WWE: Money in the Bank 2021 Review - July 18th, 2021

WWE: Money in the Bank 2021

July 18th, 2021

Fort Worth, Texas

The first PPV back with fans.

1) Alexa Bliss vs. Liv Morgan vs. Asuka vs. Natalya vs. Tamina vs. Nikki ASP vs. Naomi vs. Zelina Vega - Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match

There's so much here that's solid. Liv Morgan's story and raw emotion, the crowd is behind her and so am I. The return of Zelina Vega which NO ONE saw coming. Then, you've got Asuka and Naomi who's in-ring work is always great. Unfortunately, these things weren't enough to keep this afloat. Nikki Cross is now "ASP" which stands for.. "Almost a Super Hero" -- I don't know and I don't care. She's good, but this sucks and her spots here were sloppy. Tamina was bad as always, Natalya is just the same every time she's around and Alexa.. poor Alexa. She's fantastic and has worked this gimmick so well, but some of the dumb shit she is asked to do like casting a "spell" on Zelina that caused her to climb off the ladder just overshadows all the positives that she brings to the table. So, yeah. This was fine, but weighed down by way too much bullshit. The finish was flat as hell with Nikki ASP winning. The premise was cool with all the women being too focused on brawling atop the three ladders to stop Nikki. That's about it, though.

Match rating - **1/4

2) AJ Styles & Omos (c) vs. The Viking Raiders - WWE Tag Team Title Match

This rocked. AJ looked better than he has in about a year, flying around like a maniac and also throwing some amazing strike combos. Not to mention selling like a madman for the Raiders and making them look like a million bucks. He & the War Machine Boys truly showed out here. Omos was there and did what he was supposed to so no complaints there. Styles & Omos retain after a very fun match.

Match rating - ***1/4

3) Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Kofi Kingston - WWE Championship Match 

WWE: Royal Rumble 2021 Review - January 31st, 2021

WWE Royal Rumble 

January 31st, 2021 

Thunderdome 

Hey y'all it's a couple days late, but I'm finally getting this posted. My friend Mike (@mikexklinsky) is joining me for this one. Make sure to give him a follow on Twitter, he's a true king. 

Pre-Show: 

1) Charlotte & Asuka vs. Nia Jax & Shayna Basler - WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Match 

ETHAN: This really wasn’t bad at all, even if the finish left a lot of people unhappy. Charlotte & Asuka are great together and Nia didn’t fuck anything up. Charlotte hit an awesome moonsault off the top turnbuckle to the floor wiping out Jax & Basler before Ric Flair & Lacey Evans showed up. Flair slipped Lacey Evans brass knuckles and she cracks Charlotte in the head and it allows Nia Jax to hit the leg drop for the pin. 

Match rating - **1/4 

MIKE: This was the only match that took place on the kickoff showed, and I hate that this is the match that fell in such an unfavorable spot. This had some fun spots, most notably being the Charlotte moonsault. Nia hit a huge sit out powerbomb on Asuka in a near fall, and it was the single best Nia Jax spot I’ve seen in years. Ric Flair and Lacey Evans with a huge interference, causing the titles to change hands. 

Match rating - **

Main Show:

2) Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Goldberg - WWE Championship Match 

WWE: NXT UK Review - January 14th, 2021

WWE: NXT UK 

January 14th, 2021

Commentary - Nigel McGuinness & Andy Shepard

Tonight, WALTER and A-Kid face off for the NXT UK Championship. WALTER is easily the best champion under the WWE banner right now as his reign and this titles entirety has been protected super well with only 3 reigns taking place over the past 3 years or so. A-Kid is the newcomer getting his first title shot, and having seen him in big matches before I know he will deliver and I am very excited. 

1) Joe Coffey vs. Ed Harvey 

WWE: 205 Live Review - January 8th, 2021

WWE: 205 Live

January 8th, 2021

Commentary - Nigel McGuinness & Vic Joseph

1) Ashante Adonis vs. Ariya Davari

Simple little match here. Davari is the veteran heel. He works the leg of Adonis and Adonis sells it well all match. Davari gets a good false finish out of a figure four, but Adonis reverses it and ends up hitting his super kick style finisher "long kiss goodnight" for the win.

Match rating - **1/4

William Regal appears onscreen to announce that 205 Live is included in the NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament and matches start next week!

2) Curt Stallion & August Grey vs. The Bollywood Boys 

Decent little match to get both teams more established heading into the tag team tourney. Stallion & Grey looked great together and hit some wild stuff near the end of this match, I'm excited to see what they do in the tournament. And subsequently, they get the victory here!

Match rating - **1/2

WWE: 205 Live Review - January 1st, 2021

WWE: 205 Live

January 1st, 2021

Commentators - Nigel McGuinness & Vic Joseph

WHOA, hello! Here's my every 4 months or so 205 Live Review. It all began just because the six man tag main event peaked my interest so let's just review the whole thing it's only two friggin matches. 

Mansoor competes to open the show, but first! Cameras followed him back to Saudia Arabia on his trip home for the holidays. 

1) Jake Atlas vs. Mansoor

I love Jake Atlas. This was a super well worked match. Atlas targeted the neck of Mansoor and Mansoor targeted the leg/knee of Atlas. They kept focus on both of those things all match and kept me into it from bell to bell so I'd say that's a win. Atlas hits a big brainbuster for a two count and goes to the second rope only to eat a dragon screw from Mansoor followed by a pinning combo with the leg wrapped up for the three count. 

Match rating - **3/4

2) Curt Stallion & Ever-rise vs. Ariya Davari & The Bollywood Boys

This was a fuckin hoot! I just saw a six man tag and figured it'd be worth a look and it sure was. Everrise is the former 3.0, a Canadian team that I used to watch on the Indies years ago so seeing them again was a blast, as was this match as a whole. These guys showed they deserve some opportunities on NXT for sure. With Everrise and The Bollywood Boys being in the upcoming Dusty Cup, it also built some excitement for that. Stallion & Everrise win a super fun trios contest. Nothing to write home about, but for something on this show to actually feel like it has some life to it is a feat in itself.

Match rating - ***

WWE: NXT UK Review - January 7th, 2020

WWE: NXT UK 

January 7th, 2021 

Commentators - Nigel McGuinness & Andy Shepherd 

1) Piper Niven vs. Jinni - #1 Contenders Match 

The winner of this gets a shot at Kay Lee Ray’s NXT UK Women’s Championship. Niven is the fan favorite and Jinni is the heel. They do a good job of establishing that even to a relatively new viewer. This honestly was a pretty good little match. Joseph Connors comes out and helps Jinni score the cheap victory. Poor Piper :( 

Match rating - **1/4 

Aoife Valkyrie video package airs 

Video package for Tyler Bate. He talks about dealing with his loss in the Heritage Cup and what he’s learned. Grad well is seen watching the video and isn’t impressed, they will face off next week. 

They do this sit down interview segment to introduce Ben Carter to the roster. Apparently it’s called SUPERNOVA SESSIONS and Noam Dar is the host. Dear lord. I’m new to watching actual whole episodes of NXT UK so don’t hate. Ben Carter sent shockwaves through wrestling with his appearance and match on AEW Dark and before AEW could even jump to sign him, WWE struck first and brought Ben to NXT UK. Here, Dar pronounces his name wrong and does a bunch of jokey shit. Carter says he’s here to face the best the wrestling world has to offer. Cruserweight champion Jordan Devlin shows up and Ben Carter somehow gets himself into a title match TONIGHT! Let’s go!!

2) Dave Mastiff vs. Saxon Huxley