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Repackaging Olav

on October 20, 2018 at 8:48 pm

Hey everyone! I’m in the process of redrawing my old Olav comics from before 2011 and posting them over on the “Over Like Olav” section of my site while removing the old ones from my archive here. I’m going to leave out the ones where Olav and Rad Bad talk about WWE programming- First of all, I always thought it was weird to have a bitter, curmudgeoned old wrestler like Olav actively keep up with Raw, but secondly I just don’t think all the jokes about Vladimir Kozlov’s debut and Hulk Hogan and Kimbo Slice starring in a movie together will hold up in 2018. As of right now I plan on only posting them once a week on Wednesdays, but hopefully I’ll end up with enough Olav-only comics to put together a whole book of them. If you want to see if there’s a new comic, just check out the “Latest Over Like Olav” widget to the left of the blog.

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NXT Live from 10/11/18

on October 12, 2018 at 4:06 pm

Since having a baby a year ago I haven’t had much time or energy or money or anything to get out and watch any wrestling, but when I saw that NXT was coming to the nearby town of St. Charles for a live show I knew I had to jump at the opportunity. I went a couple of years ago and had a blast, so coming back again when the roster is arguably even stronger was a no brainer.

Right before the show began.

My wife and I got there about an hour early when the doors opened, but we didn’t really need to “beat the rush” because it never really got that crowded. I think it was even lighter than last time we were here, and that show was competing against a big hockey game. We did get to see Sarah Schreiber, the host for the evening, try her damnedest to get the people who were there excited about watching old network clips of NXT debuts. She wasn’t that successful, but she gave it her all.

The first match of the night featured the wildly popular Street Profits versus two of the Forgotten Sons, Blake and Ryker. The crowd was fairly indifferent to the Forgotten Sons, with only a few “TNA” chants directed at the former Gunner. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I felt a little weird seeing these war veterans as bad guys minutes after standing for the National Anthem. We’re supposed to respect the troops, right? That’s what they tell me, and I’m not gonna boo these guys when all they do is come out looking angry. The Street Profits won when Montez Ford hit a Five Star Frog Splash.

These two deserve better than my poor quality photos.

Next up was Raul Mendoza who took on Kassius Ohno. Ohno was SUPER over with the crowd, despite being a heel (and kind of a loser) on NXT tv. Raul came out to little reception, but after Ohno beat the hell out of him, eventually picking up the win, the crowd was on Raul’s side. Ohno gave him a brief fist bump (or bro pound?!?) after the match in a nice show of sportsmanship.

The crowd was excited when Sarah next announced it was time for some women’s action… but then it was a little deflating when Reina came out. Look- I watch NXT every week and even I can’t remember if I’d seen Reina before. I think she was on the Mae Young Classic? Aliyah came out as her tag partner to an equally tepid reaction. But then Dakota Kai and Candice LeRae came out, both of whom were very over with the crowd and the match got underway. It was a decent match, with Dakota selling for most of the time, but ultimately picking up the win with her tag partner. Even though everyone was dead for their entrances, I was impressed with how Reina and Aliyah got themselves over as heels during the match, mostly by yelling back at the crowd.

Lars had an open challenge next where he challenged anyone with enough “hutzpah” to come to his “territory”. Johnny Gargano came out and the two of them had a hell of a match with a weak DQ ending where Lars just shoved the referee. After that he tried to hit Johnny with a chair, but Johnny reversed it and sent Lars packing with a couple of chairshots of his own. Johnny was one of the biggest stars of the night and it was nice to see him looking like “Johnny Wrestling” again, and not some chump who probably attacked Aleister Black.

We know you’re the one who attacked Aleister, Johnny. It’s okay, we forgive you.

Oney Lorcan and Danny Birch came out next to fight the tag champions- Undisputed Era. Only Roddy Strong and Kyle O’Reilly came out, but the crowd was going bananas for them. I’m not sure if the everyone was just worn out or what (it was only five matches in) but the crowd died down about halfway through the match when the heels started locking in rest hold after rest hold. Birch and Lorcan made some nice comebacks, but eventually Undisputed Era picked up the win.

After a much needed intermission, Sarah announced that the remaining matches were all title matches, starting with Ricochet defending his North American Championship against Adam Cole. The crowd really lit up for these two, and gave a standing ovation to Ricochet when he won. There were a lot of dueling chants throughout the match, and of course everyone did the “Adam Cole, bay bay” during Cole’s entrance. You have to!

The one and only!

Next up the Women’s Championship was on the line as Kairi Sane defended her title against Lacey Evans. I’ve never really cared for Lacey on NXT tv (maybe it’s the accent or her constantly switching between a Southern Belle gimmick and a military gimmick? This night she was in her Sailor Moon meets Donald Duck gear), but I thought she was pretty good here. Kairi was really over with the crowd and put Lacey down for the count with her diving elbow after a quick, but good, match. I was surprised to see Lacey challenging for the championship, maybe she’ll be working with Kairi after Evolution.

Then it was main event time, where we saw Tommaso Ciampa face Velveteen Dream. Look- I’ve never been a big Velveteen Dream fan, certainly not since his very recent face turn, but I have to say he was really good here and the crowd was solidly behind him. Sure, there were a few chants for Ciampa, but seeing Dream win the crowd over (including me) when he really has only been a face for a couple of weeks on NXT tv was impressive. The match was great though, and even made me think Dream was going to win a couple of times, as unlikely as that would be in Small Town, Missouri, in front of an arena barely a fourth of the way full. It was great though and makes me excited for Dream to be in the main event of NXT for a while.

A complete star.

Overall it was a great show even though I’ll admit it was missing a lot of wrestlers that I was hoping would be there. No Heavy Machinery, no Bianca BelAir, no Nikki Cross, no Keith Lee, no EC3, no War Raiders. It was still fun, but it felt like half the roster was missing. I guess the NXT roster was too big, despite only being from an hour long tv show. The wrestlers who were there were great though, and I hope they come back soon with everyone else.

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SUMMERSLAM 2018 Predictions!

on August 17, 2018 at 10:55 am

Summerslam, the biggest party of the summer, is here and while there are quite a few promising matches on the show, it suffers from the same thing all WWE pay per views have suffered from lately- a billion matches! Literally 13 as of this writing, which, by the time we get to the main event, will at least feel like a billion. On paper most of the matches look good though, so let’s quit wasting time and dive on into these predictions!

Rusev and Lana vs. Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega
Aiden English will accidentally cost Rusev and Lana the match. That’s been the story for the last month, right?
Who will win: Andrade and Zelina

The Bludgeon Bros. vs. The New Day for the Smackdown Live Tag Team Championships
One of these teams has easily beaten the other before, and I don’t see how anything has changed since then.
Who will win: The Bludgeon Bros.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy for the US Championship
Orton is keeping Hardy from winning that title, so I think the King of Strong Style is holding onto it. Maybe Shinsuke and Orton have a handshake deal together?
Who will win: Nakamura

Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak for the Cruiserweight Championship
I haven’t watched 205 Live in a month or so, but I’ll pick Cedric to hold onto the title because if WWE wanted Gulak to win, he would’ve had the title already.
Who will win: Cedric Alexander

Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin for no reason at all!
Finn won at the last pay per view, so…
Who will win: Baron Corbin

The B Team vs. The Revival for the Raw Tag Team Championships
The B Team already beat the way more popular Deleters of Worlds, so I don’t know why they would drop the titles to the Revival now.
Who will win: The B Team

Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens for the Money in the Bank briefcase
They’ve got all those “Monster in the Bank” shirts to sell.
Who will win: BRAAAAAAUUUUNNN!

Dolph with Drew vs. Seth with Dean for the Intercontinental Championship
Dean had that big return on Raw last Monday, so I hope he helps Seth win the title back. If not it will be kind of a big waste. Here’s hoping the crowd doesn’t start their own countdown clock just to be jerks.
Who will win: Seth with Dean

Daniel Bryan vs. Miz
In an alternate dimension where Bryan hadn’t wasted all that time with Big Cazz, this would be the main event. I know WWE wanted to wait for a big stage to have this match, but I still feel like this feud was way hotter back when Bryan was first cleared to come back. I’m still looking forward to it though, and I’m optimistically hoping that Bryan wins.
Who will win: Bryan!

Carmella vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Live Women’s Championship
Carmella has been terrible in the ring so far, so I’m guessing WWE will use this opportunity to get the title off of her before Evolution. The Lynch vs. Flair feud is the real story of the match, and I’m hoping Lynch turns heel to win since she’s been pretty much the same since her days back on NXT (post river dancing).
Who will win: Becky Lynch

AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship
AJ keeps getting these great opponents, but then the storylines suck. Joe’s amazing, but not even he could pull off his phony letter from AJ’s wife. I don’t doubt that AJ will retain though. He held the title through all of his Shinsuke feud, and I’m not sure WWE wants to end that for Joe.
Who will win: AJ Styles.

Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey
I’ve learned not to doubt Ronda’s in ring ability, although I can doubt Alexa’s plenty. I imagine they’ll have to get creative with interference from Mickie James and Alicia Fox in order to make it look like Alexa can stand a chance against Rousey. I think Rousey will win the title at Evolution though, so I’m expecting her to only win by countout or DQ here.
Who will win: Ronda Rousey by DQ or countout

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship
I’m tired of this feud. You’re tired of this feud. All I can hope for is that this match will end it. Part of me is hoping the end will be Roman pinning Brock clean so there’s less chance of a rematch, although Universal Champions don’t often get a rematch anyway, so maybe it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day though I’m hoping that Roman wins, so well played WWE. May this match get bombarded with a thousand beach balls.
Who will win: Roman Reigns

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