Nov 29
WWE recently held its 2020 Survivor Series, where the highlight in many people’s opinions was the Roman Reigns vs Drew McIntyre (Champion vs Champion) match and the Undertaker’s 30th anniversary farewell. But, as it is every year, there was the traditional 5 on 5 tag team elimination match for the male and female rosters. As …
Nov 27
Lately, there seems to be a trend of comedical character development across all wrestling promotions. But whether that helps or hinders the talent development or provides any beneficial windfall remains to be seen. Take AJ Styles and (Matt) Riddle. Styles recently obtained a sort of bodyguard, the large African American dude previously guarding the entrance …
Nov 23
Recently at the Full Gear pay per view hosted by All Elite Wrestling, a very interesting guest commentator helped call the Kenny Omega and Hangman Adam Page match in the finals of the World Title Eliminator tournament: Don Callis. Callis, of course, also serves as a commentator over on Impact Wrestling, as well as being …
Nov 07
As of this writing, former Vice President Joe Biden is the projected winner in the US Presidential election, defeating incumbent Donald Trump by securing over 270 Electoral College votes to win. Trump becomes the first sitting president in 28 years to lose reelection and Biden, who at 30 was once the youngest senator elected, will …
Oct 28
I recently had an incredible conversation with George “The Iceman”, who is the president of Destiny Wrestling in Mississauga (Ontario), Canada. We spoke about this fledging indy promotion in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada, a bit on the ins and outs of the business and how COVID 19 has affected the wrestling business in …
Oct 16
Here at SLTD Wrestling the collective group of us contributors share thoughts and bounce ideas off each other on what the post or write about. But sometimes, we just shoot the shit and comment on whatever show is currently on, or something we saw on social media worth mentioning. So here is a small sampling …
Oct 03
Stop me if you heard this one before: a wrestler who toiled for years in the tag team division suddenly gets a chance to become a singles star, and either excels or flops on the attempt to strike out on their own? It’s not like it hasn’t happened before: Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Edge and …
Sep 28
For years Roman Reigns, considered as one of the future stars of WWE, was booked in a way that went against the grain of the general perception of the WWE fanbase. Perceived as a babyface and ‘heir apparent’ to John Cena, Reigns struggled for years to be ‘the good guy’ while simultaneously getting derision from …
Sep 20
Instead of providing another play by play breakdown of RAW and Smackdown this week, because there are many other sources already doing so, I thought I just pinpoint three segments or ongoing storylines from both WWE’s main brand shows this week and provide my thoughts. Braun Strowman in RAW Underground: Should Anyone Care? The ‘Monster …
Sep 09
On paper professional wrestling and politics shouldn’t really mix, but they do. Current US President Donald Trump is a prime example, having been featured in past WWE segments, is a current WWE Hall of Famer, and the former CEO of the company, Linda McMahon, worked in the Trump administration and is heavily involved in his …
Sep 02
As we see another RAW come and go, counting down the remaining months of 2020, last night’s latest episode was for various reasons a mixed bag. Vince McMahon’s reportedly high opinion of former NXT champion Keith Lee seems to be on track. Lee cleanly pinned Randy Orton at Payback and proceeded to advance to a …
Sep 01
Tables matches are now a familiar staple in professional wrestling, as many iconic moments have resulted in such matches as they cemented the legacies of stars such as the Hardys, Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz. While the rules sound simple enough, namely to win you have to put your opponent or opponents (in …
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