Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Review

This review is super, super late. That thing called life kept getting in the way. Plus, I’ve only seen the movie twice…TWICE!!! I could lose my street credit for being so lazy.

Star Wars takes its first steps into a larger world by going backwards in its mythology. Rogue One is the first standalone film to occur outside of the cherished episodic saga and for the most part exchanged fantasy for pragmatism.

The sheen of fantasy that’s exhibited in The Force Awakens is replaced with a tattered, war-torn luster that beautifully coincides with the narrative of how the Rebels stole the plans to the Death Star. Continue reading “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Review” →

The Undertaker enters the 2017 Royal Rumble

The Undertaker returned to Raw on Monday and announced that he would be entering the 2017 Royal Rumble. The announcement was made during the top of the show’s second hour where Stephanie McMahon threatened GM Mick Foley with the possible loss of his job if ‘The Deadman’ didn’t appear.

Raw emanated from New Orleans where the Phenom’s WrestleMania streak was broken. Undertaker mentioned this to a course of boos and followed up with that he’s dug 29 holes for 29 souls. Undertaker closed the segment by vowing to win the Rumble and return to the main event of WrestleMania.

This was an interesting appearance on a few fronts. Taker stated that he goes where he wants, wherever he wants, and that no one controls him, which heavily suggests that he’s not going to be tied to one specific brand. Continue reading “The Undertaker enters the 2017 Royal Rumble” →

Brock Lesnar: Fined, Suspended, and it Stinks

Former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE superstar Brock Lesnar received a one-year suspension earlier today by the Nevada Athletic Commission due to two failed drug tests for his fight with Mark Hunt at UFC 200 this past July.

Lesnar also agreed to pay a fine of $250,000 in a settlement, which equals to 10% of his disclosed $2.5 million purse for the fight. His unanimous decision victory over Hunt has been officially overturned into a no contest. Continue reading “Brock Lesnar: Fined, Suspended, and it Stinks” →

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.