My writing biography, taken from my other website at twoshedsreview.blogspot.co.uk:
The Two Sheds Review began way back in
June 2000 when my first online column, a look at The Radicals entry
into the WWF, was published by The Wrasslin' Analysis newsletter, which
had a massive subscription of 143 readers.
In the weeks and months that
followed my ramblings began appearing in other newsletters, including
the Daily Smackdown, The Chokeslam Newsletter, The 316 Report, Powerbomb
Wrestling News and a one-off shot in the ECW-themed 2 Extreme
Newsletter.
Things didn't really take off
until early 2001 when we finally got full internet access. Up until then
I'd used the BT/Talk 21 e-mail system through my Sky Digibox. Getting
onto the web opened up a whole new world to me, and I was able to get my
work published on various websites for the first time. Some of these
sites included Pro Wrestling Columns, Smash Wrestling, Wrestle-Zone UK,
The Balrog's Lair and many more.
It was also in 2001 I attended
my second professional wrestling show, the World Association of
Wrestling's Fightmare show at the Norwich Sport Village. After getting
an insight into the way that British wrestling business worked I was
taken on by WAW to run their website and to handle their internet
operations in December of that year. It was a post I held until I left
the company, for personal and professional reasons, in November 2005.
In 2002 I broadened my horizons
by adding mixed martial arts reviews to my website, beginning with the
Ultimate Fighting Championship's first show at the Royal Albert Hall.
Since then I've taken a great interest in the MMA world, and I've
reviewed shows from all over the world since then. If truth be known
(and don't tell anyone else) I actually prefer MMA to professional
wrestling at the moment!
I've also been mentioned in the local and national press. My collection
of WAW articles was reviewed by the Norwich Evening News and Fighting
Spirit Magazine. I was also asked to contribute to an article in the
Eastern Daily Press following the death of Jackie Pallo. It was too big
to fit in my scanner though!
The Two Sheds Review was also plugged on The Wrestling Channel show The Bagpipe Report.
As for the name, Two Sheds originally
came from an old Monty Python sketch about a composer called Arthur "Two
Sheds" Jackson. He was called "Two Sheds" because he had two sheds. A
few years later while creating a wrestler for myself in the WWF Attitude
game for the Sony Playstation I scrolled down a list of names that
included the likes of The Wolverine and The Crippler. Down at the bottom
was "Two Sheds", so my wrestling avatar became known as Two Sheds, and
it was kind of funny to hear Shane McMahon and Jerry Lawler scream out
"Two Sheds is screwed!" When I began writing about wrestling a couple of
years later it just seemed to fit. (Before you ask, yes, I do. I do
have two sheds. I don't do any writing in them though, because they're
both full of junk.)
As well as articles about
wrestling and MMA this site also contains articles about boxing,
kickboxing, football, cricket and more. I've been a lifelong sports fan,
so it only seemed natural to write sports I've been watching for years.
A recent addition has been some
my old stories. Some of these were co-written with my brother Paul over
20 years ago and have laid dormant in old folders since then. It will
take a while to get them all on this site because I've got to type them
up again. They were originally written using a typewriter (remember
them?) that didn't even half a key for the number 1! I'm hoping to give
my fictional universe a re-boot soon. Hey, DC Comics have done it loads
of times over the past 25 years, so why can't I?
In my "real life" I was born in the
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on November 8th, 1971, the youngest of ten
children born to William and Doris Radbourne. I've lived in the Norfolk
coastal town of Cromer all of my life.
By day I'm an unemployed retail
worker, having worked in that particular industry for over 10 years.
Having done numerous boring jobs for years I finally found my niche as
it were when I got a job working in a local garden centre. I can't
explain why but I just love working in retail. Maybe it's because of the
wide variety of people you get to meet.
I'm an avid Norwich City
supporter. My heroes include the likes of boxing legend Muhammad Ali,
footballing great Pele, cricketer Ian Botham, guitar legends Ritchie
Blackmore, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, Stan Lee, the brains behind
Marvel Comics, Gene Roddenberry, the Great Bird of the Galaxy" and
creator of Star Trek, and Kevin Smith, the man who gave Jay & Silent
Bob to the world.
Anyway, that's enough of this
stuff. Please feel free to browse through the hundreds of articles,
reviews and stories on this site, and to leave a comment or two. Just be
nice though, and remember that rude and insulting comments won't see
the light of day.
JULIAN RADBOURNE
13th June 2011
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