AEW At the beginning of the week, Tony Khan hit the White Claws and made some bold claims for Wednesday’s show: it was going to be his “Waynestock”, “one perfect night in New York City”. “Expect a lot and you … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for September 23, 2022

AEW It’s all been (mostly) quiet on the CM Punk front. The post-All Out backstage fracas has supplied a trillion opinions all over the web, with plenty of dinosaurs like Les Thatcher, Dutch Mantell and Jim Cornette using it to … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread Kayfabes (September 16, 2022)

It was the most extraordinary press conference in the history of pro-wrestling. After winning the AEW World Championship, CM Punk didn’t want to put over his achievement or his competitor, but instead tried to find an excuse to launch into … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for September 9, 2022

WWE In deference to my goodly fellow Avocado Donalbain, Saturday’s Live Premium Event (are they stilled called that now Vince is gone?) shall henceforth be referred to as Clash in the Vicinity of a Castle; being that the Principality Stadium … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread Clashes in the Vicinity of a Castle (Sept 2, 2022)

WWE There was a major return to the company this week, further solidifying HHH’s reintegration of his old NXT crew. That’s right, The Road D-O-Double G is back as an executive producer. Also this guy showed up: In terms of … Continue reading HEY! (Weekly Wrestling Thread) August 26, 2022

AEW Rumours abound via podcasts such as Voices Of Wrestling and the Observer that there is real backstage heat between Adam Page and CM Punk which has spilled over to their in-ring promos where seemingly both went off script; Page … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread (G1) Climaxes (August 19, 2022)

AEW Last Saturday was Battle of the Belts III, which didn’t fare too well in the ratings (averaging 437,000), which is on par with the poor viewership that Friday night’s Rampage has been suffering from recently. Still, I thought out … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread has got the Touch, has got the Power

It feels like it’s been a relatively quiet week in the world of pro-wrestling; although the G1 Climax and Stardom’s 5★Star Grand Prix are ongoing, I’ve not had much of a chance to see any of either. WWE SummerSlam happened; … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for August 5, 2022

WWE It’s been the most tumultuous week in the world of pro-wrestling since WCW folded two decades ago, with Vince McMahon abruptly announcing his “retirement” last Friday, surely signalling that further awful revelations about his behaviour are sure to surface … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 29, 2022

AEW Adam Cole has been talking this week about his hopes for a return soon, and according the the Wrestling Observer, both Kenny Omega and CM Punk are tentatively planning to return from their respective injuries at September’s All Out … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread Fights Like an Eight Year Old Girl

WWE As usual, the most interesting things happening in WWE occurred outside the ring (how can it not be? There was something like fifteen minutes of wrestling on Smackdown last week, a two hour show). Sasha Banks still hasn’t been … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 15, 2022

NJPW Hey, some good news for us UK-based wrestling nerds, New Japan announced they will be returning to Britain at an-yet-specified date in October. Royal Quest back in 2019 was a fantastic event and I hope I can go to … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 8, 2022

AEW (& NJPW) What a week it was for All Elite Wrestling. Last Sunday was Forbidden Door, which turned out to be fantastic in terms of matches, despite the multitude of injuries which plagued the event; including at the end … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for July 1, 2022 is BLOODY & GUTSY

AEW Dynamite was the go-home show for Forbidden Door, the AEW x NJPW crossover on June 26. It’s such a shame that Tony Khan is having to deal with the absolute worst succession of injuries in the young company’s life. … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for June 24, 2022

What an exhausting week in the world of pro-wrestling this has been, and mostly not in a good way. NJPW It’s still the Switchblade Era, baby! At Dominion last Sunday King Switch Jay White defeated Okada to win the IWGP … Continue reading The Weekly Wrestling Thread for June 17, 2022 STEPS DOWN AS CEO!