WWE SmackDown (October 28, 2011)

Why am I watching this random episode of SmackDown from 2011? Because 2011 was one of those periods when I just wasn’t watching wrestling. I decided to fill in some chronological gaps in my knowledge solely using stuff that’s on YouTube and when I typed in WWE 2011 this came up instead of the random episode of Superstars or Main Event or whatever C-Show they were airing in 2011 that I had expected to find. I have no idea what was happening in 2011 or really even who was on the roster at this point so let’s find out.

AEW Dark Elevation (September 27, 2021)

I don’t generally watch AEW Dark Elevation but this week’s episode is only 38 minutes long and I needed something to watch while drinking a beer so I fired it up on the ol’ YouTube and gave it a watch. They’re still in the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, NY as part of that chunk of tapings so if nothing else there will probably be some insane crowd reactions to the random squash matches we’ll be getting here.

WWE Money in the Bank 2020 (May 10, 2020)

The basic cable channel here that airs WWE shit broadcasted a mess of Money in the Bank PPVs last weekend and I ended up watching this one with my kid so I figured I would write some words about it since I’ve written about every single WWE show from July 1998 and thus have nothing to review for the remainder of the month anyway.

NXT (June 1, 2010)

I guess I might as well finish up my reviews of the first season of NXT before the end of the year. The last couple episodes have been pretty great if I’m being completely honest. Will that trend continue or will the show wrap up the way it began: unfocused and dull?

NXT (May 25, 2010)

It’s time for another episode of NXT Season 1. I’ve thought that the past two episodes have both been really strong. Will this week continue that trend or will we go back to a bunch of boring bullshit surrounding a couple of short television wrestling matches? Let’s find out as we get wild and/or young!

NXT (May 18, 2010)

I continue to plow through the first season of NXT with a bit of renewed vigor after last week’s shocking triple elimination. Which of the remaining five rookies will cut a shockingly good promo after being sent home after this? Probably none of them since really only Barrett and Otunga are decent on the mic and I’m pretty sure those two end up being the final two Rookies, but I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. Let’s get wild and/or young!

NXT (May 11, 2010)

It’s time for another quick review of a wrestling show from a decade ago as I continue my deep dive into Season 1 of NXT. This episode was the first episode of the season that I couldn’t find on the official WWE YouTube channel but fortunately some dude with a name like WrestleJunk316 had it up in a much lower resolution. Anyway this episode is going to feature the first elimination of the season so let’s see who’s going home.

NXT (May 4, 2010)

So towards the end of the year I start to rejigger my pop culture diet a bit in anticipation for the following year. Towards the end of 2019 I decided that in 2020 I was going to be a “movie guy.” Corona had other plans but even with theaters being closed for most of the year I’ll probably end up having seen over 120 films (the vast majority of which I’d not seen before) by the end of the year. Maybe not a lot for an actual cinephile, but better than the 75 I managed the year before when I also decided to be a movie guy. This coming year I’m mixing shit up and I’m going to go all in on being an anime guy.

NXT (April 27, 2010)

My deep dive into the inaugural season of NXT continues full steam ahead as we take a look at the April 27, 2010 episode. We’re still two weeks away from the first elimination and…oh God can’t it come faster than that? Get ready for another dumb, pointless challenge, and Michael Cole shitting on Daniel Bryan as he gets squashed by Michael Tarver or some shit for no good reason. Wild and young!

NXT (April 20, 2010)

After a couple of diversions into other random-ass bullshit I was able to find on YouTube and slightly less reputable YouTube clone sites it’s time to get back to the business at hand by which I mean my decision to review ten year old episodes of the game show version of NXT. So let’s get wild and/or young again as we see what the NXT Rookies were up to back in 2010!