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“What’s A Grown Man Doing Watching Pro Wrestling?”
A close friend once asked me this very question with an air of shame in his voice. I honestly can't say that I answered him as I was too busy witnessing the Rock stare down Hulk Hogan at yet another sold out Wrestlemania. I guess my ability to zone out when the wrestling is on comes from just years and years of being a fan of the strange and yet somehow (not so) beautiful erm ugh sport??!
You see back in the early 80's when I was a wee nipper, on Saturday afternoons just after Saturday superstore and before the A-Team, on I.T.V's World of Sport was Professional Wrestling and not the over the top glamed up wrestling we know today. This was British Wrestling, this was two burly men in leotards, two big sometimes overweight often middle aged men in skin tight lycra, gut barging, eye gauging and head locking their way out of our TV set. The two biggest names of the time were Big Daddy (who my Nan loved and my Granddad knew he could beat) and Giant Haystacks, a scary hairy monster of a man at 6 foot 5 and over 20 stone. Each week these behemoths in spandex would fight in village halls in front of old biddies swinging handbags and chanting "easy easy easy", etching their legendary rivalry into the history books. Eventually their epic rivalry came to an end when Big Daddy gut barged Giant Haystacks out of the ring and through a table for a ten count making Big Daddy the winner in front of a sold out Wembley arena.
Sadly the wrestling stopped on Saturday afternoons but my love for this uniquely brutal form of entertainment did not die. By the time I got to Primary School most of my friends had acquired cable TV and a new group of heroes. Gone was the argument of "who would win in a fight Big Daddy or Superman?", no now it was "who would win in a fight, Hulk Hogan or Superman?". I'd hear playtime stories of Andre the Giant an actual freaky giant at 7 foot 5, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan a man with a handle bar moustache, a silky white mullet and skin orange and shiny.
They all seemed way too mythical to be real to me but the stories kept coming. The Biggest story at the time was when Hulk Hogan finally slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3, Andre was huge well over 500 pounds (I never realised pounds was weight, I just thought it was a lot of money). Gone were the chants of "easy easy easy" now we chanted "USA USA USA", We weren't even American, it made little sense but nothing did and it was fun.
Every playtime we would group together and do "Ible oble black bobble ible oble out" to see who got be Hulk Hogan and one at a time would line up to get slammed on the grass when the teachers weren't watching. Most the time, in fact every time it would end with someone shouting "Pile On!!" and us in massive heap on the grass laughing and screaming, a teacher would shout "break it up" and we would walk heads down with grass stained knees back to class.
I don't know if can answer my friends question. I guess pro wrestling is like a manâs version of Coronation Street or Eastenders. You get a bit of a story, a lot of bad acting and some violence - what more do you want? Just take this advice from Hulk Hogan "Train hard, take your vitamins and say your prayers" oh and "What you gonna Doooo, Watcha gonna do Brother when Hulkamania Runs wild on you?"
Summer, When The Vest Is Best…
We are loving all this glorious sunshine and can't wait to let our skin breathe and soak up some rays in some of our stunning ladies vests this Summer! Here are some of our hot picks to see you through the season of sun!
Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats.....
Warner Bros Animation have teamed up with Japanese animation company Studio 4°C (The people behind Batman: Gotham Knights & The Animatrix) to reboot the Thundercats series later this year.
If you don't remember the Thundercats from the first time round, it was a cheesy 80's cartoon that followed the adventures of a group of cat-like humanoid aliens and it was AWESOME. Here's pictures of the original and the revamped cast to jog your memory.
Cartoon Network are planning to show an initial 26 episodes and it marks Warner Bros. Animation's first ever anime series!
Check out the trailer and let us know what you think....
Here's what Warner Bros. Animation has to say about the revival:
We Need Your Help!
TruffleShuffle are hugely excited and extremely proud to have been nominated for the Best User Experience in the Handbag.com Online Fashion Awards!!
This is all down to you, our wonderful customers, so a huge thank you to all who voted for us. We are up against the likes of Net-A-Porter, Trilogy and John Lewis, which we think is pretty good company to be in so we are chuffed and feel very honoured.
So now comes the next step - the final vote. Our amazing customers helped us get through to the short list and we are hoping you can get voting again, this time for the win! All you need to do is follow this link http://handbag.displaydigital.co.uk/ and vote for your favourite online retailer in each category. We are in the Best User Experience, section 7 and you have till Friday 24th June to get your votes in.
But that's not all - every vote gives you a chance of winning some fabulous prizes:
1st prize: A £500 shopping spree at Swarovski, Great Marlborough Street, London, including champagne in the Swarovski Crystallized Lounge. Plus a one-night stay for two, including breakfast, at the The Langham Hotel, London.
2nd prize: A Coquette vintage glamour pamper day, worth £180, for you and a guest at Kettner's restaurant and champagne bar in Soho, including a meal at the restaurant and champagne. The lucky winner and their guest will also an extra-special Benefit goody bag.
Perhaps Being A Princess Isn’t All That!!!
As a huge Disney fan which has me longing to be a princess I watched the recent Royal wedding just a little bit enviously!
That was until I saw this unfortunate comparison of two real life princesses and their Disney alter egos......
While Prince William and Kate are the vision of the classic fairytale ending poor Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been somewhat harshly likened to the Ugly Sisters thanks to their "alternative" head gear!
While my longing has reduced (slightly) I console myself with fabulous Disney accessories fit for a princess and dream that someday my prince will come.........
Here's looking forward to the next royal knees up, the wedding of Zara Phillips to her rugby prince(?!)
All Spaced Out!
This morning I received a very interesting package! Tearing apart the brown paper layers, it soon became clear there were some VERY special goodies hidden beneath. A small feast of astronaut food! Thanks to the lovely guys who supply us with our NASA tees, we were able to sample the delights of 'freeze-dried ready to eat space food' (something that by the sound of it, the boys had wanted to do for years!). First up was the Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream, followed by the Chocolate Protein Bar and to finish, the Peanut Butter Protein Bar. The concept is weirdly exciting, the flavours weirdly accurate and the texture, interesting!
