Miscellaneous

Terminator Triple H

So, when I started this series, I posed a question: Does the title ‘Mr. WrestleMania’ belong to Shawn Michaels or does it really belong to Triple H? That question caused quite a stir with fans of HBK, who were outraged that HBK’s place would be questioned in favor of someone they ...read more

Terminator Triple H

In 2017, Triple H was firmly out of the ring, for the most part, but he wasn’t done trying to do what he deemed ‘Best for Business’, even when that meant going against what the WWE Universe claimed to want, for better or worst. But as the WWE came to the end of the second decade ...read more

Terminator Triple H

By 2015, Triple H was fully in his role as COO of WWE. His Authority stable had managed to break up the Shield and Seth Rollins, the Authority’s chosen star, was on the brink of bringing the WWE World Heavyweight Championship back under the Authority’s control. However, a ghost ...read more

ROH 19th Anniversary Takeaways Hello everyone, and welcome to my thoughts on the 19th-anniversary show. It was a night with a variety of matches and moments that left the wrestling world intrigued or stunned. For better or worse, and I enjoyed it overall, here’s what I had to ...read more

Terminator Triple H

By 2013, Triple H had been in the WWE for almost 20 years. He’d risen from a low/mid-card player, to the sidekick of the WWF Champion, then became leader of one of the hottest factions of the Attitude Era, to the son-in-law of Vince McMahon, to the Man in WWE. However, by 2013, ...read more

Terminator Triple H

I’m going to be honest, these two matches don’t really need an introduction, they basically sell themselves, but not including some kind of introduction would seem odd. Triple H and the Undertaker are two names that are always mentioned in people’s Mount Rushmores of Professional ...read more

Terminator Triple H

As the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania loomed, Triple H found his personal and professional worlds colliding. After winning a BRUTAL Elimination Chamber to become WWE Champion once again, the Game was looking forward to squaring off with Randy Orton, his one-time Evolution ...read more

trish adora

When the Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship was introduced, it quickly became known as one of the prettiest belts in wrestling. Unfortunately, I've seen many people talking about the Title without mentioning the woman holding it. Trish Adora is quickly rising ...read more

Terminator Triple H

In 2006, Triple H found himself on the Road to WrestleMania 22 without much of a gameplan, so to speak. Despite a magnificent effort at the Royal Rumble in 2006, Triple H was unable to capture the #1 Contendership, being one of the last to be eliminated. Undaunted, the Game ...read more

cara noir

I'd like to tell you a story about a swan. A beautiful, mysterious swan understood by no one but eventually respected by everyone. This swan became a symbol of grace and power, and one who's only flying higher with every match. I'm speaking of course, about the Black Swan ...read more

bash at the beach

Where does one go to see wrestling? If you live in a big city then an arena of some kind like a civic center or sports venue. If you live in a smaller town then maybe an armory. I've mentioned before how I once saw a show at a rock festival at a vineyard, and I thought that was a ...read more

Terminator Triple H

As the Road to WrestleMania rolled towards the twentieth anniversary of WrestleMania, Triple H found himself facing two determined opponents. One was Chris Benoit, the undeniably talented Canadian grappler who had never been able to get to the big dance. The other was Shawn ...read more

Terminator Triple H

As WWE rolled into WrestleMania in 2002, Triple H found himself in a new position: The underdog. After a blistering run as part of the Two Man Power Trip with Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Game was suddenly sidelined with a career-threatening leg injury that kept him out of action ...read more

masters of pain roster

As of this week it has been announced that 2021 will see a new Masters of Pain tournament! Before that event why not go back and get caught up on this frankly awesome tournament's lineage. I love deathmatch. I don't get to talk about it often, but I really love good deathmatch ...read more

Terminator Triple H

When we left Triple H in 1999, he had just reunited with his love, Chyna, and was about to begin his campaign to be The Man in WWF, tossing aside friendships and hurting anyone who got in his way. Towards the end of 1999, The Game found himself at odds with Vince McMahon, the ...read more

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So, on Thursday, January 21, Bleacher Report dropped an interview with AEW's Jon Moxley, among the various topics discussed was whether or not he would ever consider returning to WWE. Jon Moxley demurred, somewhat, stating that you never wanted to say 'Never say never', but also ...read more

I always swore I would never allow politics into my wrestling writing, but here we are. Full disclosure: I'm a Democrat and a proud one. However, my political affiliation has little bearing on this article. It's time WWE removed Donald Trump from the WWE Hall of Fame. Not only ...read more

So, if you’ve been paying attention to the wrestling world over the past few days, you’ve probably heard about the untimely death of Jon Huber, aka, Mr. Brodie Lee /Luke Harper at the age of 41. You may also have heard about the simultaneous shitstorm over WWE and AEW’s ...read more

Raw

Monday’s Raw drew an average of 2,521,000 viewers on USA Network, up from last week’s 2,349,000 viewers. Raw went up against a Warriors vs. Blazers NBA playoff game, which drew nearly 8 million viewers. This time last year, the May 21, 2018 Raw drew 2,669,000 viewers. The May 22, ...read more

Full results: Dan Matha def. Albert Hardie Jr. Reina Gonzalez def. Jessie Elaban Eric Bugenhagen def. Trevor Lee Flash Morgan Webster def. Luke Menzies UK Tag Titles: James Drake/Zack Gibson def. Street Profits Aliyah/Vanessa Borne def. Karen Q/Xia Li Jordan Devlin def. Raul ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: Big E def. Eric Young Mustafa Ali def. Shelton Benjamin Rey Mysterio def. Shelton Benjamin Peyton Royce def. Carmella The Miz def. Rusev The Hardy Boyz def. The Bar Women's Title: Asuka def. Mandy Rose AJ Styles/Kofi Kingston def. Daniel Bryan/Rowan ...read more

Total Bellas

This past Sunday's episode of Total Bellas was the season finale and saw an increase in viewership with 448,000 people tuning in to watch the show. This has been the lowest-viewed season of the show thus far. It ranked at #37 on the Cable Top 150. Season 4: Episode 1: 505,000 ...read more

MNR

Raw kicks off announcing that the Raw women’s championship match will headline in the main event of Wrestlemania 35. Ronda Rousey makes her way to the ring following the announcement to express her displeasure to the fans for their lack of support. Sarah Logan is first to take on ...read more

MNR

Full results: Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose No Way Jose def. EC3 Apollo Crews def. Luke Harper Natalya/Nikki Cross def. Alexa Bliss/Lacey Evans Women's Tag Titles: Bayley/Sasha Banks def. Ruby Riott/Sarah Logan Mojo Rawley/The Ascension def. Titus O'Neil/Curt Hawkins & Zack ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: New Day (Big E/Xavier) def. SAnitY Billie Kay def. Carmella US Title: Samoa Joe def. The Miz, Mustafa Ali, R-Truth and Rey Mysterio Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair Hardy Boyz def. The Bar Women's Title: Asuka def. Mandy Rose AJ Styles/Kofi Kingston def. Daniel ...read more

Full results: Mansoor Al-Shehail def. Elliot Sexton Reina Gonzalez def. Xia Li Riddick Moss def. Trevor Lee Mia Yim def. Jessie Elaban Tag Titles: War Raiders def. Undisputed Era Fabian Aichner/Marcel Barthel def. Big Magic/Scott Parker Shane Thorne def. Albert Hardie Jr. North ...read more

MNR

Full results: Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose No Way Jose def. EC3 Apollo Crews def. Luke Harper Natalya/Nikki Cross def. Alexa Bliss/Lacey Evans Women's Tag Titles: Bayley/Sasha Banks def. Ruby Riott/Sarah Logan Mojo Rawley/The Ascension def. Titus O'Neil/Curt Hawkins & Zack ...read more

MNR

Full results: Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose No Way Jose def. EC3 Apollo Crews def. Luke Harper Natalya/Nikki Cross def. Alexa Bliss/Lacey Evans Women's Tag Titles: Bayley/Sasha Banks def. Ruby Riott/Sarah Logan Mojo Rawley/The Ascension def. Titus O'Neil/Curt Hawkins & Zack ...read more

Full results: Raul Mendoza def. Albert Hardie Jr. Kacy Catanzaro def. Deonna Purrazzo Babatunde def. Nick Comoroto Aliyah/Vanessa Borne def. Jessie Elaban/MJ Jenkins Tag Titles: War Raiders def. Kassius Ohno/Luke Menzies Shane Thorne def. Jeet Rama Dominic Dijakovic def. Riddick ...read more

Total Bellas

This past Sunday's episode of Total Bellas saw the lowest ratings the show has ever gotten in its entire run with 395,000 people tuning in to watch the penultimate episode of the season. It ranked at #43 on the Cable Top 150. Season 4: Episode 1: 505,000 viewersEpisode 2: 460,000 ...read more

Smackdown

This week’s episode of Smackdown Live featured Kofi Kingston running the gauntlet in an attempt to get a WWE Title shot at Wrestlemania and had around 2,208,000 viewers, which is a slight step up from last week's show. Smackdown ranked #5 in cable viewership for the night and #1 ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: US Title: Samoa Joe def. R-Truth and Andrade The Hardyz def. The Bar and Rusev/Shinsuke Nakamura Carmella/Nikki Cross def. Lacey Evans/Sonya Deville Rowan def. Mustafa Ali Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair New Day (Big E/Kofi) def. SAnitY (Wolfe/Young) Women's Title: ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: US Title: Samoa Joe def. R-Truth and Andrade The Hardyz def. The Bar and Rusev/Shinsuke Nakamura Carmella/Nikki Cross def. Lacey Evans/Sonya Deville Rowan def. Mustafa Ali Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair New Day (Big E/Kofi) def. SAnitY (Wolfe/Young) Women's Title: ...read more

MNR

Full results: Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose Lucha House Party def. Jinder Mahal/Singh Brothers The Ascension def. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder Intercontinental Title: Bobby Lashley def. Apollo Crews and EC3 Tag Titles: The Revival def. Bobby Roode/Chad Gable Women's Title: Ronda ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: US Title: Samoa Joe def. R-Truth Jeff Hardy def. Andrade Nikki Cross def. Sonya Deville by DQ Carmella/Nikki Cross def. Lacey Evans/Sonya Deville Rowan def. Mustafa Ali Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair New Day (Big E/Kofi) def. SAnitY (Wolfe/Young) Women's Title: ...read more

MNR

Full results: Women's Title: Ronda Rousey def. Dana Brooke Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose Natalya def. Tamina The Ascension def. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder Lucha House Party def. Jinder Mahal/Singh Brothers Tag Titles: The Revival def. Bobby Roode/Chad Gable Intercontinental Title: ...read more

Full results: Raul Mendoza def. Luke Menzies Fabian Aichner def. Samuel Shaw Deonna Purrazzo def. Kacy Catanzaro Mansoor Al-Shehail def. Mahabali Shera Jessie Elaban/Kairi Sane def. Karen Q/Rachael Evers Kassius Ohno def. Albert Hardie Jr. Dominic Dijakovic def. Babatunde Matt ...read more

MNR

Full results: Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose Natalya def. Tamina The Ascension def. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder Lucha House Party def. Jinder Mahal/Singh Brothers Tag Titles: The Revival def. Bobby Roode/Chad Gable Intercontinental Title: Bobby Lashley def. Apollo Crews and EC3 ...read more

Full results: Oney Lorcan def. Cezar Bononi Forgotten Sons def. Albert Hardie Jr./Trevor Lee Mia Yim def. Marina Shafir Brendan Vink def. Nick Comoroto Humberto Carrillo/Raul Mendoza def. Jeff Parker/Matt Lee Eric Bugenhagen def. Luke Menzies Deonna Purrazzo def. Rachael Evers ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: Becky Lynch def. Charlotte Flair Nikki Cross def. Sonya Deville New Day def. The Bar and Rusev/Shinsuke Nakamura Jeff Hardy/Rey Mysterio def. Andrade/Samoa Joe WWE Title: Mustafa Ali def. Daniel Bryan by DQ Carmella/Naomi def. The IIconics Women's Title: Asuka def. ...read more

Smackdown

This week’s episode of Smackdown Live featured the fall-out from Fastlane and had around 2,198,000 viewers, which is very slightly higher from last week. Smackdown ranked #8 in cable viewership for the night and #2 in the 18-49 demographic. 2019 WWE Smackdown Viewership Archive: ...read more

Total Bellas

This past Sunday's episode of Total Bellas saw a rise in viewership and the highest since the third episode with 441,000 viewers. It ranked at #39 on the Cable Top 150. Season 4: Episode 1: 505,000 viewersEpisode 2: 460,000 viewersEpisode 3: 454,000 viewersEpisode 4: 396,000 ...read more

MNR

This week’s edition of RAW, which was the post-Fastlane show and featured appearances by the Shield, Batista and Triple H, had around 2,819,000 viewers, which is a slight step above last week's numbers. RAW ranked #4 for the night in cable viewership. It ranked #1 in the 18-49 ...read more

MNR

Full results: Women's Tag Titles: Bayley/Sasha Banks def. Nia Jax/Tamina Mojo Rawley def. Tyler Breeze Drew McIntyre def. Dean Ambrose Dana Brooke/Natalya def. Alexa Bliss/Lacey Evans Intercontinental Title: Finn Balor def. Bobby Lashley Tag Titles: The Revival def. Bobby ...read more

Full results: Raul Mendoza def. Albert Hardie (ACH) Deonna Purrazzo def. Jessie Elaban Forgotten Sons def. Brennan Williams/Stacey Ervin Jr. Eric Bugenhagen def. Mansoor Al-Shehail Matt Riddle def. Babatunde Io Shirai/Kairi Sane vs. Aliyah/Vanessa Borne vs. Reina Gonzalez/Rhea ...read more

Smackdown

This week’s episode of Smackdown Live featured the final hype for this Sunday's Fastlane and had around 2,155,000 viewers, which is very slightly higher from last week. Smackdown ranked #9 in cable viewership for the night and #3 in the 18-49 demographic. 2019 WWE Smackdown ...read more

Total Bellas

This past Sunday's episode of Total Bellas saw another decline in viewership as the show saw around 411,000 viewers. It ranked at #39 on the Cable Top 150. Season 4: Episode 1: 505,000 viewersEpisode 2: 460,000 viewersEpisode 3: 454,000 viewersEpisode 4: 396,000 viewersEpisode 5: ...read more

MNR

This week’s edition of RAW, which was the go-home show for Fastlane, had around 2,783,000 viewers, which is a 7% step down from last week's record high for 2019. RAW ranked #3 for the night in cable viewership. It ranked #1 in the 18-49 demographic for the fifth week in a row. ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: Tag Titles: The Usos def. The Bar Nikki Cross def. Peyton Royce Naomi def. Billie Kay Jeff Hardy/The Miz/Mustafa Ali def. Rusev/Samoa Joe/Shinsuke Nakamura US Title: R-Truth def. Andrade Women's Title: Asuka vs. Mandy Rose went to a No Contest when Asuka landed ...read more

Smackdown

Full results: Tag Titles: The Usos def. The Bar Naomi def. Mandy Rose US Title: R-Truth def. Andrade WWE Title: Daniel Bryan def. AJ Styles Nikki Cross def. Billie Kay Nikki Cross def. Peyton Royce Jeff Hardy/The Miz/Mustafa Ali def. Rusev/Samoa Joe/Shinsuke Nakamura Women's ...read more