WWE NXT Review – 2.7.23

Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of WWE NXT live from Orlando, FL. Here we go!

After a recap of what happened at Vengeance Day, we get Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams when

Hayes talked about Apollo Crews become like his Ms. Cleo and before bragging about his win, out comes

JD McDonagh who say Hayes is entitled. A match was setup for later.

Fallon Henley isn’t happy that Kiana James cheated to win the titles and insists on a rematch. James isn’t

sure, so Henley says they’ll talk about James possibly cheating on Brooks Jensen. Before they can get to

that, it’s time for a surprise party in their dressing room. (This feels more like a CW drama than actual

wrestling storylines, all we’re missing is emo vampires)

Grayson Waller interrupting Shawn Michaels’ post-Vengeance Day media call, earning a week’s

suspension as a result. (I like this, Waller seems to be setting up a storyline that involves Michaels and

how he is running NXT)

Sol Ruca v. Zoey Stark is the first match we have and its wasn’t a squash match but it wasn’t very long

either. Stark hits a superkick on Ruca followed up with a flipping knee to the face for the win. Post-

match the beatdown stays on but Ruca manages a Sol Smasher to leave Stark laying. (Ruca is great to

watch in the ring but Stark is definitely getting a push so it makes sense for Stark to get the win)

We go to the surprise party, where Kiana James doesn’t want to talk about the Brooks Jensen thing.

Pretty Deadly, looking rough, come in, saying they haven’t slept since Vengeance Day. They blame Chase

U. A match is made for later tonight. (Never thought l would say thank you Chase U from saving us from

the CW drama)

Next up is Dabba-Kato v. Dante Chen and it wasn’t a match. Dabba-Kato squashes Chen with a sitout

chokebomb for the win. (As good ol’ J.R. used to say he doesn’t get paid by the hour) Post-match Kato

promises to break Apollo Crews.

Diamond Mine was regrouping after their loss to Indus Sher last week. Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn came in

to mock them. A match is made for later.

Roxanne Perez is happy with keeping her title but Katana Chance and Kayden Carter are upset about

their title loss. Perez is going to make a phone call and get a partner.

Next match up is Isla Dawn v. Tatum Paxley with Alba Fyre at ringside. Not a long match Dawn gets with

the win over Paxley 3 minutes into the match. Post-match Dawn and Fyre tease the beatdown but Ivy

Nile runs in for a save.

We get JD McDonagh v. Carmelo Hayes with Trick Williams at ringside. Great match between the

two but we see a wild Iija Dragunov who comes out of nowhere to take out Williams while Hayes

beats McDonagh with a roll-up for the win. Post-match Dragunov teases going after Hayes but

jumps McDonagh instead. (This was an odd finish, a distraction and a follow up roll up. The match

was great but the finish needed more an impact.)

Thea Hail comes up to Tiffany Stratton and they get into an argument over whether Chase U is cool or

tacky. Hail goes on a rant and tells her to suck it but gets pulled off by Ava Raine.

Back at the party, Brooks Jensen is ready for Valentine’s Day with Kiana James, so Fallon Henley can’t

bring herself to say anything. (More CW drama we didn’t need)

We get Lyra Valkyria v. Valentina Feroz in a match with Wendy Choo ringside in Feroz’s corner. Match

was short, Elektra Lopez comes out for the match as well and slides some brass knuckles to Feroz but

Valkyria wins with a pair of kicks to the head. (This entire match was just off, the ringside people, the no-

sell on some moves, but the finish was lacking.)

We see Wes Lee coming back home after Vengeance Day and meeting his wife at the airport. (Great

match with him and Dijak but it should have been booked for Dijak to win the title) Lee is fired up and

wants a challenge. Tony D’Angelo and Stacks come in to say they want payment for helping him against

Dijak, Lee is holding an open challenge for the title next week.

Tyler Bate wants Grayson Waller next week.

We get Stacks v. Odyssey Jones in a match that was ok, Stacks hits the Stomp on Jones for the win. (The

match was missing something, Jones losing was odd because he was getting some push and Stacks using

the stomp for the finisher was surprising.)

Roxanne Perez has a partner for next week: Meiko Satomura.

We get our match of Pretty Deadly v. Chase U, the match itself seemed to be surrounded by Thea Hail as

she is supposedly being kidnapped. Hudson really shined on this as he cleaned house with the hot tag

and out comes Thea Hail holding her knee causing the distraction which lead to Pretty Deadly hitting

Spilled Milk for the win. (That was a weird series of events.)

Hank Walker wants to take Wes Lee’s open challenge next week but Charlie Dempsey comes in. Drew

Gulak thinks Walker is ready for a rematch with Dempsey, who implies Gulak cheated to beat him.

We have Bayley and her Ding Dong Hello segment where she ranting about Lita showing up on RAW and

messing her cage match with Lynch. She invites Toxic Attraction on after both lost their chance at the

NXT women’s title. Jacy and Gigi pointing the blame on each other as Bayley says is it a split coming for

Toxic Attraction. Which causes Jacy and Gigi to bond over a possible tag team title shot at the current

champs to which is held by Damage CTRL. Bayley tries to cool things down and hug it out, but Jacy drops

Bayley and Gigi gets sent into the Ding Dong hello door as Jacy stands tall to end the show. (Well, so

much for the split, it looks like Toxic Attraction may remain as a whole and may go up against Damage

CTRL if they were called up.)

Overall, this NXT episode fell a little flat. Way more segments, a lot of matches were short or lacking and

your best thing going felt like a Shawn Michaels barbershop throwback. This is the first NXT post

Vengeance Day and starting the road to Stand and Deliver but this is definitely an off night. My rating for

this week’s NXT is 2 chair shots out of 5.

Peace!

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Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of the 2023 Royal Rumble live from San Antonio, TX. Here we go!

We started off with the Men’s Royal Rumble Match and there were some surprises, Booker T still

showing he’s still got it, Spinerooni, and all. Edge coming back and re-igniting the feud with Judgement

Day eliminating Damian Priest and Prince Balor only to get jumped by Rhea Ripley who gets speared by

Beth Phoenix. (Welcome back Edge and Beth!) For some odd reason we got Logan Paul who had a nice

coast to coast cross-body with Ricochet. Then we got Cody Rhodes entrance as it came down between

Cody, Seth, and Gunther (His name is Walter!) which eventually Cody did get the win, and punched his

ticket to Wrestlemania.

(Wasn’t a bad Men’s Royal Rumble, but l miss surprises that usually show up in the Rumble. John Cena

showing up could have helped. If WWE has signed some new talent, it would have been great to have

them in the Rumble as well. However, the way they forecasted Rhodes winning the Rumble just made it

lose its luster a little. Madcapp Moss not showing up may cause some controversy, and Rey Mysterio not

being a part of it kind of made it an ok rumble but could have been better.)

Next up is the Pitch Black Match between Bray Wyatt and LA Knight. The pitch black sponsored by

Mountain Dew (because they plugged it every chance they got) was a cool idea, everything in glow in

the dark/fluorescent colors from LA Knight’s gear, the ring, but was cool was Bray Wyatt’s makeup that

glowed in the dark. That was awesome. The match, however, left a little to be desired. Wasn’t a squash

match but it wasn’t a decent one either. Wyatt wins with Sister Abigail. Post match Wyatt puts on a

mask and runs after LA Knight to a soundstage for the continued beatdown. Then we see Uncle Howdy

at the top of the soundstage who jumps down onto LA Knight and cue the pyro as Wyatt looks on. The

camera pans up and we see Firefly Funhouse characters looking from the top of the soundstage as well.

(Ok, so weeks of buildup and this is what we get. The concept is fine but it should have been more like

Styles v. Taker when they fought at the boneyard. It should have had a more vignette style as that would

have fit Wyatt’s gimmick and the Wyatt 6. This felt more like a filler match than one we were looking

forward to.)

After that, we get the RAW Women’s Championship between Alexa Bliss v. current champ Bianca Belair.

It was a fairly ok match, Belair was able to get the win with the KOD, for a moment in the match Bliss

looked like she was going to use Sister Abigail but hesitated which gave Belair the opening for the win.

Post match a video plays of Bliss when she was associated with Bray Wyatt but not her Alexa’s

playhouse and Lily but ask is she the one in control to a confused Alexa Bliss in the ring.

(This was another match that felt like it should have been on RAW than a live premium event. Belair is a

rare talent and because she is on that level, her opposition has to be the same. To me Belair had to slow

down a little to sell the match with Bliss, and that may have not helped. A better match up would have

been to go champion vs. champion with Belair facing Charlotte. Sure it may have been non-title but it

would have been better competition. Also the teasing of Bliss joining the Wyatt family, just do it already

this doesn’t need long term story book telling.)

Then we get the Women’s Royal Rumble match and honestly it was better than the Men’s Royal

Rumble. There were a lot of surprises there. Asaka went back to her dark persona from her New

Japan/S.T.A.R. days, Piper Niven, return of Chelsea Green, Zelina Vega dressed like Juri from Street

Fighter 6, Michelle McCool coming from the crowd (literally), and the return of Nia Jax. Overall, it was

entertaining. Ripley was #1 entrant and pretty much went wire to wire, eliminated Chelsea Green as

soon as she entered the ring. Michelle McCool came in from the crowd like she just got off the bench

and still looked great. Nia Jax surprised everyone, but still was entertaining as ever. Although l noticed

they didn’t let her do much. Overall, it came down to Ripley v. Liv and Ripley was able to throw Liv over

the top to win the Women’s Royal Rumble.

(This was great. Loved seeing Asaka go back to her old gimmick and it was great, hopefully she can get a

push from that. Chelsea Green returning to the WWE, does that mean we may be seeing Matt

Cardona/Zack Ryder return as well!? Nia Jax was great to see, she’s a monster heel that can fill a void in

the women’s division to go against Raquel Rodriguez. Although the only gripe l have with this, Beth

Phoenix attacked Ripley during the men’s Royal Rumble, but wasn’t there for the women’s? I feel like

Beth could have been a part of this to fuel the storyline more. Ripley winning is the best choice as she is

the next face of women’s wrestling in WWE and may be facing Belair or Charlotte at Wrestlemania.)

We get the main event of the WWE Undisputed Title match between Roman Reigns v. Kevin Owens as

Reigns brings Heyman and Sami Zayn with him. The match started off slow but got hot as Kevin Owens

really hit a lot of offense but eventually Reigns gets the upper hand and beatdown Owens till they point

all it took was a superman punch and a spear for Roman to retain. Post match the Usos and Solo Sikoa

comes out for the continue beatdown on Owens as Zayn looks torn and disgusted. Roman has Owens

handcuffed to the ropes and is about to hit Owens with a chair as Zayn steps in to stop him. Roman then

hands the chair to Zayn and tells him to do it. Zayn hits Roman with the chair and Solo and Jimmy beat

down Zayn for the betrayal. Jey looks on and eventually leaves the ring as the beatdown on Owens and

Zayn continues. Roman rips off Zayn’s shirt as the bloodline stands tall as the show ends.

(Well, that was a lot, Reigns retaining never felt like there was a possible way the opposite could happen

and Owens would be booked to win. However, Reigns won CLEAN, he won CLEAN, no interference or

distraction. That was different. I would have expected something but not that. Zayn turning on the

bloodline was eventually going to happen but Rumble was as good as place as any. What was the big

surprise was Jey Uso leaving the ring. The fact that it was the same man who vouched for Zayn and the

look on his face was torn between his bloodline and his word for Zayn was perfect. Now this sets up a

new storyline for the bloodline. Will we see the beginning of the end of the faction as we are on the

road to Wrestlemania? Also RIP to the word “Ucey “)

Overall, 2023’s Royal Rumble just felt ok. It didn’t have the same feel as years past, we didn’t have any

big reveals or surprises. This felt like the safest Rumble show in recent history. Was it entertaining yes,

was it memorable. Not as much. My rating for this year’s Royal Rumble is a solid 3 chair shots out of 5.

Peace!

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Hey Y’all. Will here with my review of RAW for 1.23.23 as we celebrate RAW’s 30 year anniversary. The

longest running weekly episodic television program in history! What does this anniversary bring, we’ll

soon find out. Here we go!

We get Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart to talk about RAW debuting back in 1993 and the mic doesn’t work.

(I never been so thankful for a malfunction on Hogan. We haven’t forgot Hogan, we haven’t forgot.)

After the RAW montage we get the Bloodline for the trial of Sami Zayn. The crowd was chanting ECW

but Paul Heyman says ECW is dead and l wish the same for Zayn. (Damn, great line for heat). Heyman

was more like the prosecutor as he is stating Zayn is setting the Bloodline up as he says he is

collaborating with Kevin Owens. Zayn begins to defend himself saying he has done nothing wrong and

has always supported the bloodline, and then bumps into Reigns while he’s talking. Reigns looks pissed

and tells Solo to take care of Zayn. Before he can do that Jey steps forward and defends Zayn saying he

has proven himself and Reigns find Zayn not guilty for now. It looks like the Owens v. Reigns match will

have a lot of implications in the Royal Rumble. (l like this segment, it builds up not only the Royal

Rumble match but sets up the next story for the bloodline.)

We get our first match, for the RAW tag team titles, Usos v. Judgement Day. It was a great match even

with Jimmy got hurt and the ref is about to stop the match, but Sami Zayn comes in as the replacement

and the match continues. Zayn and Jey win the match with 1D. (This was a great match and the

implication of Zayn having to prove himself to the bloodline adds more to it.)

In the back, Roman Reigns says he still doesn’t want to see Sami until the Royal Rumble.

JBL and Baron Corbin ask the Godfather to put him in the poker game. Godfather will have to ask the

host. Who happens to be Ron Simmons, who is happy with a payoff to get Corbin’s name on the list.

(Usually this casino segment is just stale but how can you be mad at the APA, it’s like the Attitude Era

never left.)

LA Knight comes out and says he’s not waiting for his pitch black match with Bray Wyatt, so he’s calling

out any legend and we get the gong (Do l really need to explain who comes with that gong) Taker comes

out with his American Bad Ass gimmick and motorcycle. Knight still talking about how he’s going to

come out on top, and the lights go out and comes back on with Bray Wyatt and that startles Knight into

Taker who looks like he’s about to set up Knight with a chokeslam but tosses Knight to Wyatt who hits

Sister Abigail. Taker leaves but before he does, he whispers something to Wyatt. (Usually this a feeding

segment but this works, especially for the pitch black match. We were bound to see Taker sometime but

to see it in collaboration with Wyatt was perfect.)

We go back to the poker game, where Madusa who has their title belt seems to win but loses to

Diamond Dallas Page.

Our next match was supposed to be Bayley v. Becky Lynch in a cage match. However, interference with

Damage CTRL being involved and getting inside the cage to beatdown Lynch, eventually Pearce and refs

get to break it up, and Damage CTRL sits on top of the cage. (So we decided another beatdown was

better than an actual match. I though Bayley v. Lynch would be for the Rumble and it should be but this

was a wasted segment.)

So we get Degeneration-X along with Kurt Angle and after the DX intro, Dogg asks why Kurt is here and

Kurt says he always wanted to be an apart of DX, pulling off his shirt to reveal a DX shirt. As DX is about

to test Kurt, Imperium comes out and teases a fight with DX. Triple H says he’s retired and Shawn says

he’s too old, and Triple H volunteers Kurt and Kurt says nope. This bring Seth Rollins and the Street

Profits who come in and wants to make it an official six-man tag match. Everyone looks at Triple H and

he says why is everyone looking at me, this booking stuff isn’t easy. Cue Teddy Long to come out and

make it official and Kurt is the guest referee who just happens to have on a ref shirt. (This man had on

three shirts) and the match is set. (I thought this would be a snooze but this segment was pretty funny

and somehow just goes to show some wrestlers can pull off a great bit.)

We get our six-man tag match of Imperium v. Seth Rollins/Street Profits in a great match. It was a lot of

back and forth but Rollins hits a Pedigree on Gunther while Montez hits from the Heavens on Vinci

followed by Rollins with the Stomp for the win. (Great match, and giving the hometown crowd what we

wanted to see.)

Back to the poker game where Ted DiBiase loses a fortune….but IRS wants JBL and Baron Corbin to pay

their taxes and takes the money back. Well save for $100. Ron Simmons, Damn. (Come on now you

knew that was coming.)

Bobby Lashley promises to get the US Title back when MVP interrupts. MVP again offers the reunion but

Lashley isn’t in. (Come on give us the Hurt Business, it was a great faction.)

We then get Ric Flair who comes who puts over Charlotte as a great Champion. Charlotte thanks the

women who made her a great champion but says this is still her show. Bianca Belair comes out and says

she goes here now and that this is her show. Then Sonya Deville comes out and says she should be

recognized for the work she put in. Charlotte offers Belair the chance to fight Deville. Belair accepts.

(This was weird, I would rather have a match between Belair v. Charlotte, at least then a champion v

champion match would have been better.)

The Sonya Deville v. Bianca Belair match starts and it wasn’t a bad match, it just felt off. Deville was

getting a lot of offense and almost a two count, but Bianca pops up and hit a KOD for the win. (It was

just off, no chemistry between Deville and Belair so it showed in the match.) Post match Belair says that

was just a preview for what she is going to do to Alexa Bliss. Cue Bliss on screen, talking into a mirror

about how violent she can be with no one helping her.

Video on Cody Rhodes’ 2022 before he returns this weekend at the Royal Rumble.

John Cena is the cover star for WWE 2K23. Miz to ask where his special time on this show is. Cue Kevin

Owens to Stun Miz and leave him laying, promising to take out Roman Reigns at the Rumble. (Talk about

a hit and run.)

We then get the US title match between Lashley v. Theory. It was a good match but as Lashley looks like

he is about to set up for the win. Lesnar comes out for the interference and hits an F5 on Lashley and

then another F5 before dragging Theory on top of Lashley to for the win and retain his title. (Well, this

was bound to have some interference but why Lesnar? We already had our Lesnar/Lashley match but

apparently we need a round 2? Theory winning was the right choice, but what would have this better if

MVP came out post-match and set up again starting the Hurt Business.)

Overall, this was a great 30 year anniversary show. The segments (except for one) worked well. The

matches, almost all of them were great. This was about as near flawless show to have before the Royal

Rumble. My rating for this week’s RAW is a solid 4 chair shots out of 5.

Peace!

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Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of Smackdown for 1.6.23 live from Memphis, TN. Here we go!

We start off the bloodline coming to the ring as Roman is unhappy, not about his match with losing to

Cena and Owens but that Zayn called his shot and missed, but called his shot like he wanted to run

things. Reigns starts to tear into Zayn saying how he wants to be the tribal chief until Reigns is

interrupted by Kevin Owens. Owens comes to remind Reigns he’s a problem that will never go away

until a match is set at the Royal Rumble for the undisputed title to which Reigns adds the stipulation that

if he wins, Owens go away forever. (Not a bad way to begin Smackdown but it seems we’re getting

another championship vs. career match. I didn’t think we would sour the honeymoon with Zayn being in

the bloodline, it’s been gold since Ucey. However, it does begin to set the groundwork that we may see

a new champ at the Royal Rumble.)

After a dispute earlier in the day we get a match between Kofi Kingston v. Santos Escobar with Xavier

Woods and the rest of Legado del Fantasma ringside. Fairly good match with Escobar getting the win

over Kingston with the Phantom Driver. (Kingston being set in WWE did alright putting Escobar over in

this match.)

We see a segment where Sami tries to talk to Roman Reigns but gets Paul Heyman who says now is not

a good time as the Usos go in to see Reigns. (Well, l guess we’re sowing the seeds early)

Liv Morgan announces she will enter the women’s Royal Rumble and willing to go in at #1 (l love Liv but

this should be a perfect time for a fresh face to get the Royal Rumble rub.)

We then get an inter-gender match between Emma/Madcapp Moss v. Karrion Kross/Scarlett. It was

little bit more than a squash match as Kross/Scarlett gets the win with Kross hitting the Krosshammer

followed up by the Krossjacket and Scarlett sends Emma flying over the announcer’s table. Post match

Kross and Scarlett put a Rey Mysterio mask on Moss and says Rey is running out of time. (Well still

showing Kross as a monster is perfect but Rey!? l mean l don’t get it.)

We get Women’s champ Charlotte in a match with her vs. Sonya Deville in a title match. It was a little

more than a squash match but Charlotte wins and retains the title via spear and into a figure eight. (I

mean, we didn’t expect Charlotte to drop the title to Sonya, did we?)

Video on Cody Rhodes returning to WWE last year. (Foreshadowing that a lot). Remember how Lacey

Evans has been training? She still is. (l mean is Lacey Evans the new Veer Mahaan now?)

We get a Royal Rumble qualifying match between Ricochet v. Top Dolla and wow, wasn’t expecting that

quick of a match. Ricochet hits a standing slice bread on Top Dolla and then a shooting start press for

the win. Post match, Ricochet shakes Top Dolla’s hand, and gets jumped by Hit Row until Braun

Strowman comes in for the save. (I’m happy that Ricochet got the W but l’m guessing Top Dolla is still in

the doghouse.)

We cut back to the Usos leaving Reigns’s locker room and Heyman telling Zayn to come in.

We get a video announcement regarding Gunther v. Braun Strowman for the Intercontinental Title next

week.

We cut back to Reigns locker room as Reigns stated he was sorry to Zayn about he treated him and how

his anger at Owens he directed at Zayn. He also stated he wants Sami to take care of Owens as they face

each other next week and invites him to watch the Usos tag team title match.

We get our main event the Tag team championship match with the Usos vs. Drew McIntyre/Sheamus. It

starts out with just Solo Sikoa there but eventually the Brawling Brutes come down for the melee, and

Sheamus picks up Jey, only for Jimmy helping with an assist for the Usos to retain the title. (It’s weird

because we’re not expecting titles to drop anytime soon but it would make for good television leading

up to the Royal Rumble for the titles to change hands even for a little while.)

Overall, great episode, matches were on the short side but entertaining while the main story just seems

to be the bloodline and Zayn and Owens, but on the road to Royal Rumble more storylines will need to

shape up and fast. My rating for this week’s Smackdown episode is 3 ½ out of 5.

Peace!

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Hey Y’all, Will here with my review of AEW Rampage for the first one of 2023. Here we go.

We first start off with Top Flight vs. Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson. What a match l’m not sure if Top

Flight was getting over, showing how well Moxley and Danielson can work together or all the above.

Either way the crowd was into it, and there were no loses in this match as Danielson gets the win for his

team over Top Flight with a submission victory.

Our next match was a women’s tag match between Jamie Hayter/Britt Baker v. The Renegade Twins.

Being in Portland, Baker is getting love from the crowd. Great match between all four women as Baker

hits the stomp on Charlette for the win. (Another solid match, and again there were no losers.)

We go to the House of Black. Malakai says he once knew a man who carried a gun in his pocket. He says

he never answered that man and did not reply or play by the rules. Black says he misses his friend Eddie

Kingston. He says Kingston is not the man he knows and loves. Brody King says that he will make him

hear as the sound will be defining. Julia Hart then said House of Black is there to help him. (Black vs.

Eddie Kingston, the man in black vs. the mad king, l dig it.)

Next up is Perro Peligroso vs. Sonico in a quick match and l mean quick, Sonico gets dropped by

Peligroso and follows up with a discus lariat for the win. (The crowd wasn’t into that, and honestly

neither was l.)

We go to a backstage segment with Renee Young interviewing Darby Allin who interrupted by The

Kingdom with Mike Bennett running through his championships.

We then get a TNT championship match between Darby Allin vs. Mike Bennett with the Kingdom at

ringside. This match was crazy, and l mean for Darby Allin was his level of crazy. Somehow Allin was able

to hit a code red on Bennett followed up by a coffin drop for the win and retained his title.

We go into the 2 nd half Battle of Belts with our first match. Jeff Jarett/Jay Lethal vs. The Acclaimed for

the AEW World Tag Team Title. Very fun match, the Acclaimed hit the mic drop on Lethal for the win

and retain their titles.

Eddie Kingston and Ortiz challenge House of Black for next week.

We then get the TBS championship title match between Jade Cargill v. Skye Blue. Well for once it wasn’t

a squash match. Well done match as Jade hits Jaded for the win and retain her title. (Well, l’m surprised

it wasn’t a squash match and Skye worked well with Jade. However, if Jade is going to drop the title, it

has to be soon.)

We then get our main even of the night with the All-Atlantic Championship Match between Orange

Cassidy v. Kip Sabian. Great match, even with The Bunny, Danhausen, coming to the ring, the action was

over the top. Cassidy finds an opportunity on a frustrated Sabian with two Orange punches for the win.

Overall, this was a great two hours of Rampage, the matches didn’t disappoint and it felt more like a PPV

than a regular show. I’ve got no complaints. My rating for this week’s Rampage is 4 ½ chair shots out of

5.

Peace!

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 Now, ya'll know I love a good black business! And this is actually one of my favorite places to visit and shop in the city. You can find a little bit of everything in this beautifully decorated storefront. The items are all 100% handmade by the owner, and made with love and good intentions. She carries products for the whole family, women, men, children and many items that are so thoughtfully made. Anything from candles, books, jewelry, herbs, bath and body products, incense and much much more. Her motto is to "Normalize Self Care & Self Love as Medicine". You can feel all the love she pours into every one of her products as soon as you walk through the door. I recommend stopping by, or going online to support her, and this business she has built from the ground up. She ships anywhere in the US and Canada. And remember..."Support is a Verb!" Until next time, remember to always SHOP BLACK!

LOCATION: 893 E. Long St. Columbus, Ohio 614-864-0655

OWNER: MONICA JEFFRIES

IG: @metaphysicalmelanin

FB: Metaphysical Melanin LLC

Website: Metaphysical Melanin

TYPE: SPIRITUAL/HEALING/GIFTS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Written by: T. Jones

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We are in the middle of Awards season and nothing but pure emotion has poured from this year's Critics Choice Awards 2023. From Brendan Fraser winning his Best Actor Award for his role as Charlie in the critically acclaimed film "The Whale". Everything, Everywhere All At Once takes best picture and Sheryl Lee Ralph took us back to our childhood when Auntie spoke life unto you! Below are the winners of the awards.

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Tár

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

BEST DIRECTOR
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST LIMITED SERIES
The Dropout (Hulu)

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC)

BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES
Pachinko (Apple TV+)

BEST TALK SHOW
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

BEST COMEDY SPECIAL
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (Netflix)

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claudio Miranda – Top Gun: Maverick

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – Babylon

BEST EDITING
Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
Elvis

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Written by: Chris Fury

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