Hits & Misses

Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with the segment involving Randy Orton and Christian. It was a good follow up to Orton vs. Edge from Backlash the night before. It […]

So when I get mad, I make a fist.  I grab my pen and I write out a list.  Of all the wrestling stuff that hit and missed.  Let’s see who’s made our WWE Smackdown […]

•Ultimate impact – HIT: While I don’t think this has been the strongest of the most recent batch of episodes overall, that is not a knock since that has been a decently high bar as […]

•EDDIE KINGSTON INTRO – HIT: If you ever wanted to hear a great promo cut on racism by a white person without sounding patronising or tone deaf? This is it. I could ticky tack about […]

•The Butcher & The Blade vs. FTR – HIT: FTR as the sport-like wrestlers AEW needed. Tony Khan has preached about AEW being a sports oriented presentation of wrestling focusing on the athletes and their […]

Fish & Strong are Undisputedly Not Kidnapped, Cole Addresses His “In Your House” Victory – HIT : We saw Fish and Strong get kidnapped during Cole vs Dream at IYH by Dexter Lumis, and if […]

Ultimate impact – HIT: The main event threatened to bring down my enjoyment of the whole episode, five weeks of investment tossed aside for a nonsensical final tournament match, compounded by similar shenanigans over on […]

Opening Segment – MISS: There were things that I liked about the opening segment of Raw, but a lot of it was just annoying. The biggest issue is that five out of the six women […]

•In Your House Intro & Overall Presentation – HIT: This was such a nostalgic show in so many ways. From the name of the show itself, to the logo and colors, to Todd Pettengill starting […]

So when I get mad, I make a fist. I grab my pen and I write out a list. Of all the wrestling stuff that hit and missed. Let’s see who’s made the WWE Smackdown […]

•Kip Sabian & Jimmy Havoc vs. Kenny Omega & Hangman Page – HIT A good showcase match for Kenny Omega and Hangman Page. They make a great team and as a fan it’s satisfying to […]

•Candace LaRae vs. Mia Yim – HIT: Advertised last week, the match I was most looking forward to kicked off the show! The past few weeks we’ve watched the feud between Mr. & Mrs. Wrestling […]

Rollins’ Promo – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with the promo from Seth Rollins talking about how Rey Mysterio was a necessary sacrifice for the greater good. Rollins gave a good performance. […]

So when I get mad, I make a fist. I grab my pen and I write out a list. Of all the wrestling stuff that hit and missed. Let’s see who’s made the WWE Smackdown […]

Overall – HIT: The wrestling takes center stage on this episode of Impact Wrestling. Every single match was good to excellent, or otherwise served to further a storyline. Only one atrocious WWE style “we need […]

•Joey Janela & Private Party vs. Matt Hardy & The Young Bucks – HIT: Who is the Matt Hardy character? I get the Broken gimmick, but why does he change ring attires to different stages […]

•NXT Cruiserweight Championship Interim Tournament – Drake Maverick vs. Kushida vs. Jake Atlas – HIT : After all three competitors wound up tied with the same score at the end of their block, this triple […]

•CARNYLAND OPENING MONTAGE – MISS: This was just too sad. We got the minimalist music and Corgan waxing about how he doesn’t have answers and things are weird over shots of empty streets and fields. […]

Using a Crowd – HIT: I am among the fans who have questioned why WWE hasn’t gone the same route as AEW with having Performance Center trainees in the crowd to provide some noise and […]

So when I get mad, I make a fist. I grab my pen and I write out a list. Of all the wrestling stuff that hit and missed. Let’s see who’s made the WWE Smackdown […]

•Overall – HIT: I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Good in-ring action, and new plots and storyline developments abound. Quite frankly, the only glaring issue I see (relatively speaking) is the lack of star power even […]

•Opening Teaser – HIT: Wait, what? “Opening teaser”, that thing that Impact Wrestling and other shows play before the opening credits that catches you up with what’s gone on in previous episodes and gives you […]

•10 vs. Jon Moxley – MISS: Prior to the match, Brodie Lee cut a promo. Lee spoke about being at an elite level and the elevation of 10. Lee made him take a knee before […]

•Karrion Kross w/ Scarlett vs. Liam McJobberPants – HIT : Glad to see that Scarlett did not sing the lyrics to the entire song this week and only the “Fall and Pray” part of the […]