WWE Musings

  Happy Friday, Enthusiasts: It looks like it’s a slow news day in the Wrestling World but there are a couple things to comment on. Let’s talk a little about them, shall we? So, WWE will get a little mainstream press over the weekend as a select few will represent them on Celebrity Family Feud this Sunday night on ABC . It will be Men vs. Women with Seth Rollins fronting the crew consisting of Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Dolph Ziggler. The Ladies are headed by Becky Lynch, with Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan and Natalya on the team. Check your local listings if you want to check it out. Not sure I’m that interested but it’s a good chance to get fresh eyes on the current product. It seems like this was already taped so, hopefully they had fun with it. I may catch it on a replay some time. We’ll see. This next tidbit I wasn’t sure I was going to comment on because of the not-so-favorable press on Mr. Vince McMahon but reports hit general news outlets so I guess I better ...

Happy Monday, Enthusiasts. How are things going so far? Fair enough? It’s the beginning of the week. Feel free to ease into it. Well, the Wrestling World is kinda quite at the moment. There are a lot of on-going rumblings but not much new to report. This should be a “to the point” post. With the Bloodline Saga now “at recess”, we have a little under a month to switch focus to SummerSlam. As we do that, there’s also more talk of LA Knight. Apparently, he was given a dark segment to help appease some vocal fans. I don’t mind Knight’s popularity. It took me a little while to catch-on so, I’m glad people are. Yet, again, I have not been impressed with the ring work I’ve seen. It’s his job on the mic that appears to really be putting him over.  So, that’s the only discrepancy I see in the way at present.  Let’s see where he is at the end of the year before making too many final conclusions. Conversely, Grayson Waller is being said to be on the “push train” as those in the know feel...

  How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Well, I’m having a little bit of a time, keeping up because things appear to be changing in the streaming world. It would seem that we have to get used to the live feed. No more West Coast replay. DVR it or wait until the next day when it’s on-demand. This may be the first PPV I’ve got to go in to blind. Doesn’t mean I can’t talk about it.  So, for being one of the less popular PLEs/PPVs, this one is kinda intriguing. It’s one of those, “make or break” PPVs. People appear to be getting their “big chance”. For that, I’m going to talk about 4 matches as opposed to 3. I’ll try to be brief. Got other things to do. To start, I feel I have to say something about Bianca Belair vs. Iyo Sky. I’ve seen Sky in NXT matches and she can work a good match. I won’t say Belair can’t but her matches can run a little flat. Not sure what it is. Maybe she’s too serious or something. It feels too much like work and I have to stress how much better it is if everyone is...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Did you enjoy WrestleMania? Well, I think Night 1 won the evenings overall, hands down, but I think Night 2 ended just as it ought to have. Yet, you all know there is bigger news circulating so, let’s talk about that and then breakdown Sunday night. So, it happened. UFC and WWE have merged into some sort of MMA, sports entertainment infused super conglomerate. Now, as much as I wasn’t buying into the hype, I know that there tends to be a modicum of truth in rumor. I just didn’t want to jump to conclusions like so many commenters do.  However, this may be the elusive “perfect buyer” that I didn’t know existed. This solution could hold WWE to some accountability and UFC could veto absolutely atrocious ideas that WWE sometimes try to float. The “realness” of UFC will probably push WWE to present itself more realistically which could iron out a lot of their shoddier ways of presenting content due to no one “questioning management”. Yet, as hopeful as I may ...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Enjoying your 3-day weekend? I’m like the rest of the world and had to work on this day. I’ve had to do that before but in this case it just seems kinda strange because this place of business otherwise adheres to U.S. Federal Holidays. Just not Presidents’ Day 🤷 Well, it’s not the first time I’ve had to work a Holiday. I’ll live. Let’s see what’s going on in the world of wrestling. So, as we all know, Elimination Chamber was last Saturday and it was a lot of fun. I was pleased. It was a tad bit predictable but I don’t want my money back. In most opinions, Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn was match of the night and I think we have to give credit to the crowd for that one. They were rivaling Seattle Seahawks fans. Didn’t think Canadians had it in ‘em 😉  There’s some pissy chatter that Reigns didn’t win clean but I don’t know when that will actually be an issue. Let’s wait for another wrestler to bring it up as beef against him. I can see Cody Rhodes playing t...

A Merry Monday to You, Enthusiasts. How did you enjoy the Royal Rumble? I would say the general consensus is that it wasn’t bad but there were definitely some things left to be desired but overall, not disappointing. Most didn’t care for the match order either though in retrospect, I can see why WWE did what they did but hopefully it was with a mind for tonight otherwise, a more traditional order would have sufficed. Let’s break it down a bit, shall we? So, we were all a little surprised that the Rumble opened with the Men’s Rumble. I would have left this for the end, especially with Cody Rhodes winning. Leaving the Universal Title match for last left the event on a “down” note so that’s why I’m hoping it was to segue into tonight’s RAW . Word is that Rhodes is going to open to follow-up his win so that may have been the point.  Personally, it felt like a strange move because what’s to keep people in the seats for the rest of the show? Though the Women’s Rumble kept pace with the M...

  How’s It Going, Enthusiasts? Is this Friday treating you well? I hope so. Well, there isn’t that much going on in the wrestling world. At least, not a lot that caught my interest so this will be a short post. SmackDown is on FS1 tonight due to college football anyway so, let’s keep this to the point. The big news appears to regard William Regal. As we generally know, he’s currently with AEW and supposedly in a 3-year contract but rumblings are suggesting that Triple H has poached him back to the WWE. My only question is will he return to NXT. Regal didn’t have a WWE TV presence so, I would think that’s the plan though I wouldn’t mind him on the main show. I didn’t see much of him in his prime years but what I’ve seen in recent years has been engaging. We’ll see what this ultimately leads to. As for tonight’s SmackDown action there’s relatively little advertised. We’ll have the conclusion of the “World Cup” action as Ricochet faces off against Santos Escobar for a shot at the Int...

  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 a...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?   You doing all right out there. There’s not a lot catching my interest in the wrestling world so this should be a short post. Let’s get into what is piquing interest shall we?   So, Roman Reigns and Logan Paul had their press conference in Las Vegas over the weekend just like for a real fight and it wasn’t without it’s “drama”. I actually liked the “confrontation” between Paul and Reigns, mainly because of Triple H. He handled it like it’s supposed to be handled in the WWE Universe and it added just the right amount of “bite” to the exchange.   I found this interesting because in my last post I was commenting on how we can’t sell “toxic” anymore. You’d think they’d be more chiding chatter for Reigns shoving Paul after Paul ran his mouth but no, it played just as it should have. Building interest for the “fight”. The old trick worked and I’m glad. We like to be rough and tumble over here. If they can’t do that, what’s the point? It...

Good Morning, Enthusiasts!   It’s probably afternoon or evening for the lot of you but I’m last to the party by default. How’s everyone doing? So, it’s Clash at the Castle and I’m about to have breakfast. That being said, let me just get on with it and breakdown my personal matches of interest. Let’s see what we got here.   First match that has me curious is Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins. This could be potentially very interesting. Mainly because the simmering beef is kinda half real. Rollins doesn’t like Riddle for obvious reasons (sexual assault allegation) and so how much of this is kayfabe is an intriguing question. They’re willing to go there on television but will someone go “too far”? Who knows. That’s what makes it juicy. We’ll see if it turns out to be a good match as well.   Second on the curiosity meter is Shayna Baszler and Liv Morgan. So, isn’t this the night & day match. Well, I see that Baszler is slowly becoming the reluctant heroine and I t...