Author: Mark Blake

During last night’s NXT broadcast on the USA Network, Mauro Ranallo announced that the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will return next year. The teams involved and dates for the tournament will be announced on the New Year’s Day edition of NXT. https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/1207478521846624256 The tournament was founded in 2015 as a tribute to the legend and Hall Of Fame entrant, Dusty Rhodes. A three-time NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion, and a multi-time United States and Tag champion. He will be most remembered by younger fans as being a huge part of the WWE Performance Center. Where he helped future WWE stars…

It seems that WWE Hall Of Famer Sting still wants that match with The Undertaker. Sting, who turns 61 next March, spoke with Sports Illustrated this week. In the article, Sting speaks about how if the opportunity to face The Undertaker ever arose, he would accept that one last booking – “If there was a Taker situation at WrestleMania, I would listen to that phone call. I could get in condition and I could pull it off.” Even after announcing his retirement at his Hall Of Fame ceremony in 2016, it seems that Sting feels like the ‘Taker match is…

Last week, Sin Cara among others was released from his WWE contract. He quickly arrived at AAA, showing up at their Guerra de Titanes show event. He was shown on screen as “Sin Cara”, which I’m sure ruffled some feathers back in Stamford, CT. WWE has the trademark rights to the Sin Cara name in Mexico as well as the United States. With that in mind, he has changed his name on social media late on Monday night. Going forward he will be now known as Cinta de Oro. That name was the name of a wrestler that “Sin Cara”…

We reported last week that Robert Roode and Primo Colon had been flagged for a WWE Wellness Policy violation. Both men were suspended for 30 days due to the violation. Primo Colon has now gone on record claiming that he was suspended not for any substance issue, but because he didn’t travel back to the United States to take the test. Primo spoke to Primera Hora in more detail and discussed exactly what happened – “I was not on the road, I was not scheduled for any event in the near future and I am in Puerto Rico when they…

Hands up whose feeling Christmassy? Wearing their super warm Xmas jumper/sweater, sat in their living rooms surrounded by the Xmas decorations and the lightly lit tree? OK, I’ve just described myself and I’m looking for others to say that feel like me to. I’m also looking for the NXT UK fans as I’m back with another Inclination! Three (well four but I’ll get to that) matches are up for discussion today. And that main event of Gallus vs Imperium? OOOOFFF! Along with a couple of promos that move along some storylines quite nicely. Enough guff from me, let me take…

The always mysterious (on Twitter) Matt Hardy has been tweeting some cryptic tweets over the past few days. Following his loss (and promo bashing) he recieved from Drew McIntyre on RAW this week he tweeted the following tweets, hinting about a countdown to Arcadia – https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1204217107120037889 https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1204243456475959297 He then tweeted the following to say why he returned to WWE and how he feels right at this minute – https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1204502898455072769 Busted Open Radio’s Dave LeGreca replied saying that Matt deserved more than what he’s getting on RAW right now. Hardy responded in kind – https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1204477237107601410 Matt Hardy Cryptic Tweets Blake’s Take…

Earlier today, Pro Wrestling Sheet broke the news that Primo Colon and Robert Roode had been suspended by WWE for 30 days each, due to Wellness Policy violations. Below is the official announcement via their corporate page – STAMFORD, CONN., December 10, 2019 – WWE has suspended Eddie Colón (Primo) and Robert Roode each for 30 days effective immediately, for a first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy. Although they are first violations, this will come as a huge blow to Robert Roode, who was building up a head of steam recently on WWE TV. He wrestled Roman Reigns on…

It may have slipped under the radar with the WWE Black Sunday news and subsequent Hall Of Fame announcements, but New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full Wrestle Kingdom 14 two day card. There are some doozies on there but I’ll talk about that at the end in my Blake’s Take. So without further ado, here are the cards! Night 1 – Saturday, January 4 Eight-Man Tag Team Match Jyushin Thunder Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Sasuke, and Tiger Mask vs. Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, and Ryusuke Taguchi Eight-Man Tag Team Match Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil,…

On the night of Saturday 30 November, I attended the Genesis Pro Wrestling debut show, with my wife and son (or wingman if you follow me on social media). The promotion in question, Genesis Pro Wrestling, is a young up and coming company in the South East of England. They’re roughly around 20 miles from where we live and are pretty much my local company. Genesis Pro Wrestling – or GPW if you will – have a huge upside. And if their debut show is anything to go by, the future looks bright for them. My association with GPW is…

The British weather has got to me once again folks. I’m laid up in bed with a chest infection. Boohoo. But don’t feel bad for me. All that means is that I can watch lots of wrestling action! So let’s watch this week’s NXT UK! https://youtu.be/FRVmoOcvtEk Killer Kelly vs Toni Storm A returning Toni Storm completely demolished Killer Kelly in this opening bout. This match – and I use that term lightly – lasted less than two minutes. I will rant about the complete misuse of Kelly late on in my Blake’s Take, don’t worry. I’m not against Toni coming…