Welcome to the first PPV after WrestleMania 34. Backlash featured the return of both brands being together. Once again, A.J. Styles defended the WWE title against Shinsuke Nakamura. Seth Rollins defended the Intercontinental Championship Against former champ, The Miz. Nia Jax put her Raw Women’s Championship on the line against Alexa Bliss. Carmella defended the Women’s SmackDown Championship Against Charlotte Flair. We also have Roman Reigns battling Samoa Joe. Let’s see how things turned out. We kicked things off with Seth Rollins defending the Intercontinental Championship against the Miz. Ever since Rollins wrestled for more than an hour on Monday Night Raw during that Gauntlet Match, he’s been on fire.…
Daddy’s Hangout WrestleMania 34 Review
After one of helluva night with NXTTakeover: New Orleans, the WWE was ready for their Super Bowl. WrestleMania 34 is finally here and with some great buildups, anticipation was through the roof. You had so many storylines that were intriguing headed into the granddaddy of them all. Will the Undertaker finally accept the challenge from John Cena? How would Ronda Rousey fare in her in-ring WWE debut? What to expect in the in-ring return of Daniel Bryan after finally being medically cleared? Who would Braun Strowman choose to be his partner in his tag team match? How would the “Dream Match” of A.J. Styles versus Shinsuke Nakamura turn out? Could…
Daddy’s Hangout 2018 NXTTakeover: New Orleans Review
If you’re a wrestling fan, you know it’s the best time of the year. WrestleMania is among us and it’s one of the more stacked cards I’ve ever seen. When it comes to WrestleMania weekend, we get another NXTTakeover special. For the last few years, NXTTakeover is the highlight of the weekend. With NXTTakeover: New Orleans, this year should be no different. Adam Cole, EC3. Ricochet, Velveteen Dream, Killian Dean and Lars Dawson fought for the new North American title. Andrade “Cien” Almas defended the NXT Championship against Aleister Black. Ember Moon put her NXT Women’s title on the line against Shayna Bazsler again. The Undisputed Era defended their titles…
Daniel Bryan Cleared: 9 Wrestlers He Should Face
This past Tuesday, March 20th was one of the happiest days of my life. My oldest daughter turned 18-years-old and she’s about a couple months away from graduating high school. During the afternoon, I received breaking news from my WWE app and it had to do with Daniel Bryan. If you follow WWE, then you know that he’s been cleared to return to the ring. Seeing it was hours before SmackDown, we knew that something major would happen. Of course, he opened SmackDown Live with an emotional promo about his journey from having to retire to working his ass off to get cleared. The promo was awesome, and it set…
Who Answers the Bar at WrestleMania 34 For the Raw Tag Titles
Ever since Cesaro and Sheamus got together, they’ve dominated the tag team scene. Before getting together, they hated each other, and then-GM Mick Foley put them in a series of matches. In the end, nothing was accomplished, and Foley suggested they become a tag team. As they say, the rest is history and now they’re the 4-time Raw tag team champions. They have stated that they don’t have anyone to face at WrestleMania 34 after defeating the Revival. With that being said, Cesaro and Sheamus aka the Bar has issued an open challenge for WrestleMania 34. The big question now is, who will or should answer the challenge from the…
Daddy’s Hangout 2018 Elimination Chamber PPV Review
As we continue on the Road to WrestleMania, Raw has its final PPV before the big event. The big news coming into the event was Ronda Rousey signing her WWE contract. In the main event, we got to see who would headline WrestleMania Against Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. In a history making event, the ladies had their chance in the Elimination Chamber as Alexa Bliss defended her title. Nia Jax battled the undefeated Asuka with WrestleMania implications. Let’s get started to see how everything turned out at the Elimination Chamber PPV. We started things off with the Women’s Elimination Chamber match. Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James, Mandy Rose…
Daddy’s Hangout 2018 Royal Rumble PPV Review
It’s officially time to start the Road to WrestleMania. After a classic NXTTakeover, it’s time for the Royal Rumble. The Royal Rumble is one of the most exciting PPVs the WWE put together because of the uncertainty. This year, things are a little bit different as we have the First-Ever Women’s Royal Rumble. Besides the Rumble matches, we have a pair of championship matches. First, we have A.J. Styles defending the WWE title against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a 2-On-1 Handicap match. Brock Lesnar defended his Universal Championship Against Braun Strowman and Kane. Cesaro & Sheamus look to recapture the Raw tag titles against Seth Rollins & Jason…
Daddy’s Hangout NXTTakeover Philadelphia Review
The WWE has had a pretty special week as they head into the Royal Rumble PPV. Everything started out with the 25th Anniversary special for Monday Night Raw. On Saturday night, we had the NXTTakeover special and this one I was looking for, like all the rest of them. With all the recent, major signings the WWE have made over the last week, could they show up? Riccochet, War Machine and Candice LeRae are all confirmed to have signed with WWE and rumor has it that EC3 is on his way also. Aleister Black and Adam Cole are two of my favorites, which made me look forward to this match.…
8 Major Moments from Raw 25 for Daddy’s Hangout
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Undertaker, “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBease, DX, APA and a few others were nice to see. Seeing old videos of the Ultimate Warrior, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Miss Elizabeth and others made me miss them more. This past Monday, WWE put together their 25th Anniversary show from two separate locations. The main show taking place at the Barclay’s Arena in Brooklyn and at the original location in Manhattan. We had Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler calling shots at the original spot, which was awesome to see them together again. Despite it being the go-home show for the Royal Rumble, this…
Daddy’s Hangout 2017 Clash of Champions PPV Review
Here we have the final PPV for the WWE and it’s the SmackDown-only, Clash of Champions. Of course, this is an old WCW event as I vividly remember watching those specials on TBS back in the day. They were like free PPVs airing on free TV and I remember the classic between Flair & Sting that ended in a time-limit draw. Fast forward, we have the WWE putting on the event with all champions defending their titles. A.J. Styles defended the WWE Championship against former champ, Jinder Mahal. The Usos defended the tag titles against New Day, Gable & Benjamin and Rusev & English. Natalya got the chance to win…
Daddy’s Hangout 2017 Survivor Series PPV Review
First off, the NXTTakeover: War Games PPV was extremely good and I was highly impressed. Coming out of that event; Velveteen Dream, Aleister Black, Adam Cole, Killian Dean, Lars Sullivan and Andrade “Cien” Almas impressed me. Now let’s turn our attention to the Survivor Series and see how things turned out. The main event saw the men’s team from Raw battling Team SmackDown Live. The co-main event saw the Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar take on the WWE Champion A.J. Styles. This event is based off the Raw Brand taking on Team SmackDown Live for brand supremacy for one night. Let’s see if the Survivor Series lived up to the…
Daddy’s Hangout TLC PPV Review
This PPV was being built as the Shield returning to the ring together for the first time in three years. It turned out that didn’t happen as WWE has been stricken with a viral meningitis issue, so everything changed. As far as we know, the only ones affected is Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas. With Roman Reigns not able to compete, we learned that Kurt Angle would replace him to team with Ambrose & Rollins. This would be the first time Kurt Angle has wrestled in a WWE ring in 11 years. Since Bray Wyatt couldn’t compete, we were treated to a Dream Match as A.J. Styles took…
Top 10 SmackDown Live Moments Grand Rapids
With Hell in a Cell behind them, the SmackDown Live crew heads into Grand Rapids. We get to see the fallout of some amazing matches that took place at the PPV as they start to build towards the Survivor Series. As we all know, Sami Zayn assisted Kevin Owens as he defeated Shane McMahon in the main event. Jinder Mahal successfully defended his WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. In the match of the night, the Usos regained the SmackDown Live tag titles from New Day in an amazing bout. Baron Corbin finally won WWE gold as he pinned Tye Dillinger to become the new United States Championship. Natalya retained the…
Top 10 Monday Night Raw Moments Indianapolis
Monday Night Raw took place in Indianapolis with less than two weeks away from the TLC PPV. Last week, the Shield teased a reunion at the end of Monday Night Raw. During this week’s edition of Raw, we saw their full-fledged reunion in a major way. They destroyed Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus & Braun Strowman to show they’re back and stronger than ever. Kurt Angle announced the main event for the TLC PPV would be the Shield facing Miz, Braun Strowman, Cesaro & Sheamus. Kurt Angle also announced that Enzo would defend his Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto in a Lumberjack match. We also found out that Emma would face Asuka at…
Top 10 Raw Moments Denver Colorado
Monday Night Raw took place from Denver, Colorado as they build towards the TLC PPV. With less than three weeks away, we finally got the first official match for the PPV. Alexa Bliss will defend her Women’s Championship against Mickie James. No other matches have been officially announced, but we also know that Asuka will make her official Monday Night Raw debut. Ever since Braun Strowman lost to Brock Lesnar at No Mercy, he has been on a tear. This week, he battled Seth Rollins to start off Raw in which he defeated the former WWE champ. Cesaro & Sheamus beat down Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose after Braun Strowman…
Top 10 Raw Moments from San Jose
First the I like to say is RIP to Bobby “The Brain” Heenan! Welcome to the go-home show of Monday Night Raw from San Jose, CA. No Mercy takes place this weekend and they tried to sell everyone on the PPV on the WWE Network. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defends the Universal Championship against Braun Strowman. In the other main event, Roman Reigns will battle John Cena as they have traded personal jabs on each other. On this edition of Monday Night Raw, we saw Jason Jordan earn the right to face Miz for the Intercontinental title. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose defend their tag titles against former…
Top 10 SmackDown Live Moments from Las Vegas
After Braun Strowman dominated on Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live invaded Las Vegas. This edition of SmackDown Live was heavily promoted as Sin City SmackDown. The big news was that Mr. McMahon would be appearing to address Kevin Owens after Shane attacked him last week. We also knew that 3 championships would be on the line from Sin City. A.J. Styles put up his United States title against Tye Dillinger. New Day got another opportunity against the Usos for the SmackDown tag team championships. Last, but not least, Naomi got her rematch against Natalya for the SmackDown Women’s title. With SmackDown’s Hell in a Cell PPV around the corner, hopefully…
Top 10 Raw Moments from Anaheim
Monday Night Raw took place in Anaheim, California with less than two weeks from the No Mercy PPV. We kicked off Raw with a damn good match between Roman Reigns and Jason Jordan. After the match, John Cena hit the ring to cut another scathing promo on Reigns and referred to his failed drug test. Braun Strowman battled John Cena later in the night and he decimated Cena then finished him off by powerslamming him on the steel steps. Braun Strowman had a run-in earlier in the night with Brock Lesnar as he dismantled Lesnar after taking a suplex, which did nothing. The main event saw the Hardyz team with…
