Hits & Misses

New Day vs. Orton & The Revival – HIT: It was nice to see Smackdown start off with a very good 6 man tag match that went 20 minutes. There were a few parts that […]

Opening video segment – HIT: Goosebumps. That video package was an incredible way to introduce the USA Network audience to NXT. The music and visuals accompanied by Hunter’s commentary was very well done. If you had just […]

Opening Segment – MISS: Last week, the first two hours of Raw were really good, but the third hour was bad. This week was kind of the opposite, as the first two hours were mostly […]

Damien Priest vs. Boa – HIT: But just barely. Where this was a relatively lackluster match, it was nearly a miss for me. It was match to advance Priest’s winning streak, nothing more and nothing […]

Undertaker – Zayn – MISS: Steve Austin had a purpose for being on Raw, to oversee the contract signing for the Universal Championship match. What purpose did the Undertaker serve on Smackdown? Why was he […]

Stone Cold – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with the contract signing between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman for their Universal Title match at Clash of Champions. Rollins and Strowman were good, […]

Opening Segment – HIT: This was a marginal Hit. Bayley’s character seems to be a heel who doesn’t think she’s a heel. That can work. Her mic work was pretty good. I like the idea […]

Contract Signing – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with the aborted contract signing for the Universal Championship match between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman. The mic work from those two to start […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Smackdown got off to a good start with Kofi Kingston cutting a promo about Randy Orton. Actually, before that we got a long video package of the Roman Reigns mystery, followed […]

Sasha Banks Promo – HIT: Sasha Banks did a nice job coming across as unlikable in her show opening promo. It wasn’t great. I was hoping for more from her since she was such a […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Smackdown got off to a good start with more build towards Kofi Kingston defending the WWE Championship against Randy Orton. Orton started things off well with a strong promo talking about […]

Reigns vs. Ziggler – HIT: This Hit is for both the match itself and the lead up to it. Roman Reigns set the tone right away with the intense way that he came out to […]

Kevin Owens Promo – HIT: Smackdown started off well with Kevin Owens talking about beating Shane McMahon at SummerSlam and looking ahead to King of the Ring which starts next week. The fans are definitely […]

Seth’s Show-Opening Promo – HIT: This was one of Seth Rollins’ best promos as he talked about beating Brock Lesnar to become the Universal Champion at SummerSlam. I would argue that he did more to […]

Charlotte – Trish – HIT: This was certainly better than what WWE did with Charlotte Flair and Trish Stratus last week to set up their match at SummerSlam. It wasn’t great. Neither of them was […]

Opening Segment – MISS: Initially, I liked how Raw started with Samoa Joe showing good intensity in interrupting the start of the show by standing on the announce table. It was something different. But, his […]

McIntyre vs. Owens – HIT: Smackdown got off to a decent start with the video from Shane McMahon and the follow up promo from Kevin Owens. Neither was good enough to get a Hit, but […]

24/7 Title – MISS: Last week was the highest rated show of the year, Raw Reunion. WWE might get some new eyeballs on the show from fans who tuned in last week, and want to […]

Breakout Tournament: Jordan Myles vs. Angel Garza – HIT: A nice little match again here in the breakout tournament. Another Hit as I really enjoy watching young talent get chances to shine and try to […]

Town Hall – MISS: The idea of Kevin Owens’ “shoot” mic work on Shane McMahon is supposed to get the fans thinking that they have a voice in Owens. It was supposed to be nice […]

Matt Riddle vs. Arturo Ruas – HIT: A really good mixed martial arts type match here from Riddle and Ruas. Good singles competition will always get a Hit from me, but this was more about […]

Opening Segment – MISS: The opening segment had its moments, but Raw didn’t get off to a very good start. Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar were good in gloating about Lesnar casing in Money in […]

“Stone Cold” Kevin Owens – HIT: I had mixed feelings about this, but I enjoyed Kevin Owens’ performances throughout the show to give him a Hit. I look forward to seeing a babyface Owens character. […]