Superstar Stalemate(?) Raw and Smackdown were hard to compare this week as they were essentially one long show with the Superstar Shakeup taking the form of a two-night long narrative which truly changed how both shows will look and feel moving forward. In response to this, I will again be taking a week off from […]
Wrestling Overdose I realize that last week I failed to make a second post as per usual and honestly, I was just exhausted with wrestling. After ‘Mania weekend and all the weekly shows which followed, I needed a break from sports entertainment. In addition, Raw clearly won last week between the two shows in nearly everyone’s […]
A Squandered Story Raw began with confidence in it’s women as Bayley opened the show and immediately connected with the audience by connecting her upcoming appearance at WrestleMania to her experience as a child compiling money from her friends to buy ‘Mania on PPV. Bayley was comfortable on the mic and came across not as […]
Snoozeplex City Raw began this week with a video packaging recapping Lesnar’s attack on Goldberg last week that allowed him to get his heat back and featured some great time remapping and color adjustments which satisfied the video nerd in me. This transitioned smoothly into Lesnar himself entering the arena with his ever-present advocate, Paul […]
My posts on this blog have been long…and time consuming. As much as I love talking about wrestling, I feel my current method for covering both Raw and Smackdown is just too much given how much else I have to do this semester. From now on I will be solely focusing on the opening, closing, […]
Kevin Owens: Shakespearean Actor Raw opened this week in a unique fashion as Kevin Owens was in the center of the ring with a spotlight on him literally and figuratively. His suit brought to mind Samoa Joe and Triple H and his promo did the same. Declaring that he has never believed the hype behind […]
What a Difference a Year Can Make Raw regrettably kicked off with the Commissioner, Stephanie McMahon, entering the ring to kick off the show where she began to run down Mick Foley (again) and further make her more hated without an inevitable comeuppance to look forward to as per usual. Roman Reigns then interrupted her […]
