Can The Power of Love Overcome Smackdown Live's Showrunners?
The Power Couple of WWE will need to survive based off Maria's enthusiasmPhoto Credit: WWE.comMike Bennett and Maria Kanellis signed with WWE and skipped right to the main roster, eschewing a gestation...
View ArticleLearning to Live with Smackdown
Thanks to WWE for actually listening to LacyPhoto Credit WWE.comThis week on Smackdown I'm learning to live with:A Promising BeginningI know Smackdown basically just redid the wonky finish from AJ...
View ArticleThe Subway Royal Rumble!
BAH GAWD, THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE GETTIN' ON AT 666TH STREET STATIONPhoto Credit: WWE.comFor as long as pro wrestling has existed, people, despite the better warnings from said promotions, have pretended...
View ArticleIo Shirai Is Not Going to WWE
Shirai will be staying in STARDOMPhoto via Pro Wrestling WikiaKairi Hojo, now Kairi Sane, and Io Shirai were set to bring a STARDOM invasion to WWE and its women's division. Sane has made her splash in...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 198
Pictured: My Daughter's NemesisPhoto via Cappy's CrabsIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them on here...
View ArticleNXT In 60 Seconds
Should've main evented the show, should main event Brooklyn the ThirdPhoto Credit: WWE.comJohnny Gargano: Let's change that Tron it does and slightly change that music also happens and we'll all...
View ArticleRed Dusk: Eva Marie Leaves WWE
Good luck, All Red EverythingPhoto Credit: WWE.comEva Marie hasn't been on non-Total Divas WWE television for almost a year; I'll defer to the TD-watching crowd to inform on when she last appeared on...
View ArticleA Winner Is BRO
BRO BRO BRO BROPhoto Credit: Dylan HalesThe third annual Scenic City Invitational came and passed this weekend, and from all reports, it was a veritable hoot. Southern Indie legend Tank made his...
View ArticleNJPW G1 Climax: Nights 11-15
Ibushi reveled in wrestling in his home prefecturePhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinMy good friend Mike decided this would be his first G1 Climax where he actually watched all of the matches. A few days...
View ArticleAn Unusual Hometown Reunion
From fighting to... friendship?Photo Credit: WWE.comSami Zayn and Kevin Owens are destined to do "this" forever. Most people think the "this" only means fighting. They're Batman and Joker, except the...
View ArticleWrestling's Wonderful Diversity of Variety
It's impossible for Joey Ryan to kill the business unless he somehow triggers thermonuclear warPhoto Credit: Lee South/ImpactWrestling.comStop me if you've heard this one before, but a wrestler, or...
View ArticleSouthern Style Trios to Go Down in November
Check the poster!Graphics via @SCITournamentKing of Trios may be happening in the United Kingdom this year, but that doesn't mean that Stateside won't have some hot, six-man tag action in tournament...
View ArticleThe New Chikara Experience
Hatfield is one of the remaining veterans leading a rookie revolutionPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinChikarasaurus Rex: Flesh and Stone, went down at the Wrestle Factory this past Saturday afternoon. I...
View ArticleYour Midweek Links: A Chat with The Bad Boy and More
This week's links include an interview with The Bad Boy himselfPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinHey, I know what you're thinking. It's Wednesday, and my boss is expecting me to do, ugh, work. Well, you...
View ArticleMoney Talks: A Fiduciary Argument Against Harassment (For Fuck's Sake)
This guy wants you to harass people. This guy. For crying out loud.Photo Credit: WWE.comWrestling is an incredible live experience, and the best of shows can leave people breathless in the best of ways...
View ArticleLearning to Live with Smackdown
A welcome squashPhoto Credit: WWE.comThis week on Smackdown I'm learning to live with:Canadian ContentJBL reminded us that “they call this Bizarro World!” right off the bat because the Toronto crowd...
View ArticleTwitter Request Line, Vol. 199
Who betta?Photo via imdb.comIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present, and answer them on here because 140 characters...
View ArticleNXT In 60 Seconds
This might be your Takeover main event...but first...Photo Credit: WWE.comMauro Ranallo: Tonight, we've got Drew McIntyre and Bobby Roode going face to face--hey, we've only got two shows before...
View ArticleThe G1 Climax: Nights 16-19
The man of the monthPhoto via Culture CrossfireWe did it, everyone. We made it to the end of the G1 Climax. Over four weeks, there were 91 matches. Maybe you watched them all, maybe you watched some,...
View ArticleDon't Oversell the Goddamn Building
Dunne was injured this weekend, but he wasn't the last black eye PROGRESS receivedPhoto Credit: WWE.comPROGRESS Wrestling returned to America this past weekend, and while I'd love to be able to write...
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