1 Miss – The Heel Opens The Show On Smackdown this past week the heel opened the show and talked. Standard stuff, just like most of this episode. Jinder Mahal is actually getting better on the mic to me, he’s not reinventing the wheel but he is very solid and …
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Monday Night Raw Top 10 Hit & Misses (Aug. 28)
1 Hit – Promo Class This might be the best segment I’ve seen all year. I mean damn, they are really pulling no punching for this Wrestlemania show down. I mean No Mercy. The night after Raw the internet was buzzing with speculation on whether this was a shoot or …
Read More »What It Shall Be: NXT 30 August 2017
Gather ’round, ye lost children, and follow the yellow light home.. A new dawn has risen in NXT, and our players have made it clear they are ready to roll. I, myself, am very excited to see what worked, what didn’t, and how we look moving forward.. It’s the season …
Read More »Five to the Front: EACSTTROA
Ha hahh! That’s right, guys. It’s time to turn three plus two telling tales of a talented tag team (and triple total turns into teams of three), the terrestrial traveled trailblazers.. Edge and Christian! And their Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness!! please subscribe so they make season two FOR …
Read More »What It Shall Be: NXT 2017 Aug 23
NXT is on Thursdays, right? No..? Oops, I missed it! After a weekend like NXT had, I am itching to see how the pegs fall in moving forward. It’s the season epilogue for NXT tonight, join me in a quick romp in what is sure to be many recaps, highlight …
Read More »Five to the Front: A First Look at YAMATO From Dragon Gate
Hi, I’m Brian Andrews. I like wrestling. Hell, I love wrestling. Professional wrestling (and by definition, sports entertainment) intrigues me, fascinates me. I watch it, study it.. I have life philosophies that are based on professional wrestling tropes and stories. So you could say I’m a real freak.
Read More »Monday Night Raw (Aug 14): Top 10 Hits & Misses
1 Hit – And It Feels So Good The emotional roller coaster between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins came to it’s apex this week. The entire segment worked so well that in retrospect it’s hard to believe that it was almost a terrible segment. Thankfully, on occasion in the Raw …
Read More »Ten off the Top: Current Championship Reigns
The journey of a professional wrestler (or sports entertainer, depending on what end of the Cornette Kayfabe SpectrumTM you fall under) is often times underscored by his or her championship prowess. In this wonderful industry, it is not only the number of times we can reach the top of our …
Read More »Monday Night Raw (Aug. 8th): Top 10 Hits & Misses
1. Hit – Brock Lesnar Loves Role Play It’s always nice when Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman show up unannounced. It’s also nice when they interact with dynamic superstars like The Miz. Especially when Miz gets to go off like he did. It’s not like there was anything particularly special about …
Read More »Daniel Bryan, And The YES! Movement
“YES! YES! YES!” It seems like just yesterday when 75,167 wrestling fans inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, erupted into cheers as their unlikely hero stood tall holding the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Daniel Bryan was never supposed to be the mega star that he became, don’t ever let anyone try to …
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