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‘Survivor Series’ Review: a Good Show with Some Odd Surprises
November 19th, 2012 at 12:43 PM
***PHOTO1***'Survivor Series' was one of the most solid nights of content that WWE has produced in some time. Every match basically delivered on expectations, there was a twist that will interest Internet fans (although the casual fan has no way of understanding it), and even the filler "bonus" match was...

‘Survivor Series’ Preview: Can CM Punk Hold the Title for a Year?
November 18th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
***PHOTO1***'Survivor Series' from Indianapolis, IN promises a little bit of everything: a traditional elimination match, a fairly intriguing title match, and a potential for some big surprises. It's enough to almost make one forget that only five matches have been announced for the main card. Hey, when ten people from...

‘Hell in a Cell’ Review: a Lot of Filler, but the Show Mostly Satisfied
October 29th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
***PHOTO1***It would be a bit of a stretch to suggest that 'Hell in a Cell' was a great show, but considering how weak the card was, it's equally difficult to say that it disappointed. There was some decent wrestling and a few genuine surprises. It just seems fair to say...

‘Hell in a Cell’ Preview: Can CM Punk Overcome Ryback?
October 27th, 2012 at 7:13 PM
***PHOTO1***"Hell in a Cell" emanates from Atlanta, GA, this year and only features one match that lives up to the name of the show. But it's a doozy. With only six announced matches, the card definitely looks thin, but the intrigue comes in the form of the fact that the...

World Heavyweight Championship Reigns That Shouldn’t Have Happened Part Two of Three
September 10th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
***PHOTO1***In part 1, World Heavyweight Title reigns from Triple H, Randy Orton, and Rey Mysterio were singled out and criticized. But lousy title runs didn't end in 2006. Here's three more: The Great Khali (July 17, 2007 in a 20-man Battle Royal) This is the ultimate in “What were they thinking?” title...

Potential Opponents for Brock Lesnar: How Do the WWE’s Elite Stack Up?
August 21st, 2012 at 5:40 PM
***PHOTO1***Brock Lesnar's dominant victory over Triple H at 'Summerslam' made it fairly clear that WWE isn't looking to just job him out to anyone with whom they can get him in the ring, and that's a good thing. It also seemed to be a safe assumption that he wouldn't be...

‘Raw’ Review: Post-’Summerslam’ Show is Mostly Solid
August 20th, 2012 at 11:34 PM
***PHOTO1***Love it, hate it, or anything in-between, 'Summerslam' gave a fairly strong indication of where the major story lines are going. So it was likely that tonight's 'Raw' from Fresno, California wasn't going to contain many surprises. Still, as any wrestling fan knows, predictability isn't always a bad thing. What...

‘Summerslam’ Predictions: the Sports Media 101 PPV Panel Returns
August 18th, 2012 at 8:08 PM
***PHOTO1***It’s just about time for the 25th anniversary of WWE’s biggest party of the summer, ‘Summerslam', from Los Angeles! For years, it seems to be a running trend to build up and impressive-sounding card and then deliver a disappointing show, but this year, well… the card doesn’t sound too impressive....

Five Big Flaws in WWE’s ‘Summerslam’ Card
August 14th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
***PHOTO1***This Sunday's 'Summerslam' event has a few matches that matter: despite all the flaws in the build-up, Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar feels like a big match, CM Punk vs. John Cena vs. Big Show is driven by Punk's unpredictable character development, and Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho is likely...

‘Raw’ Review: Shawn Michaels and Brock Lesnar Highlight a Decent Show
August 6th, 2012 at 11:15 PM
***PHOTO1***CM Punk was easily the guy people were talking about for the last two weeks of 'Raw', though Daniel Bryan wasn't too far behind. Given that it's 'Shawn Michaels Appreciation Night' in San Antonio, would that remain the case? WWE had three hours to give the answer, and with 'Summerslam'...

‘Raw’ Review: Strong Booking Clashes with Exhausting Three-Hour Format
July 30th, 2012 at 11:11 PM
***PHOTO1***Dear Lord. Three hours of 'Raw'. Every week. Is this really happening? Alright, WWE, so be it. There's a good bit riding on this episode due to a desire to follow up on last week's big ratings and storylines, as well as a need to prove that this new format...

‘Raw 1000′ Fallout: CM Punk Vs. John Cena; the Rock; Big Show
July 28th, 2012 at 9:07 PM
***PHOTO2***Although everyone has seen it by now, this demands a quick recap. On the 1000th episode of 'Raw', John Cena cashed in his Money in the Bank Contract to face CM Punk in a WWE Title Match. After a contest that only went on for about six minutes, the referee...

WWE’s ‘Money in the Bank’ Mostly Delivers, but with a Few Disappointments
July 16th, 2012 at 2:34 AM
***PHOTO1***It would have been tough for WWE to match the success of last year's 'Money in the Bank' pay per view, but it wasn't totally out of the realm of possibility, given that the few announced matches were likely to be strong. What the WWE Universe ended up getting was...

‘Money in the Bank’ Predictions from PPV Panel of Sports Media 101 Writers
July 14th, 2012 at 1:07 PM
***PHOTO1***Last year’s ‘Money in the Bank’ pay per view was almost universally recognized as WWE’s best of the year. That, in addition to a running streak of disappointing ‘Summerslam’ shows, has led to a growing belief that ‘MitB’ could unofficially become the big PPV for the summer. Though the 2012...

‘Smackdown Review’: Go-home Show for ‘Money in the Bank’ Does Little to Sell PPV
July 13th, 2012 at 10:05 PM
***PHOTO1***While last week's 'Smackdown' was quite good, the last 'Raw' stunk out loud, and with 'Money in the Bank' on Sunday, that simply won't do. The pressure was on to deliver with this episode, and to be honest, with a minimum of AJ, hopefully. Was Zack Ryder as General Manager...

Final ‘Raw’ Before WWE’s ‘Money in the Bank’ Fails to Deliver
July 9th, 2012 at 11:21 PM
***PHOTO1***These days, six days is a long time for WWE to go without a broadcast. Thus, tonight’s ‘Raw’ from Denver, Colorado not only had to give wrestling-starved fans their fix, but it was also the last episode before the all-important ‘Money in the Bank’ on Sunday. AJ opened up the show,...

Live ‘Smackdown’ Review: WWE Entertains and Adds Intrigue to ‘Money in the Bank’
July 3rd, 2012 at 10:20 PM
***PHOTO1***After a very strong episode of ‘Raw’, WWE not only promised a rare, live edition of ‘Smackdown’, but one that was named after ‘The Great American Bash.’ Whether or not that actually meant that anything special would happen was one of the many questions to be answered throughout. If nothing...

‘Raw’ Review: WWE Delivers a Solid Two Hours of Quick Matches
July 2nd, 2012 at 11:33 PM
***PHOTO1***Going into this week’s episode of ‘Raw’, the WWE crew found themselves in a similar position to last week, in that the prior ‘Smackdown’ had been fairly strong while the previous ‘Raw’ was weak, but there was plenty of fuel for a potentially interesting episode. ‘Money in the Bank’ is...

Chris Jericho: How Can Y2J Best Serve WWE?
July 1st, 2012 at 8:59 PM
***PHOTO1***Is Chris Jericho a babyface or a heel? After his return from suspension on WWE’s most recent episode of ‘Raw’, this question doesn’t have an obvious answer. Meanwhile, the build to the ‘Money in the Bank’ pay per view has made it more apparent than ever that the company’s roster...

WWE’s ‘Money in the Bank’ Looks to Follow up Last Year’s Masterpiece
June 26th, 2012 at 6:37 PM
***PHOTO1*** Last summer, CM Punk dropped the “pipe bomb” heard ‘round the world to set up a dramatic storyline that, along with a virtually perfect match against John Cena a strong card, established the ‘Money in the Bank’ pay per view as a particularly important show. In fact, since Summerslam seems...