Aug 18
SummerSlam is considered one of the biggest events of the professional wrestling calendar, and continues to be a chance for WWE to showcase some of their best performers in the most anticipated of matchups. So with this years monumental SummerSlam (the first since the draft split) fastly approaching, I’m taking a look back at 5 of …
Aug 13
Welcome to part three of Old Skool View presents……Summerslams of yesteryear. In this instalment i’ll be looking back at the Summerslams from 2000-2009, where no doubt many of you witnessed your first summerslam, but as i’m old and all that i’ve got a bit of time on you haha. Anyway, Summerslam 2000, the first Summerslam …
Aug 11
Daniel Bryan recently announced that Smackdown Live would be introducing its own Tag Team Titles, but who should be the first champions to hold the titles? Chad Gable & Jason Jordan are the obvious fan favourites, but I wouldn’t necessarily give them the tag team titles straight away. Let’s take a look at the teams …
Aug 08
Impact Wrestling just announced that on Sunday, October 2nd, their signature pay-per-view Bound For Glory will eminate from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. The main event has already been set nearly 2 months in advance of the event with Ethan Carter III headed to the final step of his “redemption” tour as he won …
Aug 06
It’s time for part two of Old Skool View presents….Summerslams of the 1990’s. Summerslam 1990 was actually pretty good in my eyes, it had an excellent two out of three falls match for the WWE Tag Team titles as The Hart Foundation beat Demolition, and for once Hulk Hogan wasn’t in the closing match of …
Aug 04
On June 22nd we heard the shocking news of Roman Reigns’ suspension for violation of the WWE wellness policy, and on July 24th he made his return to WWE Television at annual pay per view event, Battleground. 2 months ago, Reigns was ‘the guy’, at the top of the WWE card, the fact of the …
Jul 30
With Summerslam not so far away i’m going to spend my next few articles looking back at the previous Summerslam events, breaking it down to 80s/90s/00/10’s which will take us right up to this years event. The first Summerslam event took place August 28th 1988, and as you could have guessed, took place in the …
Jul 28
So the WWE roster has officially been split into two, Raw and Smackdown, we’ve now seen the first shows of a new era for both shows. I think we can agree both 25th July edition of Raw and 26th July edition of Smackdown were fantastic shows, but which brand came out on top? I’m assessing …
Jul 23
Reading through all the potential names that WWE were looking to sign in order to bulk out their roster ahead of the draft, one of the more standout ones for me was Nick Dinsmore aka Eugene. So let me take you through some of the highs and lows of the Eugene character. Prior to his …
Jul 22
It is a little known secret now that Roman Reigns carried out a 30 day suspension for violating the wellness policy at WWE. With Reigns dropping the title to Seth Rollins, who in turn dropped to Dean Ambrose, a triple threat match was setup for WWE Battleground this weekend, for the WWE (World Heavyweight) championship. …
Jul 21
Following July 19th’s Smackdown LIVE Draft, many fans have been left underwhelmed. People were expecting Kurt Angle, Goldberg or Rey Mysterio, however they were given the drafts of Bo Dallas and Mojo Rawley. Firstly, what people need to understand is that this draft was never about free agents, it was always about CURRENT superstars on the …
Jul 19
This coming Wednesday, Lucha Underground will present the 2-hour season finale called “Ultima Lucha Dos”. It has been going on for the past 2 weeks but this show, Part 3 of a 3 Part season finale will have the main events and will wrap up all the storylines before heading into season 3 in either …
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