AEW x NJPW x CMLL x STARDOM Forbidden Door last night was a strong pay-per-view that gave AEW a clear road to All In: London, even if the “Forbidden Door” concept itself does not feel as fresh or untouchable as it once did. The wrestling delivered, the final stretch gave the show real weight, Will … Read more
WWE LFG Season 3 has quietly become one of the more useful developmental shows WWE has produced because it stopped pretending to be a normal competition show and started acting like what it really is: a Performance Center evaluation room with cameras. Through the first nine episodes, the season has been built around coaching, live … Read more
TNA Slammiversary came into tonight with the weight of a true anniversary show and left with the feel of a company-wide reset. From Boston, TNA delivered a loaded pay-per-view built around title changes, legacy announcements, surprise arrivals, emotional tributes and one of the most debated main-event finishes the company has booked in some time. Nic … Read more
Last night’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide was not a loaded in-ring episode, but it was a focused, storyline-heavy show that used its short runtime wisely. The broadcast from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico was built around Lola Vice making history by defending the NXT Women’s Championship in AAA, Galeno continuing his rise while Omos watched from a … Read more
Tonight’s MLW Fusion came out of Center Stage in Atlanta with the kind of episode that did not need to be chaotic every second to matter. Instead, MLW used the hour to move several major pieces into position: Matt Riddle’s revenge path after Alex Hammerstone ruined his MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity, Austin Aries’ first … Read more
WWE Night of Champions came to Riyadh with a six-match card that looked straightforward on paper, but by the end of the night, the company had completely shifted the road to SummerSlam. This wasn’t a bloated show, and that helped it. The card had room to breathe, the major matches mostly mattered, and the results … Read more
Last night’s TNA iMPACT! was the final stop before this Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view, and with the company celebrating 24 years of TNA from Boston, the show needed to feel like the last hard sell before one of the biggest nights on the calendar. Slammiversary will air at a special start time of 4PM EST, … Read more
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite came into Rio Rancho, New Mexico with the difficult job of being both a loaded television wrestling show and the final Dynamite before AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. On paper, AEW threw almost everything at the wall: Konosuke Takeshita defending the AEW International Championship against Ricochet, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland taking … Read more
WWE Evolve Succession III gave tonight’s episode a bigger-event feel without overstuffing the card, and that honestly worked in the show’s favor. This was not a night built around match quantity. It was built around consequences. Nikkita Lyons finally cashed in on weeks of tension with Wendy Choo and walked out as the new WWE … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT was the final stop before NXT Great American Bash this Sunday on The CW, and as a go-home show, it had a very clear job: make the card feel hotter, sharpen the personal issues, and give the top matches one last major hook before the lights come on this weekend. Some … Read more
