Aug 19
It’s the age old problem that not just the WWE have, but many other wrestling organisations seem to have. The problem of how do you make your mid-card title relevant? For the WWE we have the Intercontinental (IC) and United States (US) titles. In order to try and make these titles matter they gave the …
Aug 15
Many rejoiced when Seth Rollins cashed in at Wrestlemania 31 and captured the WWE Title from Brock Lesnar, surely this was the dawn of a new era in WWE, surely this reignited the stagnant main event scene. However as Battleground drew to a close and the Undertaker made his triumphant return many were left wondering …
Aug 14
Howdy folks, The Voice of Reason back on SLTD again this week after a week off. Unfortunately, nothing particularly eventful has happened that in my opinion is worth talking about. So this gave me time to let my mind wander, and think about what weekly programming might be missing. One thing that immediately popped to …
Aug 11
The latest edition of Monday Night Raw is in the books, and Seth Rollins is still the champ. Of course we all knew he would be. Playing the cowardly-heel role for his entire championship reign, Rollins, by my count, has only one clean title defense via ladder match against Dean Ambrose at Money in the …
Aug 10
All true wrestling fans know the history of Paul Heyman. We know he ran ECW into the ground, we know he got fired from WCW, and we know that he also got fired from WWE back in the day due to some backstage politics, but we do know one thing, he is amazing. Easily one …
Aug 04
A few months ago the WWE essentially killed one of the greatest, most innovative, hottest finishing moves in recent memory, the Curb Stomp. The premise of the Curb Stomp was pretty simple. Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins, would wear down his opponents until they were down on their hands and knees. He would …
Aug 03
It was the 7th of April 2014, one night after WrestleMania XXX, and down the ramp walked the shy Paige. She is a 21 -year old Diva from Norwich, England, and in one night she turned the company on its head. After AJ Lee successfully defeated every Diva on the roster in a Battle Royal, AJ …
Aug 01
So another month has passed in the world of professional wrestling and as we near the biggest show of the summer, much has happened since my last report at the end of June. The WWE icon that is Hulk Hogan has been fired and blacklisted by WWE without a backward glance, the WWE’s resident phenom …
Jul 31
A bit of a cryptic heading to a wrestling blog post I must admit, so what do I mean by less is more? In simple terms. It’s about Monday Night Raw. Back when Raw used to be a 2 hour episode, I used to look forward to the occasional special episodes that are slightly longer. …
Jul 28
“The Bulgarian Brute”, the “Hero of the Russian Federation”, it doesn’t matter what moniker he chooses, through it all, the message that remains constant: Rusev is a force to be reckoned with. Bursting onto the main roster scene in 2014, alongside the “Ravishing Russian” Lana, Rusev’s presence was felt right away. His matches were short …
Jul 27
When Kevin Owens first came onto the scene in WWE a lot of fans didn’t know who he was. The strong hardcore fans did, but the rest of them didn’t understand who he was and why he was getting pushed onto the main roster. I’ve wrote this piece to explain just how Kevin Owens got …
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