Nicholas Holicki

Right. Let me say this at the outset. I really enjoyed Fastlane, certainly far more than I ever expected to at least. The show was surprisingly good, with a lot […]

There’s a natural order to the world. Certain inalienable truths that should never be tampered with. Bayley should always be a babyface. Samoa Joe is more engaging as a frightening […]

Raw is at its best when it restlessly catapults you from one segment to the next, never allowing you to linger long enough on any one angle. Because it’s in […]

Last night we caught a glimpse of WWE at its self-indulgent, derivative worst. And as a devout fan of SmackDown Live, I don’t say that lightly. In a move ripped […]

Ric Flair’s birthday party: the one night a year when Raw’s faces and heels go head-to-head in direct competition to determine who can ignore Batista assaulting the ‘Nature Boy’ the […]

Oh God, oh jeez. Oh man, oh man. It’s finally happened. If there was one guarantee in this family-friendly, PR-conscious era of SmackDown Live, it’s that at least we’d never hear […]

Rumor has it that WWE’s writing team was given explicit instructions to “think outside the box” when it came to booking Raw last night, in a concerted effort to make the […]

There are few things I truly hate in this world: global hunger, disease, intolerance. I’m tempted to add Shane McMahon to that list. It may seem trite and perhaps a […]

Raw has featured some nonsensical, contradictory segments in its past. I’m talking Hornswoggle being revealed as Vince McMahon’s child. Mae Young birthing a healthy, 2-pound human hand. Kevin Federline pinning […]

  As we round the corner on the road to WrestleMania, we grind to a welcome halt outside our familiar February holiday home. Like a Motel 6 on the way […]

Well, color me interested. Which I imagine to be a soft shade of blue, not too dissimilar to a baby’s nursery, or an unwell Smurf. You see, going in to […]

I vividly remember a school dance held during my final year of high school, to celebrate the end of exams. Towards the end of the night, a few of us […]