WWE Musings

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   It’s Go-Home week for Summer Slam. Looks like my relocation will take a little longer than anticipated so there’s a good chance I watch it in the old neighborhood. Kinda looking forward to it. Regardless, nothing earthshattering going on in the Wrestling World though parts of Southern California did experience a mild earthquake. Just another day in these parts. Let’s get into what’s circulating.   AEW is contemplating rebranding ROH. It is there’s now so I guess there’s nothing wrong with making it official. However, purists may feel that some history is lost with an official changeover. I tend to be a traditionalist so, I don’t see any real benefit from a rebranding but if Tony Khan wants to do it, so shall it be.   In the WWE Universe, there was some talk floating around about potentially bringing back Brock Lesnar. According to early reports, word was that a return is currently dependent on Lesnar but we all know it comes down...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? It’s still hot in Southern California. It’s definitely summer. The current prime directive is just staying cool. As for the Wrestling World, there’s a lot to consider. A lot of speculation is wafting about all over. Let’s take a brief look and see what we can make of it.  First off we’ll start off in AEW as there’s some talk about rough chair hit Jack Perry took. Prompted Corey Graves to take to and then not take to Twitter/X to comment against the gratuitous violence. AEW does appear to be more hardcore than WWE and I don’t exactly get it but I do know there is an audience to whom this appeals. I feel it’s too much, though. I always profess that if it takes more than a first aid kit to fix, they went too far.  We know that injury comes with the territory but it should be unintentional. The point is to play again, maybe even tomorrow and if you go too hard, you can’t play everyday. That’s how I look at it. So, all I’ll say is I hope AEW is keeping ...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   Hanging in there, staying cool if applicable? Today was more eventful that usual, though relatively mundane. I’m sticking my toe into adulthood. So far, so good 😉 As for the Wrestling World, there is some chatter. Not much but some. Shall we get into it? Let’s.   The first order of business is that a couple of our familiar faces have been removed from WWE’s internal roster. Not sure if this just means they’re inactive or have been low-key released but word is MVP and Tamina are no longer officially active. Again, not sure what the full implications are as word also is that MVP is looking to revamp the Hurt Business alongside Bobby Lashley, but Lashley’s contract may be up soon. Not sure if we should prepare to see them off to future endeavors or just sit tight but that’s what’s floating about.   Elsewhere, Johnny Gargano shared some upsetting news regarding the family business. It appears that his Father has been a restaurateur...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? It’s still hot and confusing, among other things. This was a strange week. I think many of us in the United States are still processing it. I try to keep politics out of this blog but looks like it may creep in this year.  There’s stuff going on in the wrestling world too so, I’ll keep other comments brief. I’ll just open with a little humor. I don’t know what to make of this assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I can say that I think it was completely unnecessary. He should be trivialized, not martyred. However, given the fishiness of this incident I’ll offer up my playful conspiracy theory. I’m gonna say this was a move by Russia to help secure the election by garnering sympathy for Trump. I don’t think anyone died. They’re in hiding, the shooter as well. I think it was an intentional miss by a skilled marksman. That’s my take. I’ll stick to it until someone proves different 😉 Anyway, in the Wrestling World, some of our performers’ physical stat...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   Enjoying summer? I hope so, it definitely is warm out in the northwestern hemisphere. Well, there’s not that much going on in the wrestling world so, I’ll be brief. It’s going to be like that until Summer Slam unless something newsworthy happens. Let’s see what popped up on the radar in the meantime.   In the WWE Universe, we can prepare for the return of Roman Reigns at Summer Slam. I’m a little worried for Creative to be honest. People have high expectations for this so it would be a great pity if they didn’t hit the mark. That would have been expected a few years ago but now that they’ve found a winning formula, it would be quite the disappointment. Personally, I don’t have any inspired ideas but I’m sure it all depends on how he feels about Solo Sikoa.   Given that Reigns has suffered a recent personal loss, I would have him in “semi-retreat” mode. I’d have him “finding himself” and trying to understand “what it all means”. T...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Happy Friday! Well, it’s a hot one here. Are you sweltering? Where I live now, it’s near the beach so summers stay relative comfortable but not this year. It’s reminding me of my inland days. It’s hot! But the world goes on so, let’s see what’s going on about the wrestling one. We’ll start in the realm of AEW as they have quietly allowed a few contracts to expire. A couple noteworthy new free agents are CJ Perry/Lana and Ric Flair. Looks like AEW have done what they’re gonna do with them and now they are free to pursue their next endeavors.  Well, most feel Flair needs to hang it up and I don’t see WWE entertaining Perry/Lana without Miro/Rusev so, we’ll see what these 2 get into next. As usual, we wish them the best. In other AEW news, word is Tony Khan is open to speaking with Shane McMahon if he really wants to entertain a run with AEW. I don’t know if he would be there in an on-air capacity or just sit on the board but it’s an interesting collaborat...

What’s Going On, Enthusiasts?   How did you like Money in the Bank? I had fun. There are a lot of gripes floating through the IWC but what else is new.   I have to say that I’m very proud of the Ladies as those who cared to take the poll deemed the Women’s MITB Ladder Match as Match of the Night. It wasn’t perfect, by far but it was well-executed and the Ladies who could, did.   I don’t mind Tiffany Stratton winning. I see why she’s getting pushed and can see that she has a future in WWE. We shall see how she matures. Iyo Sky and Zoey Stark had some solid spots as did Chelsea Green. It’s about all she can do. Have to give props to Naomi for the splits across a couple ladders too. It was a fun match and I’m glad they just buckled down and did the job.   However, it wasn’t my favorite match of the evening. I’m glad they earned the general consensus but the Heavyweight Championship had me rolling. A lot of people are bitching about how it leaves Drew McInty...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Feeling good. This is a bit of an odd Money in the Bank as it seems tinged with sorrow as we are aware of Kevin Owens’ Mother, hopefully recuperating in hospital and the passing of Roman Reigns’ Father. It’s a tough time in the WWE Universe but as in show business, the show must go on. And so, here’s what I’m looking at this time around. First off, I feel I must mention that the only Ladies Match is the MITB Ladder Match. These days that’s a big ole 🙁 ‘cause they know they have to show fair representation. This is a bit old school if you ask me. Mia Yim and Nia Jax could have been on this card easy, even if it was just Kick Off. I can see a lot of the new ladies aren’t up to speed but there are plenty who are and there’s the time to do it so, 👎 on this planning. They know they’ve got plenty of Ladies who can hold their own. The counter argument may be who cares but I can say the same for a lot of male acts so whatever. The Ladies are just as good and gene...

‘Cause someone has to 😉 Happy Friday, Enthusiasts! How is everyone? Well, there’s not much to go over tonight. It’s kinda quiet in the Wrestling World so I’ll make this brief. It’s all about Money in the Bank right now, anyway. Let’s get to what’s going on and have done. So, a couple of familiar faces re-signed with WWE recently. We can expect Chad Gable and Angel Garza to stay with us for at least a few more years as they decided to reup. I’m glad, especially for Gable. He’s done the work and did his way, more or less, and has earned our honest respect. My only suggestion, more humor. I can’t buy him as a legit heel but as a humorous one, certainly. He should definitely be more bark than bite and should kindly miss the point sometimes. I just think that would play better than him trying to be mean. I don’t buy it.  That’s all I got. Most of the other info I got, I don’t really care about so…meh. Anyway, we got SmackDown in Toronto so everyone is where they need to be for MITB to...

  How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? It’s been fun in the WWE Universe of late. Been enjoying myself. Such a great thing. See how things can be if people just think about it. It’s all I’ve ever been saying. Well, there are some other goings-on in the Wrestling World so let’s touch on a few things shall we. Here we go. First off, AEW had their Forbidden Door PPV last Sunday and it seems to have done well. It looks like the match between Will Osprey and Swerve Strickland took Match of the Night by a lot. Seems to be it was no real contest. Gonna have to see if I can find that puppy and take a look for myself. It’s got all sorts of likes and thumbs-up across platforms. Bryan Danielson’s/Daniel Bryan’s and Mercedes Moné/Sasha Banks’ matches took distant 2 nd and 3 rd . All in all, nothing to scoff at. Congratulations for a great night out. Other congratulations are also due as we have a couple of weddings to offer our Mazel Tovs to. First off, Rhea Ripley and Buddy Matthews/Murphy have made...