Author: M. Swift

We’re in May 1997 for WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell. The main event for this show sees Stone Cold Steve Austin getting his shot at The Undertaker’s WWE Championship. The Best of WWE In Your House 15 Ken Shamrock taking on Vader was one of the better matches on this card. Even before rewatching this show, I remembered this match standing out for how WWE promoted the “No Holds Barred” stipulation on RAW. This was one of those early Attitude Era stipulations that WWE ran with that actually worked. That’s purely down to having the right wrestlers in this match as Shamrock and Vader delivered a physical bout. Honestly, this could’ve…

In the build-up to MLW War Chamber 2021, the Hammerheads are still short a member. Actually, in watching the recent episodes of MLW Fusion ALPHA, I never saw the fourth member announced. Let’s see if this episode of MLW Fusion ALPHA catches things up before the episode nine premiere. MLW Fusion ALPHA #8 Trios Match: Los Parks vs. 5150 12-Man Survival Tag Team Match: EJ Nduka, Richard Holliday, Savio Vega, The Blue Meanie, Warhorse, and Zenshi vs. Ikuro Kwon, KC Navarro, King Mo, Gino Medina, Kevin Ku and The Beastman Opera Cup Semi-Finals: Davey Richards vs. Bobby Fish The Sizzle MLW Fusion ALPHA opens with three members of the Hammerheads—leader Alexander Hammerstone,…

We’re catching up on MLW Fusion ALPHA with the seventh episode! There’s a lot going on but let’s see if things are better than the previous episode. We have a Featherweight tag team match, an open challenge from Alex Kane, and Tom Lawlor gets into hot water! MLW Fusion ALPHA #7 Card The Sea Stars vs. Willow Nightingale & Zoey Skye Alex Kane vs. Warhorse Casket Match – MLW Caribbean Heavyweight Title: King Muertes [c] vs. Tom Lawlor The Sizzle MLW Fusion Alpha #7 starts with Cesar Duran talking to the crowd. He says that he looked over the card and noticed that there was no…

The Rust shooting accident has seen several actors, directors, producers, and film crew members come out to speak on a need for stronger safety on sets. George Clooney added his insight on the shooting and safety recently on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. George Clooney Discusses Alec Baldwin and Safety Procedures on Set In listening to the show, Clooney was in the know about the issues Rust was working with which resulted in Halyna Hutchins’ death and Joel Souza being injured. The discussion occurred after talking about Squid Game and how it could be hard to watch with all of the headshots after what happened on the set of Rust. He…

This year marks 31 years of the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Chris Greicius Award for Celebrity Wish Granting. WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns—who will also be on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday—will be in the 2021 class. The award is named after then 7-year-old Chris Greicius whose wish was to become a police officer and resulted in Make-A-Wish in 1980. Roman Reigns to Receive the 2021 Chris Greicius Award The announcement was made today that Reigns would be in the 2021 class of celebrities who have given 100-percent towards granting wishes for kids or are going through serious medical conditions and are inspired by them: …

By now, those wanting a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X/S have either been the early bird that got the worm or did some finagling to score one. Released late last year, it was going to be an ordeal to score a console since production and shipping were both hobbled by COVID-19. A year later—several months late—Walmart can finally say “The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are now in stock” with its whole chest. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S Will Be Restocked in Time for Black Friday It’s not that surprising that the console—as well as the Xbox Series X and…

I love a bit of true crime—actually, a lot of it—and Leonardo DiCaprio is one of my favorite actors. Imagine my surprise once news of MGM’s planned Jim Jones film. Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Jim Jones So far, MGM has managed to pick up the screenplay in a hefty seven-figure deal. The lynchpin here is wrapping up the contract talks to have DiCaprio on board as the titular cult leader. The film will be produced through DiCaprio’s own Appian Way Productions studio. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Venom screenwriter Scott Rosenburg handled the script and will be on board as executive producer. Casting for other figures in Jones’ story hasn’t been announced but this…

It’s the 20th anniversary of the original Xbox and what better way to set off the pyro and hoopla than to drop a trailer for a show that was announced over eight years ago? That’s right, the Halo live-action television adaptation is done! Halo to Hit Screens Next Year The show was originally announced at E3 2013 with Steven Spielberg being onboard. Along the way, it never got off the ground. Remember, it was announced during a time of Microsoft being on the mend and restructuring. There was even speculation that radical changes could happen to the profitable Xbox side of things.…

While facing over a hundred lawsuits as a result of the Astroworld Festival tragedy, Travis Scott is now taking a sponsorship hit as Nike has decided to postpone his Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack shoe. Nike Holds Off on Travis Scott’s Shoe Release Originally, the sneakers had a December 16 street date. However, Nike announced that it would hold off on the release because of the aftermath of the November 5 tragedy. “Out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack.” On the Nike site for the Air…

In an appearance on Talk Is Jericho, Lio Rush said that he wasn’t making money in WWE during his time as the manager of then-Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley. Rush’s WWE Run Rush recounts that while he was traveling with Bobby Lashley, he noticed that while they were making the same cities and doing the same press events and shows, he wasn’t making the kind of money that Lashley was making. Below is a transcript of this particular discussion via Sportskeeda. “I remember being on the road with Bobby [Lashley] and at the time Bobby was the Intercontinental Champion. He was all over the place. He was at…