TNA iMPACT! last night was built around the return of the Champions Challenge, and on paper, that should have made the episode feel like a major turning point on the road to Slammiversary. The concept is strong. Champions are placed in danger. All-Stars have a chance to earn future title opportunities. The stakes are easy … Read more
TNA iMPACT! arrives tonight with a card that looks busy on paper, but the bigger question is whether any of it will finally start making TNA feel like a company one month away from Slammiversary. Sunday, June 28th is not just another date on the calendar; it is TNA’s anniversary show, its biggest show of … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT was a show built around the women’s division carrying the night, a new challenger emerging for the Men’s Speed Championship, DarkState trying to explain why it cut out one of its own, and Tony D’Angelo suddenly finding himself in the middle of a title picture that has multiple bodies circling him … Read more
WWE NXT returns tonight with a show that has to do more than simply put matches on the board. Last week’s episode was built around new faces making statements, champions being dragged deeper into trouble, and a tag team main event that ended with DarkState kicking Saquon Shugars out of the group in one of … Read more
Last night’s TNA iMPACT! felt like a show trying to do two things at once. On one side, TNA gave us two strong championship matches, a major Willow return, Fabian Aichner being positioned like an instant threat, and Santana vs. Maclin delivering the kind of main event that makes the AMC era feel important. On … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT felt like one of those episodes where the brand was clearly trying to reset the board while still pushing several new faces into bigger spots at the same time. It was not a perfect show, and there were definitely moments where the promos felt forced, the pacing felt a little uneven, … Read more
Last night’s WWE NXT felt like another step in the brand’s current reset, but it was also a show that proved NXT is still trying to figure out exactly which stories are ready to carry the summer and which new faces need more time to breathe. The episode had a lot going on: Naraku finally … Read more
WWE NXT enters tonight’s episode feeling like a brand that is being rebuilt in real time, and that makes this show more important than the average week at the Performance Center. Last week’s episode was chaotic by design, with Tony D’Angelo surviving Tavion Heights in the main event before Mason Rook laid out the NXT … Read more
Last night’s TNA iMPACT! was one of those shows where the final hour did a lot of the heavy lifting, but by the end, TNA had moved several important stories forward. Léi Yǐng Lee finally got her revenge on Arianna Grace and brought the Knockouts World Championship back to TNA, The System kept control of … Read more
TNA iMPACT! heads into tonight with a card that actually has weight on paper, and that is exactly what the company needs as the road to Slammiversary starts taking shape. Last week’s episode was not a bad show, but it did feel more like a connective tissue episode than a must-see chapter. The strongest material … Read more
