This is kind of interesting, I suppose. PAUL HEYMAN, ERIC BISCHOFF NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF WWE TV It’s interesting since it appears to be something happening in real life rather than yet another storyline reset, but I think people are going to make way too much out of it way too quickly. My initial reaction …
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Stomping Grounds Was Surprisingly Good, Super ShowDown Was Not, And A Bunch of Other Stuff Happened. It’s The Wrestling Notepad
I’ve watched Kushida wrestle twice already in NXT, but I’m so behind on New Japan that I just finished watching his sendoff match against Hiroshi Tanahashi from the Road to the New Beginning. I loved it, and it’s a fine example of why I don’t plan on skipping any shows to catch up if I …
WWE Books Travel About As Well As It Books Television
So it’s not just onscreen where WWE is making stupid, entirely preventable mistakes. But at least the ones that wind up on TV make a bit more sense now. Take it away, Observer. While last week was supposed to be the Superstar Shakeup, lots of things happened this past week that caused plans to change. …
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The Wrestling Notepad Experience
Is Mania over yet? Seriously, it took me almost a full week to want to watch any wrestling again after that fucking show, even stuff I knew would be good. And when I do, I’m immediately slapped in the face by how awful WWE is at writing babyfaces. First Seth explains that hitting Brock in …
All Elite Wrestling Might Actually Be Real
I haven’t said basically anything about All Elite Wrestling here, because I’ve learned not to get my hopes up about there ever being real competition for WWE again. Everything that’s tried to fill the void left by WCW and ECW has either died before it ever got going, been mismanaged into oblivion or not had …
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I Really Don’t Get Intergender Wrestling
I admit I don’t watch a lot of intergender wrestling because what I have seen I mostly haven’t cared for, but I’m going to ask this question anyway and then let everyone yell at me to go watch more and figure it out. How do you present the women in these matches as anything but …
Wrestlemania May Still Be Going On For All I Know, But The Wrestling Notepad Is Here
WWE’s beat the clock challenges are almost always kind of dumb. Who wants to watch a match that randomly ends with no resolution when somebody fails to beat the time? It’s just terrible, unentertaining television. What incentive is there for the opponent A.K.A. the one who isn’t being challenged to beat the clock to participate? …
A Complete Guide To Just How Awful Crown Jewel Was
Induction: WWE Crown Jewel – The 2018 Gooker Award Winner This right here is a goddamn work of art, by which I mean that it was written by a guy named Art. It’s also an amazing piece of writing, so good it makes me jealous. I can’t say enough good things about it. It’s a …
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Wrestling Notepad
Nice to see all these NXT guys on Raw I guess, but WWE doesn’t have a clue what to do with three quarters of the people on the main roster as it is so I’m not sure just bringing a bunch of dudes up for no reason and with seemingly no purpose is the best …
Canada’s Greatest Cook
I had a fun few minutes just now watching this 1978 video of Gene Kiniski intimidating Peter Gzowski, giving us the secret of how to cook perfect pork sausages and telling a story about some crazy fans trying to set him on fire.