WWE Musings

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts! Is this a good Friday for you? I’ve had better but I’ve also had worse so the complaints will be minimal. So, there are few morsels to dance on the palette today. Let’s see how they sit. The first bit of business is a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to Carmella and Corey Graves for welcoming their first child, a beautiful baby boy! What really stands out is that it took Carmella 60 hours of labor to achieve the feat. Good God, girl! Nevertheless, the new, happy family are doing well and I’m sure Carmella will be resting for the rest of the year. Enjoy the blessed early Christmas present.  In other news, there are reports that The Rock a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson has been approached by a few factions about running for president. Oi, given recent years and with Donald Trump hovering around the docket, I’m not sure this is a good idea. It just makes America more like Idiocracy if we go through with it, especially if he does so with no real experience in the political arena

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   Everything all right for a Monday? Well there are some subtle things floating around at the beginning of this week. My interests are more broad so, if you’re more of a diehard fan I may sound like I’m talking out of my ass but I’m only interested in certain things and only a couple of things caught my interest. Care to talk about them?   First item of business comes from the Land of MLW. Apparently, they have a faction call the Samoan Swat Team and yes, they do have some Bloodline ties. They were backing Jacob Fatu (The Usos’ and Reigns’ other cousin) but now, it looks like they’re free agents. Lance Anoa’i, as you can gather, is a cousin of Roman Reigns not sure if there is a direct relation to The Usos and it appears that Juicy Finau is a Tongan “adoptee”. Could we see them make their way as bit players in the Bloodline in the coming months? 🤷‍ I guess we shall see.   Following the Reigns theme, the wrestling trades are picking up a whiff

Happy Friday, Enthusiasts!   How’s everyone living? As good as I hope you can. I am aiming for a bit better but it’s a Tortoise vs. The Hare sort of situation. Got to be savvy more than quick. But I won’t bore you with that.   In the Wrestling World, it’s been kind of a slow week if you’re more the casual viewer. There are a few things to talk about so, let’s get to it.   First order of business is that Ric Flair is back in the fray again. He debuted on AEW this past Wednesday on Dynamite . As the story goes, he’s Sting’s retirement “gift”. As many of you probably know, Sting announced his retirement and since he’s about 530 years old, it’s bittersweet but understandable. Sting is another one I missed out on but I respect the legacy he’s established in the Industry. Regardless of not having witnessed it myself, I certainly know who the man is so, that stands for something.   Flair definitely isn’t in the best shape so, I’m not sure what he’s gonna do besides show up for

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Hope your complaints are few, though I’m sure there’s plenty you could sound off about. It’s just that sort of time. There’s a lot going on in the world at present. Plenty to be concerned about. It’s no wonder I find my escape in wrestling/sports entertainment. Well, there’s not all that much going on at the start of this week but there are few things to toss around. Shall we? First up, AEW appears to be in a ticket sales slump. Hype for Survivor Series seems to be leaving them in the dust and it’s hard to say how they change things. I do take a look at what they’re doing from time to time just to compare and contrast and WWE is still the far more polished product. Good wrestlers are good wrestlers so that shows when they’re left to do their thing but a lot of the content reads as immature and juvenile, far more so than WWE current fare so that may be a bit of a hurdle. The last time I watched, the bro-humor was rampant and I’m not sure if everyone is a fan

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Happy Friday! Well, there’s not that much to toss around today but there are few little tidbits to gnaw on. Let’s get into it, shall we. First thing of note is that CM Punk in WWE may not be completely off the table. Rumors are that there’s been some movement on the matter but in which direction remains to be seen. This is the sort of thing I was talking about. Given that Punk still generates talk and attention, I don’t think WWE would not reconsider him.  I just feel that with that, this return has to be handled carefully and quietly. If they want it to be a surprise, I won’t be surprised if we don’t see him at Survivor Series but hopefully they get the response they want when he’s a surprise entrant at the Royal Rumble or shows up at WrestleMania. All I’m saying is if they can keep the drama on TV, you’ve got gold. I’m all for it and hope they work something out. In the WWE Universe, the big thing floating around at present is that it has been decided tha

  A Merry Monday to You, Enthusiasts. How’s it going? Well, the Wrestling World doesn’t have too much going on so this should be a short post. Let’s break down what little is floating around, shall we? Reports are circulating that we can breathe easy given that with the WWE/UFC merger Ari Emanuel has taken it upon himself to keep Mr. Vince McMahon out of Creative. From what I’m hearing, it’s more to keep Mr. McMahon focused on running the business so that Triple H can focus on keeping us entertained.  Now, I know things used to be really bad. That’s the whole reason I started this blog. To talk shit about the crap they were putting on television. It was consistently barely palatable. If you ask my mom, it wasn’t palatable at all. There were some fun times but they were hard to call, that was for sure. Whoever is handling Creative now is doing a more consistent and cohesive job so, why go back to half-assed, crapshoots?  I know everyone has generally defaulted to blaming Mr. McMahon but

  How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Anything interesting to report? Well, there are a few things going on in the wrestling world but nothing too earth shattering. Shall we have a little chat about it? The first bit of business concerns the world at large for the most part as one of ours may be on The Masked Singer. There’s a lot of social media speculation that Chris Jericho is “The Bride”. I have to say after seeing the clip I would have to say that it does sound a lot like him. I wouldn’t be surprised at all. I just wonder how many people know who he is. I’m sure we at home will hear a boisterous crowd when he's revealed but I’m not sure if Jericho is a household name outside the wrestling community. I’d be surprised if anyone guesses it’s him. In other news, CM Punk returned to television for a Tampa MMA promotion. He served as one of the commentators and looked fresh and personable. Imagine that. Little time off to reflect seems to have properly reset him. He also made a little fu

  How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? It’s a rainy Monday in Los Angeles but as you probably know, we can’t exactly complain as drought-stricken as we are. We have a 48-72 hour storm upon us. I’ve just seen solid sprinkling. Not so much a full on shower but the ground is wet so that is something. In any case, we had the Crown Jewel PLE and it wasn’t a bad time. It’s always weird to be up at 9am on a Saturday for wrestling but it allowed me to have a full day. They didn’t waste much time and got right to business with Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley. They allowed Lesnar to save face with him suffering an “injury”. Regardless, he managed to get the win only to have Lashley have a hissyfit in response. Not sure if that’s supposed to indicate a Heel Turn or not but it made it hard to root for him so, I hope there is a method to the madness.  I felt Bayley’s and Bianca Belair’s Last Woman Standing Match deserves some discussion as Bayley became a sort of cartoon villain by trying to toss anything s

Can't have them out there dead on their feet (^_~) How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Looks like I get to stay in town this weekend so I’ll be around for the SmackDown festivities tonight and will be watching Crown Jewel live tomorrow morning. It’s a 9am call for us on the West Coast. I should sleep in but might as well get this crossed off for that day. In the meantime, let’s chat a bit about what’s going on. There are few things of interest happening. The first matter of interest is that Becky Lynch has been tapped to play Cyndi Lauper on Young Rock . I have no problem with Becky Lynch but being someone who remembers Cyndi Lauper, I’m not sure if she’s a good fit. Can Lynch even do the New York accent Lauper rocks? Lauper did a great job of understanding what the assignment was out there. I think Lynch can talk the shit but Lauper is such a unique individual, I’m just not sure she can do her justice but we’ll see. Hope she has fun with it. It’s kind of necessary. In other news, Randy

  A Good Monday to You, Enthusiasts! How’s everything going? Well, I hope. I know it’s Halloween but who’s really going out on a Monday night? I am looking forward to the evening’s festivities, though. Curious to see how WWE will celebrate the occasion.  Before we get to that, we have some news to chat about. We’ll start with the heavier fare as Carmella has revealed that we haven’t seen her in a while due to her recovery from a miscarriage, among other things. My condolences go out to her. Solace can be taken in the fact that the pregnancy was ectopic meaning it wasn’t viable from the get-go but it’s a devastating event to suffer through and I hope for her full recovery and return.  In lighter news, both AEW and WWE had to contend with lower ratings last Friday due to the World Series taking importance. It happens at about this time so it should have been expected. SmackDown was pushed to FS1 and many fans either didn’t have access or didn’t get the notice on the channel change. Sinc

  How's It Going, Enthusiasts? Doing all right? Well, this is a delicate time in the WWE schedule as Saudi Arabia doesn't have the best rep. out there. Well, as many feel this is an abhorrent display, I'm going to side with the Triple H thinking and say that Saudi fans shouldn't be penalized for the ills of their government. Wrestling should be a political free zone because none of it's real anyway. It's supposed to serve as an escape from all those unpleasant truths. If anything, the Saudi fans are deserving because of them. This is a brief respite from perceived hardships. I say "perceived" because we don't know what it is to live in Saudi Arabia. I'm sure some places and people are reflections of the problem while others are markers of modern thought and progress. No one is in a position to dictate the direction of a culture. Only the culture itself will decide to evolve or not. 'Tis the crux of Human Nature. We do what we want. If that