Takeover Chicago Three great, match of the year candidates. The opener for the tag titles is the best tag team match I've seen this year. Orney Lorcan and Danny Burch were made, winning over and earning the respect of a crowd that was cheering the more well known heels the Undisputed Era. Ricochet and Velveteen … Continue reading Money in the Bank 2018/Takeover Chicago Thoughts
Retro Recap – King of the Ring 1998
We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of King of the Ring 98, so I thought I'd take a look at it. It's important in the annals of history almost entirely because of the bumps Mick Foley (performing on this show as Mankind) took during the Hell in a Cell match he had against the … Continue reading Retro Recap – King of the Ring 1998
My wrestling fandom
My interest in the business was initiated with WrestleMania; as a fan of the A-Team and all the prospect of Mr. T teaming up with Hulk Hogan was too much to turn down. Which of course prompted my Dad (who is the reason spoiler alerts were created) to tell me 'it's fake, they're not really … Continue reading My wrestling fandom
Backlash 2018 Thoughts
As a lot of you said yesterday morning there wasn't a whole lot of buzz going into this one. I was getting vibes of Fastlane earlier this year when a lot of people were calling for doom and gloom and we got pleasantly surprised. This show......was not that, and got soundly trashed on social media … Continue reading Backlash 2018 Thoughts
Who’s Next?
The question that looms over the RAW roster every week in light what happened at WrestleMania is.....just who is gonna beat Brock Lesnar? With Roman Reigns having gotten two shots at him in a month and not winning, after a year long buildup, me and most of you seem to have no idea. And sometimes … Continue reading Who’s Next?
Who’s to blame for Roman Reigns?
And where does he ultimately end up? So here we are, with WrestleMania 34 and the Greatest Royal Rumble in the books, and instead of some of us celebrating a new Universal Champion while others complain about him, we sit here with Brock Lesnar still as champion and Roman Reigns in limbo. It really seems … Continue reading Who’s to blame for Roman Reigns?
NXT Live Report
I got to check out the NXT Live show this weekend. Here's what I saw: Before the show we get a 10 bell salute for Brino Sammartino. Nice touch. Then we get the National Anthem and on to the matches. Street Profits and Orney Lorcan vs Forgotten Sons A little six man tag action to … Continue reading NXT Live Report
Thank You Bruno
The news came down today that Bruno Sammartino passed away at 82 years old. If you don't know, Bruno wasn't just the first big star for what was then the World Wide Wrestling Federation, he was champion for almost eight years uninterrupted and was the prototype for what would come later with Hulk Hogan, the … Continue reading Thank You Bruno
Running the Numbers on Roman Reigns
This one is short and sweet. One of the biggest complaints you see on social media about Roman Reigns is that no one cares about him, and thus he's being shoved down our throats. And this complaint has been largely immune to counter arguments because even when you try to state some facts like views … Continue reading Running the Numbers on Roman Reigns
Retro Recap – WrestleMania 18
WrestleMania 18 was in the middle of a hangover of sorts for the WWE. The Invasion angle was over, having limped to the finished line after a rousing start, and now the roster was somewhat of a mess with people who'd been around for a while, holdovers from the WCW/ECW alliance, and a few additions … Continue reading Retro Recap – WrestleMania 18
Stroke of Genius 