#ppv: nxt takeover 36

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[unlikelywrestlingfan]

I love that Ted said "young lady, you don't have to come party with us, but have a good time" to the interviewer XD. Respectful!

[wrestlingrenaissance]

Just some of my thoughts about this weekend in wrestling

The best parts:

#1 CM Punk returning

#2 Edge's brood entrance

#3 Walter vs Ilja Dragunov for the NXT UK championship

#4 Moxley's pre match promo. That "better time getting me pregnant" line 🔥

#5 RKBro winning the tag team championship

#6 Jungle Express moving up the bracket for AEW tag team titles

#7 Samoa Joe winning the NXT championship

#8 Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly (probably Cole's last match in wwe, definitely told a good story) * edit note I don't watch a lot of nxt but enough to know somewhat of what's happening with this story and I was entertained by this match and I look forward to seeing where AC goes next

#9 Doudrop dropping Eva Marie

#10 Roman retaining the universal championship

Summerslam did poorly in my opinion

Takeover 36 was okay I suppose

Rampage after Punk's return promo was ehh but it's kinda hard to follow up with a 20 min pop on a 60 min show so I understand that

The woman's division on all wwe brands....yikes

The fact that TO36 only had one woman's match especially after the shit show that summerslam was....... WOOF

I'm tired of wwe having triple threat matches (4 out of the 8 main roster ppvs this year has featured a triple threat, 2 of which were for the Raw woman's championship, both featuring Charlotte and Rhea) they need to end that shit for real.

Becky's return: the 8 days of false advertising and a 20 second squash is fucking insulting at face value. Yes, I get a big story is coming out of it, but Sasha will eventually return and I swear if it's a triple threat, I'm done with WWE

What was the point of Alexa Bliss and Eva Marie on ppv?? I would have enjoyed a woman's tag team title match instead

The fact that they left Goldberg/Lashley story in a cliffhanger and Goldberg has been signed on for 2 more matches this year, and the fact that Brock is back is a clear indication as to why so many people got released this summer and I'm disgusted by it and it's insulting to the talent and personnel released.

This is all just my opinion/rant

I'm not a professional

I'm not a journalist

Just a fan with a voice

[mjfass]

Since everyone is on a time travel wrestling kick. Here's mine

Hogan and Bischoff would not botch Starrcade 97, Sting would go over clean

The real Invasion would happen in 1998. When DX invades WCW, WCW allows DX to enter. DX begins to way waste to the WCW locker room and the war is ON! We'd even have an interpromotional WWF vs WCW PPV

WCW and ECW would never go out of business and they would be in business to this day

I would talk Vince out of forcing Owen to do the rafters stunt, thus saving his life

HHH would not bury the Summer of Punk and they would milk it for all it's worth(send Punk to Impact, ROH, NJPW, AAA, CMLL and PWG) and bring Punk back at Wrestlemania to main event against John Cena

CM Punk, Bray Wyatt or The Shield would end Undertaker's Wrestlemania Streak and career

WWE would have reached out to Chyna, helped her get clean and pay for her rehab and induct her in the Hall Of Fame and her ceremony would end with her making peace with HHH and Stephanie.

Roman vs Seth vs Dean would have main evented Wrestlemania, maybe WM33

Sasha Banks would have won the Wrestlemania 32 match and would have a first and long reign the the belt, in fact every single Sasha Banks reign would be long and significant

Charlotte as champion would have reigns that would mean something and not just be stepping stones to surpass her father's record

Save Bayley dethroning Charlotte for Wrestlemania 33

There would be no "Bayley this is your life"

Asuka would never lose to Charlotte and the main event to Evolution would be Asuka vs Ronda Rousey as Champion vs Champion and Streak vs Streak. Ideally I'd have Asuka win, but since the company was deadset on Ronda, Ronda wins and they'd shake hands

At some point, Ric Flair would manage a new Four Horsemen in WWE. Randy Orton, Cesaro and The Revival

Shayna would beat Becky at Wrestlemania 36 and I'd just send Nia back to NXT

Rhea would not lose the NXT Women's title to Charlotte, she holds onto it until Io beats her at Takeover

Toni Storm is the one to dethrone Io Shirai and stays in NXT, Raquel instantly goes to the main roster as she is Vince's type

Ruby and Liv would be the ones to dethrone Bayley and Sasha

Rhea and Bianca as Champion would actually BE a new era and not sacrificial lambs for Charlotte and Becky

“There would be no "Bayley this is your life"”

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WWE - Best and Worst Booking from Wrestlemania 36 to 37

Wrestlemania 37 is in the books and so a new saga of WWE booking begins anew.

But the year has had its ups and downs, in the outside world and the booking, so - for doing something new - I'm gonna run down some of the best and worst booking decisions made by WWE from the Raw after Wrestlemania 36 to Wrestlemania 37 Night 2.

I will note, these are my opinions - some of which acts upon hindsight rather than 'in the moment' - and if you're gonna call me an anti-WWE mark rest assured I plan to do this for AEW too after Double or Nothing in May

Also, there is the off chance of spoilers...somehow? But it's worth covering that base

April 2020 Best WORST - Samoa Joe on Commentary On April 27th, Samoa Joe was called upon to replace Jerry Lawler (we'll get to that) on Commentary. Joe provided a great presence to commentary and it kept him on TV, we do still await his return but seeing more of Joe is a huge plus. EDIT: This was best until just now I learn that Samoa Joe has been released, the fuck WWE?

Worst - 'Ramen Noodle Moonsault' Part of what caused Lawler's replacement was the scrutiny caused by an April 13th call by Lawler during a match between Austin Theory and Akira Tozawa. He called a Step Senton a 'Ramen Noodle Moonsault', Lawler is rarely funny nowadays with his dated comedy but this was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Best - Giving Sonya and Mandy the Floor It could've been a huge down not to see Sonya vs Mandy at Wrestlemania after she was outed in manipulating Mandy away from Otis, but their feud managed to carry on strong all the way to Summerslam thanks to Sonya stepping up her game to come off as a fantastically asshole heel - which in turn made Mandy a sympathetic character. Their post-mania build allowed for an anticipated match, it was only unfortunate that an attempted irl kidnapping in August would sour the momentum and cause Sonya to take some justified time off.

Worst - Charlotte Flair on all 3 Shows Charlotte's NXT Title win did not go down as well as WWE had hoped, somehow giving the woman that had won next to everything another title reign at the expense of Rhea Ripley's Wrestlemania debut backfired on them. And unfortunately, exposing Charlotte on all 3 shows did not help matters at all, furthering the criticisms WWE have often faced when they overbook Charlotte on the upper card.

Worst - COVID-19 and Black Wednesday While not necessarily a booking thing, it was very bad of WWE to do what they did at the time. Another outbreak raised some backstage concerns over the conduct WWE, who had tried to not acknowledge the pandemic in the same vein then-president and somehow HOFer Donald Trump had done, were acting towards the pandemic. The worst of it all though was Black Wednesday, a mass exodus of talent in the height of the pandemic was never gonna be great PR, but a lot of the talent let go were very popular - Drake Maverick's video also cast a negative light on WWE even when they rehired him and used it as a storyline. While some found greener pastures to flourish, not everyone landed well on their feet, equally baffling was that WWE would then boast a quarterly profit before rehiring some of the staff they let go.

May 2020 Best - Giving the title to Asuka While we were all surprised to see Becky Lynch survive Shayna Baszler at Wrestlemania, nobody could dispute the post MITB segment on Raw when Asuka was rightfully awarded the title for winning the MITB. Being a shining light in the Empty Arena Era, Asuka was certainly a fan favourite choice to succeed Becky as she embarked on her journey towards Motherhood. A truly wonderful segment which showed that segments can pay off just as much as wrestling.

Worst - Not Pushing Otis While Asuka's MITB victory was done right, the same could not be said for the Men's Winner. Otis had the fan's backing and while his victory was surprising especially given the competition it had potential. Which WWE then squandered and buried as hard as they could. Otis never got to develop beyond a joke act, his love interest and partner taken from him, before he would months later lose it to the Miz.

Best - MVP joins up with Lashley Lashley was in a rough spot here. His main story was cucking Rusev by having an affair with Lana, and then marrying her. The pair was not built to last and mercifully we upgraded to the MVP/Lashley partnership. Together both men began their career resurgence as they now stand at the top of the pile, this was the beginning of the Hurt Business.

Worst - The Brand-To-Brand Invitational Much like how the Wild Card Rule was stupid, the Brand-To-Brand Invitational was also stupid. Often used as a tool for Survivor Series or to bring Charlotte or Corbin over with their bad heat, overall it served nothing for the fans or the booking, regardless of whatever they named it.

Best - The Fight Pit Timothy Thatcher can still do a lot more in NXT, but he still leaves a great legacy in introducing the Fight Pit. When there's not enough people for War Games but a Steel Cage won't do, the Fight Pit sold stiff aggression with its debut affair between Thatcher and Riddle, a brutal match only since done once more. It may have been done twice, but if someone calls for a Fight Pit you know shit's gonna go down.

Worst - Stripping Sami Zayn of the IC title, for staying safe Sami Zayn had finally won a championship on the Main Roster in March, then COVID happened. While WWE did make an outward statement that anyone who didn't wish to risk their health could exclude themselves, when Sami did it he lost the championship. This was rather hypocritical given that Jordan Devlin was still the Cruiserweight Champion and an Interim Champion was being crowned, rather than an official one like Smackdown did. While Sami would return to reclaim his title, his time away is still not acknowledged.

June 2020 Best - NXT start using old show names Partially due to AEW using Bash at the Beach, WWE decided to hold onto some of theirs and WCW's old PPV names. While this was slightly petty, the way they used them proved fortuitous in exuding nostalgia in a big way. To start, we had In Your House but this would also lead to the resurfacing of Halloween Havoc and Vengeance.

Worst - Not Firing Jaxson Ryker During this time the BLM protests were in full swing, so Jaxson Ryker decided this'd be the right time to praise Donald Trump on twitter. The backlash was high and his stablemates suffered for it as well, depushing and taking all the Forgotton Sons off TV. Jaxson Ryker still somehow has a job and tv time in WWE, and that continues to baffle.

Best - Maverick vs Fantasma in the Finals While exposing Maverick's firing was in poor taste, the story of the former GM chasing the title was one we can get behind. Paired with El Hijo del Fantasma finally getting the platform to debut after being hired in August 2019. The finals match would also beget to a strong title reign by Fantasma where he showed his charisma as a heel and birthing his faction Legando del Fantasma, as for Drake it led to a mismatch team with Killian Dain, it could be better but it could be worse.

Worst - Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus' narrative You'd think putting Jeff and Sheamus together would be fine, and the wrestling was indeed good. The storyline however was wrong, very wrong. Rehashing the Jericho/Punk angle, WWE decided a urine test angle would make for good TV - which was a particular low for both men.

Best - Io Shirai at the Top (which she could jump off of) When Charlotte won the NXT Championship from Rhea I vocally worried that this'd mean curtains for Io Shirai, the Stardom Ace had found her footing as the 'Mad Queen' heel character and won a ladder match to contend for the title, but she was going up against Charlotte Flair - WWE's 'Queen' who had already cut the legs from Asuka, Rhea and Bianca Belair - so the worry was high. Fortunately In Your House decided to give Io the much-deserved title win, granted she should've beaten Charlotte and Rhea was there to take the pin but this would begin Io's long reign as the female Ace of NXT, as well as jumping off of anything and everything on each TakeOver.

Worst - Street Profits vs Viking Raiders doesn't happen for Backlash During their time as Raw Tag Champs, the Street Profits engaged in an 'Anything you can do, I can do better' series with the Viking Raiders. The segments itself were mostly silly but some parts were admittedly humorous like the leg of meat popping up everywhere. But the payoff match on Backlash never came to be, instead we continued a cinematic brawl which would've been fine...but it had no conclusion. It ended in a bin, much like the feud was trashed, with the malice of the Viking Raiders mostly thrown away.

Worst - Nia vs Asuka ends in a Double Count Out Backlash 2020 already had the questionable booking of Profits vs Vikings, Braun vs Miz and Morrison and promoting Edge vs Orton as the 'Greatest Wrestling Match Ever'. But another that could not be let go was the women's title match. This was Asuka's first major defense, the storyline should have been her proving that she deserves the title and the best we got was Nia Jax. Like Profits/Vikings it could've been salvagable had there been a legitimate finish, but the match ended in a double count out, only to follow up with a Raw rematch - sadly this would not be the end of Asuka being poorly booked as champion.

Worst - Kairi's Injury Speaking of Nia, in a May taping that released in June Nia faced Kairi Sane in the build to her feud with Asuka. But Kairi came out of the match with a nasty head cut after being thrown into the steps. Unfortunately, this was not the first time Kairi had been injured by Nia so it was not a good look on Nia to repeat herself.

Worst - *Unmasks* 'Old Man Santos Escobar!?' When El Hijo del Fantasma revealed himself as the leader of the masked men, it began the stable Legando del Fantasma. But of course, 'El Hijo del Fantasma' isn't really a heel name that rolls off the tongue, the name change was justified but the choice was not. Using the surname of a drug lord exposed WWE's continued hypocrisy of things - who were adamant in removing Apollo Crews' surname when a killer was also named 'Crews', among their usual obsession with cutting names - but it was worsened by the choice of Santos, which means Saint. It also made it odd that his faction carried his old name but not him, what was wrong with Santos del Fantasma?

July 2020 Best - A New US Championship Design Aside from the 24/7 title, the US Championship design was one of WWE's weakest, fans had been calling for a change for quite some time. During Apollo's feud with the Hurt Business though we got a new US title unveiled by MVP; a slightly better design, it was definitely a good move in terms of booking and merchandising.

Worst - Asuka loses to Shenanigans, and then to Count Out Alas, Asuka's reign hit a bump in the road when the Bayley/Sasha connection set their sights on claiming all the gold. While this would do well for Bayley and Sasha's story, it was once again a story that came in Asuka's expense. She lost stupidly in Extreme Rules and when that was revoked she lost by count-out in a match where nothing was meant to influence the wrestlers on the outside. This was an added blow because Asuka was counted out to save Kairi from being attacked backstage - which effectively wrote her out of WWE, which meant that the attempted save was worthless.

Best - Big E goes his own way, but doesn't split from the New Day Before the WWE Draft split Xavier and Kofi from Big E brand-wise, injuries to Xavier and Kofi left Big E unable to compete for tag titles. However, fans had been hoping for another singles run from Big E and this was the platform for it. What made it good though was that Big E didn't leave the New Day to pursue a singles career, keeping the beloved faction still alive.

Worst - Bye, Kairi Kairi Sane carried a similar star aura that Io and Asuka before her did as the Mae Young Classic winner, former NXT Women's champion and basically being an all-round adorable human. When it was learned that she would be taking an ambassador role in Japan - where she would get married and spend time with her husband also - fans were upset to see her go. But WWE never gave her a proper sendoff, the last we see of Kairi is just her KO'd backstage with Asuka having given up her title to fail in saving her, and that left a bad taste.

Best - Keith Lee: Double Champion Keith Lee had captured NXT hearts with his physicality, athleticism and theme song, he was NA Champion and WWE had decided that double champions are all the rage now, so they pit Lee and Adam Cole against one another. It was a brief run, but the moment Lee held two belts became a big moment signifying a new chapter for NXT.

Worst - 'The Horror Show' Extreme Rules was kind of a low point for WWE. Rather than just continue with the no DQ gimmick they threw all their chips into the Braun vs Bray swamp fight, which tanked horribly. Also Rey vs Seth suffered from it with the daft Eye for an Eye stipulation - which AEW had previously done effectively - it was a great wrestling match marred by its goofy stipulation and thus its ending, all of which was made simply because Rey hadn't extended his contract at this time. Needless to say, overbooking and stupidity left 'The Horror Show' Extreme Rules a dud.

August 2020 Best - Introducing the Thunderdome There was some hesitations about the introduction of the Thunderdome, the fact that it's just screens some of it reused to pair with piped cheers and boos doesn't sound too good on paper. And granted, it has its flaws still, but at the same time the Thunderdome has been more positive on WWE's atmosphere than a purely empty arena has. The NXT cages are probably better paired with AEW's using their backstage staff as the crowd but you get what you give sometimes.

Worst - Retribution Retribution is a lost cause, even to this day. It tried the Nexus-esque debut with big names but shitty masks, as well as their purpose contradicting their actions. It all began here, and shouldn't have happened in the first place, Mercedes learned that one quickly. At least T-Bar has Twitter game.

Worst - Changing Keith Lee's attire, theme, and making him a side character to Drew vs Orton Within a month of winning both belts, Lee would be moved up to Raw where immediately he was pitted against Randy Orton - who was feuding against Drew McIntyre. With a new outfit and new music, Lee was a stepping stone to simply further Orton's feud with Drew rather than influence it, in a single moment WWE had made fans lose confidence that they could book Lee as well as he was in NXT, a worry that continues to this day even with another theme change.

Best - Damian Priest gets a shot A star who needed a chance to shine, Lee's vacating of the NA title left a slot open for someone to get a solid push and the winner was Damian Priest. Having proven himself there and in a prior feud with Finn Balor, Priest was a worthy candidate to hold the title and he still is able to hold that momentum in his main roster pursuits.

Worst - Raw Underground Doing something different is nothing to be afraid of, but sometimes you have to read the room. And Shane McMahon introducing a boiler room fight club was not it. Granted, Raw Underground didn't get the fairest crack of the whip, but it had also not distinguished itself on the card nor did it have as many decent stars to carry it. The repackaging of Babatunde to 'Dabba Kato' didn't sell any seriousness to it either.

Best - Pat McAfee Shines The Adam Cole/Pat McAfee feud did somewhat stumble at the start with WWE's insistence that this was a shoot, but the end result paid dividends. Pat McAfee raised a very low bar on celebrity contributions in wrestling matches, showing what celebrities who are actual fans could do to pull off an athletic and entertaining affair.

Worst - Mauro and Renee leave Mauro Ranallo may've been divisive for some fans in his enthusiastic commentary, but I loved the guy. He actually sold the energy of the matches and he knew the moves. Renee Young was also someone who proved to be a fantastic sports journalist, her commentary times on Raw marred by micromanaging she was a great host for Talking Smack and her podcast showed how relatable and fun Mrs. Moxley truly is. The departure of both had left a void WWE have struggled to fill again.

Best - Dominik Mysterio steps up In Summerslam 2005, the PPV was main evented by Shawn Michaels overselling Hulk Hogan for 20 minutes. The event saw not just titles go on the line but Kurt Angle's Olympic Medal...and the custody of a child. That child was mini-Slim Shady Dominik Mysterio, who in storyline had recently discovered that Eddie Guerrero is his biological father, adopted by Rey Mysterio and his wife. Fifteen years later, Dominik would step back into a Summerslam ring, this time to make his wrestling debut. While he would lose, Dominik gained a lot of positives especially given how he was up against Seth Rollins, Dominik's progression continues to impress as his father ensures that he gets the best training he can provide, the prince of the Mysterio household has a bright future ahead of him.

Worst - Murphy takes the fall in the Mysterio/Rollins Feud Alas, the Mysterio Family vs Monday Night Messiah would only have sporadic good moments and part of that is because Seth would escape mostly squeaky clean. The few times the Mysterio family would win was when it was a tag match with Murphy to take the fall. This wasn't just unfair on the Mysterios since they were being robbed again of 'winning' a feud which involved Seth ripping Rey's eye out but it also was a disservice to Murphy's talents as a former Ace of 205.

Best - Reigns FINALLY turns Heel, and is a Heyman Guy Roman Reigns was consistently booed for about 5 years, earning a reprieve when kayfabe was thrown away to support him in his bout with Leukemia. Given his dialysis, COVID left him as a risk for most of the year, but he made a huge return in the Universal title match between Braun and the Fiend. Debuting a heel persona which would align with Paul Heyman, WWE had finally done what the fans wanted - turn Roman heel. And Roman has been on top ever since, the Tribal Chief Reigns.

Worst - Splitting the IIconics In a bout of trying to raise stakes, WWE decided that the best way to service their women's tag division was for 2 popular teams to fight for contendership - but the losers would have to split up. Between the Riott Squad and the IIconics, the former would win the match - but continue to be underbooked to the point where their reunion after feuding with each other has become fruitless - which meant that one of the few established tag teams in the women's division were splitting...not too long since the Kabuki Warriors had split too. Despite half a year later Peyton delivering a killer promo and Billie showing some comedic flair, neither bounced back from the split - their only solace now is to reunite now that they too just now have been released...

Worst - Velveteen Dream comes back June proved to be a shocking time for wrestling in general when brave people publicly called out their experiences with sexual, emotional and physical harassment and abuse. This rattled all companies and blacklisted a ton of once renowned wrestlers such as David Starr, Jimmy Havoc, Jack Gallagher, Marty Scurll, Travis Banks, El Ligero, Joey Ryan and shut down all of Chikara pro wrestling. Velveteen Dream was among the names listed, accused of having inappropriate communications and grooming minors, this was of course a huge blow to the once-popular rising star. Like they did with Matt Riddle, Joe Coffey, Wolfgang, Jordan Devlin and Sid Scala, WWE decided to investigate rather than immediately release Dream. During this time, WWE should have kept Dream off TV for an extended period of time, instead he appeared a month later on NXT to qualify for the NA Title ladder match Priest would win under heavy scrutiny of the fans. As much as WWE point out that they had found nothing, many still remain unconvinced and while Dream is currently off tv now, having him return so soon did not inspire confidence.

September 2020 Best - Sami gets the IC Title Back After being unfairly stripped of the title back in May, Sami returned to claim himself the true IC champion. Pitted against AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy, the trio would embark on a smart and highly acclaimed ladder match for the title, which Sami would win. Course correction coming into play for Sami to resume his reign, but I still wonder why he was the heel in all of that...

Worst - Changing Aleister Black's Attire and Entrance Aleister Black had the IT Factor, he was a superb striker with a great gimmick of a dark and brooding warrior, rising like a vampire in his entrance with a demonic jacket, he oozed the aura of a main event player. Until Vince changed the music and decided that Black should wear an eyepatch...this of course was done after a span of barely booking Aleister anyway - despite him delivering in his matches - before not booking him at all.

Best - The Prince is Promised Finn Balor's return to NXT had been on a slow burn at this point, but with Karrion Kross having to vacate due to a separated shoulder a new NXT champion had to be crowned. After a 4-way iron man tie, Balor came on top on Super Tuesday Part 2. Finn being champion again was indeed the right choice, while it delays his collision with WALTER indefinitely he has had a superb reign filling in for Karrion Kross, who would reclaim in a good match at Stand & Deliver.

Worst - Telenovela Bullshit The Mysterios/Messiah storyline tangented in a bad way in its ending stages before fizzling out. Aalyah Mysterio had been booked into a romance with Murphy, the acting was like a soap opera and not in the good way. 'But mother, I love him' literally being the weekly storyline of coaxing Murphy away from Seth, all of which became dropped to mean nothing for anyone.

Best - Kyle O'Reilly and Jey Uso enter the Main Event Primarily tag wrestlers for their WWE careers, Kyle O'Reilly and Jey Uso were given unexpected chances at the world champions Balor and Reigns on NXT and Smackdown, and boy did they take those chances. Both men impressed hugely in their matches, enough to get multiple rematches and a bigger role in the main event from it, Jey would join Roman as a heel and support to the Tribal Chief while O'Reilly would come to blows with Adam Cole in an unsanctioned match. Both men can be seen as world champions now.

October 2020 Best - NXT UK Acquisitions NXT UK hasn't really gained the desired momentum, which is a shame because there are a lot of great talent still there, and they sport one of the best looking active belts in Wrestling today. The problem is the limited audience and minimal roster depth, which is why it was refreshing when WWE signed more to the brand, the big name of Meiko Satomura being the headliner but also Rampage Brown and the steal of Ben Carter - now Nathan Frazer - from under AEW's nose. Later they would push A-Kid and sign the former Lucky Kid and Millie McKenzie to further bolster its brand.

Worst - Not Repackaging Retribution On October 5th, WWE decided to turn Mustafa Ali heel and put him as the leader of Retribution, but they would also pit them against the Hurt Business - a heel faction - and reveal himself the 'Smackdown Hacker' - who had unveiled some heels doing heelish deeds. Confusing at the best of times, Retribution never got past losing either, forcing Mia Yim to do tantrums in the ring on a mini-push that came to nothing and elevating nobody. Retribution had chances to save itself, but WWE didn't take those chances.

Best - Sasha wins big! At last, Sasha wins a big title match clean in a storyline payoff against Bayley. Both women at the top of their game, they earned the Hell in a Cell spot and began a title reign that would go longer than any of Sasha's other main title reigns. The Boss was finally standing on top as the main roster finally did Sasha vs Bayley right.

Worst - Orton wins big... Randy Orton had been feuding with Drew since beating Edge at Backlash, losing on consecutive title matches until Hell in a Cell, where he won despite the slow burn hints at a Fiend feud. While Randy was at the top of is heel game and Drew didn't have to hold the title all year, the multiple past attempts deflated this story as well as scrutinizing WWE constantly saying 'no rematch clauses' and 'you can't just walk in and demand a title match' but then doing the absolute same thing. Orton's title run wouldn't last either, which makes it all the more meh.

Worst - The Draft The Draft is meant to lead to surprising new dynamics and storyline changes, but 2020's Draft was a misfire. For one, there was no competition for it, Raw got 3 just because it ran longer and a percentage of the draft picks were wrestlers staying on the brand they were already on, making the shock factor limited. The Mysterios followed Rollins to Smackdown to continue their drab storyline, the tag champions swapped belts to remain colour coded and for some reason some tag teams were treated as individual and some not.

November 2020 Best - Undertaker's Retirement Ceremony After 2 previous 'retirements', the Undertaker finally hung up his boots for real this time, ending it where it began: Survivor Series. It was a very tasteful affair with nods to the card he debuted on such as the Gobbeldy Gooker and Brother Love, it was a good time and a good sendoff for one of WWE's greatest characters.

Worst - Survivor Series books it wrong While there was many good matches in Survivor Series, it did suffer from the usual booking mentality of 'Raw Superiority'. Lana became a sole survivor by default of count outs and DQs in a team including Shayna and Asuka, the Smackdown men were completely squashed despite having a strong team and Baron Corbin and finally, no NXT. There was the potential for adding Balor, Io, Priest and Imperium to these matches and that just could've elevated it, the last was more understandable though given COVID.

Worst - Not booking 3 Future Stars Andrade, Aleister and Murphy. All three had shone before reaching the main roster be it for NXT on the former two and 205 Live on the latter. But on the Main Roster their luck was a mixed bag; Murphy had recently beat Rollins clean, but after the Mysterios were about to come down with COVID themselves WWE didn't push anything with him, Andrade was a former US Champion in a faction that all fell apart within the year and Black was a shitkicker who WWE were methodically gutting. All three would soon see themselves not on tv at all, and for two they had an alarming connection.

Worst - Zelina gets fired Zelina Vega was the one who elevated Andrade to a face midcarder to a heel main eventer on NXT, she was also coming along well as a wrestler with some decent bouts with Asuka. But when WWE enacted a policy that their wrestlers couldn't profit from third party stuff like twitch, when Zelina resisted and found loopholes she found herself getting released soon after, Andrade and her irl husband Aleister Black now ominously missing from WWE, it was for the most part pettiness on WWE's behalf to forbid their talent from making money elsewhere by being themselves.

December 2020 Best - Big E wins the Big IC Without his New Day buddies, Big E could continue his singles run despite daft claims from Corey that as a decorated tag champion Big E couldn't do singles wrestling like he did when he was NXT Champion and IC Champion. But on the Christmas Smackdown taping, Big E would win the IC championship to a big babyface moment, which he would carry into Wrestlemania.

Worst - Gargano wins the NA Title (again) I have nothing against Johnny Gargano, but it is odd that he was the one to usurp Damian Priest and then Leon Ruff. To this day he still holds that title despite Dexter Lumis, Bronson Reed, LA Knight, KUSHIDA (who recently just won the Cruiserweight title) and Cameron Grimes all looking like worthy competitors to get a push. It's a strange place where Gargano builds a faction with gold but it doesn't elevate anyone around his waist.

Worst - Charlotte returns just to add another title to her list WWE's obsession with mismatched teams is matched only by their obsession with pitting a champion and no.1 contender against tag champions, both of which are overdone. So when TLC came along with Asuka having a mystery partner to face Shayna and Nia, it didn't quite land that her partner was Charlotte and they went on to win the titles...only to drop it in about a month as they teased a title match between the two. It showed the low pecking order the tag titles had, the lowered stock of Shayna and how the title change was merely to say that Charlotte had won every title in WWE (at that time).

Worst - Miz fails his Cash-In, but gets the Briefcase back The Men's MITB was horribly booked all year and time was running out, WWE had to decide whether they would have to book a failed cash in - and put the Miz in the same list as Sandow and Corbin in those who lost their cash-in (Cena and Braun if we include those who didn't capture gold), making Miz champion or hot potatoing again. At the end of TLC it looked like they picked the latter, which would've tied things up in a bow. But the following Raw, the Miz got his briefcase back because Morrison had cashed it in for him, meaning the saga was forced to continue.

January 2021 Best - Xia Li finally gets a repackage Xia Li has been on the NXT Roster for a long time, like Vanessa Borne and Aaliyah long time, but the best NXT could give her for a long time was 'Chinese Undercarder'. 2021 however made a shift, by turning Li heel with a storyline of her and Boa answering to a mystic overlord, Li turned into a brutish kickass killer, squashes building to her dispatching her former friends. While she still sits low on the card, it's promising stuff that can easily be pushed towards the main title scene, and frankly Xia Li has done her time to earn such a push.

Worst - Goldberg challenges Drew 'for disrespecting legends' The whole Goldberg fiasco was once again a rush job that served nobody except old Bill. Still soured by the fact that he cleanly defeated the Fiend and also had a horror match with Taker, nobody was quite amped to see Drew vs Goldberg at Royal Rumble. His reasoning for feuding with Drew was also confusing since he was claiming that Drew had disrespected the legends on Legends Night when he had been fully supportive and respectful towards them. Mercifully, the feud did not go Goldberg's way.

Best - The Women's Dusty Classic is Announced The Dusty Rhodes classic has in NXT become a platform for tag teams and mismatch alliances to flourish and open into newer storylines, and also to sometimes set up War Games, and with the vast depth of the NXT Women's Locker Room it was the right call for WWE to make a women's variation. The tournament allowed Candice, Dakota, Raquel, Ember and Shotzi to get tv time outside of a world title shot and so their talents weren't entirely wasted.

Worst - Sonya Returns, but as a GM Assistant When Sonya Deville took some time off post-Summerslam, she had proven herself to be skilled on the mic and in the ring. But on Jan 1st's Smackdown Sonya would be spotted and later it was officially announced that Sonya was back on Smackdown, but as Adam Pearce's assistant. Aside from some backstage talks and Street Profits trying to bribe her for a title match, Sonya hasn't seen much TV time - which is a poor utilization of her skills. The position is fine to an extent, but Sonya should be using her position to further her in-ring prospects too, take a leaf from AJ Lee's book.

Best - Edge returns at the Rumble While I was never unhappy with Edge winning the rumble I wouldn't say it was the best booking choice out of the roster. If anything though, Edge returning from Injury at Number 1 was a definite crowd-pleaser, and pitting him against Orton to resume their hostilities set the tone for the Men's Royal Rumble.

Worst - Corbin beats the Mysterios Clean on Consecutive Weeks I don't know what the purpose of this was. After returning from COVID, the Mysterios were put against King Corbin in weekly matches, Rey lost to Corbin clean, Dom lost to Corbin clean, there weren't any interferences or weapons, and there wasn't really a plot to this. Only when Dom beat Corbin thanks to Rey's help did the feud 'end', but it didn't really do anything for them, in the end, Dom cheats to win and not in an Eddie Guerrero way. It was just weird.

Best - The Women's Royal Rumble The Women's Royal Rumble in 2021 was a masterpiece, nearly every woman in that match got some shine and a bit of story. There was depth, context and clarity in the bout and the exciting prospect of the final two being Bianca and Rhea - two NXT prospects who would both later grasp gold. The ending segment solidified a perfectly-booked bout that would set a standard the men couldn't outshine that night.

Worst - The Universal Title Last Man Standing botch Handcuffed on the scaffolding, Roman Reigns looked certain to lose his Last Man Standing match against Kevin Owens as Heyman frantically tried to uncuff him. Of course, this was a botch at the worst of times but instead of attempting to ad-lib something, the Ref just restarted his count after reaching 6. It was a daft choice that killed the sails of the match, they should've either attacked the ref or let Owens - who had lost to Reigns several times already - hold the title for a month or so before dropping back to Roman.

February 2021 Best - MSK win the Classic On Impact the Rascalz were a beloved faction, and when two thirds of them jumped ship to NXT as MSK, fans were eager to see if WWE would go all the way with them, or if they would let the UK uberheel team of Grizzled Young Veterans take the spot. Fortunately they went for the former, which was a big boost for the future tag champions - only slightly delayed by injuries to both MSK and the then-champions Burch and Lorcan.

Worst - Top Tier Bad Booking on all 3 Shows Despite Smackdown and NXT regularly dwarfing Raw in quality, each show had begun a less than stellar narrative to build some feuds among their favoured wrestlers. On NXT, Gargano's faction The Way were having a Dexter Lumis problem - and although Lumis had won a non-title match against the NA Champion he did not get a title shot - one which had its bright parts but was often found goofy especially with the Indi Hartwell romance stuff. Smackdown merely had to keep it simple with Bianca and Sasha, but instead, they decided to go through the 'can they work together' route with Shayna and Nia, again shoddy booking threatened to dampen a Women's Wrestlemania Main Event. But Raw of course had the worst of it, Charlotte would be a babyface feuding with Lacey Evans, who was fucking her father...fans were already aware that Lacey has a husband and child which WWE had acknowledged before, and the feud only ended because Lacey was legitimately pregnant - which they storyline'd to be Ric's too - sparing Asuka of the same fate. It just wasn't a good time.

Best - Cameron Grimes STONKS The Gamestop Reddit Stocks moment came out of nowhere and made people a lot of money, WWE decided that Cameron Grimes would be one of those people. Already exuding charismatic energy and a decent catchphrase, making Grimes rich somehow elevated his character further as a hilariously snobby whackjob. Here's hoping he gets a solid crack at it as he cites DiBiase, maybe like he did Grimes can pay his way to the top.

Worst - Sheamus sucks at history Sheamus turning on Drew was an inevitability, and their matches were strong and entertaining affairs. But WWE really didn't try too hard to think of a reason for Sheamus to turn on Drew, citing his reasoning to be that Sheamus had lived in Drew's shadow. I mean really? We're talking about the same Sheamus who has won every men's accolade in WWE bar the IC title while Drew was doing air guitar with Heath, Jinder and Hornswoggle in the undercard? You have to make things make sense for people to buy into it.

Worst - Miz gets to be King for a Week Following on from Miz's failed cash-in was Miz's successful cash-in after Elimination Chamber - an action he succeeded in thanks to Lashley assaulting Drew post-match. While Miz being world champion again was anticipated for a long time, the timing was not right at all and fans were more or less relieved to see that Lashley would be taking the title from him within the next week. It was mostly a bit of clean up after realising that they don't want to use the MITB in the build to Wrestlemania, afterwards Miz went from WWE Champion to feuding with a rapper - also spare a thought for Morrison who doesn't really get to do anything outside of being the Miz's buddy.

March 2021 Best - Lashley wins the WWE Championship Speaking of Miz's short-lived reign, the one saving grace from it was that Lashley would claim it soon after, looking like a monster in the process. An overdue run for the man who was slowly looking like he was about to fade out of the company the same way that several others had and later would got his position to be WWE Champion, long may he reign.

Worst - La Sombra de El Idolo Andrade remains one of the most talented wrestlers of his generation, he had several paths in WWE that could have moved him to the top of the card, several feuds that people were amped for. And none of it came to be, because Andrade was granted release on his second attempt. Where Andrade El Idolo will appear next remains up for discussion, the likely route being AEW or reconvening with his old Ingobernables, but wherever he lands it'll be on his feet.

Worst - Shane returns just in time for Wrestlemania Season Shane McMahon is the boss' son, with a masochistic urge to be thrown off of things. But he doesn't seem to realise that every time he's on the card someone more deserving is not, not even with a posse as he tries to renew his 3 Minute Warning days. This time around Shane beleaguered WWE's card with a feud against Braun Strowman circulating around Shane calling him stupid and pouring green goo on him...who asked for this?

Worst - Apollo changes his accent Speaking of 'who asked for this?', Apollo's heel turn in embracing his Nigerian heritage was fine, a new edge for the otherwise smiley naive face character. But then Apollo decided to put on an accent, even though he's spent years without it. It was just unnecessary, a stamp that was to say 'I am foreign, boo my foreignness' that certainly has no room in today's wrestling. What's the odds that within a year Apollo's Nigerian Royalty gimmick will be warped into a Nigerian Prince scammer gimmick?

Worst - Women's Tag Fuckery Upon winning the women's Dusty Classic, Raquel and Dakota got a Women's Tag Opportunity against boringly longstanding champions Shayna & Nia, however rather than just pull the trigger and give the titles to them, WWE opted for a cheat finish which had Adam Pearce turn heel for the day just to screw over NXT. This was all a convoluted plan to create NXT Women's Tag Championships, which were awarded to Raquel and Dakota...before immediately losing it to Ember and Shotzi. Just what you want when establishing a new title huh? Quickfire title changes! It was all just very roundabout, should've simply announced the titles for the Women's Dusty Classic prize or given the Women's Tag to a team that could actually use it.

April 2021 Best - Edge and Roman add a bit of YES Alone Edge vs Reigns was still a highly anticipated Universal title bout. But the addition of Daniel Bryan brought in several new layers and conflicts for all characters. Each of them (like Balor vs Kross would) were presented as warriors who were forced medically to vacate the top prize only to come back stronger, each of them main evented Wrestlemania, and each of them were some of the best wrestlers in the world. The triple threat also meant that No DQ stipulations could be opened up, allowing Edge to show more of his heelish and psychotic side, as well as Bryan and Roman's viciousness. All three sold that they wanted that title and it made it stand out.

Worst - That Hurts our Business The Hurt Business was looking to become another success story in modern WWE factions. Masterminded by a resurgent MVP and helmed by now WWE Champion Bobby Lashley, Business was indeed booming. Until the final few weeks of Wrestlemania decided to cast aside Shelton and Cedric - the latter they strived to convince in joining them within the past year - and effectively dissolve the group. The loss of the Hurt Business led to high criticism, especially since Cedric and Shelton fell hard into the undercard only to see King Corbin cross brands to do Lashley's dirty work, it just wasn't a good thing and the possibility of replacing those spots with Mace and T-Bar does not quite fill the void.

Best - Cesaro gets his Push Cesaro had often been haunted by the dangling of the 'brass ring' over his head. Despite a frequent tag champion and also a US champion, WWE shied away from his strong and dedicated fanbase that desired more for the Swiss Superman/Cyborg. In the build to Elimination Chamber, fans were intrigued by Cesaro's clean wins over such names as Daniel Bryan, but were not surprised when he didn't come out on top in the chamber itself. In the aftermath though, Cesaro began a feud with Seth Rollins, someone who could boast an impressive Wrestlemania W/L record, compared to Cesaro - whose only Wrestlemania singles match was last year's Pre-Show. The match was put on Night 1 and was a lovely affair with a clear story, most importantly though Cesaro came out on top with a huge rub and like that, the Cesaro section gets to believe again.

Worst - Fiend Falls to One RKO After spending the last year re-mystifying the Fiend by having him survive all manner of things including drowning and being set on fire, the return of the Fiend to open Night 2 of Wrestlemania left a sour taste in fans' mouths. After 8 minutes of no-selling Orton's offense, Alexa Bliss reappeared with black goo over her face to distract the Fiend, he was hit with an RKO and pinned for 3. The bafflement was high as fans wondered what exactly the intention was for having the Fiend lose on his return, and why it took only one RKO to finish it when so much worse things have struggled to keep him down.

Best - NXT Stands and Delivers before Mania In what was a long and entertaining week of wrestling, NXT said goodbye to Wednesday Nights in style with their Wrestlemania-esque 2-Day Takeover. The shows were good sporting some fun matches, including an entertaining CW unification ladder match and Io passing the torch to Raquel, though NXT weren't invited to Survivor Series or Mania this time, they still put on a great show before moving to Tuesdays.

Worst - Riotts, SD Tag Champions slighted The Riott Squad currently stand as one of WWE's last surviving genuine tag teams, everyone else being singles wrestlers thrown together to avoid Main Event or Superstars. However, they also stand as a team who after multiple attempts are still not tag champions. After carrying the bulk of their Night 1 Tag Team Turmoil, the Riott Squad were unfortunately left to be felled by Natalya and Tamina - who would lose on Night 2 rendering this pointless anyway - and I have to ask, is it ever going to happen? The Riott Squad are not the only tag team hard done by at Wrestlemania, as the Smackdown Tag Championship did not even make it on the card! A fatal 4-Way between the Dirty Dawgs, Street Profits, Alpha Academy and Mysterios could've brought some infectious energy into Night 2 given the amount of talent in those four teams, but instead it got put on a 'Wrestlemania special Smackdown' while Shane vs Braun ended up on the main card. Priorities were not straight there and WWE robbed Dominik Mysterio of a Wrestlemania debut, their only contribution being a video recap and a Dirty Dawgs interview on Night 1 to prelude the Raw Tag Championship match.

Best - Wrestlemania dished out the goods, and the fans In spite of some questionable booking in the early stages, we end the list on a high. Wrestlemania didn't have the best build or go-home show, but it certainly delivered on a blend of storytelling and wrestling, big title changes for Bianca and Rhea and solid matches for the majority of the card meant that WWE ended on a high. Most importantly too, it was in front of a crowd, the ambiance very much missed on the Grandest Stage of them All.

I would rant about April 15th 2021 but I said it's from Mania 36 to 37 so yeah, footnote fuck April 15th. In the end though WWE had its ups and downs, but hopefully they will learn from some of their mistakes and come back stronger

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WWE Important Live Event Dates for the Next Year

15-16 April: Montreal, Quebec (RAW & SmackDown) - Superstar Shakeup

19 May: Hartford, Connecticut (Money In The Bank)

08 June: San Jose, California (NXT Takeover: San Jose)

16 June: San Diego, Califonia (Backlash)

01 July: Dallas, Texas (RAW) - Five days before G1 Climax in same building

14 July: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Extreme Rules)

10 August: Toronto, Ontario (NXT Takeover: Toronto 2)

11 August: Toronto, Ontario (SummerSlam)

09-10 September: New York City, New York (RAW & SmackDown) - Back at Madison Square Garden

15 September: Atlanta, Georgia (Hell In A Cell)

23-24 September: San Francisco, California (RAW & SmackDown) - Debut at new Warriors arena, final SmackDown on USA

04 October: Los Angeles, California (SmackDown) - Debut episode of SmackDown on FOX

06 October: Sacramento, California (Clash of Champions)

01 November: Saudi Arabia (PPV) - Only date listed for Saudi Arabia in 2019

23 November: Chicago, Illinois (NXT Takeover: Chicago 3)

24 November: Chicago, Illinois (Survivor Series)

15 December: Minneapolis, Minnesota (TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs)

25 January: Houston, Texas (NXT Takeover: Houston)

26 January: Houston, Texas (Royal Rumble)

16 February: Portland, Oregon (Elimination Chamber)

08 March: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Fastlane)

04 April: Tampa, Florida (NXT Takeover: Tampa)

05 April: Tampa, Florida (WrestleMania 36

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Worst WWE matches of 2020

The Women’s Elimination Chamber match - As an angle, to get over the blood-curdling terror that is supposed to be Shayna Baszler, it worked really well. But an angle isn’t supposed to last 21 minutes. And if it was the first step to probably-still Raw Women’s champion Shayna Baszler, then hooray! All for it! But instead she dominates the Chamber at #4 and annihilates everyone, only to have a brisk and underwhelming match with Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania. She crushes Ruby Riott. Then we wait. She reduces poor baby Liv Morgan to a paste. And then we wait. Asuka dancing couldn’t save it. Shayna posturing couldn’t save it. Just stop making people wait! And put the fucking belt on her if you’re gonna make us wait!  Bobby Lashley vs Slapjack - Hell In a Cell - I mean, shrug? What do you say about this? It was an extended squash of the guy who got a Bane costume from Dollar Tree. And this is, to date, the ONLY PPV contribution of Retribution in an in-ring capacity all year. Seriously, the stable’s been around for 4 months, and if you’re not watching the TV shows (and that’s a lot of people, turns out) then you have no idea who these people even are, and you just watched Discount Jason Voorhees get munched on by Bobbles Lashford, a guy with so little momentum he may as well be underwater. Then Retribution show up...and he crushes them, too!  The Women’s Survivor Series match - Compared to what we had in 2007...and 2008...and 2009...and 2013...this match is a goddamn Rembrandt, but still...NO ONE looked good coming out of this one. When you have 10 people in one match, and not one comes out with improved stock, then that’s a bad match. And the whole match...is a joke. I’m not saying that in a snide way...I’m saying it’s structured like a joke. Opening line, set-up for the punchline, and then punchline. And the punchline is Lana won the match because lol she’s terrible.(I really like Lana, but that is literally her character.) If WWE wants to use MOST of its women’s division just to tell this joke, fine, that’s their prerogative. But then WHY tell the joke so weirdly? Why have Lana tag in and then DO WELL against Nia Jax? And then have her whole team scream at her for doing terribly when she wasn’t? Bayley looks like an idiot for being eliminated first, Shayna looks like an idiot for being DQed for literally no reason, and...just...why would you do that? Bianca Belair is RIGHT THERE. Put someone over, aside from the woman your entire match told us was a joke. The worst part of the Lana thing is NO PAYOFF!!  They took her out last minute and just pulled a LOLCharlottewinsLOL instead.  

Asuka vs. Nia Jax - Backlash - Asuka and Nia had good chemistry for 8 minutes, and then...double-countout. Why? To set up a rematch on Raw, which Asuka won via shenanigans. And Nia Jax’s stock couldn’t be any lower if she were King Mabel, that’s how many people she’s recklessly hurt, culminating in breaking poor Kairi Sane, so people don’t really wanna see that much of her in the first place. Stop wasting my time! The rematch wasn’t even worth the angle.

The Men’s half of the Money in the Bank “Climb the Corporate Ladder” match - Just gonna say it; WWE self-indulgently painting itself as a lolzy carnival house when it literally laid off almost 40% of it staff this year, during a pandemic, to save literally a month’s worth of earnings...fucking sucks. And then they get to the hook...the ring on the roof...and it fucking sucks, too. Asuka and Otis win their briefcases, and then NEITHER GETS TO CASH IN?  

Elias vs. King Corbin - Wrestlemania 36 - Poor Elias. Rough year for him. First victim of Brok in the Rumble, pushed off a roof by Corbin doing his best Scar impression, hit by a fucking car, and participated in two of the worst matches of the year, starting with Jeff Hardy at Hell in a Cell, which finished just like Asuka and Nia Jax, and for the same reason: to have the rematch on TV. And then against King Corbin, a match so heatless and quiet you can hear your hair growing. Fun fact; this match went on a whole minute longer than the built-for-months Becky Lynch/Shayna Baszler match. What a world. Edge vs. Randy Orton - Wrestlemania 36 - This one feels unfair, because I love Edge, and Orton’s had one of the best years of his 17-year career. But this was 35 minutes of exploring the Performance Center. Fun fact again; I rewatched this match to write this list, and kept hitting the “skip ahead 10 seconds” button and NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. I’m sorry. I wanted this to be good. I really did. At least the Backlash match was actually good. The Stupid Viking Profits Thing - Backlash - The worst cinematic match of the year, and by a country mile. The Viking Raiders in NXT were brilliant. They vacated the tag belts, the Profits won them. Then when the Profits moved to the main roster, they became Raw tag team champions...again, without beating the Raiders. There’s your feud, right there. The Wikipedia article for the match sums it up better than I ever could: “. The segment ended after both teams were spooked by a tentacle creature. The announce team then confirmed that the Raw Tag Team Championship match would not be happening.” Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet - Super Showdown - You have two wrestlers here. One huge and scary, like if one of the Von Trapp’s ate the rest, but he’s also really good at selling for guys that are smaller and quicker than he is. (See his matches against Daniel Bryan or AJ Styles or Rey Mysterio or Seth Rollins as examples.) One is smaller, and might also be the quickest guy in the company. And Ricochet could REALLY use a boost after just losing the US title. So 10 minutes of fun flips vs. fun suplexes...seems like a slam dunk. Instead...90 seconds. A suplex, an F5, plane home. For what? To tell the story that Brock is strong? Never told that before. All it did was make a guy who had a 5-star classic with Adam Cole at a Takeover, and one half of a brilliant tag team in NXT look like an absolute chump. Cheers. 

The Fiend vs. Goldberg - Super Showdown - the best character in years. One who specifically impervious to pain. Gets beaten by a suplex in Saudi Arabia. Forget for a second what it implies, the short-sighted, nostalgia-poisoned awful way WWE does its awful business. I mean, Goldberg is visibly tired after his first spear. As a match, it’s dreadful, but as a handy, easy-to-digest summation of everything wrong with the biggest wrestling company in the world...really hits the spot. 

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it'd be a real shame if somebody just.... sAID ANSWER ALL THE NUMBERS DEE

because u hate me imma put this under a read more omg

FAVORITE…

1: Current male wrestler: sheamus !!!! waddup2: Current female wrestler: naomi !!!!!3: All time male wrestler: eddie guerrero !!!!!4: All time female wrestler: trish stratus !!!!!!5: Tag team: breezango !!!! also the usos but u know oh and the Barrrrrr6: Match(es): fuck favorite matches uhhhhhhhhh ohh edge & christain vs the hardyz & the dudley boys (who i forgot was in the match omg) ladder match for the tag team belt, ummm another uuuhhhh OH tyler vs sami vs neville vs hideo. and me vs you for making me answer all of this. 7: Ring gear: alicia fox has been KILLING it yes chica!!!8: Pay per view: royal rumble i love it !!!9: Entrance theme: dana brooke’s theme is lit. tyler’s theme makes me act like a damn fool.10: Stable: staaable uhhh new day!11: Champion: ember. andradeee, alexa and baron. oh shit and roman!!12: Match type: i know people hate them but i fucking love lumberjack/jill matches idgaf i love matches were everyone is out there

THE BEST…

13: Looking diva: all of them bitch tf14: Looking superstar: all of them we aint tearing people down!15: Technical wrestler: eddie guerrero  16: Gimmick: new day yo, the whole thing17: Championship design: the women’s belts in all the rosters, its good !18: Feud: fuck uhh the best feud…. idk i haven’t been hyped about a feud in a while…19: Mic worker: again, new day gonna take this one!20: Slogan/tag line: FEEL THE GLOW, BITCH!

OTHER…

21: Wrestling video game you have played: the fucking raw v smackdown 2007 one because i used to have a character named ‘miss raw’ and she was ALL red, and she was on smackdown and i thought i was SO FUNNY at like ??? 11?? 10??? and she had bunny ears and she came out to trish’s song i love her 22: Worst entrance theme: s*th r*llins because that means he’s gonna come out ://23: Worst gimmick: d*lph z*ggler’s its so bad lord jesus24: Which wrestler would you like to see make a return?: kaITLYN COME ON SIS25: Do you follow any independent promotions?: i don’t watch (which im upset about i used to be a lot more involved ://) but i try my best to keep up with njpw and…. progress but veeeeeeeeeeery little of that tbh26: One unpopular opinion of yours: unpopular opinion… i guess me not thinking s*asha is this amazing wrestler? i think she’s good but i don’t think she’s the best. then again, idk who the best would technically be so…27: Who do you consider underrated?: alICIA FUCKING FOX28: What about an over-rated wrestler?: **** *******29: Someone who you think would be great with some ring improvement?: dana brooke !! she’s good and v promising but they gotta stop screwing her ass over imma fight someone30: You get to make your own stable. Who would it consist of? What is their name?: my own stable oh shit imma self indulge. uhh OKAY, a samoan takeover like roman, with the main belt (Whichever brand idc), the usos with the tag team belts and tamina with the women’s belt. and they’re a big ass heel group and they’re pushing that there the better wrestler because they’ve literally got family all over the wrestling community. how no other dynasty even TOUCHES them, no other wrestlers and shit. a name idk it’d probably the ‘the samoan dynasty’ [HARD SHRUG]31: Who would you like to be in a tag team with?: nia because she can do all the work and i’ll just be her cheerleader !32: Who would you like to be in a mixed tag team with?:sheamus so i can just lean on the ropes and swoon over him. he does all the work, i don’t do shit.33: Why do you love wrestling?: cause it’s chill, it distracts me from my anxiety and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh idk bro it’s fun!34: What/who first got you into wrestling?: people i know wise??? uhh my sister and her ex-bf. wrestler wise?? ummm kaitlyn actually brought me back in 2011 - 2012!!35: Raw, Smackdown or NXT?: smackdown bIIIItcHHH. 36: Were you devastated when Alberto Del Rio hit Santa with his car in 2012?: yeah man fuck him37: If you were on the original NXT who would you choose as your pro?: eve so i can learn to be That Bitch38: Have you ever considered becoming a professional wrestler?: hell nah man. i’d take one hip toss on the mat and i’ll be down for the count. they’d have to take my ass out in a wheelchair with a neck brace and shit.39: What is your best wrestling related memory?: my first wwe live event, which was tlc 2012 (i believe!!) and i sat allll the way in the nose bleeds in, i swear, the funniest fucking section i’ve ever been in. like they were so fucking hilarious up there. and i realize when you are in the nose bleed, that’s where the funniest people are. i loved it.40: Do you watch wrestling by yourself or with others?: on the weekdays, by myself. when it’s ppvs, i have friends over.

[unlikelywrestlingfan]

That was a great, main event level match. I'm so glad they added it to Takeover so more of us saw it!!!!

Now someone give those men some water and medical attention

[mundopassport-blog]

Cartelera de WWE NXT TakeOver - Tampa - 04 de Abril 2020

Cartelera de WWE NXT TakeOver – Tampa – 04 de Abril 2020

El nuevo PPV de WWE que bajo el nombre de NXT TakeOver: Tampa se celebrará el 4 de abril de 2020. El evento se celebrará en la noche del sábado, desde el Amalie Arena de Tampa, Florida. Justo el día antes de Wrestlemania 36.

Retadoras al Campeonato Femenino de NXT en TakeOver: Tampa Bay – Ladder Match

[himanshuthukran]

WWE schedule, list of PPVs for 2020: Super ShowDown, NXT TakeOver Portland date, location

WWE schedule, list of PPVs for 2020: Super ShowDown, NXT TakeOver Portland date, location

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With 2020 now off and running, WWE enters an important year in its history with three truly distinct brands for the first time and competition in the form of a new burgeoning rival. The beginning of a new year also means the Road to WrestleMania 36 has begun. It’s a key time of the calendar for WWE as it is supposed to put its best foot forward, especially once the football season wraps…

[nmgpodcastnetwork]

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[placetobenation]

For all of 2020, six PTBN staff members are watching every WWE match to air on Monday Night Raw, Friday Night SmackDown, NXT, NXT UK and PPV. Below are a series of ongoing stats that we will track throughout the year. The matches are graded on a 10 point scale.

Graders: Michael Cook, Darren Bongiovanni, Ethan Skie, Matt Mehnert, Rory James & Trent Williams

Total Matches Watched: 109

Top 10 Matches (January): 1. Men’s Royal Rumble Match – Royal Rumble 2020 (9.42) 2. Jordan Devlin vs. Tyler Bate – NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II (9.25) 3. DIY vs. Moustache Mountain – When Worlds Collide 2020 (9) 4. Undisputed Era vs. Imperium – When Worlds Collide 2020 (8.83) 5. Gallus vs. Imperium vs. Andrews & Morgan vs. Grizzled Young Veterans – NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II (8.67) 6. Women’s Royal Rumble Match – Royal Rumble 2020 (8.67) 7. Damien Priest vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijakovic – NXT 1/8/20 (8.21) 8. Broserweights vs. Grizzled Young Veterans – NXT 1/29/20 (8) 9. Jordan Devlin vs. Angel Garza vs. Isaiah Scott vs. Travis Banks – When Worlds Collide 2020 (7.83) 10. Becky Lynch vs. Asuka – Royal Rumble 2020 (7.75)

Bottom 5 Matches (January)

109. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. Fire & Desire – Friday Night SmackDown 1/24/20 (.33) 108. Erick Rowan vs. Joey O’Reilly – Monday Night Raw 1/13/20 (.71) 107. Mojo Rawley vs. No Way Jose – Monday Night Raw 1/27/20 (.83) 106. Erick Rowan vs. KJ Orso – Monday Night Raw 1/6/20 (.86) 105. Erick Rowan vs. Branden Vice – Monday Night Raw 1/27/20 (.92)

Best Shows (Based on Average Grade) NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II (7.47) When Worlds Collide 2020 (7.28) NXT 1/15/20 (7.04)

Worst Show (Based on Average Grade) Monday Night Raw 1/27/20 (3.6)

Top 10 Male Workers (Based on Average Grade; Minimum Three Matches) 1. Keith Lee (7.77) T2. Alexander Wolfe (7.75) T2. Mark Andrews (7.75) T2. Flash Morgan (7.75) T5. James Drake (7.52) T5. Zack Gibson (7.52) T7. Jordan Devlin (7.42) T8. Matt Riddle (7.36) T8. Pete Dunne (7/36) T10. Fabien Aichner (7.3) T10. Marcel Barthel (7.3)

Top 5 Female Workers (Based on Average Grade; Minimum Two Matches) 1. Asuka (7.71) 2. Becky Lynch (6.54) 3. Toni Storm (6.45) 4. Rhea Ripley (6.43) 5. Kay Lee Ray (6.18)

Top 3 Tag Teams (Based on Average Grade; Minimum Two Matches) 1. Flash Morgan & Mark Andrews (8.13) 2. Grizzled Young Veterans (7.52) 3. Broserweights (7.36)

Bottom 5 (Based on Average Grade) 5. Nikki Cross (3.23) 4. Alexa Bliss (3.01) 3. Mandy Rose (2.28) 2. Sonya Deville (1.78) 1. Erick Rowan (1.14)

Starting next month, we will be including categories for the full year.

Grader Bio of the Month: My name is Darren Bongiovanni. I have been a wrestling fan since I was five years old. My family went to see WrestleMania III on Closed-Circuit TV at Nassau Community College in Long Island, New York. I didn’t watch wrestling at the time, so I didn’t care about anything. I cried when Aretha Frankin sang America The Beautiful because it was too loud. But, after being bored for a while, Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage began. I started watching the match and my eyes didn’t leave the screen. From that point on, I was hooked and haven’t looked back since. So, my favorite match of all-time was Steamboat vs. Savage. My favorite wrestlers of all-time are Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, & Roddy Piper. 

Check out the grades for every match to date in 2020 here!

[unlikelywrestlingfan]

HE TAPPED WALTER OUT YES!!!!!!!