In mid-2024 word began to get out, almost out of nowhere, that Ricochet's contract with WWE was coming to an end. The company where he had worked for 7 years made him an offer but he was looking for a new challenge and was rumored to be headed to AE…
With no top 10 list last week due to technical difficulties, this week it will be the top 20 matches of the last two weeks. This would be from all the matches I've watched from November 24th through December 8th and would include some shows that air…
There are four nights of World Tag League action left from December 4th through 7th; one night of A Block action, two nights of B block action, and the finals.Three teams are left in contention in the A Block of the World Tag League with eight p…
It's time for Survivor Series, which has now become the show in which WarGames happens. Sadly, there are no elimination style tag team matches which was the original gimmick for the event going back to 1987, but the WarGames theme has added interest…
John LaRocca and I put our special Thanksgiving episode of The Fight Game Podcast up for free on the F4W YouTube channel.We look back at the third ever Survivor Series with all of the information leading up to the show as well as the fallout and…
Andrew Zarian, my co-host on We're Live, Pal, and I had a conversation about the Costco Guys; Big Boom AJ, Big Justice, and The Rizzler. They were featured on the Zero Hour at AEW Full Gear. Now that it's all said and done, how did they do and how…
In a week where I didn't watch quite as much wrestling as usual, it was the rare occasion where a WWE TV match won match of the week. It was an excellent episode of Monday Night RAW with 2 matches getting 4* or more from me on an episode that was ta…
After five days of action in the New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League, we’ve got a couple of interesting block races to watch along the way and the field is open for anyone to win it all.In the A Block, United Empire’s Jeff Cobb …
In another busy week of pro wrestling, including catching up on some shows from previous weeks, a match from the the New Japan Fighting Spirit Unleashed show on November 8th topped my personal list of matches watched over the last week. The show too…
We'll be covering the main card of UFC 309 from Madison Square Garden with Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic in the main event. You can watch our preview above.I'll be on Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and Paul Fontaine after the show. …
We're going to be live blogging tonight's main event on Fight Game Media. You can check out our live coverage of Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, which is in a separate article. Carlos Toro and I will discuss both fights tonight live after th…
We're going to be live blogging tonight's semi-main event to the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight in a separate article from the main event.Carlos Toro and I will discuss both fights tonight live after the Netflix broadcast is over. Make sure you fo…
It was a great week of wrestling, at least for what I watched. There were at least three matches that would've taken the top spot on most weeks and they came from outside the big two companies, proving that there's great wrestling all over the world…
Last night saw the one night return of the Wednesday Night War with WWE NXT airing on Wednesday for the first time since April 2021. Due to the CW Network airing coverage of the 2024 Presidential Election, the show was moved off of Tuesday night for…
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Last Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite saw Private Party recreate the massive upset they scored on the second week of the show in 2019 by defeating the Young Bucks. This time they dethroned the champions and won the AEW Tag Team championships for …
Power Struggle was a brisk show and full of noteworthy moments on the way to Wrestle Kingdom 19. Here are some notes from the show:- After EVIL and Ren Narita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Oleg Boltin, EVIL threatened to cut Tanahashi’s hai…
WWE Crown Jewel seemed like one Premium Live Event too many, but when you get paid as much as WWE does for the show, you force it in. It was a good show according to most, but it also felt fairly unnecessary. Paul FontaineGrade: BVery goo…
With two matches to go in each block for each team, the stakes are raised in the Super Junior Tag League tournament. Last week, we discussed the favorites, dark horses and “better luck next time” teams in each block, so let’s see w…
On Saturday night, TNA Wrestling held its traditionally biggest show of the year, Bound for Glory, and for the first time since I started doing this column, TNA Wrestling produced what I consider last week's match of the week. It was a successful ni…
We are changing how we do our feedback/reaction piece. Rather than give a thumbs up or thumbs down, we're going to grade the show A through F. Today, we have Paul Fontaine, myself, and Scott Young and Keila Cash from The WRAP.Paul Fontaine…
It's an afternoon of UFC coming from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.We're covering the PPV portion of the card which features these fights:Ilia Topuria (c) -265 vs. Max Holloway +205, featherweight titleKhamzat Chimaev -265 vs…
Photo via New Japan Global on TwitterNew Japan Pro Wrestling’s Super Junior Tag League is now here. The format this year is that one winner advances from each of the two blocks to face off at the finals, which will be at Power Struggle. A key …
For the first time since the debut of this weekly column, New Japan Pro Wrestling has secured the top match of the week. The IWGP Title match from the October 14th King of Pro Wrestling show was head and shoulders above everything else I saw this we…