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Live in front of a sell-out crowd in Anaheim, California.  CM Punk & Jey Uso Face to Face. The vacant World Championship belt was on a podium in the ring. Can I make the bold suggestion that while the crowd really digs the entrance, it’s kind of death for the viewer at home with nothing happening. As I typed that, Jey “ran it back” so between the recaps to start the show and Jey’s entrance, nothing really happened for almost ten minutes. Jey finally welcomed us to “Mon-Jey Ni

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It’s the event that brought you such classics as Van Hammer vs Doug Sommers (1991) and Hollywood Hogan vs Warrior (1998). From the makers of NXT, it’s Halloween Havoc! The legally mandated footage of wrestlers arriving to work was shown (and not very spookily, I might add), this time updated with Blake Monroe getting her makeup put on! Seriously though, the set looked very cool and it was fun to see all the costumes in the crowd, including Vic Joseph’s sweet Riddler outfit. J

Hangman Adam Page opened the show with an in ring promo. Page noted that the Opps fought the Death Riders for the better part of a year, and that Hangman owed them for that, as they made sure the match between him and Jon Moxley was one on one. Page emphasized that he gave Samoa Joe a shot at the title because he owed him, and he beat him clean in the ring, as hard as it was. Hangman said that Joe was embarrassed he lost to him, and that was why they stabbed Hangman in the ba

Over a live shot of the Mullett Arena in Tempe, AZ, we were taken to a recap of last week’s chaos with Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre and an injured Jacob Fatu. After the recap, Rhodes was shown arriving backstage as Jimmy Uso welcomed him. Jimmy thanked Rhodes for sticking up for Fatu last week. Cody Rhodes opens SmackDown The Undisputed WWE Champion headed out to the ring to address the challenge of Drew McIntyre at Saturday Night’s Main Event next week. ”So, Tempe, Arizona, wh

Show drew about 6,200, but to their credit, it looked a lot bigger than that. The show started with Jet Speed vs. FTR mid-match. ***1/2 Thumbs Up So this was a pre-show match but they had it bleed into the PPV to try to convince anyone on the fence to buy the PPV.  It’s a good idea in theory, but I’m skeptical that anyone who wasn’t going to buy the show had their mind changed by this.  It was also somewhat annoying for main show viewers because I turned on the show at 8 PM E

Before I start, scan the proceeding QR code and show some support. Show opened with a 10 bell salute. Johnny Vega vs Splendid Bobby C *** Thumbs Up Nice seeing Bobby again. We used to live in Queens Village contemporaneously. Johnny Vega was announced at 155lbs...I believe that. He looks like a stiff wind would knock him down, but that's part of his charm. Bobby had his two goons running interfernce spots. Johnny listened to my podcast today about not doing crowd spots, that

We opened with a recap of the major events that took place at Crown Jewel concerning Seth Rollins’ big win over Cody Rhodes, followed by the shocking betrayal Rollins suffered at the hands of Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed two nights later on Raw. We have Vic Joseph filling in for Michael Cole on commentary, and a returning Corey Graves joining him. Inside the ring, SmackDown’s GM Nick Aldis was here to inform us that tonight’s Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre match will now be a

Pre-show (if you can call it that) Show opened with an uncontrolled brawl between Moon Spider and Rat King. Security broke it up and general manage Cori Lee made the match for right now. Moon Spider defeated Rat King ** Thumbs In The Middle Pointing Up. I think they are both heels. If Moon Spider cheated I missed it. Ratking was selling his balls post match. Main Show Scotland Green opened the show...again. Johnny Vega & Divine vs Angel Jacques & Hillary P Wisdom (Ft. Arcane

Sidney Akeem vs Alex Zayne *** Thumbs Up Akeem is a former Cirque De Soleil performer which is pretty cool. Zayne is very, very red. Also good, but somewhat different. Either way, both of these guys can fly so this should be fun. Defying convention, the two locked up off the top. They spent a few minutes jumping over each other until Zayne started laying in some chops. Akeem backed up and they hit simultaneous dropkicks, then paused to admire one another. Akeem hit a running

The special 3-hour edition of AEW Dynamite & Collision comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us alongside Tony Schiavone & Bryan Danielson before running down tonight’s card. Kris Statlander & Timeless Toni Storm’s Famous Last Words Renee Paquette is backstage with AEW Women’s Champion Kris Statlander & Timeless Toni Storm for their Famous Last Words. Statlander & Storm start trying to one-up each other by taking off items of clothes, which frustrates Paquette so much she

New NXT Champion Ricky Saints opens the show with an entrance dressed in street clothes, and he is holding the NXT title belt. Trick Williams interrupts Saints a few minutes into Saint’s monologue, with Trick appearing on the Titantron. Saints begins the monologue boasting about winning the title despite odds stacked against him. Saints then cuts a promo on Trick, with Saints saying Trick folds like origami. After cutting a cutting a promo on how bad Trick is, Saints turns ar

(I watched One Battle After Another over the weekend, and there’s a minor character without a speaking role who wears an Eddie Guerrero ‘Latino Heat’ t-shirt. The character isn’t named, but is referred to as ‘Latino Heat’ by another character. Anyway, time for morning Raw.) Following a recap of Crown Jewel, CM Punk, LA Knight, Jey Uso, and Rhea Ripley were shown arriving.  Michael Cole announced a sold-out crowd of 13,737 (54 more people than Crown Jewel, supposedly).  Seth R

Syuri defeated Sareee (c) for the IWGP Women’s Championship *** Thumbs Up ( The exact brutal offense one would expect from joshi wrestling with some nasty, nasty headbutts. Close near calls with Sareee, but undoubtedly a big moment for the championship and Stardom. Perfect choice to rile up the crowd and start the show. History was made here, as Syuri became the first two-time winner of the IWGP Women’s Championship. ) Syuri held control in the beginning lock-ups, one of whi

Pre show. There was a modest set-up for the Hall of Fame inductions, with a small podium in the back of the arena so it looked like they were surrounded by fans.  Tommy Dreamer inducts the Beautiful People into the TNA Hall of Fame. Dreamer is accompanied by Jazz and TNA President Carlos Silva. Dreamer is here to induct the Beautiful People despite being ugly because Billy Gunn was unavailable. Dreamer quickly brought out Angelina Love & Velvet Sky, who put a paper bag over T

Date: October 11, 2025 Location: RAC Arena in Perth, Australia COUNTDOWN SHOW There was a video package narrated by Rhea Ripley that was essentially all about how loud the international crowds are.  Michael Cole, Big E, and Wade Barrett hosted the first hour of the pre-show. They aired part one of the video package for Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes (part two aired later). Jackie Redmond and Cathy Kelley each analyzed the match. They spoke about Ripley, who happens to be cele

This is it, friends! It’s all over but the shouting as NXT takes on TNA in what is totally not an invasion, it’s a SHOWDOWN! With two massive elimination matches, a winner-take-all tag title bout and a defence of the NXT North American Title, it promises to be quite the Showdown indeed. And what’s on the line when these two companies clash, you ask? Why the ultimate prize in professional wrestling: BRAND SUPREMACY! -The Men’s Team NXT and Team TNA were shown arriving to work,

AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday comes on the air with Excalibur welcoming us alongside Taz & Bryan Danielson before throwing it to Tony Schiavone in the ring to introduce Champion & Challenger for the AEW Men’s World Title match at WrestleDream. Hangman Adam Page & Samoa Joe Face-To-Face Powerhouse Hobbs & the returning Katsuyori Shibata accompanied Joe to the stage before he went to the ring along. Page took the mic first, saying there’s been 6 years of AEW Dynamite and he’s won,

When you think of the great “Paloozas” of time, Lollapalooza, Chillipalooza, etc, there has until now not been a wrestling even worthy of joining the great “Palooza” lexicon. Fear no more friends for that time is over as WWE presents Wrestlepalooza from the great state of Indiana and for the first time under a newly struck deal, on ESPN. ESPN viewers got their first taste of the legally mandatory “Wrestlers Arriving To Work” montage and you’ll be happy to know everyone made i