I don’t really read magazines much nowadays – I may pick up the odd copy of Glamour or Real Homes now and again (or even my guilty pleasure, Inside Soap) but this is a rare occurrence. On the odd occasion I do pick up a magazine, it is generally about my interests – Writing magazine for example or perhaps the latest edition of Blogosphere.
I recently heard about Calling Spots magazine billed as the professional wrestling fan’s magazine. I’ve made no secret that I love WWE, am getting quite into ICW and occasionally watch Ring of Honor and TNA. My first love will always be WWE though. I was intrigued to see what the magazine was like so quickly made an order and the magazine arrived within days.
Having entered into some friendly dialogue with the team behind the magazine over on their Twitter, I couldn’t wait to take a look and I wasn’t disappointed. The magazine came with a small print which you can see was later advertised in the magazine. I was happy to get Neville, got to support UK talent!
The content itself was quite interesting – there were some serious articles such as the surge in popularity of British wrestling, the art of professional wrestling commentary and the Summer of ’96 and there were some more light hearted articles such as the top 10 hunks in wrestling, written by Jo Graham who doesn’t ‘know much about wrestling’. I have to say – I don’t really agree with most of her list, perhaps Punk, Roman and Rollins but she is missing some of my favourites (Orton, Ziggler, Drew Galloway, Jack Jester). I’m sure my fellow WWE loving bloggers Charli, Sia and Charli would have some input too!
All in all, I was pretty impressed with Calling Spots magazine. It is a slim volume but is packed full to the brim with interesting content and is a bargain at just £1.99 with £1 postage for UK readers. I’ve already got the next edition on pre order and will certainly be purchasing the back editions once I get a chance. You can order yours here.