Nicholas Holicki

Marking yet another soft reboot for WWE – the third this year – SmackDown was the stage for the annual WWE Draft. This year, the shake-up will play out over […]

Death, taxes, and the WWE screwing up the booking of Bray Wyatt. For the first time in many years, I was not looking forward to Raw last night. I had […]

Capping off one of the most anticipated weeks in wrestling history, SmackDown made its much-hyped return to Friday nights and FOX. And on such a monumental occasion, it seemed only […]

Last night, Raw kicked off what is perhaps the most hotly anticipated week of wrestling in almost two decades. Unless you count those five minutes in 2010 when TNA moved […]

Yesterday marked not only the self-proclaimed “season finale” of SmackDown Live, but also the final appearance – at least for the foreseeable future – of the blue brand on Tuesday […]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the arbitrarily named – and yet not entirely inconsequential – SEASON FINALE of Raw. You see, just a few days ago it was decided that […]

SmackDown Live found itself in an awkward spot this week. Wedged between a blockbuster (albeit flawed) Raw and the inaugural live edition of NXT, SmackDown faced an uphill battle for […]

Clash of Champions managed the rare feat of somehow amounting to less than the sum of its constituent parts. Judged separately, the matches on display at Sunday’s pay-per-view ranged from […]

SmackDown certainly had a lot to live up to last night. Not only was it following a generally well-received edition of Raw, but it also carried the expectations associated with […]

Raw’s long overdue return to Madison Square Garden promised fireworks. Not literally, of course, WWE doesn’t have the budget for those anymore. But it was nevertheless billed as a major […]

The only narrative that mattered heading into SmackDown Live was how the company would handle Bayley’s shock betrayal of Becky Lynch on Monday night. It was an important development for […]

What a time to be alive! Unless you’re Tyler Bate. Because after Saturday’s massacre, he may legitimately have passed on. In which case, we thank you for your service. It’s […]