I attended Smackdown in San Jose last night with my buddy and my kids and the show was LONG. They taped four different shows. First was Superstars, then The Main Event, then one match for Saturday Morning Slam, and finally, Smackdown. You can see photos from the night on our Facebook Page. Superstars Wade Barrett…
Read MoreAfter tonight’s PPV, we should know where things are going for WrestleMania. Santino Marella was put in the Smackdown chamber match after Randy Orton was declared out because of a concussion. But was a tweet earlier today from Christian that alerted us that he may be in Milwaukee for a show. Might Santino be out…
Read MoreIt’s my favorite PPV of the year and it generally delivers. We’ve done tremendous coverage on the show on the site so far with our preview articles and all that’s left is the wrestling. 1. Daniel Bryan vs. Mark Henry vs. The Big Show The story of this match is that Daniel Bryan is a…
Read MoreIt was yet another year in pro wrestling where the business was either linear or down. In the US, WWE continued to plod through with mind-boggling booking, but WrestleMania saved buyrates from being alarmingly down over the year. In TNA, they continued their usual business strategy of booking for TV ratings and not really giving…
Read MoreWell, we’re here. We’ll see how responsive the WWE buying audience is to CM Punk. To me, WWE really needs to put on two strong shows in a row. Tonight will more than likely be good from a wrestling standpoint, but what most fans are going to remember is what happens before the show goes…
Read MoreFrom what I remember, last year’s TLC PPV was a pretty fun show. But the way they’ve booked this show has been one big cluster. None of the matches were built up all that well and thus, when my kids asked me what was on the show, I could only name two or three matches….
Read MoreFor whatever reason, I still get excited for Survivor Series. It’s definitely partly nostalgic. I can remember watching just about every Survivor Series. The very first one didn’t show up via my cable company. In 1987, my cable company was one of the only cable companies to call Vince McMahon’s bluff and instead show Starrcade,…
Read MoreThis is WWE’s most important PPV since WrestleMania. The Nexus angle has been one of the better things in WWE in a while and it feels kind of edgy. Since when has WWE felt edgy? Along with Nexus, The Miz is over like hot cakes, Sheamus has done a great job as champion, and even…
Read MoreBig D and I wondered about WWE NXT and though we didn’t actually predict what the show was going to be, we definitely threw out the idea that we could see a seasonal Tough Enough kind of show a few weeks back on FGB Radio. Earlier today Brian Fritz wrote about the concept and some…
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