Author: Mark Blake

I'm a lifelong wrestling fan, announcer and commentator that lives and breathes the wrestling industry. And I am lucky enough to express my thoughts and feelings....RIGHT HERE.... at Pro Wrestling Post!

Week In Review 10/8/18

Welcome one and all, to your weekly irrelevant round up of the weeks hottest stories in pro wrestling. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest, strangest, and most interesting stories. So kick back, put your feet up and feast your eyes on this week’s Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review 3/3/19! NXT UK Gains New Members Of The Roster Wednesday 27 February, WWE announced that they had formally signed five new wrestlers to join the NXT UK brand. The new additions are – Jay MelroseIlja RukoberOliver SauterJazzy GabertKay Lee Ray WWE.com posted this statement which contains…

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Hello again and welcome to another edition of The RIPTIDE Wrestling RETROspective, with me, Mark Blake. Those of you that have followed this series will know that so far I have covered The Storm, Black Water 2017, Deep Six 2018 and Spring Break 2018 and the RIPTIDE Rumble2018. You can catch up by clicking the links above to read those reviews. We’re getting to the end of my RIPTIDE Retrospective run here at Pro Wrestling Post. After this piece I will have three more events left before you’re all caught up! The time has flown by folks 🙂 I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much…

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You Gotta Know

Hello one and all, and welcome back to another quick glimpse of what’s to come next month over here in the UK in another edition of You Gotta Know! This is my monthly series where I give you all a heads up about the BIG British wrestling shows that are happening this month. There may be some companies listed here that you may not know, but if they’re on this list then you NEED to check them out. Enough waffling from me, let me tell you about what you GOTTA KNOW and should be looking out for in March 2019!…

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Hello, Bonjour, Gutentag, and welcome to all as once again I give to you the Pro Wrestling Post IPW Inside Take with yours truly! As always I am reviewing the IPW:UK show that is featured on The Fight Network UK each and every Friday at 9 PM, and as you know the deets (as the cool kids are saying, so I’m told), here’s Episode 3! Enjoy! The show begins with a very passionate and determined Rob Lynch backstage, talking about his career in the London Riots, how the actions of someone nearly cost him his career, and how 2019 will…

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Pro Wrestling Post Week in Review with Mark Blake

Welcome one and all, to your weekly irrelevant round-up of the week’s hottest stories in pro wrestling. As always, I, “Smart” Mark Blake, have scoured the internet to find the biggest, strangest, and most interesting stories. So kick back, put your feet up and feast your eyes on this week’s Pro Wrestling Post Week In Review for 2/24/19! NJPW Announce Stars For UK Event Royal Quest At last month’s Wrestle Kingdom 13 mega show, it was announced that New Japan Pro Wrestling would be holding it’s first solo show in the UK. Royal Quest will be held on Aug 31…

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Hello again and welcome to another edition of The RIPTIDE Wrestling RETROspective, with me, Mark Blake. Those of you that have followed this series will know that so far I have covered The Storm, Black Water 2017, Deep Six 2018 and Spring Break 2018 and the RIPTIDE Rumble2018. You can catch up by clicking the links above to read those reviews. I’d like to thank each and every one of you for all the great and positive comments. I shall continue to go above and beyond for you all with these reviews. Enough with the gushing, let’s get on and review one of the…

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This coming Sunday 24 February, PROGRESS Wrestling return to The Electric Ballroom in Camden, London for Chapter 84, and this is my official Pro Wrestling Post preview of the event. In case you’re wondering about the very strange title of the show, you should understand that Jim Smallman, Jon Briley and Glen Joseph (PROGRESS Wrestling co-owners) like to make their shows stand out from the rest, And this title comes from a line uttered in seminal BBC comedy sketch series League Of Gentlemen. It was mentioned in an OJ commercial for those that wanted to know 😉 This is top…

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Welcome again one and all to the IPW Inside Take. The weekly series that re-caps the brand new IPW:UK TV series that’s shown on The Fight Network over here in the UK on Friday nights. Now without further ado, let’s crack on with Episode 2 of my IPW Inside Take! Enjoy! Once again the show begins with a quick promo, this time from Kip Sabian. He explains that he was friends with Chris Ridgeway until Chris turned on him at Undisputed II in December. He warns Riddy (as he calls him) that he will get answers, even if he has…

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Hello again and welcome to another edition of The RIPTIDE Wrestling RETROspective, with me Mark Blake. Those of you that have followed this series will know that I have covered The Storm, Black Water 2017, Deep Six 2018 and Spring Break 2018. You can catch up by clicking the links to read those reviews. I have been recieving postive comments from you all out there, and I thank you all for the kind words. It gives me more impetus to get these reviews out there for you all. Enough gushing from me, here is possibly my longest review yet (blame…

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