Author: Mark Blake

Sunday, September 30, 2018 will be a day that goes down not only in Progress Wrestling’s history but UK wrestling history as they say Hello Wembley.  For the first time in nearly 30 years, wrestling was being held at the hallowed Wembley Arena in London, and for the first time, Wembley Arena officials had asked a wrestling promotion to run an event there. Yes, you read that right, Progress was ASKED by a venue, one of the most iconic venues in the world, to hold a show. High praise indeed. Some big names like Will Ospreay, Marty Scurll, and Zack Sabre Jr were unable…

Well, hello there! I bet you’re just as surprised as I am seeing me here! It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Over the course of this Take, you’ll read just exactly where I’ve been and where my head was at. It’s been a time of introspection for me, to be honest. I hope you all understand. But this is how he made me love wrestling again. ______________________ So let’s start at the beginning, shall we? You all last saw me here in January 2021. It’s now September. Where have I been? To be honest, this began for me in April…

The wrestling world and the world in general, has crawled to a halt for the 2020 must see matches. What better time to look back and see what wondrous gems and masterpieces have taken place this year. And with that, I give to you my 2020 Must-See Matches So Far! In these strange and worrying times, I have tried repeatedly to take my mind off the situation by watching some wrestling. Actually a LOT of wrestling. I mean I watch wrestling for a living, but for the past few weeks, all my spare time has been watching even more. While…

Howdy peeps! Welcome back to my fortnightly trip back to ECW yesteryear. My first ECW RetroView – Double Tables 1995 – was really well received. So I’d like to begin by thanking you all for the kind words. It means so much to receive great feedback. Makes it all the more worthwhile in my eyes. So once again, thank you lovely lot! So why not sit back and feast your eyes on this, my review of ECW Return of the Funker! Now the mushy part is out of the way, let’s get to what you came here for…some EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP…

In 2018, I wrote a very personal piece about myself and a battle with mental health, and how I was wrestling with mental health. Those that know me, know that I don’t like to talk about my personal life but my wife told me that I needed to let the world know how wrestling helped me in the days after my brother’s death. Over the past few months, I’ve seen people get bashed online for saying how wrestling helped their mental health during their personal dark times. Narrow-minded individuals saying things like “how can a fake sport help out mental…

Before we start, I’d like to let you all know that I wrote this piece at the back end of February this year. We were all giddy with the expectation of what could and would be happening at this year’s WrestleMania. Fast forward a few weeks and the whole global landscape has changed, let alone the wrestling world. So with that in mind, here’s my piece in full. I hope you enjoy it the way it was intended….. It’s Mania season folks! And how better to kick the week off than by going back through the years to give to you…

On the night of Saturday, 30th November 2019, I attended the Genesis Pro Wrestling debut show with my wife and son (or wingman if you follow me on social media). The promotion in question, Genesis Pro Wrestling, is a young up and coming company in the South East of England. They’re roughly around 20 miles from where we live and are pretty much my local company. Genesis Pro Wrestling – or GPW if you will – have a huge upside. And if their debut show is anything to go by, the future looks bright for them. My association with GPW…

I’m gonna prefix this off by saying that this is a taster, a condensed version of how in a roundabout way I became a ring announcer. As a child over here in the UK during the late 80’s, my wrestling journey began by watching WWF Superstars and Wrestling Challenge every Sunday morning on the tv. Seeing such charismatic characters as Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, Ultimate Warrior, et al enticed me with such a fervor that I wanted… No, I NEEDED to become a wrestler, but at the time, there were no schools around where I lived. There weren’t many schools…

On Thursday, August 8th, 2019  I had the pleasure to speak to the number one contender to the TNA/Impact Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship. The one and only Sami Callihan. I was lucky enough to speak to The Draw last Thursday 8 August via the IMPACT Wrestling Press Pass Podcast. Below is our brief conversation. Happy reading! Sami Callihan Discusses IMPACT, Intergender Wrestling & More Mark Blake: Hey there, Sami, it’s Mark Blake from the Pro Wrestling Post. How are you doing? In your most recent match against Tessa (Blanchard), you both proved on a worldwide scale that intergender wrestling is just…

It’s only blimming Mania week peeps! I’ll be kicking off my festivities with this piece right here. I’ve watched every single WrestleMania, and I’ve thought long and hard about what matches have gone under the radar over the years. This ladies and gents, is my Five Forgotten WrestleMania Gems. 5 Forgotten WrestleMania Gems 5. WrestleMania 25World Heavyweight ChampionshipEdge (c) vs John Cena vs Big Show WrestleMania 25 will always be remembered for the amazing Shawn Michaels/Undertaker match, so it’s easy to forget this great match. Admittedly there wasn’t really much of a story to this – it seems that the…