking on any of the following:

History of Wrestlemania, the Royal Rumble, Survivor Series and Summerslam.

NXT Volume I and Volume II

And now, for something new.

If you’re a wrestling fan, odds are you’re familiar with these two series. They’re some of the most important wrestling shows in history and for vastly different reasons. While Saturday Night’s Main Event offered a chance for the masses to see the WWF on a major TV network, Clash of the Champions went the other way and offered pay per view caliber matches on TBS.

In these books I’ve gone back and looked at every episode of both series to see why each one worked (and didn’t work) in their own ways. There were thirty five Clash of the Champions specials and thirty six Saturday Night’s Main Events, though I’ve thrown in the five Main Event specials as a bonus. Each show is broken down match by match and segment by segment with context, play by play and analysis.

Both are ready to go from Amazon in full paperback form. They’re both priced at $9.99 each and are available worldwide (only in English) from any country’s Amazon page. Here are the links for the US and UK versions.

Saturday Night’s Main Event – US, UK

Clash of the Champions – US, UK

Or just search “KB Saturday Night” or “KB Clash” on Amazon.

All of my e-books (24 different topics) are available here:

https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Hall/e/B00E6282W6

I hope you like these and please shoot me any questions you may have.

KB




So This Happened

I’ll never top this as a wrestling fan.  Ever.

Signed 30 years to the day.

Taken while a Hart Foundation match with Jimmy managing was playing on a TV just over my left shoulder.  He seemed rather excited.




Greetings From Orlando

So in case I forgot to mention it, I’m back at Wrestlemania this year but since the wife is visiting family, I can go to WAY more stuff than I did last year.  On the schedule this year:

Minimum of 3 signings (might be four depending on time)

Two indy shows

Axxess

Wrestlecon

Takeover

Wrestlemania

Raw

Smackdown

 

Therefore, as you might expect, the regular shows will be a bit late.  Smackdown will be up tomorrow, assuming I don’t go to the Orlando Magic game.  I’ll have my live reports up as soon as I can as well.

KB




So These Now Exist

And they still make my head spin.

 




Merry Christmas Everyone

Hope you all had a good one.

 

KB and Mrs. KB