Ringside Apostles Archives - Page 8 of 44

September 25, 2020

Ringside Apostles Present… FLASHBACK FRIDAY [Episode 8]: Ho, Ho, Hogan!!

Yo, yo, yo! It’s your boy Shawn Puff and this is Flashback Friday! Last week was my birthday so I couldn’t go back in time for fear of breaking the time/space continuum. But this week we’re back at it and firing up the Wayback Machine and traveling to 1994. Two days after Christmas. I was …

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September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

WWE 2K BATTLEGROUNDS [‘Battle’ Royal Review]: No! No! No!

WWE 2K Battlegrounds is so bad that it doesn't even deserve a full review. Fuck, it's bad. The only positive is the huge roster. But, surprise-- you have to unlock most of it! It does the tried-and- true "premium currency" shtick: you can unlock this with in-game currency, no problem; but it'll take you three …

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September 20, 2020September 22, 2020

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 30 [Nights 1 & 2 Review]: Destino Awaits.

NIGHT 1 A Block Will Ospreay vs. Yujiro Takahashi - Nice comeback for Will (yes, it's widely apparent that New Japan doesn't care about the #SpeakingOut movement; don't shoot the messenger). He looked powerful and strong, but still quick and agile. Yujiro took most of the match and cut off Will at his every momentum, …

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September 8, 2020

NEW JAPAN ACADEMY [Manga News]: Tranquil-Oh!

It’s the stars of New Japan Pro-Wrestling as you’ve never seen them before. Teenager Tetsuya Naito is aiming for the top of New Japan Academy, but in order to be the champion, he’ll have to face formidable students like “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada and the “Once-in-a-Century Talent” Hiroshi Tanahashi. Luckily for Naito, he has his boys …

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September 6, 2020September 6, 2020

AEW ALL OUT 2020 [Review]: Pandemic Shift.

To think All In was only 2-years ago. Oh, hell, a lot has happened since and that's only talking professional wrestling. Enter All Elite Wrestling's second edition of All Out, which sadly did not take place in Chicago as planned, of course, but rather at the fed's literal new (and hopefully temporary) home field in …

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September 4, 2020

Ringside Apostles Presents…. FLASHBACK FRIDAY [Episode 7]: Saturday Night Fights? Huh?

TGIFF Bay Bay!! No, my keyboard did not stick. That stands for Thank GodHatesHeeks It’s Flashback Friday!! It’ your boy Shawn Puff here once again to take you back in time to the days of yore when wrestling was better, 50/50 booking, goofy gimmicks, and fuck finishes weren’t a thing… at least, that’s how I …

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