Live from Orlando, Florida this is the Raw Deal for episode #1133. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. Here’s my review of last week’s awesome WWE NXT Takeover Rival show. There was no opening video package. They just showed the musical intro for the show. There were even fireworks...

Live from Columbus, Ohio this is the Raw Deal for episode #1132. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. There was a recap of last week’s key Raw events with the promo that opened that show. Roman Reigns entered through the crowd. A recap was shown from last week when Reigns lost to Big Show...

Throughout the history of WWE, there have been several times when the company added religious overtones to their storylines. But when religion was a focal point in a storyline, it often was not for the better. In fact, it’s usually controversial and left viewers scratching their heads or...

-The UFC’s first visit to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, this card looked great (to me) for a Fight Night, with a pretty sick main event of Rory MacDonald vs. Tarec Saffiedine and appearances from both TUF Nations winners and top Bantamweight contender Raphael Assuncao. Such a pity...

Live from Denver, Colorado this is the Raw Deal for episode #1131. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. Regarding the banner, I have plenty of thoughts on how things might go after the last match on this show, so be sure to check it out. There was a recap of last week’s Smackdown with...

-The UFC’s third show in Stockholm, this was the first one not to be sold on the back of Swedish superstar Alexander Gustafsson. Instead it was a Fight Pass offering with the headlining act being another Scandinavian talent in Iceland’s Gunnar Nelson, making a pretty big step up to face...

Live from WWE Studios in Stamford, Connecticut this is the Raw Deal for episode #1130. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. It was the most unique episode of Raw ever. Instead of a regular broadcast of the show in an arena, Raw in the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut was cancelled due to the...

WWE Royal Rumble From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 25, 2015 (Twitter @johnreport) This was written live on Sunday night. I don’t always recap the Kickoff Show, but I am tonight. Here’s what happened without going into details about the panel’s comments. I’ll...

-When this show was first announced it looked like one of the most loaded cards in UFC history. The main event was arguably the biggest grudge match in MMA – Jon Jones defending his LHW Title against Daniel Cormier, and the undercard featured Donald Cerrone vs. the debuting Eddie Alvarez,...

Live from Dallas, Texas this is the Raw Deal for episode #1129. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. There was a video package for Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of MLK Jr. Day in the US on Monday with clips of his “I have a dream” speech. They honor him every year because Vince...

-This was the first UFC show in Japan since March 2013’s Fuel one, and while that was probably a more stacked card in terms of names (Wanderlei, Stann, Hunt, Okami, Gomi, Diego, Lombard, etc) this one looked pretty damn good too, especially the main event of Roy Nelson vs. Mark Hunt –...

-The UFC’s third Brazil show of 2014, this one had a pretty odd main event in the form of Bigfoot Silva vs. Andrei Arlovski. Firstly it was a rematch from a rather underwhelming 2010 StrikeForce fight, but more to the point – Arlovski in a UFC main event in 2014, especially after that...

-Massively stacked card here which was somewhat frustrating given how weak UFC 177’s PPV card had been one week earlier. Of course, the Curse of 2014 still had to step up – Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz, one of the main card bouts, was scrapped due to illness on the day of the event,...

-At this point it feels like a cursed card is like a yearly tradition for the UFC, but this one was extreme by anyone’s standards, as we lost the main event and co-main event from what was a pretty weak card to begin with. Throw in another THREE scrapped fights that caused the whole card to...

Live from New Orleans, Louisiana (I miss Bourbon St.) this is the Raw Deal for episode #1128. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. There was a video package from last week’s Raw when The Authority fired Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan. I hope they enjoyed their weekend off live...

Here's a look at the stats to reveal what we thought were the best and worst shows since the RRC began back in 2002.

Live from Corpus Christi, Texas this is the Raw Deal for episode #1127. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. There was a video package showing the events from last week leading to The Authority returning in power. The show opening video aired. That doesn’t happen very often anymore. The...

December 29th 2014: On this week’s Raw Review Crew… Retirements, kazoos, John, John, John, John, John, John, John, John. It’s the last-ever RRC of 2014 and possibly the last one overall. With a lack of time and motivation to keep writing them, I’m bowing out of doing...