AS I SEE IT – The Best Defense is a Good Offense
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
It’s been said the best defense is a good offense. Nowhere was this proven truer than in Stamford, CT this past week.
Vince McMahon had a bigtime disaster on his hands. He’d just give a semi-main event match to Jack Swagger as the result of his win at Elimination Chamber. He’s set to face Alberto Del Rio for the WWE “World” Championship at Wrestlemania 29 in New Jersey in April.
AS I SEE IT – Promote Your Product!
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
As most of you know, PWBTS.com, the flagship site of this column, focuses on coverage and promotion of independent wrestling. As someone who happily shills independent wrestling promotions whenever possible, one of the things that pisses me off is the way independent promotions seems to have no sense about the basic sorts of things that they need to do to promote their product.
AS I SEE IT – Drama Inside and Outside of the Ring!
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
Well, since last week’s show commenting on the National Pro Wrestling Day doubleheader, I’ve:
1) Had a former employee of both promotions send me nasty e-mails claiming I was somehow picking on CHIKARA (despite the fact that 90% of the column plugged the shows), by pointing out correctly that they were excluding CZW, the longest running independent in the Philadelphia area
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AS I SEE IT – “National Pro Wrestling Day” this Weekend!
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
www.PWBTS.com
This coming Saturday features a day of independent wrestling…termed “National Pro Wrestling Day” with a two show lineup, one show at 1:00 pm and the finale at 7:00 pm at Derby Ink Gardens, at 802 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA on the northern edge of center city Philadelphia.
AS I SEE IT – Saying Goodbye to Some Wrestling History
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
A little bit of wrestling history died this past week. Inside Wrestling and The Wrestler will cease publication after this month’s issue.
For most of us, they were the first place we ever got “news” about wrestling. Mind you, this was “news” handed to them by the promotions they were writing about. Most of the time, the news was fictionalized accounts loosely based on wrestling storylines ala soap opera magazines. But generations of parents saw their children begging them for one of these wrestling magazines every time they went to the supermarket, the drug store, or the newstand. Children would stare at the pictures for hours and hours, while reading the “stories”.
AS I SEE IT – Mrs. Foley’s Baby Boy Did It
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
As pretty much everyone knows by now, Mick Foley has been selected for the WWE Hall of Fame in the 2013 class this year in New York.
Before a cynic snarks that this is not like a Baseball Hall of Fame election (or non-election, actually, this year)…yes, I know Vince McMahon essentially chooses who’s going in himself, so it’s as pre-determined as match results on his TV, house shows, and PPV. Some would actually argue more long-term thought went into this “finish” than than a few TV and PPV finishes and storyline directions we’ve seen.
AS I SEE IT – To Those Who Left Us in 2012, Thank You
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
In 2012, PWBTS.com had 1,437,036 page views, with readers from 60 nations and territories including United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Argentina, Australia, Venezuela, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Israel , Ireland, Japan, Italy, Colombia, Russia, France, Peru, Belgium, Mexico, Spain, China, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Czech Republic, India, New Zealand, Brazil, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal, Romania, Philippines, South Korea, Panama, Burundi, Bermuda, Malaysia, Finland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Pakistan, Indonesia, Norway, Vietnam, Lithuania, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Egypt, Taiwan, Greece, Hungary Austria, Sweden, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Cayman Islands, Guatemala, Moldova, and Thailand.
AS I SEE IT – The 2012 Year End Awards
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
http://pwbts.com
Happy New Year to all of you.
As 2012 ends and 2013 begins, it’s time for the 16th annual AS I SEE IT Year-End Review. As usual, I should note that my selections are based on what I’ve actually seen this year, either live, online, on TV, or via tape/DVD; which primarily means North American wrestling.
AS I SEE IT – Horror Beyond All Imagination
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
It was a crisp, sunny December Friday morning. A morning like any other. Children were excitedly looking forward to Christmas or were already celebrating Hanukkah. Mothers and fathers, husbands and wives kissed each other goodbye and wished each other a good day.
AS I SEE IT – The Cage of Death match returns!
Bob Magee
Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets
First, the anatomy of a wrestling death hoax…one bad enough that it fooled two wrestling promoters who worked with the alleged deceased, and a number of wrestling websites, including several on which you read this column, as well as the Observer and others.
Joe Zanolle of the Delaware/New Jersey based ECWA Pro Wrestling sent the following: