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Remember When? (Vol. 3)

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Remember When? (Vol. 3) The Beginning of NXT Last time on the "Remember When" series, we took an in-depth look at the history of the newly formed ECW, lasting from 2006 to 2010. We described the argumentative state that the brand always seemed to be in. Then on ECW's second to last episode, they announced the end of ECW. They announced that in its place would be WWE's latest "developmental" series, NXT. There wasn't too much known about the brand at the time. We just knew NXT would be pairing "Rookies" with "Pros". The rest was proven to be history, and now we have the brand known as NXT every Wednesday. So that being said, let's take a look back at the early history of NXT! Chapter 1: An Extreme Beginning As we mentioned, Vince McMahon came down the ramp on February 2nd 2010, and congratulated ECW for "|Being the success it truly was". To the dismay of the announce team of Josh Matthews and Byron Saxton,

5 Reasons to love The Miz

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It's easy for us to point out reasons to like The Miz. Hell, we're from Cleveland just like him. But, I'm going to try to leave bias aside. The Miz is without a doubt living proof that as long as you work hard, and want it bad enough you can have it. It didn't come without hiccups, though. But that's what makes him so great. His ability to bounce back. And today, we are looking at 5 Reasons to love The Miz! 5: His Ring Work When The Miz debuted, I think it was a universal understanding that, well...He sucked. Starting things off with the Diva Search, WWE didn't really give Miz anything he could sink his teeth into. The former Tough Enough contestant was nervous, and honestly boring. It took him a while to get into the ring on TV, but when he did...It was AWESSSOOMMMEEE!!!!...Sorry, I had to. Point is, Miz has done everything to get over in the ring throughout the years and it shows. He's changed his moveset, changed his finisher and now he's on to

5 Ways Lesnar Destroyed WWE's Main Event Scene

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At the risk of Brock Lesnar (Somehow) reading this and killing me, I will say one thing; Brock Lesnar is an absolute monster. And there is just no way around that. Brock has done some rather extraordinary things in his career that we may not have enjoyed or even appreciated. But that's what makes Brock unique; He straight up doesn't give a damn about us. But as you all know, the perception of Brock has obviously been lackluster. And today, we put pen to paper...Or Keys to a word document? Oh Internet...Anyway, today we are looking at 5 Ways Lesnar DESTROYED WWE's Main Event Scene! 5: Beating Randy Orton   Again, we know how brutal Lesnar can be. No one will deny that. However, that didn't mean that WWE had to so bluntly show it to us. At Summerslam 2016, The Beast took on The Viper in what a lot thought would be a basic Brock-formulated match; Suplex, Suplex, Suplex, F5 and match over. However, that was not the match we saw when early on, it was apparent that Les

Remember When (Vol. 2)

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I had quite a bit of fun writing the first edition of "Remember When" so much that heck, I'm gonna do it again! This time around, I'm going to cover and give my overall opinion on the revamped ECW from 2006! Was it good? Was it bad? Or, am I indifferent? Well, let's put on our Extreme Writing Caps and get to work!                                                               Chapter 1: It's Not Completely Dead The year is 2005. ECW has been dead for four years. In that time, Vince McMahon not only bought the product, but was convinced by Shane McMahon and Rob Van Dam to do a one-off show to tribute those who sacrificed their bodies. With already contracted talent such as Chris Jericho, RVD, Rhyno and the Dudleyz (Although they were reportedly on their way out at the time), and talent such as Sabu, Mike Awesome and more, the show was looking to be a huge hit. Then it was set. June 12th 2005. We were promised something different. Something that ha