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Chewin' the Mat: November 2007
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007. At last, it has happened. Since I first speculated over two months ago, Chris Jericho made his return to the WWE. Over those two months, I've been saying how "imminent" his return was. Such is the power of Jericho that he can make me mark out without even being on TV for several years. Such was my anticipation for his return that it was impossible to not have a shiver and feel the hairs on my arms stand on end when the countdown to his entrance began. Posted by Jim Gillette.
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Chewin' the Mat: Flair and his daughter get extreme with cops
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008. Flair and his daughter get extreme with cops. Check out that picture! It's Ric Flair having been battered by his daughter's boyfriend! Although that's merely speculation. Ric Flair has that black eye, his daughter Ashley is arrested after being subdued with a taser, and her boyfriend says that it's a family incident that's now been resolved. Ashley was involved as she fought the cops and held them back to see which man would come out on top. If Flair was a conker. Ow man. I...
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Chewin' the Mat: June 2008
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Sunday, 29 June 2008. This week is the one year anniversary of Chris Benoit becoming so furious at his demotion to ECW in last year's draft. That he slammed the Crippler Crossface onto both his wife and son. Neither tapped out and the result was disastrous for the public image of professional wrestling. Because this is hardly a comedy goldmine, don't expect this post to be too heavy on humour. Oh yes, that's right, they didn't kill anyone else so it isn't that tragic. It's unbelievable that despite the i...
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Chewin' the Mat: March 2009
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Saturday, 14 March 2009. Andrew "Test" Martin Dies. Andrew Martin, better known to wrestling fans as "Test" during his time in WWE has been found dead at the age of 33. After a chance meeting with Bret Hart at a restaurant in the late 90s, Martin began his in-ring training. He made his WWE debut in late 1998 after a brief period on the Canadian indy circuit. Introduced initially as the badass bodyguard of Earth's gayest rock band, Mötley Crüe. What actually happened on that operating table remains a myst...
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Chewin' the Mat: Whooo! - British wrestling gets a turn out for the books
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Saturday, 23 August 2008. British wrestling gets a turn out for the books. Arguably Britain's biggest (but certainly most controversial) wrestling promotion, has had a turbulent few weeks lately. On the 2nd of August, Steven Gauntley announced that he was stepping down from being in control of the promotion. Having previously said the same in the past and then sneakily getting back into a position of authority, things were different this time because Gauntley had actually sold the company. After the 1PW ...
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Chewin' the Mat: Twenty years
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Thursday, 28 August 2008. I turn twenty tomorrow. It happens to be the 20th anniversary of the first ever Summerslam too. Here's my look back on my 20 years in and out of pro wrestling. I loved wrestling from a very early age. I had all of the action figures - Hulk Hogan. Roddy Piper, Jake the Snake, The Undertaker, The Ultimate Warrior. The list goes on. Yup, wrestling was my favourite thing in the world and I'd never actually watched it. By pretty much an entire decade! Lo and behold, I see the very sa...
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Chewin' the Mat: October 2008
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Thursday, 16 October 2008. Lance Cade released - Jim Ross fuels speculation. This week, WWE released Lance Cade. The release came somewhat without warning and sparked hot speculation and rumor from wrestling news sites. WWE released a statement. Regarding Lance Cade's release on Tuesday. The first step of the IWC. Was to blame an apparent poor showing on TV against DX a few weeks back. However WWE's Jim Ross posted a blog. Thanks to JR, this story is now far more interesting for internet speculators and ...
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Chewin' the Mat: December 2007
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Thursday, 20 December 2007. What do you mean the Pro Wrestling lifestyle leaves people nuts and unbalanced? I mean, that whole "Benoit incident" was a fabrication of the mass media. Chris, Nancy, and whatshisface are living happily in Bermuda. It's just that the media is notorious for mixing up the phrases "moved with his family and started a new life" and "brutally slaughtered them in a fit of ROID RAGE". You want a well-balanced veteran? You can in fact see that match here. Posted by Jim Gillette.
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Chewin' the Mat: January 2008
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Thursday, 31 January 2008. So TNA have another Pay-Per-View next month - Against All Odds. Their usual February PPV. However this PPV is different from most because the match they're hyping as the big draw for it was recorded three weeks before the event. I'm guessing it has something to do with this poster:. Record the match and play the tape during the PPV and try and pull it off as being live. Not cool. But the real issue is the reason that TNA has been put in such a ridiculous position. Instead, beca...
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