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It may be hard to believe, but Monday Night Raw has been around for over 25 years now. During that time, we’ve seen tons of classic matches, promos, and wrestler debuts. However, one man’s Monday Night Raw arrival still stands head and shoulders above the rest (at least in my …

Throughout it’s history, professional wrestling has shone a spotlight on some pretty infamous “bad guys” (heels). We’ve seen everything from evil foreigners, to cocky playboys, to corporate sell outs. However, there’s a huge difference between simply being “a bad guy,” and being “The Bad Guy.” “The Bad Guy” is a gold chain wearing, toothpick throwing Cuban, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

Monday’s episode of Raw will be forgotten after the 5-star match we’ll get at Extreme Rules. So let me try and figure out why this matters. The Beast Cometh Bray Wyatt opened the show claiming that he is going to feast on the “black heart of The Beast” after he …

WWE Raw was pretty good this week. It pissed me off to great lengths but it was still good, I guess… Perhaps by the end of this writing it won’t seem as good. Sorry, it’s been a long week. Make Roman Look Good And boy, did he! Because that’s what …

Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Jesse “The Body” Ventura, and of course Dwayne “The Rock“ Johnson. That’s just a small list of professional wrestlers who went and tried their hand at becoming a Hollywood star. The first three are Hall of Fame legends, but were never able to truly break into …

Everybody was ready to move past Payback on to bigger and better things, things not including the Universal Championship, but no matter. It’s all about the Intercontinental Title, now. New Dance Partners Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, and even The Miz all came out of Monday looking much better …