On The Fight Game Podcast, John LaRocca and I once did a segment in which we gave a thumbs up and thumbs down to something in wrestling every week. Since I love re-using bits, I’m going to use it for my PPV recaps. I’ll probably do recaps on events that I can’t do live coverage…
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NXT rebranded as NXT 2.0 in September of 2021, shifting its primary focus from being WWE version of an elite indie to bringing along as much new talent as possible. The matches with great workrate have gone away, for the most part, giving way to talent working out the kinks of being new to the…
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Hello, fight fans, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Monday MMA Round-Up, where we look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that is in the world of mixed martials arts. UFC held another event this past week, but, outside of that, it was a pretty quiet week….
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Mickie James returning to IMPACT at Slammiversary Mickie James is returning to IMPACT to be the special guest enforcer for the Queen of the Mountain match at Slammiversary. The legendary knockout has not appeared since April when she was attacked by Chelsea Green and written off television. Not sure why she wasn’t just added to…
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Heading into Hell in a Cell June 5, most felt they would see a well-wrestled, but ultimately unremarkable show. The WWE Unified Universal Champion Roman Reigns was not on the card. Neither were either sets of tag team champions. There was a tantalizing women’s triple threat match that looked good on paper, and plenty of…
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Chris Charlton’s 2015 book Lion’s Pride: The Turbulent History of New Japan Pro Wrestling has become the ultimate go-to English-language resource when it comes to New Japan Pro Wrestling. His comprehensive account of NJPW’s history has allowed Western fans to grasp much more of the company’s nuance, sensibilities, and historical significance than ever before, which…
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Two Bullet Club matches added to No Surrender A long awaited bout between original Bullet Club members and two former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team champions the Guerrillas of Destiny (G.O.D.) and the Good Brothers will finally come to fruition at IMPACT Wrestling’s No Surrender event. This match was first teased at NJPWoA’s Resurgence event last…
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IMPACT: Ratings hit highest number since February 2021 The January 27 episode of IMPACT! on AXS TV averaged 182,000 viewers with a 0.05 demo. This was the highest rated show since February 16, 2021 (197,000/0.06) and the highest since the move to Thursdays. Viewership is up 30% from last week’s 126,000 with 0.03 demo. The…
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WWE’s Royal Rumble has become the second-biggest show on the WWE calendar, as well as the set-up to WrestleMania. This year’s edition takes place Saturday in St. Louis, MO. Having graduated to stadium-show status, the Rumble will take place at clunkily-named Dome at America’s Center. We’ll have an idea of the top WrestleMania matches after…
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