Back in the saddle for my first pay per view watch of the new year! 2023 starts off with Hard to Kill from Impact Wrestling (see what I thought about last year's Hard to Kill here). This year's show was once again main evented by Mickie James, except this time she was challenging for the … Continue reading Hard to Kill 2023
Review: Impact Slammiversary
This was not just a pay per view it was a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Impact Wrestling (and TNA as it was previously known). There were some appearances by TNA and Impact wrestlers from previous eras, and some tributes by video from others, including Sting, Kurt Angle and AJ Styles. There was also … Continue reading Review: Impact Slammiversary
Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2022
Note: this is an ongoing project that will be updated throughout the year as more or better information comes in, or any corrections need to be made. All the data on matches and match times were taken from http://www.profightdb.com and http://www.cagematch.net. All numbers are based on final tallys for the year, with any necessary corrections … Continue reading Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2022
Cody owes you nothing
Traitor! You betrayed us! You sold out! How could you! These things and more have recently been said about Cody Rhodes re: leaving AEW and going back to the WWE. If you're like me then you've been alternating between laughing at the people saying this stuff and being concerned that there are way too many … Continue reading Cody owes you nothing
Women’s Wrestling on TV, Present and History
Note: This is not the most up to date information, for that go to Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2022 Welcome to part 2! I chose to go back in time, as far as 2016 for RAW and Smackdown, to see how things have gone over time and how today fares vs years past. As … Continue reading Women’s Wrestling on TV, Present and History
Review – Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill
This is the first pay per view of the year for Impact Wrestling, and the fourth one that I've ever ordered. Away from all the hoopla of WWE and AEW Impact has quietly put on some good shows over the past year and a half. And now that their ill fated partnership with AEW is … Continue reading Review – Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill
Favorites of 2021 – Wrestling
2021 is coming to a close and everybody likes to do those Best of the Year lists, and as I am prone to do I was overthinking mine. So instead of trying to make some academic case as to why this wrestler, this match, etc was objectively in the top five or whatever I figured … Continue reading Favorites of 2021 – Wrestling
ROH Final Battle 2021
I haven't been to a wrestling pay per view since Ring of Honor's Best in the World in 2018, so when they announced that Final Battle would be taking place nearby I went and got a ticket. A few weeks prior came the shocking and sad announcement that ROH would be shutting down after this … Continue reading ROH Final Battle 2021
Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2021
Note: this was an ongoing project that was updated throughout the year. It will be updated if and when I find better information or if I need to make any corrections. All the data on matches and match times were taken from http://www.profightdb.com and http://www.cagematch.net. I logged all of the televised women's matches for WWE, … Continue reading Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2021
RIP Ratings Talk
Our long national nightmare may finally be over. Ratings talk is on the run and may be over for good. Finally! What went from a weekly observation in 1996 to a justification for half baked takes in the 2000s to a toxic point scoring tool on Wednesday nights in 2020 may finally have breathed its … Continue reading RIP Ratings Talk
Stroke of Genius 