It was best for business to book the Fastlane main event that way. Yes, Goldberg beating Kevin Owens in 23 seconds has its downsides. Goldberg is a 50-year-old man that has never been an exemplary worker. Owens is one of the most over full-time wrestlers in the company and...

You know the drill: I am betting imaginary jellybeans for each match (based on Paddy Power’s odds) and keeping track of my “winnings.” I’m dividing my picks into three categories: 🔒Locks™, Solid Picks and Stay Aways. I will bet 10 jellybeans on the 🔒Locks™, five on the Solid Picks,...

Last week, Kurt Angle was announced as the first member of this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class. If he’s the headliner (which seems likely), he’ll join Bruno Sammartino as the only headliner whose announcement came as a surprise. It was well known that Sammartino’s refusals were due to...

You know the drill: I am betting imaginary jellybeans for each match (based on Paddy Power’s odds) and keeping track of my “winnings.” I’m dividing my picks into three categories: 🔒Locks™, Solid Picks and Stay Aways. I will bet 10 jellybeans on the 🔒Locks™, five on the Solid Picks,...

Before the brand extension, squash matches, or the lack thereof, were a somewhat common topic among the IWC. They see­med like a good idea. Since, at that point, SmackDown was more or less a recap of Raw, there were plenty of wrestlers not getting any screen time, and it...

A lot of head-scratching things happened on Monday night. Donald Trump told the nation that not paying federal income tax made him “smart”. Julio Jones and Brandin Cooks combined for 3 catches and 29 yards in a football game where their teams combined for 77 points. Grover Norquist complained...

As we discussed on this week’s podcast, this card does not seem to have the promise to match up to Backlash. On the plus side, the matches themselves, for the most part, will be entertaining, and the odds are not too long on many of the favorites, making it...

It’s the smallest PPV in a while, given that it’s SmackDown only. That means less opportunities to bet, and frankly, the disparity in the odds make me nervous about betting on these matches. Luckily, us jellybean connoisseurs have football as well. You know the drill: I am betting imaginary...

Here we are at the smark’s WrestleMania, and it’s one of the best top-to-bottom cards in recent memory. We have a singles match between two of the most prolific women wrestlers in the post-Lita and Trish world, a dream tag team match between the coolest guys from WWE and...