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Post by SteveHulk on Jul 15, 2014 20:14:11 GMT -5
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Post by wayneyb on Jul 15, 2014 20:27:22 GMT -5
Sad to read this.
I used to buy Power Slam religiously for several years, i've just recently given all of my old copies to my nephew.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 16, 2014 5:39:41 GMT -5
Used to love it, but it's been so bad for years. It's time for it to go. Still remember my first issue in 96.
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Post by kev85hasbro on Jul 16, 2014 7:08:02 GMT -5
I was looking for it in the shops recently and that's why I couldn't find it. Ohh that's a crying shame. It was the best mag for me in around 1998/99. It had all inside gossip and loads of info. But recently it faded away with too much Japanese and indie wrestling. RIP. Thanks
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Post by Scott! on Jul 16, 2014 10:44:11 GMT -5
I stopped buying it last year, internet was good enough for me. I loved the magazine though so pick one up every now and then. I donated all my magazines to the charity shop.
Sad to see it go though.
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Post by adecw on Jul 16, 2014 12:35:34 GMT -5
sad for me I am buying the new issue on release tomorrow preferred this mag over FSM anyday
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Post by v/\v on Jul 16, 2014 12:38:02 GMT -5
Damn, me and my bro still buy every issue. This sucks.
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Post by DTP. on Jul 16, 2014 12:49:25 GMT -5
Preferred PS over Fighting Spirit a lot. Not bought it in a few years though. I hate how biased they were towards modern day wrestling (everything but Japan anyway)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 13:47:38 GMT -5
So powerslam is finishing ,thought they was doing digital only?
237 is nearly 20 yrs could have finished on 240
I have a few powerslam mags always loved the posters and the price ,but in years it went up and stopped buying
Does anyone have all of them ?
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Post by SteveHulk on Jul 17, 2014 0:33:59 GMT -5
I had every issue for about 5 or 6 years from '97 on... it was a super-hot period with things like the birth of Austin 3:16, the Montreal screw-job, the Monday Night War etc. - and (pre-internet) it was the main source for news and gossip. I guess with the rise of the internet and wrestling sites, I gradually stopped reading... I still liked to check out things like the Q&A, PS50 and yearly awards though.
I can't really complain about it finishing as I hadn't actually bought an issue in ages (...probably since the whole Benoit thing). I am sad to see it go though.
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Post by AmbroseBeforeHoes on Jul 17, 2014 2:25:59 GMT -5
Never bought it but browsed the previous issue in a supermarket. They had a brilliant article on the rise of Bray Wyatt. Apparently he got some of his tattoos to fit in with his character whilst he was away fine tuning him (I'm guessing the one that is crosses on a hill?).
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Jul 17, 2014 3:34:41 GMT -5
I've been buying every issue of Power Slam for at least the last six years, my first issue was back in 1998 which had Ken Shamrock on the cover. I always love reading the 'You Are Delusional' and 'What Wrestling Has Taught Us' articles for a bit of a laugh. Damn, Power Slam will be missed.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Jul 17, 2014 19:39:15 GMT -5
Yep, sad day. The end of an era.
I got my first issue in 99 when I was 7. It was the one with Owen on the cover after he died but non kayfabe mags really weren't for me at that age. Began collecting them in January 2005, even though I've always known wrestling was predetermined, PS was really instrumental in making me the fan I am today especially in learning the inside goings on of the business, insider terms and inside gossip.
Crazy to think that I started my PowerSlam collection when I was 12 and I'll be buying the final issue tomorrow at the age of 22. I literally grew up reading it. I sent the editor Fin a long, nostalgic thank you email today.
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Post by "The Perfect Ten" Mizard on Jul 18, 2014 10:34:03 GMT -5
It is the only wrestling mag I buy. Don't really like FSM and WWE mags. Very sad news since I have bought every issue for the last 5 years.
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Post by hbkjason on Jul 18, 2014 15:57:34 GMT -5
I used to love power slam and gt the magazine since 1996, but for me it started toget real bad when it was like they developed this real anti john cena stance and it just got to the point where it felt really petty and turned me off from the magazine. Granted they could have stopped their anti john cena propaganda that they had going as I have not got the magazine for a few years. I am not even a huge john cena fan, but is just hated how they took a pot shot at everything he did.
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Jul 18, 2014 16:28:05 GMT -5
I used to love power slam and gt the magazine since 1996, but for me it started toget real bad when it was like they developed this real anti john cena stance and it just got to the point where it felt really petty and turned me off from the magazine. Granted they could have stopped their anti john cena propaganda that they had going as I have not got the magazine for a few years. I am not even a huge john cena fan, but is just hated how they took a pot shot at everything he did. It's still the same. Apparently the very last line in the very last issue is a dig at Cena.
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Post by hbkjason on Jul 19, 2014 2:39:08 GMT -5
I used to love power slam and gt the magazine since 1996, but for me it started toget real bad when it was like they developed this real anti john cena stance and it just got to the point where it felt really petty and turned me off from the magazine. Granted they could have stopped their anti john cena propaganda that they had going as I have not got the magazine for a few years. I am not even a huge john cena fan, but is just hated how they took a pot shot at everything he did. It's still the same. Apparently the very last line in the very last issue is a dig at Cena. Wow, really lol.
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Post by Top 1% Aaron on Jul 20, 2014 6:45:14 GMT -5
I used to love it, but it's been bad for a while now...it's just padded out with junk.
Half a page of Twitter quotes, half a page of MMA, three pages of reader letters/questions, a whole page of quotes from shows, multiple pages of nothing but photos...it's as if they'd run out of ideas/original content to actually write about wrestling.
Their endless criticism of Cena got old years ago too. They spent so much time spitting negativity and bile at Cena...I'm sure he won't be losing any sleep over this news.
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Post by OmegaGaijin on Aug 4, 2014 6:13:24 GMT -5
I used to love power slam and gt the magazine since 1996, but for me it started toget real bad when it was like they developed this real anti john cena stance and it just got to the point where it felt really petty and turned me off from the magazine. Granted they could have stopped their anti john cena propaganda that they had going as I have not got the magazine for a few years. I am not even a huge john cena fan, but is just hated how they took a pot shot at everything he did. That is where the downfall of the magazine comes in to play, they presented opinions too often as facts. They had a anti Bret Hart stance for years too. Glad its gone, as horrible as it sounds, i enjoyed it pre internet days, but when i became wise to the business (and then involved in it) i just found it laughable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 7:42:27 GMT -5
It's still the same. Apparently the very last line in the very last issue is a dig at Cena. Wow, really lol. Yeah its really pathetic, every article will have at least one reference/dig on Cena. The interviews they did were really good though. Still sad to see another wrestling publication go, especially now WWE magazine is finishing in October. The late 90s onwards I could be buying 8-10 mags a month. Now its just FSM (which has gotten so much better since Brian Elliot took over) and PWI (6 issues a year), there are a couple of fanzines surfacing in the UK which are excellent (Calling Spots and Tag Rope). Its really sad to see magazines in wrestling dying because for me they were so important in my wrestling fandom growing up.
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