This is the next chapter of a year by year retrospective from my viewpoint as a wrestling fan. What did I watch, what was good, what was bad, which men and women were the best and what matches and moments stood out. 2015 started out as a bit of a crossroads. The Shield, now all … Continue reading My Wrestling Yearbook – 2015
Review – AEW Full Gear
The next to last AEW PPV of the Year, came on November 23rd. The vibes going into this one weren't as positive and they were in previous years, or even earlier this year. Along with some objectively bad decision making in lots of areas AEW is going through a bad momentum phase right now where … Continue reading Review – AEW Full Gear
Review – All Out
As with last year All Out is the companion/follow up show to All In. All In 2024 had some truly magical wrestling moments and angles that would be impossible to top just two weeks later, so the goal here is to just put on a good show that doesn't kill any of the momentum from … Continue reading Review – All Out
Review – AEW Forbidden Door
Forbidden Door is the fourth AEW PPV this year, and the third one of theirs that I've ordered and watched. For all of the decisions that I have roasted him over, I will again give Tony Khan props for finally putting his PPVs in a place that is easy for me to buy them and … Continue reading Review – AEW Forbidden Door
Review – AEW: Double or Nothing
This is my second foray into the world of AEW PPVs following last month's Dynasty, and the fifth anniversary of what was their first ever show. Five years in some things have changed and some have not. The company is no longer the hot new thing on the street and is now going through a … Continue reading Review – AEW: Double or Nothing
How I’d book Mercedes Mone in AEW
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
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
Trinity’s Big Move
So while the WWE draft was going on the news was announced that a former WWE standout would be making her debut in Impact Wrestling next week. That woman of course is Trinity, known to all of us as Naomi in WWE. After almost a year away from the ring she will be back and … Continue reading Trinity’s Big Move
Broken heart, lost soul
The past few years during WrestleMania season I've run a couple of pieces on women's wrestling, submitted by Tanya of the Suplexes and Shea Butter Podcast. You can find her at @TheWitchMilitia on Twitter. Her previous work from 2021 can be found here and here, and from 2022 here There is a gigantic void in … Continue reading Broken heart, lost soul
Brand Warfare: A Survivor Series Retrospective
With the recent announcement that Survivor Series will now be more storyline based and include the Wargames matches as part of the show, we have reached the end of an era. Survivor Series has gone through several forms and iterations since it's inception in 1987. For the first 4 years it consisted only of the … Continue reading Brand Warfare: A Survivor Series Retrospective
Stroke of Genius 