Author: Brandon Lasher

I have been writing about pro wrestling since 2013. When not writing about my beloved hobby, I have been a classroom teacher for over twelve years. I also cheer for my beloved alma mater, the University of Oregon in my remaining limited free time. Feel free to follow me on Twitter @WWEBNRL

Welcome to the latest edition of AEW Ignite! Last week’s show was the second show performed without fans. We certainly notched some differences as AEW seemed to follow the social distancing guidelines a lot better. It also seems they will need to move out of Daily’s Place in Jacksonville. How will that affect AEW Dynamite going forward? Plus we have the in-ring debut of Lance Archer! Let us see what AEW has in store for us on Wednesday: Kenny Omega vs. Trent Kenny Omega successfully defended his AAA Mega Championship last week. But he also holds the AEW Tag Team…

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Welcome to the latest edition of AEW Dynamite IGNITE for 3/25/20! Last week’s show was the first show done without fans. It was easily the best pro wrestling show so far in the post-Coronavirus world. It was full of surprises, creativity, and some really excellent wrestling. While “Blood and Guts” have been indefinitely delayed, AEW is still hoping to build on its great show. What will happen when Chris Jericho faces Matt Hardy? Let us see what AEW has in store for us on Wednesday: AEW Dynamite IGNITE for 3/25/20 Cody vs. Jimmy Havoc What is Cody thinking? Cody should…

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Welcome to the latest edition of AEW Ignite! The world has changed dramatically in the last week. Who knew that last week’s Dynamite was going to be the last one with a live audience for the foreseeable future? But, to their credit, All Elite Wrestling wants to continue to entertain us in these troubling times. I know we are all in need of a distraction from Coronavirus news. Let us see what AEW has in store for us on Wednesday: Who is the exalted one? Who is the Exalted One? It is finally happening. After months of teases, the Dark…

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Welcome to the 3/11/20 edition of AEW Dynamite Ignite! Tonight’s show is another stop on the road to the big “Blood and Guts” card on March 25th. This week’s card looks quite stacked and should lead to an exciting Dynamite. Let us see what AEW has in store for us on Wednesday: Cody vs Ortiz Cody likely has a lot on his mind. Coming off the heels of his loss to MJF at AEW Revolution, he was shockingly interrupted by Jake “The Snake” Roberts on last week’s Dynamite. It seems Jake Roberts has a client and he is coming for…

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Welcome to the second edition of AEW Dynamite IGNITE! This week’s show comes on the heels of the amazing AEW Revolution pay-per-view. A lot of the show this week is unknown, rare for AEW Dynamite. But it should make this a very exciting and unpredictable show. Let us see what AEW has in store for us on Wednesday: Jon Moxley & Darby Allin vs Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara The only match announced for this week’s show is an exciting one. We get a rematch of two matches from AEW Revolution. There is nothing like a tag match to possibly…

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of AEW Dynamite IGNITE! This will be your new weekly preview of the exciting action you will see each and every week on AEW Dynamite. This week’s show is the go-home show before this Saturday’s pay-per-view, AEW Revolution. AEW has done a fantastic job of building its first pay-per-view card of 2020 and this week is filled with exciting matches yet again. The Road to Revolution goes through Kansas City. Let us see what AEW has in store for us on Wednesday: Here is what we IGNITE with AEW Dynamite this week. Inner Circle vs…

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It is a true dream card in early February for NJPW. New Japan Pro Wrestling has used the momentum from the excellent Wrestle Kingdom weekend to set up what could be one of their best wrestling cards of the year – New Beginning in Osaka 2020 The final New Beginning show will have eight matches, a hard-hitting grudge match, and five titles on the line. One of those matches has the first-ever defense of the double Championships. The semi-main event has the dream match of Minoru Suzuki versus Jon Moxley. Let us look at the great card in Osaka. Yuji…

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It is an interesting time of some massive changes in New Japan Pro Wrestling. At Wrestle Kingdom 14, all the major titles changed hands. But NJPW Wrestle Kingdom weekend also did a very good job of setting up the next challengers for those titles. How will New Japan look as we enter its traditional New Beginning Shows in Sapporo? The first of three New Beginning shows will have eight matches, a hard-hitting grudge match and an exciting main event for the NEVER Openweight Championship. With the changing landscape of New Japan in 2020, we should have some unexpected twists and…

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Over Wrestle Kingdom weekend, eight titles changed hands in New Japan. Never a company to rest on its laurels it immediately used the end of the Wrestle Kingdom show and all of New Year’s Dash to begin setting up new challenges for all the titles. The traditional major show on the New Japan calendar in the month of February since 2011 has been the New Beginning 2020 Full Cards. For the third straight year, we have three nights of hard-hitting action over the course of two weekends in Sapporo and Osaka. We even have the last major tour for retiring…

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On January 6, after two exciting nights of Wrestle Kingdom, it was time for the annual tradition that is NJPW New Year’s Dash. It is the place of many tag matches and the setting up of the feuds for the coming months. The night started with the retirement ceremony for Jushin Liger. It had the traditional giving of flowers. It had many photos with members of New Japan and CHAOS. We had Liger’s family come out. We had a video message from the legend, Antonio Inoki. Liger gives a simple speech thanking New Japan, his fans, and his family. Liger…

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