New Japan Announces Wrestle Kingdom 11 Card

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the complete line-up and match order for Wrestle Kingdom 11 at a press conference on Monday. For the uninitiated, the Tokyo Dome show is New Japan’s equivalent to WrestleMania and has been traditionally held every year on January 4.

New Japan Rumble – To be honest, I usually skip this match. It’s a Royal Rumble style match without any real stakes. It’s simply a vehicle to provide some warm up entertainment before the real show begins.

Tiger Mask W vs. Tiger the Dark — This match is a promotional tool for the Tiger Mask anime show that airs on TV-Asahi. I don’t know if Koto Ibushi will be W this time around but that mask looks to be difficult to work in.

IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Roppongi Vice – Thank goodness it’s not a Fatal Four Way this time around. A straight up tag match should give all four wrestlers more time to shine, which hopefully make the match mean more instead of the usual eight-person spot fest.
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WWE Funko Mystery Minis Unboxing – Series 2 – Ep 2

I”m really into mystery boxes these days, which is why I decided to hop on the trend and produce some of my own unboxing videos. I’m a novice at putting videos together, so please be patient with me as there will be a few bumps in the road.

This is my fi installment of Mystery Mini Mondays where I’ll unbox some of the WWE series 2 Funko mini figures in an effort to collect the whole set. There will probably be some doubles along the way, but hopefully not too many…fingers crossed.

Alvarez fell into the Trap at UFC 205

Featherweight champion Conor McGregor made history last Saturday when he walloped Eddie Alvarez to become the Lightweight Champion, making him the first fighter in UFC history to hold two titles in two weight classes simultaneously.

The fight capped off a monumental night of fights as UFC 205 was the first event in New York since the statewide ban was lifted after a nearly 20-year political battle.

Eddie Alvarez was the test to prove once and for all whether Conor McGregor was fact or fiction. McGregor aced the exam with relative ease, but Alvarez didn’t execute the best game plan. Continue reading “Alvarez fell into the Trap at UFC 205” →

NXT Takeover Toronto Preview & Predictions

Adam Kohn and I give our preview and predictions for Saturday’s NXT Takeover Toronto, which airs live on the WWE Network. Matches include

NXT Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe

NXT Tag Team Championship (2 out of falls) : #DIY vs. The Revival

NXT Women’s Championship: Asuka vs. Mickie James

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Finals: Authors of Pain vs. TM61

Bobby Roode vs. Tye Dillinger

(This show was recorded for gerweck.net)

The NeXT Level (3 of 4) – NXT 11/9/16 Review

Adam Kohn and Atlee Greene review the 11/9/16 episode of NXT headlined by the contract signing between Samoa Joe and NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. Plus, the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic Tournament are determined.

The NeXT Level (2 of 4) – NXT 11/2/16 Review

The eight remaining teams in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic battled it out to see who would advance to the Semifinal Round. Who won, who forfeited and who couldn’t compete due to injury. Adam Kohn and I break it all down on the second installment of The NeXT Level.

It’s Time For The NeXT Level (1 of 4)

My co-host on the SmackDown BreakDown, Adam Kohn is obsessed with WWE’s developmental touring band, NXT. So, we decided to try a four week pilot leading into Takeover Toronto, where we review the 10/26/16 episode of NXT along with a look at the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

The Odds of AJ Styles vs. Shawn Michaels Actually Happening

It’s only fair to start this post by stating that this match is probably not going to happen….but what if?

An image made its voyage around the internet last week hyping a fantasy match up at next year’s Royal Rumble pitting WWE World Champion AJ Styles against Shawn Michaels. Styles himself added more fuel to the speculative fire when he tweeted out the image in question and said “Interesting photo…is it not?” Continue reading “The Odds of AJ Styles vs. Shawn Michaels Actually Happening” →

Rob Van Dam Calls Out The Greene Screen

SmackDown Live Review (10/18/16)

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Atlee Greene and Adam Kohn review the 10/18/16 episode of SmackDown Live, which emanated from the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Bray Wyatt continues to play mind games with Randy Orton, Carmella puts Nikki Bella on blast, and once again, James Ellsworth defeats WWE World Champion AJ Styles.