The past several weeks have been a doozy in the world of professional wrestling, particularly in the Internet Wrestling Community. Since January there has been a manufactured campaign to get fans to turn on Cody Rhodes, highlighted by a painfully inaccurate equating of the situation to 2014 going into the Royal Rumble with Rhodes in … Continue reading The Right Call
Backlash 2017 Thoughts
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Dolph Zigger I initially found this to be a curious choice for an opener but given how Nakamura's entrance gets the crowd worked up it was the right choice. Dolph came to work and got in most of the offense while Shinsuke did most of the selling save for his signature stuff. … Continue reading Backlash 2017 Thoughts
Superstar Shake Up – One Week Later
There were a lot of instant reactions to the Superstar Shake Up last week. I figured it would be best to wait a week and see how it shakes out first, so here's what I think so far: RAW I'm fine with the middle and bottom rows. Alexa Bliss has already shaken up the women's … Continue reading Superstar Shake Up – One Week Later
WWE Roadblock Recap
Last big show of the year for WWE; would they close it and some of their storylines out well or with a thud? RAW Tag Team Title Match: New Day (c) vs Cesaro & Sheamus So the record reign is over and we have new RAW Tag Team Champs, Cesaro & Sheamus. The match was … Continue reading WWE Roadblock Recap
Wrestling Year End Awards – Phase One
Towards the end of December I'm gonna do my year end awards for comics, wrestling, TV, and movies. For now I'm narrowing down the field in each category. So here we go with wrestling. Where I have a lot of nominees I'll whittle it down some more making a final choice. Match of the Year … Continue reading Wrestling Year End Awards – Phase One
Clash of the Champions thoughts
Nia Jaxx vs Alicia Fox - We've reached the point with Nia Jaxx where she needs to face competitive opponents, and she got one in Alicia Fox. Fox has never been one of the more highly regarded women on the roster, but she's gotten better over time and she did her job really here. She … Continue reading Clash of the Champions thoughts
WWE Battleground Recap
Battleground is all done, and it's on to Brand Split land. Battleground has been a throwaway show since it's inception; would this year be any different? Let's see: Women's Tag Team Match: Charlotte and Dana Brooke vs Sasha Banks and ??? OK, they went for the easy play here with Bayley as the mystery partner. … Continue reading WWE Battleground Recap
WWE Money in the Bank Thoughts and More
Well, in a matter of days things got really interesting in WWE land. We got our fastest successful Money in the Bank cash-in when Dean Ambrose caught Seth Rollins slipping and pinned him for the title just mere minutes after Seth won it from Roman Reigns and barely an hour after winning the briefcase himself. … Continue reading WWE Money in the Bank Thoughts and More
RAW – 5/23/2016
I don't normally do RAW recaps, because I don't usually watch it live and I don't have time to get proper recaps up in any kind of timely fashion. I know you guys aren't trying to wait until the weekend to read my not so hot takes on a show that aired six days earlier. … Continue reading RAW – 5/23/2016
Extreme Rules Recap
Dolph Ziggler vs Baron Corbin (No DQ) - This was on the pre-show. Decent match, although they didn't use the no-DQ stipulation to the fullest. Corbin should be moving on to some other opponent now. As for Ziggler....no idea. I imagine he'll get into some program with someone that will make for good house show … Continue reading Extreme Rules Recap
Stroke of Genius 