Ruthless Aggression Era Project: WWE Smackdown Review - December 19th, 2002

WWE Smackdown

December 19th, 2002

Tampa, Florida 

Replays of Angle winning the World Title from Big Show at Armageddon. 

The new WWE Champion Kurt Angle opens the show. He immediately calls Brock Lesnar to the 

ring to thank him for the help at Armageddon in fending off Heyman. Angle then offers Brock the dream match everyone wants to see - Angle vs Lesnar for the WWE Title!!! It’s cool seeing how this feud series started having only seen their individual big matches. Angle says he can have his title shot next week because tonight he has a scheduled match against Chris Benoit. 

Big Show threatens Paul Heyman to fix what happened at Armageddon and literally his him by the face pushed up against the lockers. Damn I bet Paul is regretting ever aligning with Big Show. It made zero sense on any front anyway. 

1) Eddie Guerrero (w/ Chavo Guerrero) vs. Billy Kidman 

Ruthless Aggression Era Project: WWE Monday Night Raw Review - December 16th, 2002

WWE Monday Night Raw 

December 16th, 2002

Orlando, FL

Commentary - Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler

1) Victoria & Steven Richards vs. Trish Stratus & Test (w/ Stacy Keibler) 

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 

NJPW: New Year’s Dash 2021 Review - January 6th, 2021

NJPW: New Years Dash 

January 6th, 2021

Tokyo City Hall 

Time to see what’s next for New Japan in 2021! 

1) Yuji Nagata vs. Gabriel Kidd

WWE: NXT New Years Evil Review - January 6th, 2021

NXT New Year’s Evil 

January 6th, 2021 

Dexter Lumis opens the show in an empty dark arena. He finds the power and cuts it on and the arena lights up and we get into our opening music and introduction stuff. He's the host for tonight.

1) Damian Priest vs. Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett)