Hits & Misses

HITS •Land of the Big Dog(s) I cringed when I heard the opening bars of Drew McIntyre’s music which instantly signified the further deterioration of the brand split.  However, the combination of McIntyre and Roman […]

Johnny Gargano’s Wheel Of Challengers Everybody knows that Johnny Gargano loves wheels. He opened the show with a wheel in the center of the ring with challenger names on it. Dexter Lumis, Pete Dunne, Adam […]

Miz TV – MISS: So Raw is centering around their Team Raw men’s and women’s teams for Survivor Series. Both of those teams can’t get along. There is so much of the storytelling on Raw […]

HITS •The Big One Finally being able to “win the big one” has been a long standing storyline in wrestling, and in Sasha Banks’s case, it has been maintaining “the big one.” By retaining the […]

•MJF & Wardlow vs. Sammy Guevara & Ortiz – HIT Sammy Guevara was incredible. He showed off his athleticism and potential as a future babyface. He took it to MJF who ultimately got the win. […]

Opening Segment – MISS: The opening segment didn’t do much for me. Randy Orton has done some very good mic work in 2020, but this was not an example. It was more of the boring, […]

•Eddie Dennis vs. Oliver Carter – PUSH This was the first match back for Eddie Dennis after eight months out with an injury and COVID. I liked giving Dennis a match like this where he […]

HITS •Oath of the Uce The opening promo was Jey Uso’s least consistent performance since the program with Roman Reigns began and included, once again, an overr-eliance on the term “Uce,” a brief moment of […]

•Final impact – HOLY #@% THEY SHOT JOHN E. BRAVO Yeah so… I’m going to go against my true nature and skip straight to the ending segment for this one. After Rosemary orchestrated the events […]

Spin The Wheel – Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano (North American Championship) The show opened with Zombie Blackheart, followed by a live music entrance for our North American Champion, Damian Priest. That entrance had the […]

Opening Segment – MISS: Most of this show was a Miss as it followed up from Hell in a Cell which failed to get me excited for Raw going forward. I don’t understand taking the […]

HITS •FS1 Effect:  It was to the great benefit of fans that enjoy quality, long matches that last night’s show was shown on FS1 as a way to not put too much on the show […]

•Final impact – PUSH: Sadly, I wasn’t too fond of the go-home show prior to Bound for Glory. There were too many instances of WWE-like screwy finishes to avoid getting a clean ending prior to […]

Kushida vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Tommaso Ciampa: No time wasted this week, Kushida was mid-entrance as the show began. As Dream made his entrance, Ciampa attacked from behind and this match was underway. Ciampa spent […]

•Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy – HIT I continue to be impressed by the constant improvement by Jungle Boy. He created most of the movement in the match and sold well for Wardlow. They worked well […]

Fiend/Retribution/Hurt Business Start the Show – MISS: This was a mess. I don’t understand the dynamic between Retribution, The Hurt Business and the Fiend, all of whom are heels. I am not a fan of […]

Roman Reigns has always been my hero. The WWE’s sizable canine used to walk down that ramp with his trademark smugness to a chorus of boos and that one loud cheer from the young whippersnapper […]

HITS •Eye on the New Roster Smackdown has been in desperate need of a strong upper midcard, and the infusion of Seth Rollins, Murphy, the Mysterios and a returning Daniel Bryan are just what the […]

•FTR vs. Best Friends – MISS Great action to kick off Dynamite. I like the idea of FTR being known as these great wrestlers who deliver in their matches, but will occasionally give a screwy […]

•Xia Brookside & Dani Luna vs. Amale & Nina Samuels — HIT: This was a women’s tag team match to kick off the show. This match had two newcomers on both sides, Dani Luna and […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with the in ring confrontation between Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre. The mic work from both was strong and kept short before the physicality. […]