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Dec. 16, 2024

Ricochet Takes Top Two Spots in Match of the Week Rankings

In mid-2024 word began to get out, almost out of nowhere, that Ricochet's contract with WWE was coming to an end. The company where he had worked for 7 years made him an offer but he was looking for a new challenge and was rumored to be headed to AE…

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Dec. 10, 2024

Ospreay vs Fletcher II Tops Match of the Week Rankings

With no top 10 list last week due to technical difficulties, this week it will be the top 20 matches of the last two weeks. This would be from all the matches I've watched from November 24th through December 8th and would include some shows that air…

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Dec. 3, 2024

World Tag League Update: The Road to the Tokyo Dome

There are four nights of World Tag League action left from December 4th through 7th; one night of A Block action, two nights of B block action, and the finals. Three teams are left in contention in the A Block of the World Tag League with eight p…

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Nov. 26, 2024

Bronson Reed Vs. Seth Rollins Rematch Earns Match of the Week

In a week where I didn't watch quite as much wrestling as usual, it was the rare occasion where a WWE TV match won match of the week. It was an excellent episode of Monday Night RAW with 2 matches getting 4* or more from me on an episode that was ta…

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Nov. 25, 2024

2025 World Tag League update: It's an open field and anyone can win

After five days of action in the New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League, we’ve got a couple of interesting block races to watch along the way and the field is open for anyone to win it all. In the A Block, United Empire’s Jeff Cobb …

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Nov. 18, 2024

NJPW Strong Title match with Gabe Kidd Vs Kosei Fujita is our match of the week

In another busy week of pro wrestling, including catching up on some shows from previous weeks, a match from the the New Japan Fighting Spirit Unleashed show on November 8th topped my personal list of matches watched over the last week. The show too…

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Nov. 11, 2024

Moose Vs. Speedball Tops A Close Match of the Week Race

It was a great week of wrestling, at least for what I watched. There were at least three matches that would've taken the top spot on most weeks and they came from outside the big two companies, proving that there's great wrestling all over the world…

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Nov. 5, 2024

Private Party winning the AEW World Tag Team titles from the Young Bucks is Match of the Week

Last Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite saw Private Party recreate the massive upset they scored on the second week of the show in 2019 by defeating the Young Bucks. This time they dethroned the champions and won the AEW Tag Team championships for …

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Nov. 4, 2024

NJPW Power Struggle news and notes: Kenny Omega is back | SANADA joins BULLET CLUB | Ricochet attacks ZSJ

Power Struggle was a brisk show and full of noteworthy moments on the way to Wrestle Kingdom 19. Here are some notes from the show: - After EVIL and Ren Narita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Oleg Boltin, EVIL threatened to cut Tanahashi’s hai…

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Oct. 29, 2024

Bullet Club dominates as Super Junior Tag League rolls on

With two matches to go in each block for each team, the stakes are raised in the Super Junior Tag League tournament. Last week, we discussed the favorites, dark horses and “better luck next time” teams in each block, so let’s see w…

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