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Last week I wanted Zelina to get taken down and it finally happened -

But the focus on Zelina's arm that was already in a cast from last week was an attempt at gaining cheap heat - and that did not resonate.

I've seen Bianca Belair get beatdown worse backstage by Damage CTRL. If Zelina can team with Belair when LWO's in a slump, then she can take the same bumps too.

While Maxxine Dupri and Liv Morgan focused on melodrama to keep themselves on screen while not actually wrestling, factions collided from the MMA Horsewomen 2.0 vs. The K.C.'s with Valkyria.

*Right in the gut !

*That purple is poppin'

Though the K.C.'s did their high-flying thing, it was hard to overlook that this program is languishing.

Valkyria should be focused on solo title. The K.C.'s should be hunting for tag team supremacy against "The Unholy ..." whatever.

Yes I'm happy Chance took the pin ...

But any other random group of women sitting in the locker room could have been selected to enhance the new MMA Horsewomen's stable.

Honestly, Valkyria and the K.C.'s just don't have good chemistry for this alliance and I believe that WWE Creative noticed this so they had to take drastic measures and pull Damage Ctrl. out -

who just aren't as strong with Asuka on the bench and Bayley off with the title.

I just think it is too early to start planning for Survivor Series when it's Summerslam week.

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C.V.R. The Bard

30th/Jul.2k24

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#WrestlingReview: @WWE : Night Of Champions X - Rhea Ripley (@RheaRipley_WWE) vs. Natalya Neidhart (@NatbyNature). #Review by @C_V_R_TheBard #SCORE: 4/5 #CVReview #spEarz2DaStreetz http://ow.ly/rU7Y50OyUo5

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spEarz2DaStreetz : RAW (9th/Dec.2k24)

*Liv is doing everything but defending the World Title. Everytime she raises it, shit's a disgrace.

What does she have to do with PFC beef?

Isn't Io battling against Jax for the WWE championship?

Liv's involvement here is fucking pointless and a bad reminder of how little Liv has defended the World title during this reign.

Zelina definitely should have won the triple threat, not Lyra.

Why WWE Creative keeps Lyra opportunities, I have no idea. She is not the second coming of Becky Lynch.

I give a damn about a Euro on Euro match with Alba Fyre.

I swear Vega had a pinfall over Nile early in this match before Lyra scored.

WWE Creative betting on the wrong horse.

I haven't ever seen a Lyra figure in stores, but Zelina sells.

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C.V.R. The Bard

10th/Dec.2k24

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Naomi taking that L to her cousin-in-law was expected. Unsurprising.

I didn't even remember that she was tag champion, even with all the involvement behind Bianca Belair.

Belair and Stratton were the MVP's of this match - even before Stratton got the belt.

With Mone' grabbing four belts over the weekend over at NJPW (showing just how "Strong" she really is), if Naomi would have

walked out with two belts and Stratton would have lost that briefcase, 2025 could have started with a bang. Now, SD's women's division is flirting with iboredom.

Tiffany isn't entertaining, her bubblegum gimmick is already being handled by Green with the U.S. Title and she already has a solid program with Michin.

Turning Naomi's accolades into teflon by adding another belt to her history should have been the move.

I'm not looking forward to seeing two debutant's holding gold at the start of Smackdown's 2025.

NXT is looking to follow in the same footsteps as it's older brother and sister brands too with Vaquer now the no.1 contender for the NXT championship directly after the title just was dropped by Perez.

Simply put, Jordan could have walked out with that award. Instead she ended up being the workhorse, taking all the bumps, and eating the pin.

For once the AEW brand has turned things around, giving indie star Hao a shot in a losing effort at a Proving Ground match

keeping Velvet in a deserved, protected role.

And before Mone attained her latest pieces to add to her jewelry box, Athena got the screwjob of the week, while Persephone held it down as the favorite -once that stupid lucha mask came off.

I expected the screwjob to happen for the Mercedes match.

Hats off to AEW for putting together an inter-brand ppv and overpowering WWE's attempts to move backwards to their status quo.

Pulling out the Undertaker to raise Ripley's hand after the World Title just went back to her is far from special.

WWE now has an all caucasian title block while AEW's is majority negroid.

It's a great move on AEW's part to flip the lackluster support that they've been suffering over autumn of 2024.

As soon as Mone' got rid of Kamille and started going to back to Japan to defend her Strong title, AEW's stock went up.

Red Velvet got away from Zaddy, started tapping into her Latin roots over at CMLL and now ROH is up.

Athena is still holding it down, while Mariah May is doing what - promos?

Yet she has the AEW Title.

So it isn't as if AEW's DEI moves are honest, because if that was the case Aminata would have been had that title instead of coming back to ROH this week with a blonde wig.

So even though I congratulate AEW this week, I dont want to see Mone' vs. May for the brand title, because I dont trust the people who own the AEW brand.

Last thing I want to see is Sasha get knocked like Sonic for all her rings.

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10th/Jan.2k25

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I'm all for the dissolution of this partnership :

Mone' can spend more time proving herself on her own and Kamille v. Mone' has a nice ring to it.

*Also that Full Gear match was the longest in AEW history? Commendable.

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NXT (20th/Aug.2k24)

Vice breaking her controller with those spinning kicks were crazy ! I find it amazing that with Vice's time in the gym she has found a way to modify her spinning back fist into a format featuring another part of her anatomy.

Speaking of the spinning back fist, Kelani Jordan walking up on Choo for the interference was not the right optic. The way my heart sank in my gut when she caught Vice's hand shows that Jordan is too much of a symapthetic babyface to be running around trying to get her lick back.

She still got her vengeance though by hittingc Choo with the dakimakura in the same fashion Choo took the win.

Standing tall by the end of the match was the right way to end the show. WWE did the North American champion a grave disservice by not airing Jordan's victory pose on the segment.

Something as simple as a champion being shown in victory should be a given by WWE and this mistake of their video team should not be repeated throughout the rest of Jordan's reign.

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The Gauntlet for the #1 contender for the Women's Championship at No Mercy was strange because the way the playback ran it looked like a Royal Rumble without the over the top rope rule. Then again, I'd rather have a Gauntlet match than another Battle Royale.

Ruca hitting her neckbreaker on Sinclair while Sinclair was busy with her own submission was the highlight of the match.

Ruca and Parker being the final two was such a good idea to the point that I was supporting Ruca who wore trunks that looked like grade school superman drawers.

Parker took the W and if it would have been any other woman to take the pinfall other than Ruca, I would have been all smiles.

Perez came through with a post match promo saying that when she meets Parker at No Mercy that she will prove Parker is "all hype".

This impromptu Gauntlet Match did it's job as it has in the past (Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax come to mind) and has made the NXT Women's Title picture red hot, with even the runner-up Ruca catching heat !

This and the grudge match over the North American title have ignited No Mercy (one of my top 5 PLE's) to being the most anticipated wrestling program for the next two weeks, over "Bash In Berlin" and AEW's Big Four "All In".

And all it took was a interference and a Gaunlet Match - WWE usually goes for a battle royale and botches both, but NXT has capitalized off the trope and the revival of the Gauntlet match as they gain momentum to "No Mercy".

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21st/Aug.2k24

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NXT ... But It's ECW *Part Deux

(10 Woman Tag Match / NXT : 6th/Nov.2k24)

How could a ten woman tag match possibly be extreme on a night paying homage to ECW?

Enter the NXT women's division.

Kelani Jordan and Jacy Jayne served as the respective MVPs for their teams - Jordan getting the most high-flying work soaring about the arena taking out the heels several times over

while Jayne served as the workhorse jobber, taking the most punishment from the faces.

My favorite point of this match was the face-off between these two, because how could I pick a side?

But while Jayne spent the match racking up pity points, Jordan showed out since the match started with a jumping Meteora.

I haven't even seen Mercedes Mone' do that.

Giulia commanded so much respect in the ring as did Stephanie Vaquer, making it so easy to hate whatever Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade were doing.

I just couldn't understand why Giulia stayed in the ring for so long when she was getting her first wind. Giulia just doesn't make sense as a jobber, and should be treated as such.

Plus, the viking schtick really works for her. This isn't Valkyrie.

Zaria just might be the closest thing though.

After she crushed Brinley Reece last week, I haven't been big on her and it looks like WWE has got the memo.

She crashed into Jordynne Grace with a spear as she went to get the win without a fireman's carry slam and didn't even pick Grace back up.

A heel turn is imminent for Zaria, and in the case of WWE, the sooner the better. Zaria vs. Grace could headline Deadline, and that's just an early prospect.

Jackson and Legend's mid match cameo was jokes. A great distraction, but I was as hurt seeing them wiped out as whenever Jayne took a hit. They really deserve some tag titles.

For a tag match to be an ECW tribute closer, I still find it to be a strange decision. Thankfully no matter the date or stipulation - NXT's women will always show out as they did to close this show, a great exhibition of those looking to get vetted and vets who it would be a shame to see get called up from WWE's best program today.

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9th/Nov.2k24

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AEW (for the week of 14/Aug.2k24) #CVReview

Shida v. Mone' was a fantasy match, and though I was tempted to sleep on AEW this week, I opened my eyes and got to see the fantasy come to fruition.

Was it a clinic?

No.

But, Shida was able to do some unprecedented things as a fresh opponent for Mone', such as letting a Meteora practically phase through her as Mone' crashed into the turnbuckle.

I was disappointed to see Mone' not carry the match, leaving the best spot to go to Shida with a jumping knee in the middle of the ring.

I get it though. Mone's in her "cowardly heel" phase, so a surprise win was up for grabs as Britt Baker's music hit and Mone's enforcer beat up some random in the crowd just because dude had a mask on.

Took me back to my first time seeing Slipknot at The Forum. Fuck LAPD. MAGGOT'S 4 LIFE !

Anyways, Baker came from behind off the distraction and got the best of Mone', leaving Mone's enforcer to pull Mone' away from Baker as she attempted to deliver a mandible claw. The segment ended with Baker taunting Mone' with her stolen TBS title, but All In stipulations aside - I dont mind seeing Mone' go on a run with the NJPW Strong title not the TBS title.

This isn't the "2 Belts Banks" days. Wrong promotion. After her time going from WWE to foreign brands the NJPW title just fits her better, and don't let her get her hands on that CMLL title !

I wonder if Baker's glove is velour? I dig the new glove. The material looks (and probably feels) amazing , as is Mone's new outfit. Looks like after that divorce announcement she's back to bearing navel. I dont know what her ex-Polynesian dude might've had against that, but whatever. Mone' came out the ring and I mistook her for Leila Grey. Whatever she's eating these days, someone needs to keep feeding her.

Just as well the highlighted red was out of Grey's closet and should stay on Mone's head because her hair on "Collision" later on in the week made Mone' look like a trannie. Come on I missed the Dynamite match because Nyla Rose was on there, Mone' don't have me checking for an Adam's Apple after all these years ...

The Baker match on "Collision" was pedestrian against Harley Cameron who looked like she was taking inspiration from Virtua Fighter's Sarah Bryant - just DOA style.

The goofiest spot was after the match when Mone's enforcer, Kamille (damn she came a long way from NWA) flexed on Baker and pushed her once into the apron several feet away and waited several moments to bust a kendo stick in half over her knee.

The dramatic pause just looked like Kamille was bracing herself and Baker was obviously holding herself back. Botched promo, just like the rest of the week where Saraya on Rampage cut a promo (with a very annoying cohort) that couldn't even be saved with Toni Storm doing a solo-Benny Hill impression to set up a match between the two next week.

I skipped May's video promo like the Nyla Rose match and went straight to her 90 -seconds - or - less squash match against Londyn Dior. Wasn't even worth observing.

Matches like that is why I get tempted to just watch ROH and call it a week when it comes to AEW's women's division.

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19th/Aug.2k24

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SummerSlam 2k24 #CVReview

From Detroit to Cleveland, location wise for the past two years the Hottest Show of The Summer has been on a roll. Still, the error of the Tag Titles not being contested at The Browns Stadium was felt as only the Women's World and Undisputed Titles were up for grabs for the night completing one story and beginning an unprecedented dynasty for one dominant Superstar, who (like it or not) has been deserving of a moment like this for years.

Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan have been involved in a ridiculous love triangle with Rey Mysterio's legacy.

As a person who's waited over a year for Judgement Day to fall as a faction so Rhea Ripley can get back to pursuing a solo career, I am disappointed that it's taking this romance-angle to finally get Rhea back in the singles division.

Nonetheless eggs must be cracked, and this Summerslam match had a fair amount of Ripley cracking her joints by having to forcibly put her shoulder back into it's socket multiple times.

I cant tell if this was more frequent than Liv running away from Ripley as if she was trying to audition for The Flash, either way these spots were the most memorable for the night in Cleveland between the two.

There was plenty of Liv pushing Ripley into Dominick, Ripley pushing Liv into Dominick and Riptide's that just couldn't keep the champ down.

A quick headbutt from Liv as well as slick shots to set up sending Ripley home from Summerslam on shoulder injury were delivered but the coup de grace came once a steel chair was brought from the time keeper's area (a strange place to grab it from but o.k.) that Dom prevented Ripley from using.

With the chair still on the mat. Dom provided a distraction and Liv planted Ripley on the chair, throwing it out of the ring in time for a three count and a successful retention.

Making out with Dom to further drive home the point, Liv walked out of Summerslam with the title and the boy, leaving Ripley seething.

What was learned from this match other than that WWE is now incorporating dope new POV shots from under the ref's shirt? The Riptide is no longer a strong finisher.

Ripley has now been in the game long enough that she has to reinvent herself complete with a new finisher like Becky Lynch (The Man-Handle Slam) or Nia Jax (The Annihilator).

While she goes back to the drawing board for this, it's best if she considers cutting herself out of The Judgement Day picture too and waging war against a house she helped build.

A program like that can run well into Survivor Series and reinvigorate a new title reign for Ripley just in time for Royal Rumble.

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The outcome of Jax and Bayley's program for the Undisputed program waa a forgone conclusion way before Roman Reigns made his return.

Height and weight played too much of a factor in this match. Though it was a breath of fresh air to see this iteration of Bayley not play keep away with the title (There was already enough of that in the Ripley/Morgan match earlier that night), Bayley brought the fight to Nia, most notably delivering a Bayley-To-Belly suplex for barely a one count. That was all she had in the tank.

Jax was pouring on stinkfaces, Samoan drops outside the ring that left the champ temporarily paralyzed as well as a mockery of high-flying elbows -

The inteference from Tiffany Stratton was not really needed.

Her cash-in attempt was shut down by Bayley, but she was still lurking around the ring long enough to distract the ref for Jax to deliver two Annihilator's and become the new Undisputed Champion.

Tiffany Stratton hung around to celebrate with Jax and I was waiting on bated breath for her to turn on Jax, but Stratton thought better of it.

Now the Smackdown locker room is going to be treated like jobber's for the next season because ... Bayley.

I am looking forward to a dominant Jax reign though. It will be healthy to see someone other than Mia Yim get crushed every week.

And I can only think that Stratton will be plotting from the sidelines for an eventual and successful cash-in on Jax. I cannot see Stratton holding on to that briefcase for a year. WWE Creative called her up after a year in NXT for a reason.

I mentioned Roman Reigns earlier in this article, because Jax tends to have big fortune-changing moments whenever one of her part-timer cousins are around. With Jax being both Queen of The Ring and Undisputed Champion, now would be a good time for her to become an official Bloodline member.

There are still enough female members in the family to recruit into a female section of the fold.

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Interference in a pro-wrestling match is a given, but to have this macguffin featured on the only two women's matches on the SummerSlam card was lazy on Creative's part.

The open-air and specialty camera shots from the ref's perspective and the fourth rope, made for a unique experience even from a mobile device -

but these matches still lacked stipulations, color, decisive finishes or big return appearances that would have made this SummerSlam program easy to tell apart from a house show other than the fact that the roof was blown off.

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4th/Aug. 2k24

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22nd of Jul. 2k24 - Raw

Really liking the MMA Horsewomen 2.0:

*Sonya setting up Lyra for a DEEP drilling

*Such a confusing spot

*Cocky, confused, Afro-Latina bedwench. Cant wait to see the new Horsewomen squash her. Pity Stark couldn't get the job done :

*Sweet juicy, Trini ass. Vega's tights ate that nite !

*I'd lick Vega's navel until I lose all my tastebuds.

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NXT Heatwave 2k24 #CVReview

Even though Kelani had a hiccup when she hit the splits on her intro into the ring, Kelani didn't have any other visible mistakes throughout the match where she retained against Sol Ruca.

The hype package prior to the match expertly delivered a story about two gymnasts (I had no idea Sol Ruca was a gymnast before this or that Jordan was All-American at Michigan State) who are strong NXT prospects vieing for the N.A. title.

The angle of Jordan's "Battleground" where her ladder tipped when she grabbed the belt I thought was telling. Thankfully it wasn't.

The match started off evenly, Until Ruca missed her finisher and Kelani landed a crossbody off the top then missed her finisher that has her rolling through the air like Sonic The Hedgehog.

Kelani easily broke out of two holds from Sol - one full body, the other a grounded claw.

Other than that there wasn't really too many other memorable spots in the match up as Sol did her job to enhance the champ as much as possible while not dousing her fire as she continued to blaze her trail through NXT Heatwave.

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The NXT Women's title defense between Perez and Vice was a sloppy one. Perez retained off of pure chance, absorbing the enchancement blows of Vice - primarily from her legs and feet.

Vice's mid-match twerk taunts have become incredibly annoying. The match did not turn around when Vice performed a running hip attack, the match turned around when Vice accidentally backhanded the outside ring post.

The whole match was designed around Perez watching out for Vice's MMA-trained backhand, which was a weak gimmick.

Perez rolled out from the backhand attack once and got rolled out the ring forcefully once it connected.

Still, Vice's backhand was not at full strength given the ring post spot and Perez became more and more unhinged throughout the match, trying to further injure Vice's hands and wrists while delivering Pop Rocks in and out the ring - the better spot being with the finisher being hit on the announce table

while the worse spot was the last Pop Rocks which was halfway delivered while Lola Vice visibly took her leg off the rope with force.

No mistake behind that, Vice gave up the match and it did not look convincing. Just sloppy. And that's how you end a weekend in Canada where the WWE Universe will now rethink if they should ever return that far up North of the Border again.

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7th/Jul.2k24

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Parker d. Sinclair (NXT Dec.17th/2k24)

The outside interference between factions and Sinclair's hungry ass cheeks were the highlight of the match. This would not necessarily be good if Parker wasn't such an attractive golem - well she'd be Nia Jax.

Jaida looks good stumbling around the ring, with unconscious hip attacks but that's the issue - she just stumbled her way to a win.

Parker needs more finesse, and from the looks of this match, Sinclair is the perfect dojo dummy.

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Stark d. Gonzalez & Carter to advance in Women's IC Tournament (RAW - 16th/Dec.2k24)

So Carter and Chance are now split up, or is this just for the IC Tournament?

This would be a bad time to split them if this is a permanent decision from WWE Creative.

Singles-wise they both dont have the same juice as they would in the tag division.

Cargill is injured. Tag titles should be relinquished into a tourney.

Carter and Chance need the tag belts back and a feud with Jackson and Legend, let someone else get the IC Title.

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17th/Dec.2k24