Author: M. Swift

We’re a bit behind on MLW Anthology and Major League Wrestling delivered two hot ones this month, so far. The first one we’re getting into is the anthology focused on New Japan and All Japan veteran, former two-time IWGP Heavyweight and All Japan Triple Crown champion, tag team master—Satoshi Kojima, the first official MLW World Heavyweight champion.  A Better MLW Anthology  This episode of MLW Anthology is better edited than the first three installments. While the episodes were good, Major League Wrestling didn’t feature a match highlight to break up or reduce the amount of promo between the matches.  Now the format includes the first…

At 23-years old, Salina de la Renta is probably the best manager—or rather, talent agent—in Major League Wrestling. There’s a very strong case for Josef Samael as his faction, Contra Unit, is still together and they hold the MLW World Heavyweight. However, they run roughshod in MLW in different ways.   Samael and Contra Unit uses vulgar force, propaganda, and intimidation to reach its goals while Salina used finesse, threats of violence, and resorted to violence to speed her goals up. We’re not getting into which is the bigger threat to Major League Wrestling. The company has three heelish factions and it…

As of the second week of June, WWE superstar Roman Reigns has been missing from television for two months now. WWE’s creative team works fast to fill in the holes when a superstar is injured or taking time from the ring. The company has always been quick to work around gradual and abrupt absences.   On one hand, it means that there is a space open for someone WWE wants to move up. This also opens the possibilities for new feuds as we’ve seen recently. On the other hand, WWE can change drastically in a calendar season with running stories in…

Roman Reigns stepped away from ring action during the early days of the COVID-19 quarantine. This was in part due to concerns about how the virus could impact his immune system because of leukemia. Remember, took a hiatus on medical grounds to receive leukemia treatment in October 2018. Reigns returned to action months later in February 2019.  When Can We Expect Roman Reigns Back?  Initially, there were debate on how WWE would navigate the pandemic. That debate morphed into how WWE was navigating it and concerns over the safety of its superstars. So far, WWE has managed to make it work and…

In an interview for Vlad TV, Mark Henry went into a number of things about his career in wrestling and a few things about his Olympic run. One of the things he went into was match psychology and how he learned it. He even went as far as to say that he was a master of psychology. Did he actually achieve such levels of reading the crowd and telling a story in a match in his career?  Mark Henry and the Coveted 10-Year Contract  What is a fact is that Mark Henry loved wrestling since he was a kid. He was watching the…

We hear it often that Vince McMahon doesn’t care for tag team wrestling and that WWE is death for tag teams. It’s weird since those early WWE shows featured several tag team matches per card. Even on TV, you had several tag matches with most of them being squashes.   Decrease In Denim Donning Damagers Dashes Duos’ Dreams However, there is something to the notion of both opinions to the point they become fact. WWE is just lousy for tag teams. It isn’t a knock on the quality of tag teams but rather on the lack of them. Listen, the company currently has two Tag…

Extreme Championship Wrestling, the ECW brand, ECW 2.0, WWECW—whatever you want to call it, WWE’s attempt at running its own version of ECW was a failure. Nothing else punctuates that like ECW December to Dismember. Where did WWE go wrong? Oh, the reasons are numerous! This was just a project that WWE should’ve scrapped and just made another brand. Or it could’ve just been a B-show because the ECW brand was a waste of a TV slot.  WWE Bulked Up The Scale of ECW  The first few episodes of ECW on SyFy weren’t bad. They could actually be pretty exciting at times and showed that WWE…

Matt Morgan. The Blueprint. At 7’0 and around 300lbs, Morgan had the size and the look to succeed. He was pretty much everything Vince McMahon loves. Morgan was a giant, he was competent on the mic, and he was muscular. Technically, WWE hit the jackpot but blew the earnings.   Morgan would be involved in major storylines in TNA and had several brushes with the World title but was never used to his full potential. Let’s get in the time machine and see if his career can be salvaged.  Where Did Things Go Wrong For The Blueprint?  You could say things started when he…

In an interview with WhatCulture, AEW superstar Chris Jericho discussed a couple of things about the company. One thing that really stood out was his interest in WWE SmackDown brand superstar Roman Reigns coming to All Elite Wrestling.  “I’d put Roman Reigns at the top of that wishlist for anybody,” Jericho said. “Not only is he a great worker but he’s such a cool guy. If they just let him be him he’d be the biggest star in the industry, for real. That’d be a guy I’d love to get my hands on for sure.”  Before social media and streaming media, it was hard to get this…

Apparently, there’s been talks of WWE ending the brand split. Whether it’s actual chatter within the company or just rumor, the notion of this step comes after drooping ratings and a shakeup in creative. Yes, that shakeup.   Paul Heyman Being Demoted In WWE Was Scary Enough  Heyman’s run as head of RAW saw him focus heavily on pushing the younger superstars. You know, because that’s one of the main things someone in booking power should do. After all, the established, consistent stars at the top aren’t going to be around forever. They might be WWE lifers but their bodies aren’t wrestling lifers.   Booking the next generation well…