Got my ticket today to go with one to Wrestlemania and Raw the night after.  I leave for the show in 27 days and am finally getting excited about this.

Anyone else going?

It’s their world and we’re just watching it.The other day, someone posted a comment on here praising me for my analysis, knowledge and reviews.  I appreciated that quite a bit and still shake my head when I read such kind words written about me, but there’s something everyone needs to keep in mind: wrestling journalists, reviewers, writers or whatever you want to call us are almost all on the outside looking in.

Unless there’s something I’m unaware of, neither Dave Meltzer, Bryan Alvarez, Wade Keller, Scott Keith, certainly not myself, or any other wrestling writer have big time wrestling experience.  I’m well aware that several of them have sources inside WWE, TNA and/or ROH, but that’s the key to it: those sources are inside and reporting things to the people outside.  There are things that we’re never going to know about or understand no matter how smart we think we are, how well read we think we are, or how many reviews we browse, shows we watch or shoot interviews we download every day.

Side note: Shoot interviews are not some uncovered gospel.  There’s no one hooking the wrestlers up to a lie detector and threatening them with a bullet to the head if they tell the truth.  I can’t count how many times people have sworn something is true because it was a SHOOT.  Wrestlers make their livings lying to us every single night, but I’m supposed to take everything they say as true because they tell me it’s true now?  It doesn’t work that way.  Do you think a guy who might be able to get a job in WWE in the future is going to tell the truth and say he hates WWE’s business practices and that it would be a nightmare to work there?  Shoot interviews are another way for wrestlers to get us to pay for their stories, just like we do when we go to a show.  Same idea.

At the end of the day, I’m a wrestling fan that has watched a lot of wrestling in my life.  I have what I consider a fairly decent knowledge of modern wrestling history, but the only things I know for sure are what I’m given on screen.  No matter how you look at it, everything we know is based on what people inside allow us to know.  Take everything any wrestling writer or journalist (myself certainly included) with a grain of salt the size of a Buick.  We’re going on what we’re told, but there’s no guarantee that anything we’re told is true.

Remember to follow me on Twitter @kbreviews and pick up my new book of on the History of Summerslam at Amazon for just $3.99 at:

And check out my Amazon author page with wrestling books for under $4 at:

It’s the biggest party of the Summer and one of the best series of wrestling shows ever.  Summerslam started in 1988 and has gone on to give us some of the best matches in WWE history.  It began as little more than a way to bridge the gap from Wrestlemania to the new Survivor Series pay per view but soon took on a life of its own.

Over the years there were such classics as Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon in a ladder match, Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect, The Rock vs. HHH in a ladder match, the first ever TLC match, Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels, John Cena vs. CM Punk, Undertaker vs. Edge inside the Cell, Batista vs. John Cena, CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar and John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan.  The show was often a launching pad for new stars with Rock and HHH in particular going from midcard sensations to the top of the company.

In this new e-book, I look back at every edition of the show, breaking down each match, segment and show as a whole, providing analysis, history and my thoughts on why everything either worked or didn’t work.

First and foremost, I want to thank my new graphic designer who did an amazing job putting together the new cover for me.  Check out his website and work at philkocher.com

The book is available from Amazon for just $4 and runs 350 pages on a Kindle.

You can pick it up from Amazon here.

If you’re in the UK, you can pick it up here.

If you’re in Canada, you can pick it up here.

Or if you’re in another country with its own Amazon page, just search KB’s History of Summerslam and it should be the only thing that pops up.

Also you can still get any of my previous books on the WWE Championship, Monday Night Raw from 1998 and 2001, Monday Nitro from 1995-96, In Your House and Starrcade at my author’s page here.

If you don’t have a Kindle, there are free apps that you can get to read it on your phone, laptop, iPad, or any other electronic device you have.  These can be found from Amazon here.
I hope you enjoy it and thanks for checking it out.

KB

I saw the ebook sale figures for December and they broke my record by a staggering 30%.  I have no words to describe how amazed I am at this and I can’t thank you enough.

If you haven’t checked out any of my stuff, here’s my Amazon page with everything I’ve released so far.  If you’re not in America, just enter any of the titles into your country’s Amazon.

The new book should be out in roughly 3 weeks.

KB

Like everyone else, I’ve got a sale going for the rest of the year on my ebooks. This is going to run from now through the end of the year. There are three options to pick from:

Any two for $7 (Usually $8)

Any three for $10 (Usually $12)

ALL SIX for $15 (Usually $24)

The books to pick from are:

Complete 1998 Monday Night Raw

Complete 2001 Monday Night Raw

History of the WWE Championship

History of Starrcade

Complete Monday Nitro Volume 1 (1995-1996)

History of In Your House (new)

This will be done a bit differently than usual. Since it would be nearly impossible to do this through Amazon, I’m going to handle this myself. If you’re interested in one of these, send me an e-mail at kbwrestlingreviews@hotmail.com and we’ll set it up through Paypal.

If you could, drop me a comment on here so I’ll make sure to see your e-mail.

Hope you enjoy these,

KB

It’s something people have asked for for a long time now and it’ll be up on the holiday.  Before the speculation begins, it’s not a Christmas show but you better enjoy it anyway.

KB

Since On This Day is nearing the end of its first year and has gone well so far, I’ll be bringing it back next year but with a tweek.Next year instead of a show, it’ll be focused on a single wrestler.  I’m hoping that it’ll be someone whose birthday is on that day but in case there’s no one on that day I’ll pick someone who did something special on that day.  I’ll be posting my thoughts on the person as well as reviews of a few of their matches, ranging from famous to less famous.  This should be more interesting than some of the lame shows I’ve put up before.  Hopefully I can keep up with the schedule on these unlike this year.

Hope you enjoy it,

KB

To me.  The first post ever on the site was three years ago today.

Good grief I sucked back then.

To my complete and utter amazement, my old record of sales for the ebooks was broken AGAIN in November.  I’m shocked that these things keep happening and can’t thank you guys enough for supporting me with this stuff.  I’ll be making them as long as you all keep wanting them.

If you haven’t checked out my books yet, here’s my Amazon author page with all of them available:

Also remember that I’ve got a sale up on the ebooks until the end of the year.

This is going to run through the end of the year.  There are three options to pick from:

Any two for $7 (Usually $8)

Any three for $10 (Usually $12)

ALL SIX for $15 (Usually $24)

The books to pick from are:

Complete 1998 Monday Night Raw

Complete 2001 Monday Night Raw

History of the WWE Championship

History of Starrcade

Complete Monday Nitro Volume 1 (1995-1996)

History of In Your House (new)

This will be done a bit differently than usual.  Since it would be nearly impossible to do this through Amazon, I’m going to handle this myself.  If you’re interested in one of these, send me an e-mail at kbwrestlingreviews@hotmail.com and we’ll set it up through Paypal.  Also these can be sent internationally as I’ll be emailing the books to you so the country isn’t a problem whatsoever.

If you could, drop me a comment on here so I’ll make sure to see your e-mail.

Hope you enjoy these,

KB

Thank you all for taking the time to read my ramblings on here.  The ad revenue and ebook sales are making it more and more likely that I can do this as my full time job every month as the sales have been consistently going up.  I’ll keep putting them out as long as you guys want them.  Thank you all for sticking with me and I’ll be around as long as you want me to be.

KB