It's that time of year again for me to submit my picks for the New York 50 - that is, my top 50 WWE Wrestlers for the year 2020. If you want to see my lists for 2018 and 2019, they're here. Now this year was really wacky because of how COVID turned everything upside … Continue reading My 2020 NY 50
Retro Recap – Survivor Series 1987
This was the inaugural running of this event, and it's origin is that basically Vince McMahon did not want NWA promoter Jim Crockett getting a foothold in pay per view, and created an event that ran the same night to force cable companies to choose which one they would carry. You see kids back then … Continue reading Retro Recap – Survivor Series 1987
Survivor Series 2020
Dual Brand Battle Royal How good a battle royal is, regardless of company comes down to a couple of things - how good the finish is and how much of the match they put any effort into laying out other than the finish. They did a good job on both here in that there were … Continue reading Survivor Series 2020
A Wrestling Union: Is it possible?
So we were hit with the shocking news that Zelina Vega was released from the WWE. That news was preceded by a tweet from her that she supported unionization. So of course twitter was lit up with a lot of people jumping from A to Z and concluding that she got released because of the … Continue reading A Wrestling Union: Is it possible?
New Day Rocks Forever
The season premiere of Friday Night Smackdown brought with it some new beginnings but also a somber ending. It was on this night that Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and Big E wrestled what is for now their last match together as a trio. They went with a win over Cesaro, Sheamus, and Shinsuke Nakamura (as … Continue reading New Day Rocks Forever
Turning Roman Reigns Heel in 2020? Yeah they did
You know what? I was wrong. I really did think that the ship had sailed on Roman Reigns turning heel at this point, at least for the time being. But lo and behold here were are. This past Friday stood in the ring flanked by Paul Heyman, who made it clear what the deal was. … Continue reading Turning Roman Reigns Heel in 2020? Yeah they did
Turning Roman Reigns Heel…..in 2020?
Five years ago I wrote about the desire from a lot of people to turn Roman Reigns heel and why I thought that was a dumb idea. And since then it's gotten consistent traffic every year even though I don't even promote it anymore until I tweeted it back out today. Now that is probably … Continue reading Turning Roman Reigns Heel…..in 2020?
Summerslam 2020 Thoughts
Women's Title Matches: Asuka vs Bayley (c) and Asuka vs Sasha Banks (c) Both matches were very good to great, and they moved the storyline along in important ways. Sasha took the bullet for Bayley to help her retain her title but Bayley did not return the favor when it was her turn to help … Continue reading Summerslam 2020 Thoughts
Retro Recap – One Night Stand 2008
I've been going through the years I missed while on breaks from watching wrestling, and now I'm halfway through 2008. 2007 ended on a pretty lackluster note with John Cena out injured for months and Chris Benoit's murder/suicide casting a huge shadow over the entire business and forcing some much needed cleaning up both in … Continue reading Retro Recap – One Night Stand 2008
Naomi’s Opportunities
What has she gotten, and what should she be getting? OK so let's look at the record here, going back to the beginning of the women's revolution. Thanks to cagematch.net we can do just that. I looked for matches against who can be considered the most important women in the company - the 4 Horsewomen, … Continue reading Naomi’s Opportunities
Stroke of Genius 