Brodus Clay beat Otunga by countout. I didn’t watch the match. I wasn’t expecting a lot from it. I like Brodus’ character overall, but I want to see the guy really wrestle. Sheamus defeated Dolph Ziggler. I said this match would be awesome, and it was. It was the perfect way to open the show. The chemistry between these two was great, and the match had a solid flow throughout. Sheamus retains to keep his run going and I like the booking behind it…. [Continue Reading]

The 2012 WWE No Way Out pre-show kicks off with Matt Striker and Scott Stanford hyping up tonight’s card. – We go backstage where Primo, Epico and Rosa Mendes are arguing with Abraham Washington. They want to know what’s up with their tag team title shot. AW has put them in a fatal four-way match with the winners being the new #1 contenders. AW promises them a great spotlight by the end of the night. Later on, it’ll be The Usos vs. Primo and… [Continue Reading]

Hey, I’m a new writer here at MAW with an obvious passion for writing about wrestling, in particular the WWE. I have previous writing experience for The Bleacher Report and NoDQ.com, you can find links to some of my work for those websites on my profile. What I’d like to talk about is the Rise and Fall of the WWE’s Brand Extrension. This started just over 10 years ago and in recent months we’ve effectively seen it faze out to the point where I… [Continue Reading]

Tonight’s WWE RAW Supershow opens up with the normal opening video. We’re live from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut as the pyro goes off and Michael Cole welcomes us to RAW. Justin Roberts introduces John Laurinaitis and out he comes to the ring. Laurinaitis goes to introduce himself to everyone when No Chance hits and out comes Vince McMahon to a big pop from the crowd. Vince won’t shake his hand because he doesn’t know where it’s been. Vince wants to get right… [Continue Reading]

Raw opens with John Laurinaitis and Vince McMahon. Sheamus comes out and tells Vince he wants JL fired. JL tells Sheamus that he’ll be sorry for the things he said about him. Vince tells JL that he better impressed by the show or he’ll be firing him at the end of the night. Vince pushes JL’s people power scooter off the stage. ^Vince is back for the ratings. I do believe that people would tune in just to see Vince, and I guess that… [Continue Reading]

Original Post found at www.illegalforeignobject.com I am quite annoyed with how the Lord Tensai character has been received by much of the WWE fan base since his return. Tensai is the walking embodiment of an old school heel. He’s theatrical, a bruiser and his work looks legit. Had this character been around in 1987, he would have main evented WrestleMania against Hulk Hogan. In today’s WWE, the Lord Tensai character is having a hard time finding footing. Considering the massive level of success Matt… [Continue Reading]

Original post found at www.illegalforeignobject.com How much different would the pro wrestling landscape have looked in the mid-80’s had Verne Gagne not been so out of touch with not only his fanbase, but his employees? By the late 80’s, after years of declining interest, subpar rosters, and an inability to change with the times, the American Wrestling Association (AWA) was all but dead in the water, ultimately shutting down in 1991. But did it have to be that way? Had Verne Gagne, rather than… [Continue Reading]

Sunday for me could be broken down into two periods: Before 7:30 and after 7:30. Before 7:30 I was an excited wrestling fan, glad to be in Orlando with my friends, enjoying company, food and, at 7 p.m., WrestleMania. I had been excited for the pay-per-view all week, looking at the card and thinking it could be the best card since WrestleMania X8. The national anthem by Lilian Garcia gave me chills. I paced around my friend’s house excited for the event to start…. [Continue Reading]

Oops… Wrestling’s insider reports are many times accurate, but sometimes can go awry. The dirt sheets get a bad name, and rightfully so sometimes- they’re flat out wrong. This was the case this week when it was reported that ROH stopped wrestlers Adam Cole and The Briscoe Brothers from taking WWE deals. This contradicted the lasting stance ROH officials have had in terms of not getting in the way of letting talent go north. Last night Jay Briscoe, one-half of the Briscoe Brothers responded… [Continue Reading]

John Cena delivered a fierce promo around the 10:30 mark on Raw, going after The Rock and his lack of appearances since his return last year. Nothing different from what has said over the past seven years, but something was a little different in the way he delivered it. The Boston accent that seems to come out when he’s angry was there, the genuine frustration in The Rock’s words and actions appeared evident. It appeared that Cena would have thrown a long-winding hook to… [Continue Reading]

Click here to read part one, numbers 10 to 6. 5. Vince McMahon It just goes to show you don’t need weird make-up, fangs, a mask or a stupid green wig to be a scary character in the WWE as the tyrannical Vince McMahon makes it to number 5. It was shortly after the “Monteral Screw Job” we stopped seeing Vince McMahon the commentator and began to see Mr. McMahon the boss. If one man had all the power to use and abuse, it… [Continue Reading]

We are live from Green Bay, Wisconsin and your announcers are Michael ‘What about Sin Cara’s Trampoline’ Cole and Jerry ‘Where in the World are Carmen Sandiego and CM Punk’ Lawler. Vince McMahon’s music plays as Day One of WWE Under Punk and he comes to the ring with John Laurinaitis and the entire WWE locker room is watching in the back. The crowd chants ‘CM Punk’ and Vince isn’t sure what to do. Vince says that you will never hear him say that… [Continue Reading]

A clock ticks as we start off with a video package reminding everyone that CM Punk’s contract expires at midnight and his promise to leave with the WWE Championship. We also see Vince McMahon’s comments to John Cena two weeks ago when he told John Cena that he would be fired if John Cena walks out of Chicago with the title. Lawler talks about what would happen if CM Punk leaves WWE with the WWE Title. Booker talks about the Smackdown Money in the… [Continue Reading]

We are live from Boston, Massachusetts and your announcers are Michael ‘Why isn’t the surfing on the North Shore that good this week’ Cole and Jerry ‘The Bruins couldn’t beat the Kings’ Lawler. We start off with the man who is no longer suspended and who has less than a week. Punk does not have a mic, he has a megaphone. Punk takes a seat in the center of the ring and he wants to know if he has everyone’s attention now. Punk makes… [Continue Reading]

We begin this week’s Raw with a look back at what happened in the last half hour of last week’s Raw with CM Punk’s comments after R Truth defeated John Cena in a tables match. We are live on tape from Las Vegas, Nevada and your announcers are Michael ‘I don’t know if the fireworks tonight will be as good as last week’s’ Cole and Jerry ‘I thought WSOP stood for World Series of Puppies’ Lawler. We see that there is a number one… [Continue Reading]