Martin Shaw

Martin is a mediocre blogger who somehow managed to blag his way onto the Pulse Wrestling team. When not writing about men in spandex, he can be found fannying about with synthesizers. He goes by the names KON in the comments section & martyrshow on the twittors.

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Flatlining: Randy Orton vs Sheamus (and other RAW shenanigans)

So everyone loved that episode of RAW, right? What? Starcade? Scott Keith didn't like it either? Damn. Keith is in his own little world (one where stars appear to be in incredibly short supply) so I guess I’ll have to respond to Starcade...   STARCADE: WWE has to fire at lea »»

Flatlining: The WWE app (Because King and Cole haven't mentioned it)

Welcome to another edition of Marketing Bullshit That No One Cares About, Yet Still Gets Ran By Every Major Site On The Net. This week/month, we take a look at Vince McMahon working those “internet marks” via the WWE app. Imagine what a WWE app would be like. Not what you'd want a WWE app to »»

Flatlining: Movember, Mo' Problems (Komen, Vince McMahon, Meth Hardy, The Ryback)

Regular readers will know that I was shot in the face a month ago, and died as a result. This doesn't seem to have affected my ability to write comments and/or columns, so i'll be making an odd appearance until someone asks me to stop/finds my bones and sets them on fire. Wrestling isn't all th »»

Koko Sold Separately - With Blair and KON (Owen Hart, Bret Hart, Neidhart)

Welcome to part seven of whatever-the-fuck-we-are-calling-this. As with most “difficult” topics, Blair A Douglas (of Interinactivity and mydaughtersfuckinghulkhogan.com fame) jumped into the revolving hot-seat. KON: Do you remember the first time you seen Owen? BLAIR: I seen him... that is »»

SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM - With Gepp and KON (Savage, Elizabeth, Luger)

Here's a little behind the scenes peak at what goes into making one of these interviews:   GEPP: CB said to email you about the Macho Man thing for your revolving door interview type thingy. KON: I'm in the middle of a Wild Pegasus one with Blair right now, but i'd be happy to do it an »»

Rest In Peace - With Gojira and KON (The Undertaker, Paul Bearer, Kane)

Welcome to the 3rd instalment of my revolving door interview series type thingy. Part two ended with the realisation that no story has a happy ending (at least in the wrestling business). I thought I was done after that, but Mike Gojira asked if he could take part in an Undertaker-based version a »»

HULKAMANIA - With CB and KON (Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon, Dixie Carter. Et tu, Brute?)

CB: Hey, I just read through our back and forth on the Ultimate Warrior, and I must say it turned out awesome. Speaking of which, I was wondering if our next wrestler we discuss could be The Miz... ...HA! Just kidding KON, as if anyone cares about The Miz in 2012 (what happened to all his IWC su »»

KON on... Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan (Brother, Dude, Jack)

Well let me tell you something, brother... TNA is woeful right now. Don't get me wrong, RAW and Smackdown are horrible too, but Gunner, Crimson, Garrett and Matt Morgan don't appear on those shows. What happened? Even during 2010, a terrible year for the company, the show was watchable. Now we »»

Flatlining - With Blair, CB, DaveDubya, Gepp, Gojira, Newbury, Rey and Swayze (WWE, TNA, ROH, RCW)

Cast your mind back two weeks.  Do you remember Mark Allen's opinion/news piece that received 30 or so comments?  One commenter, "Jeff", said the following... "I began reading Pulse wrestling a few years back and became a fan of the "old guard" such as Mark and Wheeler. When mark left, I »»

The Martyrshow: Crazy Horses (Ric Flair, JJ Dillon, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson and those other guys)

Is everyone still writing about WrestleMania and pretending they're excited?  I passed on RAW and Smackdown this week, I don't think anything important happened anyway.  Impact?  I gave up about forty-five mins in. What the fuck am I writing about this week then?  "Wrestling is Still Boring" »»

The Martyrshow: At the Movies Part II and WrestleMania XXVIII Thoughts (John Cena, The Rock)

Last week I suggested some movies that WWE could make and four or five of you enjoyed it.  Hollywood sequelizes everything these days, so why can't I? Before I hit you with this list, I need to clarify that Mel Gibson is out. As much as Hollywood would love to remake all of his movies, he d »»

The Martyrshow: Post-Everything (Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Billy Gunn, The Ugandan Giant Kamala)

WWE are about to launch a TV network (or they're about to pull-out of launching a network, who knows?) and they have been using the internet to try out some of their ideas for shows: Idiots Fall Over with Dolph Ziggler I Talk To People In The Funny Accent And They Laugh At Me with Santino »»

The Martyrshow: On John Cena's Title Reigns, Cody Rhodes' IC Title Run and WWE Smackdown

People often like to say that the belts are worthless in modern-day "sports entertainment" & they'll cite things like Cena's 10 reigns as WWE Champion in order to back their viewpoint up. It's kind of hard to argue with that kind of logic when you think about how long it took Ric Flair to rack u »»

Flatlining: Jailhouse Rock (a Maivia, Anoa'i, Johnson, Fatu family album)

I was but a little jimmy when The Rock became The Nation's/Corporate/People's Champion. I think I was twelve when Smackdown launched, The Rock called it his show and whatnot, that was when he was at the height of his career, when he became a real main-event guy... They didn't have a fancy term to »»

Flatlining: Festivus (The Ryback, Lord Tensai, Ric Flair, Mean, Wooo, Bah Gawd, Gene)

Last month I said I'd do something in December, so this is it. I've had 2 different jobs since then, so I've had way better things to do than waste 10 hours writing something for 100 people... Ten thoughts on the Monday 17th episode of RAW 1. Who the fuck are the faces on this show? 2. Rybl »»

Flatlining: Octoberfest (CM Punk, John Cena, The Rock)

INT. THE TOP SECRET WRITERS ROOM – NIGHT Various “men” are engaged in a pissing contest. One poorly looking writer (KON) walks into the room and the rest split off into groups. CB KON! KON CB! F.D. SWAYZE Yo! CB What have you got for today? KON Nothing, nothing at all. F.D. SWAYZ »»

PINK, BLACK AND GREASIER THAN A DEEP FRIED MARS BAR - With Zork and KON (Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels)

I'm back, bitches!   My computer couldn't handle interviews of this magnitude, so I had to invest in a new build and, contrary to popular belief, being an armchair wrestling critic doesn't pay particularly well. I'm all up and running now though, so get ready for more of whatever-the-fuck-t »»

****** - With Blair A. Douglas and KON (Chris Benoit, Woman, Kevin Sullivan)

Pulse has been doing anniversary articles recently and Sunday marked five years since the murder-suicide thing. Blair A. Douglas (BAD) joined me to talk about the man's life... KON: What was your first memory of Chris Benoit? BAD: We didn't get ECW up in Canada until 1999, or WCW until 1996, s »»

The Martyrshow: Imagine (Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio, CM Punk, Muh Boy D-Bry right here)

*insert witty intro here* Remember when I said WWE was doing slightly racist stuff and everyone went fucking nuts? Teddy Long is now the slave of a rich white man. Also, Fella's new finisher is called "White Noise." I read a lot about the level of cheers Fella may or may not be getting, a little a »»

DESTRUCITY - With CB and KON (Ultimate Warrior, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan)

Welcome to whatever-the-fuck we're going to call this. I'm Joined by CB today, and possibly over the next few weeks, to discuss old wrestlers and whatever relevance they may or may not have in the modern world of sports entertainment. Today, we tackle WARRIOR!    **SKRONK**   C »»

KON on 'e (CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, John Cena)

I've been gone for a few weeks now due to funerals (yeah, multiple) and toothache. I've tried to keep up with what's been going on, but a lot of my fellow columnists seem to be writing horrible stuff like Stone Cold Steve Austin Should Wrestle CM Punk at WrestleMania.  Let me tell you why Punk »»

The Martyrshow: Choose Your Own Adventure - WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII Edition

I thought I'd help write everyone in the "IWC's" columns for them this week... The Rock vs. John Cena I am so happy / sad that Cena / Dwayne won last night.  The crowd were on their feet from the entrances onwards and cheered like the Road Warriors were in town.  My man John Cena / The Rock »»

The Martyrshow: Boredom (WWE WrestleMania, TNA Victory Road, Cena vs. Rock and other stagnations)

I'll preface this by saying I have an eye infection right now.  It's just hard to write when using one eye and I'm not 100% why,  it's not like I'm looking at two monitors or anything, but I've been avoiding the computer altogether for the last few days.  I missed out on the round-table »»

The Martyrshow: At the Movies (WWE Studios, 20th Century Fox, The Marine III)

The thing I posted last week would’ve been aborted if I hadn’t forced myself into a hole.  I’d asked the other writers which idea they preferred and nobody seemed to go wild for the Otunga article (I also let the deadline beat me into submission).  Maybe it could’ve been saved by fleshi »»

The Martyrshow: On The WWE Divas Division (Kelly Kelly, AJ Lee, Beth Phoenix, Eve, Kharma)

About three weeks ago I wrote a little "New Year's resolutions" type post on my own site and I happened to include a line about not writing for Inside Pulse because "...assuming they’d take me on to begin with, I’d run out of things to say after about 3 weeks". You're reading this, so obvious »»

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