|Date: September 2, 2023|Venue: PPG Paints Arena |City: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Attendance: 14,584 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a standard video package. Nothing too out of the ordinary with this one, it highlights all of the top matches tonight. Michael Cole welcomes us to Pittsburgh. There’s a video package for Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus. It’s a really really good video package narrated by … Continue reading Payback 2023
|Date: August 5, 2023|Venue: Ford Field |City: Detroit, Michigan|Attendance: 59,194 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show starts with a cold open courtesy of Kid Rock. I like the mention of Summerslam’s gone by before focusing on tonight’s show. Michael Cole welcomes us to the 36th annual Summerslam event. Ricochet vs. Logan Paul Background: At the Royal Rumble in January, Logan Paul and Ricochet were participants in … Continue reading Summerslam 2023
|Date: May 27, 2023|Venue: Jeddah Super Dome |City: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia|Attendance: 13,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger An action-packed video package kicks us off, highlighting all of the big matches tonight. Michael Cole welcomes us to Night Of Champions dramatically. He’s joined by Corey Graves. Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles – World Heavyweight Championship match Background: Seth Rollins and AJ Styles meet in the final of a … Continue reading Night Of Champions 2023
|Date: May 6, 2023|Venue: Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot |City: San Juan, Puerto Rico|Attendance: 17,994 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package featuring Bad Bunny kicks us off to the theme of Bad Bunny. It covers all of tonight’s big matches. We get a cool drone shot which I assume is the same one they used on Smackdown. Michael Cole welcomes us to Puerto … Continue reading Backlash 2023
|Date: April 2, 2023|Venue: SoFi Stadium |City: Inglewood, California|Attendance: 81,395 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Jimmy Allen kicks off the show with America The Beautiful. I haven’t heard of him but fair play, he does a really good job. Kevin Hart narrates the opening video package again. Michael Cole then welcomes us to the second night of Wrestlemania 39. Wrestlemania hosts The Miz and Snoop Dogg are … Continue reading Wrestlemania 39 Sunday
|Date: April 1st, 2023|Venue: SoFi Stadium |City: Los Angeles, California|Attendance: 80,497 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Becky G sings America The Beautiful to kick things off. Kevin Hart narrates a Wrestlemania hype video to kick us off featuring stars of the past and present. Michael Cole welcomes us to Wrestlemania. The stage looks great. The host of Wrestlemania The Miz is in the ring with Snoop Dogg. … Continue reading Wrestlemania 39 Saturday
|Date: February 18, 2023|Venue: Bell Center |City: Montreal, Quebec, Canada|Attendance: 17, 271 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off, it’s vague but it covers most of the matches on tonight’s card. There’s a lot of focus on the two Elimination Chamber matches and the main event. Michael Cole welcomes us to Montreal for the first major event held there since Survivor Series 1997. … Continue reading Elimination Chamber 2023
|Date: January 28, 2023|Venue: Alamodome |City: San Antonio, Texas|Attendance: 51,338 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The opening package is narrated by Hardy. It’s not a bad little package but it didn’t get me overly excited like some packages do. Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcome us to the Royal Rumble. And they are joined by the returning Pat McAfee! It’s a total surprise to Michael Cole which … Continue reading Royal Rumble 2023
|Date: November 26, 2022|Venue: TD Garden |City: Boston, Massachusetts|Attendance: 15,609 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off with Ozzy Osbourne singing his song which is the theme for this event, Michael Cole then welcomes us to Survivor Series. He’s joined by Corey Graves and they discuss the rules for WarGames. Team Belair (Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Mia Yim, and Becky Lynch) vs. … Continue reading Survivor Series 2022
|Date: October 8, 2022|Venue: Wells Fargo Center |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Attendance: 15,944 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off and it’s an interesting one. Paul Heyman doing a spelling test to a child as clips play over the top. The theme is of course, extreme and Philadelphia gets acknowledged as the birthplace of extreme. Michael Cole welcomes us to the show. He is joined … Continue reading Extreme Rules 2022
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