For every Wrestler of the Week, there are performers who came before or after them that either learned from their work or influenced it. This week, it’s Flyin’ Brian Pillman, “The Franchise” Shane Douglas, and CM Punk.
Articles by David Gibb
It’s #PillmanWeek, a celebration of all things Loose Cannon and the 22nd installment of our (patent-pending) Juice Make Sugar Wrestler of the Week series. Today, we give you the finer points of the Ticking Time Bomb’s oeuvre with some Essential Viewing.
It’s #PillmanWeek, a celebration of all things Loose Cannon and the 22nd installment of our (patent-pending) Juice Make Sugar Wrestler of the Week series. As always, we start by making Brian Pillman a Wrestler You (Should) Probably Know Better.
For every Wrestler of the Week, there are performers who came before or after them that either learned from their work or influenced it. As a recurring bit of the festivities, we’ll be looking at some of those performers and how their work fares relative to our Wrestler of the Week. This week, it’s Davey Boy Smith, Rey Mysterio, and Magnus.
It’s #DaveyBoyWeek, the 21st installment of our (patent-pending) Juice Make Sugar Wrestler of the Week series. As always, we’ll start everything off by making “The British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith a Wrestler You (Should) Probably Know Better.
It’s #RandyOrtonWeek, the 20th installment of our (patent-pending) Juice Make Sugar Wrestler of the Week series. It’s time for Part Two of the finer points of the Randall Keith Orton oeuvre with some Essential Viewing.
Like every other wrestling company, TNA creates a weekly preview of its flagship show, Impact Wrestling (even the ones they’re pretending are pseudo-pay per view supercards like this week’s Genesis Part 2: Electric Piece-A-Poo). And, like every other wrestling company, they don’t always tell the truth when hyping their product. Thankfully, Dave is here to try to figure what TNA is trying to say, and tell you what he thinks, so you don’t have to do either.
Last week, Dave previewed Genesis, last Thursday’s edition of TNA television, as though it was going to be the first half of a four-hour pay-per-view style show. Instead, Genesis Part 1 was a two-hour advertisement hyping Genesis Part 2, masquerading as an episode of Impact. Dave is not happy about that.
This Thursday and next, TNA will present its two-episode Genesis special in lieu of standard episodes of Impact Wrestling. In some ways, Genesis represents a soft reset for TNA, as it is their first taping of the new year and their first go-around with the new reality of Magnus as champion.
Over the next three days, Dave will be reviewing the past month of Impact Wrestling action in anticipation of Thursday night’s Genesis Free-for-View (or whatever it is they call the things that used to be PPVs that they were losing money on). Here’s Part Three: the 1/9/2014 show.