Sep 01
Professional wrestling has two important components in order to ensure success: athleticism and quality storytelling. Both parts have to mesh together perfectly in order to produce a credible product for the fan to feel emotionally invested and entertained. No matter how you try to make a wrestling match entertaining, there has to be some degree …
May 02
A new era has dawned on Impact Wrestling, as the promotion not only has to deal with their tag team championships being held by New Japan wrestlers, but the new Impact Champion Kenny Omega may be somewhat lenient in making sure he actually shows up on the show for which he is t he champion. …
Mar 09
Compared to the unsanctioned “Lights Out” match that Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley had at Full Gear 2019, the much hyped “Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match” for AEW Revolution 2021 between the current AEW Champion and his predecessor ended with a dud, literally speaking. I was not expecting the ring to literally explode. As ‘callous’ …
Jan 09
We are finally seeing the crossover between Impact Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling taking shape, as Impact Tag Team Champions Karl Anderson and Doc (Luke) Gallows invaded Dynamite this past week, joining Kenny Omega to beat down former AEW Champion Jon Moxley. In addition, the AEW Tag Team Champions Matt and Nick Jackson joined them …
Jun 29
All Elite Wrestling’s Fyter Fest, originally scheduled to be in London, England, has now been broken down into two nights on July 1 and July 8, due to the worldwide COVID 19 pandemic, and will take place during the regular AEW Dynamite timeslot. With a stacked card of eleven matches, here are my comments on …
Nov 04
So far in the first few weeks of AEW’s new ‘Dynamite’ they’ve exceeding expectations by producing a solid pro wrestling program while managing to create compelling storyline narratives. But one thing that may confuse or raise questions amongst this generations’ wrestling fanbase is AEW’s concept of ‘win loss’ records, as well as a more leninent …
Feb 09
This week in Las Vegas outside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, AEW held their 2nd official press conference. Throughout the press conference, there were more announcements made in regards to their first show ‘Double Or Nothing’ which takes place on May 25th at the aforementioned MGM Grand Garden Arena. For those who missed it I …
Jan 02
Since 1992, New Japan Pro Wrestling has put on wrestling shows at the Tokyo Dome on the same date, January 4th. Legends of the ring, like Tatsumi Fujinami, Brock Lesnar, Antonio Inoki, Shinsuke Nakamura and recent Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame inductee Yuji Nagata have all performed there on that date. Today, Callum Owen and …
Jan 01
New Japan has always been a place that has topped or been near the top of many people’s “Match of the Year” candidates. While combing through the entire year that was New Japan, I have found these five beauties that are must-see. So in no particular order, I give you “The Curtain Jerker’s” Top 5 …
Jul 07
Hello, it’s The Wrestling Brain (TWB) and I’m back along with SLTD Wrestling resident NJPW guy Shoot With Smith (SWS) and we’re giving our predictions for this Saturday’s NJPW G1 Special from San Francisco, California. I’m hoping to have a streak longer than The Undertaker in these predictions articles, as after a clean sweep at …
Jul 04
Welcome to Shoot with Smith. I’m Smith, lets shoot! With the wrestling landscape transforming at a quicker pace than any time since the early 00’s – the prospect of a cross-promotional event containing the two largest promotions worldwide is closer than any of us would dream to consider. These events were much more commonplace within …
Jun 08
This Saturday in Osaka, Japan NJPW presents arguably their 2nd biggest show in the calendar year as the highly anticipated Dominion takes place. I will be predicting and previewing two matches that easily could be in the running for match of the year at the end of 2018. The first bout I will write about …
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