Event Archive 2015

TLC sends the year out on a blah note for the WWE

TLC sends the year out on a blah note for the WWE

Sometimes even an industry leader like the WWE can only play the cards it's dealt. It was fitting that the site for the company's final pay-per-view card of the year, TLC, was Boston, because it was the same city basketball coach Rick Pitino once gave a famous speech...

Sloppy Survivor Series exposes WWE’s shortcomings

Sloppy Survivor Series exposes WWE’s shortcomings

From the slipshod, bumbling interview segments to the Network streaming issues to the feeble and questionable booking, last night’s Survivor Series was indeed one of, if not THE, worst WWE pay-per-view of 2015. It exposed all of the WWE’s weaknesses as a company....

Survivor Series – Rogue brogue ends Reigns’ reign

Survivor Series – Rogue brogue ends Reigns’ reign

With Seth Rollins on the shelf, WWE was lacking a strong villain to fill the void he left on that front. So instead of using the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament, which culminated at tonight's Survivor Series pay-per-view event, to mix things up a bit -...

Undertaker beat and dragged to hell at Hell in a Cell

Undertaker beat and dragged to hell at Hell in a Cell

A fierce rivalry comes to an end in one of the most brutal matches in the history of professional wrestling. After a controversial win at SummerSlam, The Undertaker looks to avenge his Streak-breaking loss to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XXXI once and for all inside...

Bayley is the Iron Woman against Banks at NXT TakeOver: Respect

Bayley is the Iron Woman against Banks at NXT TakeOver: Respect

Their last match was a classic that many proclaimed as the best women's wrestling match of all-time. Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Respect, Sasha Banks looks to avenge her loss and take back the NXT Women's Championship against Bayley in a 30-minute Ironman match. Plus,...

Matt Hardy wins first World Title at Bound for Glory

Matt Hardy wins first World Title at Bound for Glory

TNA Wrestling put on its biggest show of the year tonight, though you wouldn't have guessed it by the dead Charlotte, NC crowd. Indeed, the audience was noticeably silent for much of the night, not really coming alive until the ending of the main event, when homegrown...

Live from MSG: Giants rise and giants fall

Live from MSG: Giants rise and giants fall

The WWE’s big men dominated the Network’s first live show from Madison Square Garden. Schizophrenic Kane continued to stalk WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and The Big Show suffered a big loss when he took on Brock “The Beast” Lesnar. In a feud well that...

SummerSlam 2015 doesn’t quite stick the landing

SummerSlam 2015 doesn’t quite stick the landing

Every good three-act story needs a good ending. The sports entertainment dramas staged by the WWE are no different in that regard, and figuring out the best way to end them can sometimes be tricky. That was certainly the case at SummerSlam 2015, where an otherwise...

Lethal stands Strong at decent Death Before Dishonor XIII

Lethal stands Strong at decent Death Before Dishonor XIII

Tonight at Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor XIII, two ROH mainstays face off for the ROH World Championship. World titleholder and ROH World Television Champion Jay Lethal takes on "Mr. ROH" Roderick Strong with the top spot on the line. Plus, The Addiction put the...

Undertaker returns at Battleground

Undertaker returns at Battleground

The Undertaker has nuked Suplex City. Making his return at Battleground, The Phenom exacted revenge for his infamous WrestleMania loss by costing Brock Lesnar the WWE World Heavyweight Title. Having throttled champion Seth Rollins for most of the match, Lesnar was on...

‘Homecoming’ for AEW hot and frustrating for Jacksonville fans

‘Homecoming’ for AEW hot and frustrating for Jacksonville fans

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It's been a wild first year for All Elite Wrestling and the upstart promotion capped its first year in style with a "Homecoming" edition of Dynamite on Wednesday at Daily's Place. It was last January that the promotion was officially announced in...

WWE Payback proves live wrestling is the best worst experience

WWE Payback proves live wrestling is the best worst experience

BALTIMORE - A little known secret about sports is that they are better watched on a cozy couch in high definition. Live sports being must-see is perhaps the biggest scam ever pulled. Football turns into a game of find the ball, taking away appreciation of the line...

Rollins’ pedigree improves at Payback

Rollins’ pedigree improves at Payback

Seth Rollins faces Randy Orton as well as former Shield mates Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns in a Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE Heavyweight title. The New Day takes on K-Swiss in a Best of 3 tag match for the titles. John Cena and Rusev once again lock horns for the US...

Rollins beats Orton at his own game in less than Extreme Rules

Rollins beats Orton at his own game in less than Extreme Rules

Randy Orton has battled against his former allies in The Authority, yet there has always been one that managed to get away. Tonight on WWE Extreme Rules, Orton gets WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins in a cage with the title on the line. But, can Orton defeat...

WrestleMania 31 the best Mania ever

WrestleMania 31 the best Mania ever

It was brains over brawn at WrestleMania 31. In the main event, Roman Reigns faced Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Title but it was sneaky Seth Rollins who walked away with all the gold. In more or less a replay of the WrestleMania IX finale, Rollins...

NXT TakeOver: Rival: Two new champs crowned

NXT TakeOver: Rival: Two new champs crowned

With the spectacular show of NXT R Evolution in December, it was going to take a mighty effort for the NXT roster to outdo itself for their new two-hour special, NXT Rival. While it's open to debate about if Rival outdid R Evolution, it was certainly close as two new...

When a Royal Rumble goes bad … again

When a Royal Rumble goes bad … again

PHILADELPHIA - It was a little disconcerting at the Royal Rumble Sunday night in Philadelphia when fans at the Wells Fargo Center started booing Roman Reigns when he appeared in the video at the top of the show. I’ve never been the biggest fan of the man with the...

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Apr 20: TNA Rebellion
Apr 21: AEW Dynasty
May 4: WWE Backlash
May 11: MLW Azteca Lucha
May 18: NWA Crockett Cup
May 25: WWE King & Queen of The Ring
May 26: AEW Double or Nothing
Jun 1: MLW Battle Riot VI
Jun 9: NXT Battleground
Jun 15: WWE Clash at the Castle
Jun 30: AEW Forbidden Door
Jul 6: WWE MIB
Jul 7: NXT Heatwave
Aug 3: WWE SummerSlam
Aug 25: AEW All In
Aug 31: WWE Bash in Berlin
Aug 31: MLW Gold Rush Night 1
Sep 1: MLW Gold Rush Night 2
Sep 1: AEW All Out
Oct 12: AEW WrestleDream
Nov 23: AEW Full Gear
Dec 28: AEW Worlds End