COLLECTIBLES COLUMN: The Best and Worst Cards of 2016
Best and worst lists are always subjective – that’s what makes them so much fun. This past year was one of the better years for pro wrestling trading cards in quite some time. Topps continued […]
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PPV PREDICTIONS – WWE Roadblock End of the Line: Early betting lines, Thomas’s predictions, Likely Follow-up to each match
It’s nearly Christmas time and time for a new WWE Special Event (formerly known as a “PPV”). Now it’s Raw’s turn and Christmas used to mean Armageddon in WWE land. However, tonight we get “Roadblock: […]
BEST & WORST OF THE WEEK (Thru 12/16): Total Nonstop Deletion, Sparkle Crotch, Uranus, New Day, Harper, Gallagher, Foley-Zayn
Best and Worst of the Week takes a look back at the week that was in WWE and TNA. The highs. The lows. The nonsense. Basically, everything that that makes us proud and ashamed to […]
PPV PRIMER – WWE Roadblock End of the Line: Owens vs. Reigns, Banks vs. Charlotte, New Day vs. Sheamus & Cesaro, Rusev vs. Enzo, Braun vs. Sami
It’s that time of year again, time for the last WWE PPV of 2016 . Roadblock: End of the Line comes just in time to press the reset button on Raw’s storylines as we head […]
ALL-STARS & UNDERACHIEVERS: Who shined and who under performed on Raw and Smackdown this week?
This week on WWE programming we saw a very strong go-home episode of Raw before the red brand’s last PPV event before the new year and a big World Championship no. 1 contender match on Smackdown. […]
TNA IMPACT HITS & MISSES 12/15: Total Nonstop Deletion – what worked and didn’t including Tag Team Apocalypto, Morton, Itchweeed
HITS The Cameos Disco Inferno, Hornswoggle, Road Warrior Animal, Sugar Shane Helms and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express all on the same show? Eh, why the hell not? Maybe I’m just a sucker for wrestlers from […]
RISING STAR & FADING STAR OF THE WEEK: Sami Zayn, Mick Foley, Byron Saxton, Jack Gallagher, Dolph Ziggler, Anderson & Gallows
Rising Star of The Week: Sami Zayn Braun Strowman has been scooping Zayn’s heat for weeks now, which is why I was absolutely ready to put him as “The Rising Star” when I heard the […]
NXT TRACKER – TYE DILLINGER: A weekly assessment and predictions on the prospects of an NXT wrestler’s main roster future
Hello, gang, and welcome back to the NXT TRACKER, where I pick an NXT talent, assess their progression to this point and make bold, sure-to-look-hilarious-in-retrospect predictions about their future prospects. Last week I opened with […]
SMACKDOWN HITS & MISSES 12/13: Fatal Four-Way for No. 1 Contendership, Nikki Bella attacker mystery, Miz TV, Battle Royal
SMACKDOWN HITS Pre-Open Recap: This Hit is for the concept of what WWE did with the pre-opening recap on Smackdown, not as much for the specific content of it. Instead of just showing a recap […]
RAW HITS & MISSES 12/12: New Day, Gallagher, The Rollins Report, Roadblock Hype, Sami Zayn-Braun Strowman
RAW HITS New Day’s First Title Defense: This first of two triple threat Tag Team Championship matches was good. The opening promo from New Day was ok, but not particularly good. At least the match […]
PROGRESS REWIND: Review of Chapter 38 “When Men Throw Men at Men” available on demand with Scurll vs. Haskins vs. Havoc
Progress Chapter 38: When Men Throw Men at Men October 30, 2016 Camden, Electric Ballroom Available to stream on Demand Progress Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls played and Jim Smallman entered the ring. He greeted […]
SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened last week with Ellsworth, Styles, Orton, Bray, Becky, Nikki
SMACKDOWN PREVIEW DECEMBER 13, 2016 WASHINGTON D.C. LIVE FROM VERNON CENTER “End of the line…PLEASE” James Ellsworth has come a long way. He got murdered by Braun Strowman, murdered by AJ Styles, murdered by Braun […]
PPV LOOKBACK – What is the legacy of the WWE King of the Ring 1995 with Diesel & Bigelow vs. Sid & Tatanka, Bret, Michaels, Holly, Undertaker
Cheers, gang. Like most of you, I’m a lifelong fan of wrestling. Like some, I’m obsessed. Like a few, I have spreadsheets dedicated to the history of the WWE. When I first subscribed to the […]
RAW PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened last week with New Day, Jericho, Seth, Owens, Reigns, Strowman, Charlotte
RAW PREVIEW DECEMBER 12, 2016 FROM THE WELLS FARGO CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA, PA “You have a date with history.” At Midnight The New Day will have reached 478 days straight as champs tying Demolition. EPIC. […]
BEST & WORST OF THE WEEK (Thru 12/9): Enzo-Rusev, Snow-Shera, Corbin, Big Show gives up, Nakamura-Joe, Sandow/Rex
Best and Worst of the Week seeks out the greatest, and the most groan-inducing things we saw over the past seven days in WWE and TNA. It can be tough to be a wrestling fan […]
Collectibles Column: Collectors Pick Favorite Figures of 2016
What do a demon, four ninja turtles, Prince Pretty and the current WWE World Champion have in common? They all made the list – of top wrestling figures of 2016, that is. To say that […]
NXT TRACKER – SHINSUKE NAKAMURA: A weekly assessment and predictions on the prospects of an NXT wrestler’s main roster future
Hello gang, and welcome to the NXT TRACKER, where I’ll pick an NXT wrestler, assess their progression to this point, and make bold (sure-to-look-hilarious-in-retrospect) predictions about their future prospects. Typically I expect to focus on young […]
BEST AND WORST OF THE WEEK (Thru 12/2): Heyman’s tears, Becky’s fire, 205 Live, James Storm, Bar Fight, Mother of All Styles Clashes
Best and Worst of the Week seeks out the greatest, and the most groan-inducing things we saw over the past seven days in WWE and TNA. It can be tough to be a wrestling fan […]
TNA IMPACT HITS & MISSES 12/8: Full On Sandow, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Eddie Edwards, You Deserve It, Moose, Allie, Mandrews
Hits Full On Sandow: It really is refreshing to see Aron Rex back in the role of Damien Sandow (minus the name). His babyface run in TNA was painfully awkward, and never really clicked. He’s been […]
RISING STAR & FADING STAR OF THE WEEK: Ellsworth, Corbin, Jericho, Enzo, Gallagher, Perkins
Rising Star of The Week: Baron Corbin You can have the Miz vs. Ziggler twentieth ring around the rosey or the “dying days of WCW” finish that was the Styles & Ambrose main event, both […]
ALL-STARS & UNDERPERFORMERS: Raw & Smackdown’s Charlotte, T.J. Perkins, Alexa, Slater & Rhyno, Ambrose
In a week in WWE where we saw the fallout from Smackdown Live’s TLC pay-per-view and advancements in the Universal Title picture on Raw, let’s take a look at some of the best and worst performances […]
FIVE COUNT: Five lessons WWE can learn from TLC including a Smackdown’s lack of acts that are actually over, comedy quotient
(1) Smackdown is badly lacking in acts that are actually over I’ve seen a lot of people quick to label the live crowd as “poor” because of how quiet and disinterested they were in the […]
RAW HITS & MISSES 12/5: Enzo-Lana, Gallagher’s debut, Seth brings up Triple H, Reigns vs. Jericho, Charlotte-Ric
RAW HITS Jack Gallagher: Gallagher was one of the standouts from the Cruiserweight Classic, so I was glad to see him finally debut as part of 205 Live last week. It was good to see […]
WWE TLC HITS & MISSES: Ellsworth’s run-in, Becky selling agony of defeat, Corbin-Kalisto, Natalya sells jewelry
TLC HITS Becky Sells Disappointment It’s the little things that add up in wrestling. Becky Lynch’ interview after her loss to Alexa Bliss was a nice touch, and added a sports-like feel to the show. […]