Monday saw WWE pull the trigger on the brand split, with the announcement of a draft between Raw and SmackDown that’ll take place on the first live episode of SmackDown in four weeks’ time.
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It’s that time of year again. We’ve had the random promos of people atop ladders, and now it’s time for six of the best to re-learn how to climb up a ladder and grab a briefcase. This Sunday is Money In The Bank time!
Last week, WWE unveiled the names of those taking part in the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic – featuring guys who qualified courtesy of matches in EVOLVE, PROGRESS and Rev Pro Wrestling… and a few familiar faces to boot.
If a promotion has an anniversary and nobody’s around to notice it, did it really happen?
When I first started really following independent wrestling in 2004, the first promotion I started watching was Ring of Honor. Seeing my first show live in the front row (okay, next to the aisle), it was a night-and-day change from the WWE product that I’d been watching for over a decade by that point.
Amid a minefield of uncertainty over the future of what NXT will look like post-brand split, it’s almost time for something we can rely on: a great Takeover special!
Late on Saturday night, UFC let the cat out of the bag… Brock Lesnar’s coming back. For one night only.
Coming out of last Friday’s New Japan show, the biggest talking point I was expecting was the debate over how to rate the main event. Granted, at the time I said that the match was easily four stars, but was also below five. That’s just another way of saying “it was a great match”, however the weekend saw the emergence of an entirely different, and divisive train of thought: those who audibly voiced their displeasure at the style of the match itself.