January 2014

#BatistaWeek: Good, Better, Best – Warlord, Warrior and Batista

January 23, 2014 Good-Better-Best, Professional Wrestling, Wrestler of the Week 3 Comments

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 Batista, Warlord and the Ultimate Warrior.

Say It Like You Mean It: Genesis Preview, Part Deux

January 23, 2014 Previews, Say It Like You Mean It, TNA Opinions 4 Comments

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.

The Beginning of the End: Genesis, Part 1

January 23, 2014 Opinions, Reviews, TNA Opinions 5 Comments

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.