In the midst of the return of the brand extension and this past week’s draft, its quite possible that you’ll be surprised by the news that WWE has a pay-per-view this coming Sunday.
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The trigger has been pulled. WWE have split their already thinning roster in two, and we once again have separate touring groups. But with SmackDown already been tagged as a B-show yet again, it’d be fair to be a little cynical about the blue brand’s future.
Every year, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter holds its annual end-of-year awards, with fans emailing in their picks for categories such as Match of the Year, Show of the Year, and all of that good stuff. As we’re now in July, we’re going to take a look at what we’d be picking if we had to place our votes now.
We wrap up our look at the first half of 2016 by casting an eye over a select group of indie promotions from around the world.
After two episodes of the new WhatCulture wrestling show, entitled “Loaded”, it’s fair to say that I’ve been critical of the WCPW product. Whilst week two was much better, there’s still weaknesses – and for the sake of those who want to get my take without reading match results, here is “a note to WCPW”.
2016 has been a year of rebuilding for New Japan, as the days after WrestleKingdom saw the company panic as their upper mid-card plans were thrown out of the window (and ended up in Stamford, Connecticut).
The first half of 2016 has been a fairly surreal time to be a fan of WWE. With the company reeling from an ever-increasing injury list, and watching their plans for WrestleMania fall apart time and time again, WWE changed course.
We’re halfway through the year, and my word, what a six months it’s been. January started off with a bang in more ways than one, and in spite of a flat WrestleMania, the first half of 2016 has produced plenty of memorable moments and matches.