Aug 09
I think I had to check if I was under the influence of certain substances when I watched RAW this week, as Shane McMahon (the prodigal son) returned after a year-long absence from WWE programming to bring us all “RAW Underground” as the big secret that was hyped up leading to the show. The scene …
Jun 29
All Elite Wrestling’s Fyter Fest, originally scheduled to be in London, England, has now been broken down into two nights on July 1 and July 8, due to the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic, and will take place during the regular AEW Dynamite timeslot. With a stacked card of eleven matches, here are my comments on …
Jun 19
Former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas is very opinionated when it comes to how officiating is done in wrestling matches these days, even though he’s very biasedly slanted towards criticizing AEW referees. Here he is commenting on AEW referee Aubrey Edwards in a match when one of the combatants tried using the ropes for leverage during …
Jun 08
With all the turmoil happening in the United States these past few days, even the realm of professional wrestling is not immune as scores of workers in the industry have commented on #BlackLivesMatter. During one social media campaign, colloquially called Black Tuesday, people were urged to post a black square in solidarity with fighting anti-black …
Jun 05
Now that AEW’s newest championship has been introduced and the first titleholder (Cody Rhodes) has been crowned, I thought this would be a good time to give my own personal analysis of its appearance and design, as well as opine on the overall presentation. Although billed as a championship title that sits on equal footing …
May 25
Now that the second season of the Vice documentary “DARK SIDE OF THE RING” is completed. I thought it would be appropriate to re-analyze this season because I noticed a rather interesting trend tying through all the episodes. That trend is Vince McMahon’s involvement in some rather shady shit for the sake of his wrestling …
May 18
We now have your 2020 Money in the Bank winners: Asuka and Otis. Asuka, of course, is actually now the RAW Women’s Champion as Becky Lynch has relinquished the title following her announcement of her pregnancy. The women’s MITB match was actually for the championship itself, as the belt was inside the briefcase. Lynch unveiled …
May 16
With the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic altering the wrestling landscape in more ways than one, it seems that going forward, WWE (and perhaps other wrestling promotions) may have to rely on the idea of pre-taped, cinematic matches for their major pay per views. The latest example was the ‘most unique’ Money in the Bank ladder …
May 11
When the brand split occurred in WWE in 2016, RAW and Smackdown each ended up having their own tag team division, as well as their own distinctive titles. The existing WWE Tag Team Championships became the RAW Tag Team titles with the straps becoming red to match the brand colours. Over on Smackdown, a tournament …
Apr 01
The COVID-19 situation has permeated every aspect of society and life today, including professional wrestling. Independent wrestling companies who do not have a regular time slot on television have been out of work because they can’t do shows in front of large gatherings. For those companies that can still go on television, such as WWE …
Mar 22
WWE has been running an ongoing documentary series on their ‘Ruthless Aggression’ era, which officially ran from 2002 to 2008. On the heels of WWE purchasing the now defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from Time Warner, the company had to rebrand itself following the much maligned ‘Invasion of WCW’ angle which ran through most of …
Jan 25
The 2020 Royal Rumble takes place this Sunday in Houston, Texas, officially kickstarting the much vaunted ‘Road to Wrestlemania’. Based on the matches announced so far, here’s what I think would be happening on the show, starting with the lower end matches to the main events: the two Royal Rumble matches. Shorty G vs. Sheamus …
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