March 3rd 2014: On this week’s Raw Review Crew… A pipe bomb, a walk out, new tag champs and hugging. Raw didn’t have a CM Punk return, but this week’s Raw Review Crew does feature my return. It’s the first full episode of Raw I’ve watched in well over a...

Live from Chicago, Illinois this is the Raw Deal for episode #1084. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. The crowd was loud right away as the announcers mentioned The Wyatt Family vs. The Shield and Daniel Bryan vs. Batista. CM Punk’s music. Crowd goes wild. Instead of Punk, it’s...

-This was the UFC’s 7th event in Brazil in 2013 and the first one in the state of Goias. For the record I think Zuffa are doing an awesome job in Brazil by moving the events all over the place – I just wish they’d get back to doing the same in the US and do places like St. Louis,...

-This was the UFC’s third Fight for the Troops show and the first once since January 2011. The previous two cards had turned out to be pretty epic – in particular the first one which was one of the most violent nights in UFC history – but this one didn’t look quite as good on paper and...

February 24th 2014: On this week’s Raw Review Crew… A few real Americans, an Undertaker, and a rematch nobody wanted to see. After nearly a month without watching much WWE, a week of early shifts meant I had a chance to watch Elimination Chamber, it also meant that for the first...

Live from Green Bay, Wisconsin this is the Raw Deal for episode #1083. If you missed my WWE Elimination Chamber review click right here. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. Raw begins with “Real American” as Hulk Hogan made his return to WWE. He was rocking the red and yellow and...

-This was the first UFC event in England since September 2012, and while it was a Fight Night card rather than a PPV-level show, the two main events of Michael Bisping vs. Mark Munoz and Ross Pearson vs. Melvin Guillard sounded cool. Of course, it wasn’t to be as Bisping tore his retina and...

WWE Elimination Chamber Minneapolis, Minnesota February 23, 2014 (Twitter @johnreport) I missed the first eight minutes of the Kickoff Show. When I started watching, Zeb Colter was giving a pep talk to his Real American buddies Cesaro & Jack Swagger. The announce team of JBL, Michael...

-With both Velasquez and Dos Santos blowing through their opposition at UFC 160 and Zuffa (and combat sports) general hard-on for “trilogies”, it was pretty clear that a third, and likely final match between the two was coming. Personally I thought it was a little too soon and would’ve...

This Sunday night February 23 it’s the 5th annual Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What’s interesting about Elimination Chamber is that WWE Network is debuting the next day in the United States (the rest of the world has to wait) and...

Tomorrow’s show in Philly was rounded out by adding Kevin Steen vs. Cliff Compton in an unsanctioned Street Fight, which will take place after the “official” show ends. So…it’s the main event then. Also added was a six man tag with Mark Briscoe, Adam Page and Cedric Alexander facing...

February 17th 2014: On this week’s Raw Review Crew… Chamber build, Shield tension and Kane takes his shirt off. Welcome once again to the RR(Justin)C. I haven’t watched a second of Raw since CM Punk left, that’s not some kind of fanboyish stance since Punk is gone, I...

Live from Denver, Colorado this is the Raw Deal for episode #1082. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. Raw started with Jinder Mahal. Just kidding. It was John Cena. Cena did one of his usual hype promos talking about how dangerous the Elimination Chamber match is. Cena spoke about how the...

This review will be abbreviated this week. Lots going on, up to and including me digging myself out of a foot and a half of snow. ROH has its 12th Anniversary Show next Friday in Philadelphia, and the card, while solid on paper, hasn’t been built to because it’s not an iPPV anymore. The...

February 10th 2014: On this week’s Raw Review Crew… Tea with Betty White and Orton jobbing yet again. Another week, another RRC, another Raw I haven’t had a chance to watch yet. Justin has though, so here are his thoughts on this week’s show. Can We Please Get Daniel...

Live from Los Angeles, California this is the Raw Deal for episode #1081. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. Big Show walked out with Betty White on the stage as the crowd cheered her. She said she was thrilled to be there. Show asked her what she was going to do, so she said she was going to...

Before I begin, I just have to say how cool it was to see a Ring of Honor article on the front page of WWE.com. It was a shame that CM Punk left the company last week because I would have loved to hear his take on ROH’s influence on WWE today since he was the first guy to break through to...

Alright, so admittedly, perhaps this piece is a few months too late. After all, it was in the afterglow of October’s UFC 166 that a lot of fans were debating whether or not the card was the best show the UFC had ever put on. Dana White and Joe Rogan certainly thought so. What really inspired...