The Pre-take: WrestleMania 31 (Part 1)

3/27/2015 1:55:14 PM

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Since it’s gonna be another heck-of-an-event this coming Sunday evening in Silicon Valley (Monday morning Manila time), expect the millions (and millions!) of wrestling fans around the globe to witness the World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) 31st annual spectacle, popularly known as WrestleMania!

And what’s a WrestleMania for the SlickMaster – along with his followers (whom, by the way, are just countable by your fingertips!) without a “pre-take,” right? 

Talk about predictions, just like the way we have last year.

Throwback: Phil Collins – You'll Be In My Heart (OST – Tarzan)

1/24/2015 5:23:00 PM

As a 90s baby, I grew up in selected hits by those Disney animated movies, like Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” (The Lion King), Vanessa Williams’ “Colors of the Wind” (Pocahontas), and Christina Aguillera’s “Reflection” (Mulan).

Though as an old school lover, I’ve always be a fan of that pop crooner by the name of Phil Collins, from The Groovy kind of Love, one of those songs I regularly heard when Love Radio was then having their Love Sweep; as well as my all-time top favorite (and at the same time, one of my favesing-along piece) Another Day in Paradise; and the upbeat Easy Lover, which by the way was the soundtrack of the very first WWE WrestleMania held 1984 at the Madison Square Garden.

Well, I admit I never saw the entirety of Tarzan. But I recalled way back then, as I spotted that old Tarzan commercial which had excerpts of this track titled “You’re in my Heart.”

Wrestled to Death

3/22/2015 2:15:59 PM

As I said on one of my previous posts, wrestling may be a sport with several plot twists, but taking the risks just to entertain you guys was NEVER a joke. And you can bet Daniel Orton on that (remember that joke issue with the PBA and Manny Pacquiao itself?).

What I’m talking about right now? As much as I want to include this on a previous post which tackled the accidental death of a wrestler in Mexico, I’m afraid I would have another article that is "very lengthy."

So here are three of the notable deaths inside the squared circle. As Ryan Songaila of Rappler reported:

Lookback: WrestleMania XXX

3/9/2015 6:37:18 PM

http://www.wrestlingnewsreport.com/

As WrestleMania 31 is just around the corner, let’s take a lookback on some of the hits and misses on last year’s edition of the “Superbowl of Sports Entertainment.”

Since I started following pro wrestling (specifically, WWE) in 2012, this was the third time I personally watched WrestleMania in full circles, and perhaps the same number I watched the said event at all. (I could have told “as it happens” since  TV channels aired it just a few hours to within a few days from the WM event itself, but anyway...). 

He's back! E Ano Ngayon?

3/22/2015 9:29:38 PM

Masyado nang nakakaurat ang mga balita, mula sa pagbatikos kay Binay hanggang sa sa mga pagiging matigas ag ulo ni PNoy (both literally and figuratively), hanggang sa hangover ng tao sa Binibining Pilipinas mula sa bwarsh-bwarsh na pagsasalita ng isa sa mga hosts (eh? Si Ariella Arida daw ba ‘yun?) hanggang sa mala-stand up diumano ni Toni Gonzaga off-air, hanggang sa pagmulta ni Beau Belga dahil sa pagiging patola diumano sa ilang siraulong fan ng PBA (sino bang nasa katinuan ang mambabato ng bote sa hardcourt? Kups ampucha!).

Pero maiba tayo, pasensya na kung bigla akong nashowbiz dito. I heard na si Willie Revillame ay babalik sa telebisyon ah.

Death by Tragedy

3/22/2015 12:59:53 PM

Oh my goodness. This does not sit well at all. Now, what am I pertaining to? Relax. Just read this post, and you will see everything.

First things first: Think twice before you say something like “wrestling is fake,” ‘cause apparently it’s no joke getting body pain just to entertain people—especially if you are some sort of an “ex-fan.” 

And sometimes, it even cost them their lives. Much to what happened on Owen Hart, Mike DeBiase and Mitsuharu Misawa.

Well, this happened just recently; and in case you want to see this clip, I am now warning you that the footage might cause you some kind of disturbia. 

No More Sleepless Nights in Eastwood City

1/16/2015 2:41:45 PM

Oh, dear Eastwood City. For the first time after some nth times, we met again. It’s like last week I was around the vicinity and just chilling, remember?

The Scene Around: The Rest is Noise (Day 2)

3/18/2015 2:39:05 PM

How about an awesome way to end a month? Like spending a night out with good music, and the rest is definitely a noise you will like for the rest of your respective lives?

Talk about Indie Manila and Vandals on the Walls’ collaboration titled The Rest is Noise, held the last Friday and Saturday of February 2015. Yours truly, though, dropped by on its second leg held Saturday evening (February 28, 2015) at Route 196 in Blue Ridge, Quezon City. 

Taunt After Taunt

3/18/2015 10:37:51 AM

So, isa sa mga pinakamalalang kaganapan recently sa Philippine Basketball Association ay ang pag-taunt diumano ni Beau Belga sa ilang mga tagahanga ng PBA sa isang laban noong nakaraang araw ng Linggo sa Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay City.

Tila hindi kasi nagustuhan ng ilang tagahangan ng Ginebra ang antics ni Beau Belga. Napikon ba. Kaya nambato na lang siya ng bote ng tubig.

Playback: Gaano ka-Pinoy ang Beauty Contest sa Pilipinas?

3/16/2015 4:28:30 PM

Since some people are still having signs of a hangover from the recent Binibining Pilipinas, here’s something I’d like to share with you: a 16-minute audio clip from that epic (now-defunct) program named The Disenchanted Kingdom.

Say, this one seems timely, eh?

Bailed!

3/15/2015 4:20:15 PM

Bago ang lahat, isang korning joke muna.

Q: Ano ang PATO na pumapatay ng tao?

A: E di AmPATOan.

Okay, Tama na nga ang kabalbalan. Eto na nga, seryoso na!

Isa sa mga nakakainis na balitang gumalantang sa linggong ito ay ito: 

Photo credits: ABS-CBN News, NUJP Facebook Page

Oo, nakalaya pansamantalala si Sajid Islam Ampatuan matapaos nakapagpiyansa ng mahigit 11.6 milyong piso. Matatandaan na siya ang isa sa mga suspek sa kaso ng pagpaslang ng 58 katao sa isa sa mga malalagim na krimen sa Pilipinas, ang Maguindanao Massacre.

Can You Still Dig It?

3/14/2015 8:27:03 PM

I hate to sound like either Booker T’s entrance or the Iron Man Three’s closing credits clip here. First and foremost, I’m not writing this post to diss the Undertaker. In fact, he’s one of my favorite wrestlers in the World Wrestling Entertainment, especially if it’s about their biggest program named WrestleMania.

Though last year was perhaps the most surprising moment of them all—his loss to a ruthless athlete named Brock Lesnar. It was so shocking it even overshadowed the overhyped-but-underdelivered Andre the Giant memorial battle royal, as well as Daniel Bryan’s sojourn to championship.

Hustisya

11/22/2014 4:03:31 PM

Hustisya. Lahat ng tao’y gusto ng hustisya
Lahat ay gutom para sa hustisya.
Hustiysang hindi makamit ng ordinaryong nilalang.
Hustisyang nakalaan sa iilan lang.

The Scene Around: EDGES

2/24/2015 1:58:51 PM

It was an arts and music-packed evening last Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Route 196 in Quezon City, as Docdef Productions and Fringe MNL teamed up and brought EDGES possible.

Just My Opinion: The Sudden Resignation?!

3/11/2015 12:01:20 PM

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It was a random speculation that was confirmed by a former-DZRH radio announcer yesterday: Mr. John Gemperle, much known as the popular radio personality Papa Jack, resigned from being a decade-long job at 90.7 Love Radio as its DJ.