Tag: Seth Rollins
As a wrestling fan, I try to keep the bigger picture in mind. It’s easy to react with disgust on a week-to-week basis when you see how some people are booked or certain match results. I’ve written before about how the regularity with which… Continue Reading “WWE’s long term opportunity”
Quite often when I put together these PPV Spotlights I talk about a match that I think will prove to be a quality show. Usually it’s a pairing that on paper looks like the competitors will mesh really well, sometimes it’s the passion within… Continue Reading “Extreme Rules 2018 Spotlight: 30-Minute Iron Man Match for the Intercontinental Championship”
This is my 200th post on this wrestling blog! It started six years ago, with the first post on April 1, a predictions column for Wrestlemania 28. I’ve progressed through many styles of article, several co-contributors, seen a huge turnover in the WWE roster… Continue Reading “Looking back at my early predictions”
Category: ThoughtsTags: bray Wyatt, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, Draft, John Cena, NXT, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, The Rock, The Shield, WWE
So I wasn’t going to do this, but after the weekend of content WWE put out, and the sheer number of noteworthy things to come out of Raw, I knew that one Talking Points article covering the whole week would be stupidly long. So… Continue Reading “Wrestlemania Talking Points – 6th-8th April”
Category: Talking PointsTags: Adam Cole, Asuka, Authors of Pain, Charlotte, Daniel Bryan, Dusty Rhodes Classic, EC3, Ember Moon, Finn Balor, Hall of Fame, Intercontinental Championship, Johnny Gargano, Kevin Owens, Killian Dain, Kurt Angle, Lars Sullivan, Mark Henry, North American Championship, NXT, Pete Dunne, Ricochet, Roderick Strong, Ronda Rousey, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins, Shane McMahon, Shayna Baszler, Stephanie McMahon, Tag Team Championships, TakeOver: New Orleans, The Dudley Boyz, The Miz, The Undertaker, Tommaso Ciampa, Triple H, Undisputed Era, Velveteen Dream, Women's Championship, WWE
Posted on April 3, 2018
by Andrew Henderson
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We have no more Raws before Wrestlemania! We’re getting closer all the time people! So with the final build almost over, it’s time for one more Spotlight. This time round I’m looking at another title match: the Intercontinental Championship triple threat match that sees… Continue Reading “Wrestlemania 34 Spotlight: The Miz vs Finn Balor vs Seth Rollins”
Posted on February 22, 2018
by Andrew Henderson
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So it was a weird week in WWE. Raw nearly became a one-match show, SmackDown finally went over the cliff edge for a lack of actual happenings, and NXT returned to it’s spot as the best storytelling show WWE has to offer. Not that… Continue Reading “TV Talking Points – 19th-21st February”
Category: Talking PointsTags: Andrade Cien Almas, Bobby Roode, Dusty Rhodes Classic, Gauntlet Match, Hall of Fame, Jeff Jarrett, Johnny Gargano, NXT, NXT Championship, Randy Orton, Raw, Seth Rollins, Smackdown, United States Championship, WWE
Posted on February 15, 2018
by Andrew Henderson
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Another week has passed on the Road to Wrestlemania, and unless I’ve just gotten to the stage of completely zoning out when it happens, we got less sign-pointing this week. We even got serenaded by Braun Strowman, which even though I’m not writing about… Continue Reading “TV Talking Points – 12th-14th February”
Category: Talking PointsTags: Baron Corbin, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Dolph Ziggler, Elimination Chamber, Fastlane, Finn Balor, Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, NXT, Pete Dunne, Randy Orton, Raw, Roderick Strong, Ronda Rousey, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Seth Rollins, Smackdown, United Kingdom Championship, United States Championship, WWE, WWE Championship
Posted on February 8, 2018
by Andrew Henderson
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We’re not that far removed from the Royal Rumble, but WWE rolls on with Elimination Chamber just over two weeks away! The Chamber matches themselves were filled out on Raw, and we even got a match announcement for SmackDown’s next PPV, Fastlane, in March.… Continue Reading “TV Talking Points – 5th-7th February”
Category: Talking PointsTags: AJ Styles, Alexa Bliss, Andrade Cien Almas, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Elimination Chamber, Jason Jordan, Johnny Gargano, Kevin Owens, Kurt Angle, Mandy Rose, Mickie James, NXT, NXT Championship, Randy Orton, Raw, Roman Reigns, Rusev, Sami Zayn, Sasha Banks, Seth Rollins, Smackdown, Sonya Deville, The Miz, United States Championship, Women's Championship, WWE Championship
Posted on January 28, 2018
by Andrew Henderson
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It’s almost here, the real second biggest night in the WWE calendar is finally upon us! And with that in mind, I’m doubling down on my Spotlights for the Royal Rumble. Yesterday I dealt with the women’s match (did you know it was the… Continue Reading “2018 Royal Rumble Spotlight: Men’s Royal Rumble Match”
Category: PPV SpotlightTags: Braun Strowman, Cedric Alexander, John Cena, Lars Sullivan, Men's Royal Rumble, Pete Dunne, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, Roderick Strong, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Shinsuke Namakura, The Miz, Velveteen Dream, WWE
Posted on January 22, 2018
by Andrew Henderson
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It’s going to be the talk of the wrestling world for the next seven days, but in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, the Royal Rumble is this Sunday. As always speculation is rife as to who will… Continue Reading “Is it time for a Rumble-Slayer?”