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Jack Swagger Proves he's Championship Material on Smackdown

Two weeks ago on RAW, WWE Champion John Cena told Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger that he was not “championship material.”  Swagger’s performance on Friday’s edition of Smackdown went a long way toward proving Cena wrong and garnering some needed prestige … Continue reading

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Friday Night Smackdown Adds a Little Swagger

Wow, we did not see this one coming.  After an intense in-ring promo featuring Wrestlemania opponents Chris Jericho and Edge, the All-American American Jack Swagger took advantage of the recently speared Jericho to become the new undisputed World Heavyweight Champion.  Swagger announced he was … Continue reading

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Our Thoughts on NXT: Week Two

The second episode of WWE’s newest program was another strong showing.  Before any action got under way, Matt Striker offered a helpful breakdown of the NXT rules: at an unspecified future date, the WWE Universe and the NXT pros will … Continue reading

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Money in the Bank is the focus of an Upset-Filled Smackdown

Friday’s action-heavy, promo-light edition of Smackdown focused primarily on a trilogy of qualifying matches for the Money in the Bank ladder match, at the upcoming Wrestlemania 26.  All three of the matches were solid and two of them resulted in … Continue reading

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On The Premiere of WWE NXT

WWE’s newest television program NXT premiered Tuesday night on the SyFy network, and its inaugural episode showed a surprising amount of promise.  Most of you are familiar with the show’s premise: eight rookies, appearing on WWE programming for the first … Continue reading

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Edge and Jericho Reign, Smackdown's EC Match Takes Shape

Chris Jericho opened Friday night’s edition of Smackdown with a typically great promo, in which he abandoned his usual “best in the world at what I do” self promotion for some good, old-fashioned, petulant heel outrage.  Jericho bemoaned the actions … Continue reading

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Edge Retains his Edge on RAW

2010 Royal Rumble winner Edge kicked off Monday’s RAW broadcast, with a requisite post-Rumble win promo, in which the Rated R Superstar did a great job of selling the magnitude of his return and surprise victory.  Though he’s being reiterated … Continue reading

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Smackdown Goes Home to the Royal Rumble

Tuning into Friday Night’s episode of Smackdown, I expected the highlight of the show to be the Unified Tag Team Championship match, pitting champs Degeneration X against challengers CM Punk and Luke Gallows.  Moreover, I anticipated that Punk and Gallows … Continue reading

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CM Punk Brings the Religious Dread on Smackdown

On last Friday’s Smackdown, CM Punk took another big step forward in the development of his messianic, straightedge persona.  He cut a new promo in his series of “baptisms,” by which he aims to convert the WWE Universe, one fan … Continue reading

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CM Punk and Luke Gallows Promo Cuts Too Close to Home on Smackdown

CM Punk’s new protege Luke Gallows cut a groundbreaking promo on Friday night’s edition of Smackdown.  Unfortunately, it was ground that WWE should have left unbroken. Punk and Gallows were interviewed by Josh Matthews for a backstage segment, in which … Continue reading

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