Today’s top five list:
My favorite WWF Golden Era pay-per-views!
For the purpose of this exercise, we’re doing 1985-1992 as the qualifying years. I know 1993 is technically included for some due to Hulk Hogan not leaving until after King of the Ring in June.
But 1993 just doesn’t fit the Golden Era. You could even argue that post-WrestleMania VIII in 1992 doesn’t either.
Let’s have some fun.
WWE NXT Heatwave 2026 was the start of a new era for several top titles.
Here are some thoughts!
Kofi and Austin Creed have leveled up.
As expected, the former New Day members created lots of buzz at AEW All In on Sunday, debuting in a trios team with Swerve Strickland.
They won the AEW Trios titles (as they should have) and are now off and running in their new company.
I’m curious how their decision to join AEW will impact future WWE stars who consider making the jump.
It all depends on how they’re booked.
If All In was any indication of that (they joined Adam Copeland and Christian Cage, The Young Bucks, FTR, and Motor City Machine Guns for a tag team standoff), they’re going to do just fine.
Huge win for AEW.
My AEW All In: London 2026 predictions!
Trios Roulette: The wild card team of Swerve Strickland, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods get the win. It’s a new day, yes it is.
Casino Gauntlet Match: It has to be either Andrade or MJF. The latter allows for more drama after the main event, so MJF is the pick. Surprises? They should hold off on Ilja Dragunov, but there are some interesting WWE releases available.
I relaunched my retro wrestling YouTube.
The algorithm doesn’t want me posting old wrestling stuff on my new wrestling channel, Wrestling Reaction, so I figured this was the best strategy.
The first video of the new era is a look back at WrestleMania X-Seven 25 years later.
Is it still the best WWE PPV ever?
My answer is…watch the video!
It’s a four-way at NXT Heatwave.
Zilla Fatu (who had an interesting debut promo) vs. Grayson Waller vs. Cruz Montana vs. Tony D’Angelo for the NXT title.
They won’t do it yet, but Montana is the guy to dethrone D’Angelo. His presence stands out above the others.
Then, he and Zilla can do great work as the top feud in the men’s division.
It’s going to be too tempting for WWE to move Zilla to the main roster, so you could also do it in reverse.
Have Zilla win at Heatwave, and then Montana wins the title in the next few months.
They have something in her.
She’s the ultimate babyface. The pairing with Kendal Grey is more authentic than, let’s say, that Sol Ruca and Zaria friendship, and when Grey heads to the WWE main roster, Sinclair will become a key figure.
Can she do it on her own? Which top heels will take advantage of Grey’s absence?
The NXT crowd loves Sinclair, and that title win is going to hit big when they do it.
Or at least the one he should’ve had from the beginning.
He debuted at the Royal Rumble, and then WWE did nothing with him for a while.
His good guy character never clicked (despite a well executed backstory), and he was the third wheel in the LA Knight and Solo Sikoa rise to the top.
So, pairing him with an intimidating tag team in OTM to try to take over Raw is how Royce Keys should’ve debuted.
Better late than never.
I finally watched all three Dark Side of the Ring episodes on TNA.
For my money, Karen Jarrett vs. Dixie Carter is the match everyone wants to see.
Without Carter in the documentary, it was really the story of Jeff Jarrett which, in fairness, is pretty much the story of TNA.
I’ve always liked Jarrett (and even tried to get a job with Global Force Wrestling in 2015!), and he has had a roller coaster of a career, inside and outside of the ring.
Back to Carter for a second. She was a punching bag with little defense. Side note: I met her when I interviewed for a TNA job (also in 2015, also didn’t get it since I was way under qualified but somehow landed an interview haha). She was friendly and conversational.
Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan were the next biggest villains in this series. Meanwhile, Vince Russo wasn’t the villain you’d think he’d be.
It’s a fascinating three-part series that needed 15 parts (and Carter and Hogan) to properly explore the full TNA story.
I’d still recommend it.
I didn’t love the finish.
Does every hot babyface have to wrestle with their conscience in every big title match? This wasn’t Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 41 level stuff, but it’s just an overused trope that didn’t work for me as a fan.
Sami Zayn’s interference was predictable, and going right back to Zayn vs. Kevin Owens is interesting.
You couldn’t have CM Punk straight up beat Owens, but WWE played it safe with another top good guy.
On a positive note, WWE has a reliable, consistent formula for Triple Threat Matches.
Owens vs. Zayn vs. Punk at Money in the Bank seems likely at this point.