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Tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw has all the pieces to feel like a major WrestleMania 42 turning point. Madison Square Garden already gives the show a bigger-than-usual atmosphere, and WWE is stacking the card with two tag title matches, Brock Lesnar’s return, Roman Reigns and CM Punk in the same building again, and … Read more
March is Women’s History Month, and Naomi’s career is the kind that reads differently depending on when you jumped in. Early on, she was the electric athlete who could flip a crowd with one entrance. Then she became the woman who kept getting momentum… and still had to fight for the company to treat her … Read more
Spoiler warning: The following article contains full spoilers from TNA’s March 28 TV tapings in New Orleans after Sacrifice. TNA came out of Sacrifice with its focus firmly on Rebellion, and the latest iMPACT! tapings in New Orleans continued building toward the company’s next major event. The following spoilers were first reported by TNAsylum.net. Spoiler … Read more
March is Women’s History Month, and Deonna Purrazzo is one of the cleanest “you either respect this or you don’t like wrestling” careers going today. Because her whole brand isn’t volume. It’s precision. The Virtuosa gimmick works because it isn’t a costume — it’s a mission statement. She’s built a decade-plus career on the idea … Read more
March is Women’s History Month, and Taryn Terrell is one of those careers you have to talk about honestly to appreciate properly. Because her best work wasn’t “perfect.” It was alive. Emotional. Unpredictable. Sometimes ugly in the exact way wrestling needs to be when it’s trying to feel real. That’s why the “Hot Mess” gimmick … Read more
TNA has officially added a featured Knockouts tag team match to Rebellion, with The Elegance Brand set to face Mickie James, ODB, and Taryn Terrell on April 11 in Cleveland. This is the kind of match that could have easily been positioned as a nostalgia attraction and left at that. Instead, TNA has done enough … Read more
Ricky Sosa is no longer just a hot prospect passing through TNA. He is officially part of the company. At Sacrifice, TNA made it clear that Sosa’s arrival was not a one-off appearance or a short-term look. With Tommy Dreamer, TNA President Carlos Silva and Chris Bey involved in the presentation, the company formally announced … Read more
TNA heads into Sacrifice tonight with a live TNA+ special that feels more important than the average stopgap event because the promotion has finally stacked a card where the top matches are carrying genuine emotional weight, not just championship branding. The biggest reason is the world title program. Mike Santana and Steve Maclin are not … Read more
SmackDown has reached the point on the road to WrestleMania 42 where one great story is carrying a lot of unfinished business behind it. That is what makes tonight’s show so important. Randy Orton has become the most dangerous man on the blue brand, Cody Rhodes is officially returning after Orton’s brutal betrayal, Drew McIntyre … Read more
March is Women’s History Month, and The Bella Twins are one of those careers that forces an honest conversation. Not “were they the best workers of their era?” but what did they change? Because Nikki and Brie Bella changed the way women’s wrestling was packaged, consumed, marketed, and eventually mainstreamed. They weren’t just part of … Read more
