WWE

Ciara Moloney Jun 4, 2021. 6 minute read

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows Transcends the Genre It Pioneered

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is one of the best documentaries about anything ever. It follows Bret “The Hitman” Hart’s last year in the WWF in 1997, as the promotion battles Ted Turner’s WCW in the ratings and the rise of antiheroes makes Hart’s status as wrestling’s number one good…

mer May 29, 2021. 9 minute read

WWE Recap: Is This a Re-Run?

I’m beginning to wonder if the Raw creative team genuinely doesn’t realize that they’ve been showing the same episode since WrestleMania. There’s just no other explanation for booking another Drew McIntyre title shot. At least NXT’s main event was fresh and new, in that it happened last month and then…

Colette Arrand May 27, 2021. Less than a minute

Scott Hall’s Canadian Tuxedo: A Review

On May 27, 1996, Scott Hall made his WCW Monday Nitro debut, hopping the guardrail to interrupt a match between Steve Doll and The Mauler to declare the summer of 1996 the summer of the Canadian tuxedo war on World Championship Wrestling.

Colette Arrand May 25, 2021. Less than a minute

The APA from WWF No Mercy: A Review

mer May 22, 2021. 9 minute read

WWE Recap: Roses are Red, Pyrokinesis is Orange

As usual, this was a mixed week for WWE.  They released several NXT talents on Wednesday and Thursday, some more understandable than others. Among the more surprising releases are Alexander Wolfe, who has been a part of Imperium for some time now, Jessamyn Duke, of the Four Horsewomen, and Brandi…

Willow Catelyn Maclay May 21, 2021. 7 minute read

Dave Bautista Is Wrestling’s First Character Actor

There have been countless examples of professional wrestlers attempting to make the jump to Hollywood, but none are quite like Dave Bautista. Usually the professional wrestler as actor sticks to what they know, playing characters who are not dissimilar from the persona they crafted as professional wrestlers. There isn’t much…

Colette Arrand May 17, 2021. 1 minute read

WWE’s Zombie Lumberjacks: A Review

Last night’s WrestleMania Backlash was sponsored by the upcoming Zack Snyder zombie heist movie Army of the Dead. The film stars Dave Bautista, the greatest wrestler in the history of the company, so the crossover was natural enough except that “The Animal” couldn’t be there himself to celebrate the triumph of…

mer May 17, 2021. 7 minute read

Apocalypse Comes Early: WWE WrestleMania Backlash Recap and Review

If WWE’s strategy is to offer boring build up to lower expectations before a B-list show that ends up completely delivering, then hats off to them. It worked like a charm again here, as “the first non WrestleMania PPV to have WrestleMania in it’s name” ended up being a very…

mer May 15, 2021. 8 minute read

WWE Recap: Who’s The Bitch?

It’s the go-home week for WrestleMania Backlash, which is retaining all pirate theming despite taking place in the already weather themed ThunderDome. WWE set the stage for their marquee matches with two options; running the exact same story we just saw last week, and giving us the in-ring return of…

Colette Arrand May 11, 2021. Less than a minute

Vince McMahon’s Walk: A Review

Martin Douglas May 9, 2021. 14 minute read

Booker T, the Glass Ceiling, and the Life Lessons of Being a Black Wrestling Fan

I. I became a wrestling fan in the downstairs den of a North Carolina group home. The only other kid staying there at the time was sitting in front of the television set while I was still processing what led me to this group home; the pyro of WCW Monday…

Colette Arrand May 8, 2021. 5 minute read

Throwback SmackDown Shows that WWE Has Lost Its Grip On Nostalgia

Yesterday was the “Throwback Edition” of WWE SmackDown. Normally, this wouldn’t be something worth writing about, except that the show that normally gets the throwback treatment is Raw, which that has been on the air since 1993, and between the current WWE roster’s various rap beefs and the three or…

mer May 8, 2021. 9 minute read

WWE Recap: Twintuition

WWE spent this week building to next Sunday’s WrestleMania Backlash. Returns, triple threats, and wrestlers being sprayed with fire extinguishers; what more can you ask for in your entertainment? If you answered “a generally 80’s themed episode of a show that didn’t exist in the 80’s,” then buddy, you are…

mer May 7, 2021. Less than a minute

The SmackDown! Fist: A Review

From it’s debut in 2001 the giant SmackDown! fist delighted wrestling audiences. It was big, it was metal, and it could easily crush 3-4 superstars if it were ever to be improperly rigged. Much like the deep ocean, you had to fear it, but also respect it. Still, all good…

Colette Arrand May 3, 2021. 4 minute read

Roman Reigns’ New Theme Song: A Review

Last week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown was notable for two things: First, it was Daniel Bryan’s last night on the show, as his loss to Roman Reigns in the main event was a SmackDown Career vs. Title match. Secondly, far more importantly, it marked the debut of Roman Reigns’…

mer May 1, 2021. 8 minute read

WWE Recap: Say You’re Sorry

We’ve got two weeks to Backlash WrestleMania style, so WWE is doing their best to get guys fighting. While Charlotte Flair continued to whine her way through the women’s division, Raw also doubled down on the enemies to friends to enemies storyline, proving that two dudes over 6’2” could never…

mer Apr 24, 2021. 9 minute read

WWE Recap: Women Be Shooting in Promos

It’s two weeks post-WrestleMania, and WWE has a choice to make; can they shake things up, or should they deliver the exact same content we’ve seen on repeat for the past few months? They seemed to land somewhere in the middle, where every step forward also gave us two steps…

J.J. McGee Apr 23, 2021. 6 minute read

Fight Forever: How Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens’ WrestleMania Match Redefined Their Rivalry

Let me start at the beginning. No, no. We don’t have enough time. Let me start at the end. On April 12, 2021, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn faced off in a singles match at WrestleMania as Owens tried to shake Zayn out of his conspiratorial obsessions and bring him…

Oumar Saleh Apr 21, 2021. 6 minute read

After Bad Bunny, WWE Has No Excuse Not to Embrace Hip Hop

Cynicism runs deep within the wrestling community when celebrities get involved, but that sentiment didn’t taint Bad Bunny throughout his WWE run. The Latin trap sensation was a revelation—after performing his hit “Booker T” at the Royal Rumble, he became a consistent highlight on Raw with fellow Puerto Rican Damian…

Colette Arrand Apr 19, 2021. Less than a minute

Stephanie McMahon’s ECW Kangol Hat: A Review