Showing posts with label Tessa Blanchard. Show all posts
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Sunday, 27 August 2017

The Merch Table - August 2017

Hey hey, welcome to a brand new Merch Table, your monthly look at the coolest wrestling merchandise on the market. This month we've got stuff from WWE, SPLX, PWC, Attack!, Pro Wrestling Tees, the Wrestling Shop and the South Pacific Power Trip! Find what suits you and support your favourites! 

WWE


After the excitement of WWE NXT Takeover and Summerslam, I’ve looked at some of the new and decent T-shirts from WWE Shop. After his victory of becoming the NEW WWE NXT Champion, maybe you may like to view Drew McIntyre's merch, beginning with his brand of T-shirts.


Drew McIntyre "What Lies Within" Authentic T-Shirt

Price - £20.57
Men’s Sizes: S - 5XL
Women’s Sizes: S - 2XL

 shop.wwe.com/drew-mcintyre-what-lies-within-authentic-t-shirt/FR3001.html

Also there was some excellent new T-shirts from Sami Zayn, that looks stylish as well. 

 Sami Zayn "Never Be The Same" Authentic T-Shirt

Price - £20.57
Men’s Sizes: S - 5XL
Women’s Sizes: S - 2XL

 shop.wwe.com/sami-zayn-never-be-the-same-authentic-t-shirt/WA0001.html?dwvar_WA0001_color=black#start=1
Heading back to School?, WWE Shop has released a range of Backpacks, featuring the styles of US Champion, AJ Styles.

AJ Styles "Untouchable One" Backpack

Price - £18.10
In the last few weeks, they finally returned, Southpaw Regional Wrestling. Nuff Said.

Southpaw Regional Wrestling "Showdown at the Swamp: 1986" T-Shirt & Collector's Box

Price - £24.69
Sizes: S - 3XL


SPLX
After gatecrashing NXT TAKEOVER, Adam Cole showcased exactly why he is a must see on the wrestling scene. Matt Riddle has consistently deliver exciting matches all over the world as part of the #BroTour. SPLX has been a mainstay in wrestling apparel, producing excellent styles and items that are in keeping with today's trends.  Noticing a trend with all three I've mentioned? Thought so. 
ADAM COLE MUG-SHOT SOFT STYLE T-SHIRT

Price - £17.99
Sizes: S - 2XL


MATT RIDDLE SPORT WRESTLING SOFT STYLE T-SHIRT

Price - £17.99


SPLX BLACK SLIM STRAIGHT JEANS

Price: £41.99
Waist to fit: 28"-40" 
Regular and Longer Length


SPLX WEEKENDER BAG

Price: £38.99
Size: 47 x 30 x 23cm

PWC


In collaboration with Merch Britannia, after an excellent show this month, the word is out, Pro Wrestling Chaos is a promotion you must see. (If you never heard of them before shame on you) Celebrating Pride, Chaos released this vibrant T-Shirt, which looks damn good.


Chaos For Everyone T-Shirt 

Price - £ 15.00

ATTACK!


 Another awesome promotion, another awe-inspiring show, that is ATTACK! Pro Wrestling in a nutshell. And you haven't got merch from them yet? Well this latest offering, is perfect for wrestling fans and energetic enough for a night out.


ATTACK! KILLING THE TERRITORY TEE  - PURPLE TEE PRINT ON GILDAN HEAVY

 Price - £20.00
Sizes: S - L 


Pro Wrestling Tees


As The May Young Classic is on its way, some of wrestling's best is included in the tournament. And I don't mean, wrestling's best women, I mean in general. So I've ventured to Pro Wrestling Tees, to scout what merch there is so you can support your new favourite wrestler when the Tournament arrives.
Viper/Toni Storm/Tessa Blanchard

Price - $19.99 (Roughly - £15.49)
Sizes - S - XL
XXL - $3.50+
3XL - $3.75+
4XL - $4.50+
5XL - $4.75+

Wrestling shop


 It's not all about clothing and apparel with the merch desk, I've scouted the next awesome wrestling figures that are out now after SummerSlam and what's next in the coming months.


AJ STYLES - WWE BASIC EXCLUSIVE (RED ATTIRE) ACTION FIGURE
ZOMBIE SASHA BANKS

 COMING SOON...
BRAUN STROWMAN - WWE BASIC SERIES #75 from September


South Pacific Power Trip


They are dynamic, exciting and excellent, they are The South Pacific Power Couple. From Progress, to Melbourne City Wrestling, and many, many more promotions, they have demonstrated exactly why they are a must see brand. With TKCooper currently injured no better way to welcome his return and support Dahlia Black than getting this range of T-shirts.



 Well that's me this month, hope you enjoyed, I was @craigHermit see you next time.



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Friday, 17 June 2016

TV Review: WWE NXT #200 (James Marston)


After NXT Takeover: The End of the Beginning last week, it was back to normal this Wednesday (15/06/2016) with an hour long edition of the show airing on the WWE Network. 

Headline Segment

Shinsuke Nakamura confronts Finn Balor

 How was the show, though? Let's take a look!

fast-forward...Three minute recap video of NXT Takeover: The End of the Beginning...The Authors of Pain (Gzim Selmani & Sunny Dhinsa) accompanied by Paul Ellering destroyed their opponents, CJ O'Doyle & Sean Swag, in the tag teams TV debut match...
The show really got going with another short bout, that saw Carmella pick up a submission victory over Tessa Blanchard. This was Blanchard's third match with WWE and she came out with a new attitude, suddenly becoming a heel. I've missed a few weeks of NXT some maybe I missed something, because the commentary team didn't mention it. I suppose it's because her previous matches had been against Nia Jaxx and Alexa Bliss, both heels, and I suppose most viewers wouldn't notice. However, considering that NXT is aimed at the savvy, wrestling fan it felt like a lack of attention to detail and continuity. For what it was I thought Carmella looked pretty good here, her offence looked decent and managed to get the crowd going in a fairly short space of time. She's still got a long way to go, but there's definitely signs of improvement from the Princess of Staten Island. 

 fast-forward...Cathey Kelly interviewed Blake and Murphy ahead of their match with more tension being teased between the former NXT Tag Team Champions...

Blake & Murphy's losing streak continued as they fell to TM-61's Nick Miller & Shane Thorne, giving the newcomers their first win on WWE TV. For me, the match was slow to get going and having missed the last few weeks, I thought it was difficult to see which team were working as the babyfaces. The action was a bit stunted until Blake & Murphy took control of the match and from here on in things picked up. The continuation of the storyline that's seen Blake & Murphy unable to win a match since dropping the NXT Tag Team belts back in August played well into the match with some brilliantly worked heel miscommunication that would lead to Miller's hot tag. A quick finishing sequence saw TM-61 hit their impressive Thunder Valley double team for the win.
fast-forward...After a recap of Nia Jax defeating Bayley on NXT #197, an injured Bayley was interviewed revealing she'd possibly be cleared to compete by next week...

In a rematch from Takeover: The End of the Beginning, Andrade Almas picked up a fairly comfortable victory over Tye Dillinger in a technically sound encounter. Credit to Dillinger for bumping like a machine for Almas and allowing his opponent to look as good as he did, but I'm not sure that he's currently the best choice of personnel to put over debuting babyface talent. The fact is he's too over with the crowd, who enjoy the "Ten" count thing and therefore they sided with Dillinger over the new comer for most of the match, with this not being helped by Almas being almost completely dominant throughout. Either switch up Dillinger's character to make him more dislikable or find Almas a different opponent to allow him to build his own relationship with the crowd. Also, the sooner Almas drops the white feather hat and other get up he comes to ring in the better.

The main talking point from the show comes in the form of the superb in-ring segment between Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura. Advertised as Balor addressing his future on the show, Balor's interaction with the crowd at the start of the promo was a strong piece of work as despite him not him having the world's best solo promo skills, he turned things into a conversation with the Full Sail Arena, taking advantage of it's fairly intimate settings. The lead-in to Nakamura's interruption was planted nicely with Balor repeatively saying "What's next for Finn Balor?" before the arena erupted at the sound of Nakamura's The Rising Sun theme music.  Shinsuke is just Shinsuke, isn't I? I mean, I could try to explain why the man's just completely fascinating to watch speak, but I feel that trying to pick apart the reason why, would take away part of the magic. Plus, at the end of the day we're getting Finn Balor vs. Shinsuke Nakamura on WWE television at some point, so who gives a fuck about anything else. 

Finally...
ATPW Scale rating - 4.5/10



Similar to this week's IMPACT Wrestling, the 200th edition of NXT was pretty much rescued by it's headline segment. Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura brought the star power and the performances to match in front of Full Sail Arena and getting an electric response in between. The rest of the show however was a bit damp as NXT attempts to get a number of newer stars over, with mixed results. Problems with heel and face dynamics seemed to plague the show, with a lack of attention to detail from performers, as well as the booking staff. It's easy to get a crowd excited about Balor vs. Nakamura, but NXT needs to start developing some stars of it's own sooner rather than later.
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