Hits & Misses

Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with the in ring confrontation between Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre. The mic work from both was strong and kept short before the physicality. […]

HITS •Draft Dodgers: The good news about the 2020 draft so far is that the top tier of the Smackdown brand has not been drastically altered. There is too much positive momentum that has been […]

•Brian Cage vs. Will Hobbs – HIT Will Hobbs delivered in his first major match. Being that Hobbs and Brian Cage are two massive beings, I thought this match would be much shorter, but in […]

Kushida vs. Tommaso Ciampa As the bell rang, on commentary Wade Barrett suggested that this was a Takeover Caliber matchup. I couldn’t agree more with that statement. Ciampa is arguably the top guy in NXT. […]

-Announcement of the Capital Wrestling Center At the beginning of the preshow, Scott Stanford announced that the show would take place in the new state of the art Capital Wrestling Center. The name, nod to […]

Orton’s Opening – MISS: This didn’t do it for me. I appreciate WWE doing something different with Randy Orton doing his promo from the scene of his attack on the legends last week, instead of […]

•Kenny Williams vs. Ashton Smith vs. Amir Jordan – MISS: This was a Triple Threat match for the final spot in The Heritage Cup Tournament. What made it an automatic miss for me was the […]

HITS •The Next Chapter: The main event storyline of Smackdown is the show’s best in at least a decade, maybe ever.  The Clash of Champions ending had me thinking that we’d seen a conclusive end […]

•Darby Allin vs. Ricky Starks – HIT A superb start to what is hopefully the first in a series of matches. These two are some of the best young talent that AEW has to offer. […]

-Shotzi Blackheart vs. Dakota Kai w/Raquel Gonzales  Raquel Gonzales accompanied Kai to the ring, adding that extra level of security for Kai. Which, in the realm of kayfabe, she certainly looked to need at the onset of this match. Shotzi spent […]

Final impact – HIT: This was an enjoyable. Impact made a concentrated effort to push their upcoming Victory Road special. Well, build the card is more accurate since the only match that had been official […]

Opening Segment – HIT: A much better Raw got off to a good start with the WWE legends and Drew McIntyre coming out to talk about the Ambulance Match from Clash of Champions the night […]

•Opening Segment – MISS: The opening segment was one of those played out things where they have guys lined up in the back like good employees only to force some type of funny interactions. A […]

HITS •Era of the Uce I am firmly of the belief that this storyline of Roman Reigns and Jey Uso is the best main event program in the WWE in years.  There are just so […]

•Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss vs. Miro & Kip Sabian – MISS Some sloppy spots throughout for a not-so hot start to Dynamite. Miro made his in-ring debut alluding to his past as Rusev with […]

Final impact – PUSH: With only four real matches this felt like a show heavy on the angles. Between last week’s show and this week’s show, I get the impression that changes were made at […]

Retribution – MISS: A terrible mess of a show started off with a terrible mess of an opening segment. From the start it didn’t make sense. It made no sense that Retribution would be given […]

•Opening Video Package – HIT: The opening video package was clearly a highlight of this welcome back show. NXT seems to go all out on these video packages. This video showed off the passion and […]

HITS •Roman Evolution: At a time when WWE has a well earned reputation for not allowing the necessary timeliness for storylines to play out, the turn of Roman Reigns continues to be an inspired, interesting […]

•FTR vs. Jurassic Express – HIT Fantastic opening match. AEW has been very smart to keep Jungle Boy working against some of the best workers out there. Each time he’s in the ring, you can […]

Opening Segment – HIT: This is a minor Hit. Drew McIntyre was good in his promo addressing his jaw injury and the potential for further injury. I could have done without the silly Photoshopped image […]

Shotzi Blackheart vs. Io Shirai While this may not be a dream match for everybody, it certainly was for me. Ever since Shotzi has emerged onto the roster, she’s won me over time and time […]

HITS •Jey Solo Make no mistake about it, Roman Reigns is operating at a new peak, and we are seeing and feeling the star that he was always positioned to be.  Despite being against that […]