This week takes us back to the land of extreme and the birthplace of hardcore; the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia. Before ECW made it to pay-per-view, their major shows were monthly supercards at the corner of Swanson and Rittner. Those matches would would usually end up airing over the following several weeks of HardcoreContinue reading “Retro Reviews: ECW Return of the Funker”
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Retro Review: WWECW December to Dismember 2006
It’s been a while since I’ve tortured myself with a card that is widely recognized as being outright bad. And tis the season so why not travel back to the last time the WWE tried to start a third brand, 2006’s December to Dismember. ECW had returned over the summer and as we got towardsContinue reading “Retro Review: WWECW December to Dismember 2006”
NXT Deadl1ne Predictions
I want my, I want my PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE… No, I don’t know why I decided to go all Dire Straits on you to start this one off. It’s been a long week. What I do have for you is a three-way dance for the Predictions Championship as Mike makes his first defense of the belt againstContinue reading “NXT Deadl1ne Predictions”
Survivor Series Predictions
No time like the present than to implement the change to our predictions championship since the title is vacant and we had a two-way tie for the lead at Full Gear. So, Dan and Mike go one-on-one for the belt and the other three members of the team will fight amongst themselves to see whoContinue reading “Survivor Series Predictions”
Retro Review: WrestleWar 1992
The fourth and final edition of WrestleWar took place on May 17, 1992 from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida. The show would be replaced by Slamboree the next year and the War Games match itself would move to September to become the headlining match of the newly created Fall Brawl PPV. As inContinue reading “Retro Review: WrestleWar 1992”
Full Gear Predictions
No fancy intro here, we’re really late as it is. Here’s a show. Here’s your predictions. Jerry Dan Lisa Mike Zack Zero Hour: ROH World Title: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Jay Lethal Kingston Kingston Kingston Kingston Kingston Zero Hour: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Buddy Matthews Castagnoli Castagnoli Castagnoli Castagnoli Castagnoli Zero Hour: ROH World Tag Titles:Continue reading “Full Gear Predictions”
Retro Review: (It’s Still Barely) Fall Brawl
It has been way too long since we’ve done one of these and it’s mostly relevant because it’s still autumn, though we are getting close, and WWE made it official recently that War Games is returning at the end of the month for Survivor Series. Well, that’s the match that the 1997 WCW Fall BrawlContinue reading “Retro Review: (It’s Still Barely) Fall Brawl”
Wait, Another PPV? What is this life?
Okay, its not really that dramatic, but the WWE getting into the quick turnaround game with a Saturday PPV: the return of Fastlane, coming from the US home of speed, Indianapolis. Dan Jerry Lisa Mike Zack Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar & TBA) vs. Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins &Continue reading “Wait, Another PPV? What is this life?”
NXT No Mercy Notes and a Show
Here’s a show reviewing a couple of shows. Under that are notes about one of those shows. I wrote them as I was watching a replay. I don’t edit. I’m already sorry about that.
We Will Crown A New Champion
Its Wrestledream weekend! And I guess NXT is doing a thing too. There will be plenty of time to talk about this weekend’s big event offerings Monday but right now, we’ve got to lay out our picks as the Predictions title is on the line. Vacant has had it for nearly a month, Mike andContinue reading “We Will Crown A New Champion”
The Finisher 