Steen & El Generico finish off a great ROH Final Battle
NEW YORK, NY – Ring of Honor hit it big with its last show of the year. Final Battle 2012 was one of the best cards the promotion produced this year, not to say in recent years. And it felt like Canada Day in New York City as all the Canadians on the card showcased...
Ziggler, Shield win big at WWE TLC
With no WWE Championship match on the card, Sunday's TLC pay-per-view more than made up for it. WWE's first trip to Brooklyn was a memorable one that could potentially usher in a new era in the company. At the TLC pay-per-view, both Dolph Ziggler and the trio of Seth...
Final Resolution: Never say never
Let’s be honest: most New Year’s resolutions fall flat within a week or two. Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles meet for what is advertised as the final time, but will that promise last longer than your new exercise regime? Also, Bobby Roode tries to buy a championship...
Punk makes it through Survivor Series with some help from the NXT wave of talent
Heading into the 26th edition of Survivor Series on Sunday night, it was the little things rather than the big picture that seemed a little fuzzy. Despite the odds seemingly being stacked against CM Punk as he faced off against both perennial main eventer John Cena...
Hardy-Aries ladder match elevates TNA Turning Point
Heading into the main event, Sunday's TNA Turning Point pay-per-view was a decent show, with some solid matches, but nothing truly spectacular. But when the final bell rang, the ladder match that saw Jeff Hardy defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Austin...
Making sense of Hell in a Cell live in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- It's just past midnight here in Atlanta as the Hell in a Cell PPV ended about an hour ago. As I write this, I'm still trying to make sense of all that happened, what should have happened and what will happen in the aftermath of the PPV. Unlike Jon Waldman's...
Punk gets Shell Shocked but escapes with his gold at Hell in a Cell
Even in the decidedly non-conventional world of professional wrestling, conventional wisdom sometimes turns out to be right. Heading into Sunday night’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view at Atlanta’s Philips Arena, the WWE seemed to have painted itself into a bit of a...
Hardy back on top at Bound For Glory
It's TNA's biggest show of the year and Jeff Hardy is gunning for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. After winning the BFG Series, Hardy gets his chance at the title on the company's biggest stage, Bound For Glory, when he challenges Austin Aries for the gold. In...
Night of Champions: Hustle, loyalty, and yes, respect
All three virtues of John Cena’s mantra are on display tonight: an energetic commitment to hustle and entertain is shown by each and every wrestler tonight with great matches all around; someone’s loyalty is rewarded with an unexpected title shot; and as for respect,...
Steen retains, Corino & Jacobs tag champs at ROH Death Before Dishonor
Ring of Honor had its ROH Death Before Dishonor X iPPV Saturday night, and while there may again have been some issues with the online streaming, the in-ring action saw the crowning of new tag champions and Matt Hardy stick himself into a storyline. The iPPV, from the...
Hardy ends up high at No Surrender
Jeff Hardy overcame the odds at TNA No Surrender, defeating Bully Ray in the finals of the Bound for Glory tournament, despite suffering a severe shoulder earlier in the night at the hands of the Aces & Eights faction. Hardy was able to surprise his opponent with...
Lesnar snaps Triple H’s arm at SummerSlam
It's been months since Brock Lesnar set off a rivalry with Triple H after breaking the WWE COO's arm with a kimura. After doing the same to Shawn Michaels on Raw, Lesnar was out for blood during his grudge match with Triple H. After losing to John Cena in April, would...
Aries bests Roode again, 60 BFG Series points at stake at Hardcore Justice
The string of strong TNA pay-per-view events continued Sunday with Hardcore Justice as the show was solid throughout but really taken over the top by the final two matches: A four-way ladder match between Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels and...
Punk, Cena, Ziggler shine at Money in the Bank
It's one of WWE's annual pilgrimages to the crazy days of old with Money in the Bank. Two briefcases are on the line and two championships are as well on a show that delivers on the crazy antics of the past with the best of the action coming in the WWE Championship...
Simply the best: Aries stuns Roode to win TNA world title at Destination X
Last year at this time, Austin Aries didn't even have a TNA contract. Now, one year later, Aries has reached the apex of the company. Aries upset Bobby Roode to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship on Sunday at TNA Destination X, capping an improbable odyssey...
ROH’s Hostage Crisis continues as Steen retains at ‘Best in the World 2012’
Ring of Honor's hostage crisis isn't over — not by a long shot. Public Enemy No. 1 Kevin Steen retained his ROH World Championship on Sunday at "Best in the World 2012," beating Davey Richards in a wild, violent affair to cap off an extremely entertaining night of...
No Way Out: End of another era
Remember way back when NWO stood for New World Order? That’s what awaits the WWE after tonight as someone was indeed fired. Four championships were also up for grabs and there were three clean finishes, so that’s a pretty good ratio. Also, a tag team finds themselves...
TNA celebrates 10 years with fantastic Slammiversary
TNA celebrated its 10th anniversary in style with Slammiversary, which turned out to be one of the best pay-per-views in the company's recent history. The show featured strong matches throughout the show, with the X Division Championship and World Tag Team...
Mr. Excitement lives on; Punk, Bryan put on classic at Over The Limit
WWE Over The Limit had it all. From tremendous pro wrestling to tremendous spectacle, this show delivered in all areas, extending WWE's streak of terrific pay-per-views. In the two featured bouts, CM Punk and Daniel Bryan had the potential match of the year for the...
Roode retains yet again to cap off thrilling Sacrifice
Bobby Roode is closing in on being the longest-reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion for a reason: He just keeps winning. His title reign, though, was put to the test at Sacrifice as he faced Rob Van Dam in a ladder match with the title on the line. Who would...
Bloodied Cena shocks Lesnar to cap off outstanding Extreme Rules
For the first time since March 2004, Brock Lesnar returned to in-ring action in the WWE, facing John Cena in an extreme rules match in the main event of the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. After taking a brutal beating that saw both men bleed, it was Cena that somehow...
Roode, Storm try, but can’t save disappointing Lockdown
For nearly half a year, James Storm has been hunting down Bobby Roode. In front of his hometown crowd, Storm finally had a chance to win the big one, but things didn't go the way he, or the crowd, expected, as Roode escaped by the skin of his teeth once again in the...
Highs of Taker-HHH, Cena-Rock and Punk-Jericho overcome plenty of lows at WrestleMania XXVIII
It's not often that the main event of WrestleMania gets a whole year of hype behind it. In fact it's never happened before this year, when the entire wrestling-watching world knew since around this time in 2011 that John Cena and The Rock would go face to face in...
ROH Showdown in the Sun 2: Richards outlasts Elgin in Match of the Year candidate
There are great matches and then there's what we saw Saturday at Ring of Honor's second Showdown in the Sun event. In a bout for the ROH World Championship, Davey Richards and Michael Elgin laid it all on the line in an epic, hard-hitting Match of the Year candidate...
Roode squeaks by Sting at Victory Road
For months, TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode and the company's authority figure Sting have been at odds. Finally, after months of going back-and-forth with things getting physical at times, they finally meet in centre ring in a non-title, no holds barred...
ROH 10th anniversary show mixes new blood with old
A decade ago, when Ring of Honor began, few really gave it much thought or chance -- and why should they have really? It looked to be just another independent wrestling company trying to come together and make a name for itself. But luckily ROH wasn't just like any...
Good matches but not enough of them at Elimination Chamber
It’s always tricky trying to anticipate what might happen at Elimination Chamber since it sits between two of the WWE’s biggest events in any given year. Suffice it to say that the WWE must find it difficult to put together as well, because Sunday’s show in Milwaukee...
TNA delivers excellent show with Against All Odds
Sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get a good pay-per-view out of TNA. That was anything but the case Sunday at Against All Odds. From top to bottom, the card delivered. The matches you thought would be good delivered above expectations while the lacklustre matches...
The Great White takes a big bite out out of the 25th Royal Rumble
For the second straight year, fans most likely came into the Royal Rumble without a very good idea of who might end up the winner. That’s not a bad thing, as unpredictability is the key to making the WWE’s second most famous pay-per-view event so much fun. And just...
Genesis: Hardy wins match but not title
"And on the seventh day... He rested." (Genesis: 2-1). The same might be said about the booker of TNA Wrestling's first pay-per-view event, Genesis, which took place Sunday night. Either that, or it was sheer laziness that resulted in two title matches ending in lame...
