Nicholas Holicki

Raw has a weird way of luring you back in with the promise of more absurd nonsense each week. It’s not strictly enjoyable – that would be a stretch even […]

We join SmackDown during another week when it’s tasked with bringing some sanity to a week which kicked off with a poisoning on Raw. And I’m not just talking about […]

In a clear case of counter-programming (albeit weeks later), SmackDown tried to match Raw’s ‘Night of Grudge Matches’ with its own ‘Night of Title Fights’. Or, at least, so it […]

I’m going to nail my colours to the mast here – this will be the best episode of Raw in months. Peeling back the curtain momentarily, I write the opening […]

It’s fairly rare for a movement to organically gain traction in WWE, but that appears to be exactly what’s happened on SmackDown. Too often fans become jaded by the perpetual […]

Before we get to Raw this week – what in the name of all things holy did we witness on Sunday? I knew The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, based […]

There is good news ahead of this edition of Friday Night SmackDown. And that is, if you watched last week’s abomination, things can only get better. That is, of course, […]

It was a “Night of Grudge Matches” on Raw, as competitors squared off in a series of contests designed to settle scores dating all the way back to last week. […]

Few things trigger concern quite like the words “relive” and “SmackDown” in the same sentence. They conjure up images of video recaps, unnecessary repetition and complete narrative stagnation. And yet, […]

After the abomination that was forced upon us last week, Raw needed to rebound with a solid showing. Their strategy to accomplish that lofty goal of simply being adequate was […]

Welcome to a truly crackerjack edition of Monday Night Raw, in every sense of the word. This week’s show was set to feature everything you could possibly want in a […]

It’s tough being a wrestling fan these days. More to the point, as SmackDown rolls around like janky clockwork, it’s particularly difficult being a WWE fan. As if the countless […]