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WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 4th April 2008 2008-04-06 16:44:00 Tonight was Smackdown
’s chance to hit the ground running after Wrestlemania as they started their run to Backlash. After a very strong Raw I was looking forward to see wht Smackdown had to offer.Good PointsStrong OpeningEdge’s crew started off the show in the ring with Edge and Chavo bemoaning the fact that they are no longer champions. Vickie Guerrero though helped the heel faction in to an upbeat mood as rematches for both titles were announced for Backlash but this wasn’t all as they announced a brother vs. brother / champion vs. champion match for the main event with Kane taking on the Undertaker. It was a great way to kick off a show.Batista / HBK feudIt was predicted that these two were going to feud but how they built it on Smackdown was great. Shawn still trying to come to te Read more:Friday
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TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 3rd April 2008 2008-04-06 16:06:00 After WWE’s recent Wrestlemania extravaganza TNA needed to start pushing this week to get hold of those viewers who are excited for wrestling again and get some attention to their upcoming PPV Lockdown. So as always here are my good and bad points of this week’s show.Good PointsFormulaEvery week the formula of TNA shows gets better and better. This week the show started with a video recap of all the recent incidents in TNA. I believe that every weekly show should start with a video recap as weekly shows are about getting new viewers to your show so that they will buy the PPV so they need to know what is going on and your existing fan base needs to be reminded of recent events just in case they have forgotten something that happened or missed a recent episode.Good booking of Lethal Lock Read more:April
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WWE Raw Review - 7th April 2008 2008-04-09 14:41:00 After an exciting episode of Raw last week and with only three episodes to go before Backlash I was hoping for more of the same this week but as I was to find out later that consistency continues to not be the creative teams strong point.Good PointsHighlight ReelIt was a bit different this week with the section being dominated by Jericho’s two guests HBK and Batista with Jericho taking a backseat. The verbal battles back and forward are great we just need to see both of them in some in-ring action to keep the feud bubbling until Backlash.Push for Carlito and MorellaFinally they have found something to do with two of my favourite wrestlers on Raw. They are now the comedy heel tag team of raw and the creative team booked them well in a non-title win against the two dullest guys on Raw Rhod Read more:April
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 11th April 2008 2008-04-12 05:33:00 After delivering in spades last week with a great show I was wondering if Smackdown
could keep that momentum going until Backlash. I knew Smackdown had to an off day soon as shows on the whole have been a lot better lately but was hoping this wouldn’t be the one.Good PointsBatista / HBK feudFinally the writing team are moving the feud away from them arguing over Ric Flair and no we are moving on to their own reasons to dislike each other. We also finally almost got to a physical confrontation between after Batista ducked out of Sweet Chin Music and HBK slipped out of the Batista Bomb.Natalya NeidhartNatalya got her first formal introduction on Smackdown after last week appearing as a mystery Diva. Yes all you long time wrestling fans will know her as daughter of Jim “The Anvil” Neidh Read more:Friday
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TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 10th April 2008 2008-04-13 04:46:00 Due to my Sky+ recording system messing up the recording of iMPACT this week and because I can't find it repeated anywhere there will be no iMPACT review this week.Sorry guys. Read more:Thursday
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WWE Raw Review - 14th April 2008 2008-04-17 04:18:00 Raw came to my home country of jolly old England this week. I always enjoy the Raw shows the WWE produce from countries outside the USA as for me it always seems to add to the excitement of the show. I was hoping that the creative team could use this platform to bounce back from last week’s disappointment.Good PointsUnpredictability is backIn one of the most unpredictable moments in Raw for some weeks Mickie James won the Women’s championship beating Beth Phoenix in the centre of the ring. Now most people probably used this match as a time for a beer run or to go to the toilet so will be kicking themselves that they missed it. Not sure where this leaves the Glamazon now after being built as a monster just to lose clean to a simple pinning combination and not even on PPV but it did make Read more:April
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 18th April 2008 2008-04-19 05:20:00 It was time for the second TV show in a week from the UK as Smackdown
like raw came to us from the O2 Arena in London. After a terrible show last week I wasn’t expecting much from this one.Good PointsUse of Chris JerichoOk he may have been mishandled since his return and he may have been bumped in to a non wrestling role as special guest referee for the HBK / Batista match but he is running with it. He is getting good TV time with his Highlight Reel becoming a semi regular segment of Raw and Smackdown. Twice in the space of one week Jericho was left laying as he has now been on the receiving end of both HBK and Batista’s finishers.Big win for HornswoggleHornswoggle has to go down as the most successful midget in WWE history. After being pushed in to major storylines the fans have reall Read more:Friday
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TNA Lockdown Review 2008-04-19 04:58:00 Sunday night was a night for TNA to make history after one of the biggest builds to a match in TNA history it was time for Samoa Joe to put his career on the line against Kurt Angle for the chance to become TNA Heavyweight champion. The card also featured a stack Lethal Lockdown
match and an array of other matches in the only PPV of the year promoted by any wrestling company where all matches take place inside the six sides of steel.Good PointsPush for Johnny DevineAfter months of being Team 3D’s sidekick finally Johnny Devine was given a push on his own after a strong showing in the Xscape match. Although Lethal won I thought they built Johnny well as a new opponent for him and Consequences Creed didn’t have a bad outing either so wll done to TNA for freshening up the X-Division.Knock
TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 17th April 2008 2008-04-20 06:20:00 After such a history making PPV that changed the direction of TNA I was excited to see what they were going to do on this week’s iMPACT, how were they going to bring in the new era?Good PointsSamoa JoeAlthough he didn’t wrestle this week on iMPACT he had some great promo time and talked like a champion. Would have liked to see him in the ring but a good start to his title reign none the less.UnpredictabilityThis week’s iMPACT saw more title changes than Lockdown. Petey Williams was handed a shot at the X-Division title by Scott Steiner and cashed it in after Lethal’s match with Devine to win the belt. Then the tag titles were made vacant in a crazy chain of events which saw Kaz and Eric Young win the belts only to be stripped of them because Eric Young and Super Eric are two differ Read more:Thursday
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WWE Raw Review - 21st April 2008 2008-04-23 08:00:00 This week it was time for the much hyped three hour Raw special which was going to feature the return of the King of the Ring tournament but after all it’s hype it wasn’t the King of the Ring we went home talking about.Good PointsThe Presidential Candidates invade RawThis is one of the classic examples of how far ahead WWE are of TNA. For the last week the wrestling world has been raving about the Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe match from Lockdown but this week the whole world including international press and media are talking about what happened on Raw. After Mayweather at Mania WWE are getting just about as many column inches for having the three major presidential candidates appear on video to address the WWE fans. Yes their speeches may have been terrible and corny at best but they’ve Read more:April
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 25th April 2008 2008-04-26 10:04:00 After a Raw that will be remembered more for the presidential candidates than for the quality of show I was hoping Smackdown
could provide my entertainment this week.Good PointsMore non wrestling segmentsI was glad to see lots more talking with segments involving Edge and CMP Punk as well as MVP and Matt Hardy being given time. I thought over all there was a better balance between wrestling and non wrestling segments. The only things thy need to do is break these segments up by not having too much talking in the first hour in the first hour and having more in the last hour.Push for CM PunkWas great to see CM Punk after Monday’s incidents where they dropped the ball with him to be put in the match of the night against Edge. Those two were given mic time and time for a decent match. Hope t Read more:Friday
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TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 24th April 2008 2008-04-27 14:19:00 After a hectic week last week on iMPACT I was looking forward to see what was going to happen this week and if it could be just as crazy.Good PointsImprovements to SacrificeThankfully TNA have seen sense and done what we expected them to and made the title match at Sacrifice a triple threat adding Kurt Angle to the Steiner, Samoa Joe match. They spent a good amount of time on iMPACT building all three guys and having Steiner interfere in the Angle vs. Samoa Joe match was the right move.Knockouts are interesting againAfter some dull weeks before Lockdown TNA are back on a roll with this division with good matches and adding an interesting stipulation to the Knockouts match at Sacrifice which is going to see on Knockout getting their head shaved. This is the first I have heard of something l Read more:Thursday
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WWE Backlash Review 2008-04-29 15:13:00 It’s always a hard job to follow Wrestlemania as the next PPV which normally shows with Backlash. Normally Backlash is an event with a couple of decent matches but not much storyline movement as most of this would have happened at Mania and the WWE wouldn’t want to change direction that quickly. So Backlash is always an event I go in to with low expectations but hope to be surprised by.Good PointsMatt Hardy wins the US titleGreat to see Matt Hardy and MVP kicking off the show and Matt Hardy building on his comeback push with a title victory. It was an obvious result to guess but needed to happen as the US title had been on MVP for far too long. I hope this now frees up MVP for new feuds as he is my talent to watch for this year.Nice ending to Edge vs. Undertaker matchAgain it was obvio
WWE Raw Review - 28th April 2008 2008-04-30 16:59:00 After a very entertaining and interesting Backlash I was looking forward to see what the fall out would be on Raw. However little did I know that a disaster in booking and a terrible show awaited me.Good PointsKennedy is back and already lined up in a feudAfter pushing Regal at the KOTR and then not having him on Backlash, Regal was finally put in to a feud with none other than the returning Mr. Kennedy. I am interested to see where this feud goes as although it is a bit down the card for Kennedy after being pushed in to main event status over the last few months.New feud for JerichoWas great to see a new feud started between HBK and Jericho after what happened at Backlash. Jericho claimed that HBK feigned his injury in his match against Batista during his Highlight Reel section. The only Read more:April
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 2nd May 2008 2008-05-03 13:24:00 After the worst Raw in living history I was hoping Smackdown
could provide me with some thought out entertainment as well as their usual quality wrestling bouts.Good PointsStrong StartThe show opened solidly with a Theodore Long announcing that all the Smackdown belts were going to be on the line tonight. Although the intelligent fans know that titles rarely change hands on TV it gets the casual fans and the live audience hyped up.Start of a new feudAfter his feud with Khali, The Big Show has now started a feud with the only remaining monster for him on Smackdown mark Henry. Although I’m not a fan of big man matches it’s nice to see Big Show enforcing his dominance by beating on the other big guys which will then put him in a strong place for main event feuds with smaller guys.Bad Poin Read more:Friday
TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 2nd May 2008 2008-05-04 10:06:00 After WWE’s disastrous week I was hoping TNA provide me with some entertainment and light at the end of the tunnel.Good PointsFinally a big push for LAXAfter months and months of sitting round and not doing that much without being involved in any decent storylines since they last lost the tag titles LAX have finally got a new push. With a big win over Kaz and Eric in the Deuces Wild qualifier they got good mic time to call out none other than Hector Guerrero. The crowd were popping as LAX asked Hector to corner them for the tournament at Sacrifice. This is great to see them being built and having a new direction.New TalentIn WWE normally if you are an up and coming talent you will have to wrestle for months on Heat or in Dark Matches before you are given a chance on a main show and then Read more:Thursday
No Blogs and Reviews for two weeks 2008-05-07 16:43:00 hey guys,Just to let you know that due to my work and life outside of wrestling there will be no blogs for the next two weeks.Keep on enjoying Raw and Smackdown and I hope TNA Sacrifice is a great event. Read more:Blogs
WWE Raw Review - 5th May 2008 2008-05-07 16:41:00 After last week’s shocking episode of Raw I was hoping to see some clearer direction in tonight’s show and two hours of understandable entertainment.Good PointsMaking the best of the bad situationAfter Regal’s crazy moment last week of cutting the Raw feed the WWE have decided to run with the ball on this one. The show turned in to the Regal show as at numerous occasions he would interfere in matches by switching off the lights or changing commentators. From an entertainment point of view it works but from a visual point of view if I was to be channel surfing and I came across raw when it was in darkness I would probably keep on switching. Only problem was that too much time was given to Regal on the show.Recent returns of legendsLast week Rowdy Roddy Piper made an appearance on Raw
WWE Raw Review - 19th May 2008 2008-05-21 18:29:00 After being away for over a week and missing TNA Sacrifice as well as all the weekly WWE and TNA shows I was looking forward to tuning in to Raw to see what had happened since I had been away.Good PointsGood StartThe show started with a bang with the return to Raw of Jeff Hardy after his surprise appearance at Judgement Day. He has been thrown in to another programme with Umaga but at least it was
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 23rd May 2008 2008-05-25 13:12:00 SmackdownAfter an ok Raw this week I can’t say I was expecting much from the Smackdown crew. With only two Smackdown’s before One Night Stand though they needed to pull their fingers out.Good PointsSolid OpeningWith the first show after a Pay Per View I always feel that it is best to start with a segment which sets the wheels in motion for the next main event and this was they did. Edge and Vi Read more:Smackdown
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TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 22nd May 2008 2008-05-26 05:27:00 After missing Sacrifice and two week’s worth of iMPACT I was looking forward to see where TNA’s product was at and what had happened since I last tuned in.Good PointsFaction WarsIt’s great to see some factions start to develop in TNA. We had Booker T’s continuing decent in to the heel world as he struck a partnership with team 3-D to look out for each other. Then we had the show ending wit Read more:Thursday
WWE Raw Review - 26th May 2008 2008-05-28 16:39:00 I was looking forward to Raw tonight with one Night Stand only a week away I was looking forward to see how the headline feuds would develop and get us in the mood for the PPV.Good PointsLots of Vince segmentsI think Mr. McMahon is one of the best on screen characters in the WWE so to see him heavily featured was great. He proclaimed that tonight was going to be Fan Appreciation night which lead t
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 30th May 2008 2008-05-31 05:27:00 After an entertaining Raw I was hoping this week Smackdown
could provide a bit of entertainment. Normally the episodes of Smackdown that are just before the PPV’s are the most exciting ones so I’m normally not disappointed.Good PointsGreat build up for TLCThe build up for the match between Undertaker and Edge was brilliant. With the show kicking off with a great Edge promo on how it was going Read more:Friday
TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 29th May 2008 2008-06-01 03:06:00 After one of my favourite episodes of iMPACT for some time I was really looking forward to seeing this week’s offering from the TNA crew.Good PointsGreat set up for Kurt Angle vs. AJ StylesThis is the match that myself and I think many of the TNA fans have been looking forward to for some time and we are going to be able to see it at Slammiversary. TNA are building this feud brilliantly with mor Read more:Thursday
WWE One Night Stand Review 2008-06-02 17:41:00 After a terrible Judgment day and a drop in viewing ratings WWE really need to pick their game up for One NightStand
. After two chaotic weeks of crazy booking on the TV shows I wasn’t expecting great things but was looking forward to seeing the return of matches like TLC.Good PointsBig Push for EdgeWas great to see him in the main event putting on a good match with Undertaker which featured som
WWE Raw Review - 2nd June 2008 2008-06-04 16:29:00 After the lowest viewing ratings in some time for Raw last week WWE really needed to start bringing their A-Game to get the ratings back. We had the fall out from One Night Stand and Mr. McMahon’s Million Dollar Madness to look forward to so I was intrigued to see what Raww was going to be like this week.Good PointsGood development in the main event sceneAfter Randy Orton breaking his collarbone
TNA iMPACT Review - Thursday 5th June 2008 2008-06-08 06:27:00 This being the iMPACT before TNA’s biggest Pay Per View of the year Slammiversary I was expecting big things this week. TNA have built some good storylines and it as going to be interesting to see what they were going to do for the final push.Good PointsGreat Push for AJ StylesI am so happy AJ is finally getting pushed in the top feud after months of playing the comedy sidekick. After weeks of g Read more:Thursday
WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 6th June 2008 2008-06-07 06:57:00 After the Smackdown
main event stole the show at One Night Stand it was about time that Smackdown started winning the war of the brands. As Raw is currently experiencing its worst ratings in some time can Smackdown pick up the slack and show thm how it’s done.Good PointsLots of non wrestling segmentsFinally the Samckdown team have got the balance right between matches and non wrestling segments. Read more:Friday
WWE Raw Review - 9th June 2008 2008-06-11 14:36:00 The last week has been a hive of press conferences and media relations for the WWE in the build up to Mr McMahon’s Million dollar Mania which was happening tonight on Raw. With Smackdown gaining on Raw every week in the viewing ratings WWE were hoping this would be a ratings winner.Good PointsThree Good FeudsChris Jericho / Shawn Michaels feudThis has to be the best feud on Raw after tonight’s
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