Hits & Misses

So, when I get mad I make a fist. I grab my pen and I write out a list. Of all the wrestling stuff that hit and missed. Let’s see who’s made the WWE Smackdown […]

Overall – HIT (but barely): I’ve suspected for a while that Moose was slowly being built up to go after the championship (while on the heel side) and it’s during moments like these when your […]

•NXT Interim Cruiserweight Tournament – Isaiah “Swerve” Scott vs. El Hijo del Fantasma – HIT : What a way to kick off this week’s episode of NXT. Last week, the cruiserweight matches were the highlight […]

•Cody vs. Darby Allin – HIT: This was a great match and one of the best in the empty arena era. It was hard hitting and had an effective finish that continues the story between Cody […]

Samoa Joe – HIT: I was happy to not see Jerry Lawler on commentary this week as he hasn’t been good and he doesn’t need to be sitting next to two other announcers who may […]

Overall – PUSH: Compared to many of the recent AEW and WWE in the empty arena era, I feel like the lack of crowd was especially noticeable to the Impact Wrestling product. To that, add […]

•Cody Promo – HIT: It was Cody’s turn to respond after weeks of Jake Roberts’ promos opening the show. He spoke about the TNT Championship and what it would mean to him to win. He gave […]

•Finn Balor, Velveteen Dream Get Attacked – MISS: Last week, Finn Balor interrupted Velveteen Dream on stage setting up a match for this week. The show opened to the backstage area where referees were in […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a good start with Drew McIntyre cutting a promo challenging Seth Rollins to a WWE Championship match at Money in the Bank. He is playing his part […]

•Overall – PUSH: The only thing you “need” to see this episode is the Sami and Shamrock contract signing since I believe the events occurring during that segment may have repercussions at Rebellion. Taya Valkyrie, […]

•Lance Archer vs. Colt Cabana – HIT: Jake Roberts opened the show with Roberts putting over Lance Archer as a vicious monster. He spoke about the TNT Championship tournament being made for Archer. Before the match, […]

Jerry Lawler – MISS: The technology exists to have live sports broadcasts with remote live announcers. The San Francisco Giants were set to use it (in fact they did during a few spring training games) […]

Finn Balor vs. Fabian Aichner – HIT :  Looks like the Walter/Balor feud continues, even with them confined with an ocean between them. Saxon and Phillips on Commentary put the feud over strong during entrances, […]

•Overall – HIT: Here we have a rather good show with two excellent matches in Tessa & Eddie vs. The North and Daga vs. Chris Bey. The mid-card stuff worked for me with only the […]

•Jake Roberts Promo – HIT: Jake Roberts fills the void of traditional wrestling promos on Dynamite. His style is unique and has done a lot to build interest in a match between Lance Archer and Cody. […]

Six-Women Ladder Match to crown #1 Contender to the NXT Women’s Championship – HIT: Io Shirai, Teagan Nox, Chelsea Green, Dakota Kai, Mia Yim and Candice LaRae kicked off this week’s episode of NXT! Even […]

Overall – HIT: Impact Wrestling presented another enjoyable episode. It helps when you have your storylines staggered so you have some angles ending just as others are beginning, while others are at their midpoint. New […]

McIntyre vs. Lesnar Replay – MISS: This Miss is for the match itself at WrestleMania. When your WM main event is short enough where a video highlight package is basically a replay of the entire […]

•Kenny Omega vs. Trent – HIT: Due to Florida enforcing “Shelter in Place,” Dynamite was forced to move out of Jacksonville and to an undisclosed location in Georgia. The new venue is much smaller than Daily’s […]

Velveteen Dream vs. Bobby Fish – HIT : Tom Phillips was joined by the “Last Professional Broadcaster” and friend to the PW Torch, Sam Roberts on remote commentary this week as Dream and Fish kicked […]

Undertaker Opening – MISS: Raw did not get off to a great start this week. The AJ Styles vs The Undertaker match has had some of the worst build of any WrestleMania match, perhaps the […]

Overall – HIT: A time of sadness for some, great joy for others, as this chapter in the saga of the Undead Realm may finally have come to an end. For my part, I hope […]

•Cody vs. Jimmy Havoc – HIT: A fine match to kick off the second week of empty arena Dynamite. This week, AEW chose not to have any additional wrestlers in the audience. It seems that restrictions […]