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Show Reports

WWE RAW Results: May 14, 2012

May 15, 2012

Laurinaitis learns his potential fate come Over The Limit, Big Show gets humiliated and fired, Triple H gets served, A.J. confronts CM Punk, Daniel Bryan abandons his tag partner, and Sheamus costs Orton.

WWE SmackDown Results: May 11, 2012

May 11, 2012

Del Rio gets richoted , Big Show gets embarrassed, A.J. continues to go over the deep end, and a tag match ends in anarchy.

WWE RAW Results: May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

Daniel Bryan punishes CM Punk, Laurinaitis demands respect, Brock Lesnar uses his former mouthpiece to quit the company, and Sheamus gets two extra challengers at Over The Limit.

WWE SmackDown Results: May 4, 2012

May 5, 2012

Sheamus’ one-armed victory, Randy Orton & Big Show get a measure of retribution, Damien Sandow bows out, and Ryback blasts in.

WWF Raw 28/02/2000 & WWF Smackdown 02/03/2000

Posted on May 6th, 2012 by Nick Sellers.

The week following No Way Out sees The Rock try to reclaim his Wrestlemania main event spot, a member of DX kicked out of the group and a new era dawns in the Hardcore title scene. And Mae Young gives birth. To a hand.

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The Redman Report: WWE Smackdown 4/5/12: I just love my job.

Posted on May 5th, 2012 by Jimmy Redman.

You know me, I like wrestling TV. I havent enjoyed a single episode of TV as much as this one in at least 12 months. Yes, THAT much. Do not miss this show.

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The Redman Report: Flashback to January 2006: “Trish, I love you.”

Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Jimmy Redman.

Have I ever mentioned Trish and Mickie? I’m kidding, this post isnt about that, I promise. But as we continue on the path of 2006 we look at the rest of January, including the Royal Rumble, WWE TV for the month, and more.

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The Redman Report: WWE Extreme Rules 2012

Posted on April 30th, 2012 by Jimmy Redman.

I dont usually like to give anything away when I do this blurb for a PPV, but let me just say, WATCH THIS SHOW. A public service announcement. No idea where to even start with the awesome.

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WWE Extreme Rules 2012 Preview

Posted on April 29th, 2012 by dsrchris.

So the WrestleMania hangover from my atrocious predictions has finally subsided (18 seconds?! Big Show wins?! TEAM JOHNNY?!! REALLY?!), and we’re heading into a brand new “season” in the WWE. Luckily for us tonight just happens to be the night where the rulebook goes flying out of the window…

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The Redman Report: WWE TV week of 23/4/12: “In the words of Titus O’Neil…”

Posted on April 28th, 2012 by Jimmy Redman.

This week: An Untitled Three Hour Raw, and Five Important Reasons Why You Should Watch Smackdown.

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WWF No Way Out 2000

Posted on April 26th, 2012 by Nick Sellers.

Hell in a Cell with Mick Foley’s career at stake, a Euro-Continental Champion is crowned and a new era dawns in the tag division. Also, who’s getting the Wrestlemania title shot out of The Rock and Big Show? The result may surprise you.

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The Redman Report: WWE TV week of 16/4/12: Scared p*ssless.

Posted on April 21st, 2012 by Jimmy Redman.

Its already time for another UK taping? Man, time flies. Anyway, Merry Olde England and such things. Such things like VIDEO PACKAGES and some cool matches.

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The Redman Report: Flashback to January 2006 – “You big overgrown ox.”

Posted on April 19th, 2012 by Jimmy Redman.

So, change of plans. I try to keep up with Raw and Smackdown every week, but its becoming harder and harder to do so with…my life in the way. While I will continue to try and write current TV up as much as I can, I thought I’d also change tack and write about something I have been able to watch quite a lot of in the meantime: 2006…

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Shooting Star Press: My WWE WrestleMania 28 Weekend

Posted on April 16th, 2012 by Edgedogg.

This year I was lucky enough to be able to attend WWE WrestleMania once again. Some of you may be familiar with my previous WrestleMania experiences at WrestleMania 25 and WrestleMania 26. This year I attended a few WrestleMania Axxess sessions, the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, WrestleMania and the following WWE Raw show…

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Raw 21/02/2000 and Smackdown 24/02/2000

Posted on April 12th, 2012 by Nick Sellers.

HHH and Cactus get ready for No Way Out ditto Big Show and The Rock. Kane is gunning for X-Pac, The Radicals are gunning for Too Cool & Rikishi, and Crash Holly wins his first of approximately 100 Hardcore titles!

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Dave ‘Fit’ Finlay Interview

Posted on April 9th, 2012 by Josh Modaberi.

We caught up with Finlay to talk about getting into the business, working for the WWE, his departure from the company and the fourth generation of the Finlay family…

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