I know I say this on occasion but I can’t say it enough: thank you all for coming by here so often to read my ramblings. I started off as a wrestling fan with too much time on his hands and now I’m a wrestling fan with a career because of all the people who keep coming back to read my latest ramblings. Thank you all so much and I can never say that enough.
KB
Sometimes, you just know you’re seeing something special. That was the case in 1997 when the WWF was in some real trouble. WCW was beating them from one side of the Monday Night Wars to the other but help was on the way. The stars of the past, present and future were coming together and there wasn’t much that could be done to stop them. The year was far from perfect though with some bad ideas, but the stuff that worked is about as good as it ever got.
In this book, I’ll be looking at all fifty two episodes of Monday Night Raw from 1997 as I try to find out what worked and didn’t over the course of the entire year. Each one will be broken down match by match and segment by segment. Included will be analysis and ratings for the shows to see why the year is remembered so poorly.
The book runs about 345 pages and is available on Amazon both in a physical paperback for $10.99 or an e-book format for $2.99. In case you don’t have a Kindle, there are plenty of FREE apps you can get from Amazon for pretty much any electronic device, all of which are available at this link.
You can pick up the book from Amazon here in paperback and here as an e-book.
And from the UK Amazon here in paperback and here as an e-book.
Or if you’re in another country with its own Amazon page, just search “KB Raw 1997” and it should be the first thing to come up.
Also you can still get any of my previous books on the Intercontinental Championship, Monday Night Raw from 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 and the first half of 2014, Smackdown 2003, Monday Nitro from 1995-1999, In Your House, Summerslam, Starrcade, ECW Pay Per Views, Royal Rumble, Saturday Night’s Main Event, the WWF and WCW pay per views from 1998, Wrestlemania, WWE Grab Bag and Clash of the Champions, NXT Volumes I, II and III at my author’s page here.
I hope you like it and shoot me any questions you might have.
KB
Normally I wait for the end of the year for this but for some reason I feel like I should do it now.
This is something I half dread, half look forward to, half need (like math lessons): an annual request for you all to critique me. Basically I’d like to know what I’m doing wrong and what I can do better or what you’d like to see me do more/less of. All I ask is two things:
1. Be at least somewhat courteous with it. I can be receptive to constructive criticism but less so to ripping me apart, though if that was the case I doubt you’d be here in the first place.
2. Understand that there are some things I can’t/won’t be changing. There are some shows I have to cover for the sake of the hits they get/covering them for other sites. At the same time, there are some shows I’m just not going to cover full time but if it’s something I can fit in, it’s certainly not out of the question. Outside of shows, there might be stuff I do that you don’t like/stuff you’d like me to do more of. If either is the case, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
And now, with a gulp, go for it.
KB
It’s that time of year again as Survivor Series is almost upon us, meaning I need to get another redo done. As usual, I’ll let you all vote on which I do. I’ll be doing the 2017 edition again, but you get to pick another one for me to look at. Your options are any edition other than:
1988
2002
2003
2016
As I’ve done those within the last year or so. Vote in the comments.
KB
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 have to grow up sometime. Back in 2002, WWE had the greatest influx of talent the company has ever seen. New stars of the future debuted and were mixed together with some of the already established talents, meaning it was time for things to start picking up. You can’t go from rookie to main eventer overnight though, meaning there had to be a time when the new stars grew up. That’s what happened in 2003 and it was a very exciting time.
In this book, I’ll be looking at all fifty two episodes of Smackdown from 2003 as I try to find out what worked and didn’t over the course of the entire year. Each one will be broken down match by match and segment by segment. Included will be analysis and ratings for the shows to see why the year is remembered so poorly.
The book runs about 320 pages and is available on Amazon both in a physical paperback for $9.99 or an e-book format for $2.99. In case you don’t have a Kindle, there are plenty of FREE apps you can get from Amazon for pretty much any electronic device, all of which are available at this link.
You can pick up the book from Amazon here in paperback and here as an e-book.
Or if you’re in another country with its own Amazon page, just search “KB Smackdown 2003” and it should be the first thing to come up.
Also you can still get any of my previous books on the Intercontinental Championship, Monday Night Raw from 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 and the first half of 2014, Monday Nitro from 1995-1999, In Your House, Summerslam, Starrcade, ECW Pay Per Views, Royal Rumble, Saturday Night’s Main Event, the WWF and WCW pay per views from 1998, Wrestlemania, WWE Grab Bag and Clash of the Champions, NXT Volumes I, II and III at my author’s page here.
I hope you like it and shoot me any questions you might have.
KB
Oh it’s a dark time. WWE loves to talk about the history of Monday Night Raw. With over 1,300 episodes, it’s hard not to brag about it just a bit. There are some times you don’t hear about though, and that includes 2003. It’s considered one of the lowest points ever of the show’s history so of course I felt the need to watch every single episode. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
In this book, I’ll be looking at all fifty two episodes of Monday Night Raw from 2003 as I try to find out what worked and didn’t over the course of the entire year. Each one will be broken down match by match and segment by segment. Included will be analysis and ratings for the shows to see why the year is remembered so poorly.
The book runs about 340 pages and is available on Amazon both in a physical paperback for $9.99 or an e-book format for $2.99. In case you don’t have a Kindle, there are plenty of FREE apps you can get from Amazon for pretty much any electronic device, all of which are available at this link.
here as an e-book.
Or if you’re in another country with its own Amazon page, just search “KB Raw 2003” and it should be the first thing to come up.
Also you can still get any of my previous books on the Intercontinental Championship, Monday Night Raw from 1997, 1998, 2001 and the first half of 2014, Monday Nitro from 1995-1999, In Your House, Summerslam, Starrcade, ECW Pay Per Views, Royal Rumble, Saturday Night’s Main Event, the WWF and WCW pay per views from 1998, Wrestlemania, WWE Grab Bag and Clash of the Champions, NXT Volumes I, II and III at my author’s page here.
I hope you like it and shoot me any questions you might have.
KB
On Friday, a rather nasty storm knocked out power to about a fourth of the city and at the moment, a rather large tree is laying over the power lines at the end of my street. I’ve had to go to a hotel just to get out of the pitch black so things are going to be a bit slow until the power is back up. Odds are there won’t be a Slammiversary review up, or much else other than what I can scrape together. Sorry for the delays everyone.
KB
It’s that time of year again. Starting on July 20, I’ll be posting a new Summerslam review every day until the 2018 edition on August 19. As I do every year, I’ll be redoing both last year’s show and one more that you all get to pick. Use the comments to vote on which one you want me to do. It can be any in the show’s history, save for 2002, 2003, 2013 and 2016, which I’ve done recently enough. Vote away.
KB
So starting this Saturday, I’m going to be doing a weekly Ask KB column over at Wrestlingrumors.net. I’ll be taking a variety of questions and writing out some longer form answers with more historical context etc. Therefore, I need some stuff to answer and as luck would have it, I have an awesome audience who knows what kinds of things to ask. Therefore, I’m looking for some combination of the following:
Trivia
How I would book things/where I see things going
General questions about wrestling
Anything else you guys would like me to answer about wrestling
As usual, any era or company is fair game. I’ll post a link to the column once it’s completed and posted this coming Saturday. Ask your questions in the comments.
KB