WWE RAW HITS & MISSES 3/6: Big Bloodline story hits home run, more
Owens vs. Sikoa – HIT: This was a big night for the continuing saga of the Bloodline, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. It started off with the short bit in the back with Paul Heyman, […]
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HEYDORN’S AEW DYNAMITE RECEIPT 3/8: Show fails to properly capitalize on AEW Revolution momentum
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -How. Do. You. Not. Start. The. Show. With. Some. Kind. Of. Epic. Recap. On. […]
HEYDORN’S NXT ROADBLOCK RECEIPT 3/7: A suitable first face-to-face with Breakker and Hayes
This week’s episode of WWE NXT has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Alright, you got me. The Tiffany’s Epiphanies gimmick cracks me up. Look, I don’t […]
NXT ROADBLOCK HITS & MISSES: Satomura vs. Perez, HBK on Waller Effect, Breakker & Creeds vs. Indus Sher & Mahal, D’Angelo vs. Dijak, Jayne vs. Dolan, Gacy vs. Chase, more.
TONY D’ANGELO vs. DIJAK – JAILHOUSE STREET FIGHT No DQ, no count out, no submission. You must put your opponent in the jail cell and latch the door to win! Apparently, this is a match […]
ALL ELITE ASSESSMENT: Adam Cole and Hook – Evaluating a main eventer and potential rising star
Adam Cole Background The word “generational” has become trendy in today’s wrestling landscape but Adam Cole feels like one of the few who can authentically make that claim. Looks, charisma, and ability on the mic […]
HEYDORN’S WWE RAW RECEIPT 3/6: John Cena serious, but ineffective in return to Monday Night Raw
This week’s episode of WWE Raw has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -The opening of this week’s show felt fresh and I like trying new things […]
HEYDORN’S TAKE: Don’t hold me to this – AEW Revolution 2023
Another month of March and another AEW Revolution event on PPV. Wait, wait, wait. I mean, AEW “Gimmick Matches” 2023! There is a lot happening on this show. A lot. An Iron Man Match, Texas […]
PPV PRIMER – AEW REVOLUTION 2023: Preview and predictions for MJF vs. Danielson, Page vs. Moxley, more
AEW Revolution heads to the Chase Center in San Francisco, California on March 5, 2023. MJF (c) vs. Bryan Danielson – 60-Minute Iron Man AEW World Championship Match Story in a nutshell: Seeking to avenge […]
HEYDORN’S AEW DYNAMITE RECEIPT 3/1: Bryan Danielson puts scorching bow on feud with MJF
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Orange Cassidy with another really good All-Atlantic Championship defense this week. Great match, but […]
AEW REVOLUTION 2023 PREDICTIONS: Bryant tells you who deserves to win and who will actually win each match
Hey, y’all! It’s me again. I know I’ve been out of action for a bit, but that’s only because I loaned it to Andretti. However, today, I am back, and I am here to predict […]
3/2 IMPACT WRESTLING HITS & MISSES: Machine Gunns vs. Ace Austin & Chris Bey, Kenny King vs. Knight, PCO vs. Trey Miguel, more
BTI Decay vs. Heath & Rhino: Miss Straight up, all I wanted out of this match was the Gore vs. a Black Taurus horn charge; the closest I got to that was a few shoulder […]
AEW DYNAMITE HITS & MISSES 3/1: Jon Moxley and Adam Page hit with promos, ladder match hits, more
Orange Cassidy defeated Big Bill to retain the AEW All-Atlantic Title: MINOR HIT A fine opener with Big Bill getting a lot of offense in an an interesting match-up of styles. Although he lost, one […]
WWE RAW HITS & MISSES 2/27: Women’s tag title match misses, Bloodline hits again, more
Opening Segment – HIT: WWE keeps slowly telling the story of the Bloodline and this was a good step in that story as we saw Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa without Jey Uso. Jimmy did […]
HEYDORN’S WWE RAW RECEIPT 2/27: Becky Lynch and Lita win tag titles in clunky main event
This week’s episode of WWE Raw has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -I like the opening to WWE Raw this week if for no other reason […]
ALL ELITE ASSESSMENT: The Young Bucks and Willow Nightingale – Evaluating a main eventer and potential rising star
The Young Bucks Background There is no doubt that not only are The Young Bucks two of the most influential tag team competitors inside the ring of the last decade, but also two of the […]
COLUMN: Falls Count Anywhere – Weekly analysis on WWE, AEW, and whatever else
WWE -I guess it’s worth starting with the big talking point of the business. Sami Zayn. Here’s my 2 cents (that’s why you’re reading this, right?!). Why not? WWE missed out on a big time, […]
IMPACT WRESTLING’S NO SURRENDER PPV HITS & MISSES 2/24: Alexander vs. Swann for Impact Title, Hendry vs. Moose, Bullet Club vs. Time Machine, Slamovich vs. Mickie James
PRE-SHOW: Countdown to No Surrender •Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw (with Jay Vidal) – HIT: Barely. This was a perfectly fine match, it did what it was supposed to, allow the commentary team to really […]
HEYDORN’S AEW DYNAMITE RECEIPT 2/22: Danielson vs. MJF feud gets another jolt of momentum
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Wait, so Blackpool Combat Club are heels now? Good to know! This type of […]
WWE RAW HITS & MISSES 2/20: Edge and Theory hit in main event, Lashley misses, more
Zayn – Owens – HIT: I assumed WWE would pull the trigger at Elimination Chamber and fully put the heat onto the Usos to make it clear that Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens would team […]
NXT HITS & MISSES 2/21: Breakker vs. Mahal, Dyad vs. Chase U, Hartwell vs. Jayne, Williams vs. Dragunov, Gallus vs. Enofe & Blade, more.
TRICK WILLIAMS vs. ILJA DRAGUNOV Williams was fired up going into this match against Dragunov. Dragunov attacked Williams, Carmelo Hayes and JD McDonagh during his return and Williams wanted to get his hands on the […]
HEYDORN’S WWE RAW RECEIPT 2/20: Cody Rhodes swings and misses with WrestleMania promo
This week’s episode of WWE Raw has wrapped. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -A smart move to have Sami Zayn start the show this week coming out […]
ALL ELITE ASSESSMENT: Jon Moxley and Powerhouse Hobbs – Evaluating a main eventer and potential rising star
Jon Moxley Background: Moxley debuted for AEW May 2019 at the inaugural Double or Nothing PPV, setting a marker for what was to come with a post-match attack on main eventers Chris Jericho and Kenny […]
WWE SMACKDOWN HITS & MISSES 2/17: Final EC hype with Sami Zayn in Montreal hits big, more
Natalya & Shotzi vs. Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler – MISS The good. The Montreal crowd made noise during a women’s match. The work overall was fine—the bad I understand the thought process of building […]
WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER 2023 HITS & MISSES: Men’s and Women’s Chamber Matches, Lesnar vs. Lashley, Mr. & Mrs. Edge vs. Rhea & Finn, Sami vs. Roman
WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER 2023 HITS AND MISSES FEBRUARY 18, 2023 MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA AT THE BELL CENTRE AIRED ON PEACOCK, 8:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 a.m. CST BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR Announcers: Michael Cole […]