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WWE: 5 Reasons WrestleMania Should Be a 2-Day Event
On August - 31 - 2012
More than any sports organization or marquee event, more than the NFL and Super Bowl or MLB and the World Series, WWE is under pressure to make each year's WrestleMania bigger than the last.Sports fans can forgive a bad Super Bowl because the game played like the game played. They got what they got. Wrestling fans, on the other hand, know about scripting and choreography and continue to demand more and more from subsequent WrestleMania events.To their credit, WWE puts a metric ton of effort into making WrestleMania a kind of "Wrestling Christmas."They added an extra hour to the pay-per-view, a ...
5 Reasons TNA’s ‘Bound for Glory Series’ Doesn’t Draw
On August - 4 - 2012
Say what you will about TNA's booking but Impact Wrestling has always been the home of "something different," be it Ultimate X, the Knockouts or guys like Samoa Joe, AJ Styles and Austin Aries. They're not always successful but Dixie Carter and company do frequently attempt to innovate and the Bound for Glory Series is no different.In a world without King of the Ring, last year's BFGS, a long-form tournament to determine a number one contender at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view, seemed like a breath of fresh air.We all saw potential in the five-month extravaganza but injuries to a third ...