The Wrestling Blog

Friday Night Wrestling – or, a tale of two shows

I stayed in last night to watch game 7 of the Cup Finals, and decided to *stay* in to watch the 10 pm replay of Smackdown. It was FANTASTIC. CM Punk, Jeff Hardy and Edge in a three-way feud over the show’s top title. Chris Jericho is sniffing around the perimeter. That’s four of not [...]

Ever been embarassed to be a wrestling fan?

Yeah, I know, WrestleCrap does this sort of thing exceptionally well. This is different - an invitation to describe a time when you, personally, were genuinely embarassed to be a wrestling fan. God knows there’s been oodles of potential. For me, it was WrestleMania 2000. I didn’t have PPV capability at my apartment at the time, [...]

RAW is AWFUL

Man has RAW ever gone down the drain without Chris Jericho, CM Punk, and Jeff Hardy around to keep things moving. No? Anyone still around these parts? I miss you guys and hope all is going well.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

At WrestleMania, like many others I was wowed by Ricky Steamboat’s performance. Evidently he was even better at Backlash – though I didn’t see it. (I paid for WrestleMania and Lockdown in a three-week span; that’s more than enough money spent on wrestling, thanks.) Were they legendary encounters? No, of course not; he’s in his [...]

TNA Lockdown open thread

Yeah, I actually paid to order the show last night. TNA tries to make Bound for Glory their signature show, but in many ways BfG takes a backseat to Lockdown and even Slammiversary. BfG usually gets the long-built main event match, but Lockdown tends to have a better top-to-bottom card, and Lethal Lockdown is fast [...]

Wrestlemania Open Thread

Discuss.

Quick Thoughts: Survivor Series 2008

Going in to this show I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to like it. But I usually try to go in to these shows with an open mind. I figure if I’m going to be spending 3 hours watching something, I may as well at least try to enjoy it. I never understood the [...]

So, I apparently have fallen in to an “only watch one show” pattern. — 1) The show kicked off with the VIP Lounge. The “curtain came up” and MVP was on his cell phone. He let go some dead air when he finished up his phone call, starting the show on HIS time. Really nice [...]

10 Thoughts On Smackdown – 10.31.2008

The first Friday night that I haven’t been remote for Smackdown in quite some time… go figure it’s on Halloween. – 1) I’ve accepted Jon Morrison in to my life and I think you all should, too. I mean, the guy is now outlining his abs with glitter. It takes a certain level of awesome [...]

Quick PPV Thoughts: Cyber Sunday 10.23.2008

To be honest, I’ve never been entirely in to the Cyber Sunday idea. Basically, I always figured they’d just skew the voting they way they wanted. I know, crazy to think that a wrestling company wouldn’t be fully on the up-and-up about something. This year, though, I guess once you start charging to vote as [...]