Best Way To Sum Up Powerslam Magazine

[ratetankmark]

Wah Wah Wah.

They seem to be never satisfied about anything, Don't get me wrong I'll give them props for saying that The Bullet Club is awesome and being positive about the NJPW, Which is on a role, but when they say "-insert name here- performed like a midcard indy performer" I don't see what's wrong with that, it's almost patronizing.

What do you guys think of Powerslam Mag? I'm getting to the end of my tether with it.

Edit: They also seem to have this irrational hatred for some people, I'm by no means a Cena fan but Fin Martin complained about Cena no selling and then in literally the next sentence he said that the selling wasn't believable, make up your bloody mind Fin, Cena can't win with you can he?

[Gerard Gerard]

It reads as though it's written by a group of jaded followers, pining for days when they could justify their hobby. Mind, if you were to read up on Fin Martin, you'd realize this is actually the case. ECW ending was supposed to have done a number on his passion for the gig, I'm told.

You're dead-on, mind. It's terribly inconsistent in what it takes umbrage with.

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Bizarre levels of Jericho hate from Fin Martin is the most prominent thought. I'm not a big Jericho fan (his only great run was 2008 - 2010 to me) but it's so strange to see the amount of umbrage Fin has for him.

General Cena hate levels, not in the begrudging respect levels (most of us can admit he's had a few dozen great matches and is one of if not the most consistent in ring-face of the company for the WWE), but stating that Cena sucks in every regard. Just Youtube comment worthy emptiness.

Just a jaded, rather dull, overly expensive for a lack of content, unreliable magazine.

I mean, I used to consider it way above the ultra-eye-roll-worthy FSM, but man, at least that had more pages and better production.

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Thinking on it is there ANY ideal non-jaded, non-logic-empty wrestling magazine or fanzine in the UK right now? I really do want to find one or two.

[PKO]

I gave up on it a couple years ago for the same reason. Moan moan, bitch bitch.

I hadn't looked at it for months when I saw it earlier so had a quick glance. One of the things I caught was them saying (I'm paraphrasing) "some readers weren't happy we revealed Paige won the NXT Womens Title before it aired". That's not even an apology! That's just noting readers displeasure.

[rybackrulez]

I loved readig wwf magazine and pwi when i was a kid at the groceries. I saw a pwi and was just like? Eh

[Gerard Gerard]

Sept 6, 2013 16:50:58 GMT -5 @pauledraperously said:

I mean, I used to consider it way above the ultra-eye-roll-worthy FSM, but man, at least that had more pages and better production.

Gave up on FSM immediately. A lot of their articles read like something you'd get from a poster here at 4am, after a night of heavy spirits and a want to ramble. Their featured articles can be interesting, having Austin and whatnot with a column, but just ugh.

The old World of Wrestling mag from the UK was my 'go-to' in the day. It covered a lot of the ground FSM tries to, but was staffed by people who'd passed their GCSEs. The WWF RAW magazine was always brilliant too, but it was a casualty of the brand-split, and just became a WWE mag variant.

Forgot to add, Powerslam's distribution network is surprisingly expansive. Can't speak for their US presence, but recall seeing them stocked everywhere from Scandinavia to Asia to small, family-run garages in the depths of Ireland.

[thegame415]

So basically, it's the IWC?

[Marty McFry]

I've got every issue since 1993 but for the past few months I've bought it purely out of habit.

[TGM]

If you blot out most of the opinions on modern day wrestling, the rest of the magazine is very good. Especially their complete history of PPV which has been running for a few years now.