Tonight Mercedes Mone fka Sasha Banks is expected to make her AEW debut on a special episode of AEW Dynamite called Big Business in Boston, or Boss-ton as the poster says. Now before I go any further let me make it clear that I do think she is making a good decision to choose AEW … Continue reading How I’d book Mercedes Mone in AEW
Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2023
Note: this is the complete report for 2023. For previous year's tallys and commentary you can check out 2021 and 2022. For those who are new to reading my work, I started doing this in 2021 because it sure felt like the women's divisions in WWE were getting shortchanged on TV, particularly on Smackdown. So … Continue reading Women’s Wrestling on TV in 2023
New Year’s Aspirations
2024 is here! And in the name of the new year instead of New Year's Resolutions I have six New Year's Aspirations, things that I would like to see happen, think would be a good idea, or am just flat out hoping for. Adam Copeland, AEW World Champion The logic behind this is very simple. Copeland is … Continue reading New Year’s Aspirations
A True Cult of Personality
CM Punk's return to WWE very well may be the biggest story of 2023, and anyone who has thoughts about pro wrestling has some to say about it. To do that in this space, Tanya of the Suplexes and Shea Butter Podcast has once again lent us her talents. You can find her at @TheWitchMilitia on … Continue reading A True Cult of Personality
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
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
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 