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On June 19th, 2022, Impact Wrestling will unveil the 20th iteration of Slammiversary, originating as Total Nonstop Action’s first year anniversary in 2003. This year’s event will feature the latest Impact World Champion Josh Alexander defending his title against TNA veteran Eric Young, who was originally a part of TNA from 2004 to 2016 and then returned at the …
In 2019, IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito announced his desire to hold both the IC Title and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship simultaneously, a decision eventually backed by both the next IC Champion Jay White and the Number One Contender to Kazuchika Okada’s Heavyweight Championship, Kota Ibushi. Following a fan vote, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that there would be …
Editor’s Note: This article was written prior to the events of AEW Rampage, featuring Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage for the Impact World Championship. In the interest of considering potential contenders within Impact’s roster for the championship, this section has been left in its original form. When a championship is won, the first question usually on a fan’s mind …
Ever since CM Punk first bounced back from losing the WWE Championship by defeating Alberto Del Rio at Survivor Series and getting everyone’s attention, he’s battled tremendous odds. His successful title defences clobbering past former champion Del Rio and The Miz gained him an enemy in authority figure Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis in the lead up to the …
This is part 5 of a multi-part series on CM Punk. You can find part 6 here. Ever since CM Punk first bounced back from losing the WWE Championship by defeating Alberto Del Rio at Survivor Series and getting everyone’s attention, he’s battled tremendous odds. His successful title defences clobbering past former champion Del Rio and The Miz gained …
In 2019, IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito announced his desire to hold both the IC Title and the IWGP Heavyweight Championship simultaneously, a decision eventually backed by both the next IC Champion Jay White and the Number One Contender to Kazuchika Okada’s Heavyweight Championship, Kota Ibushi. Following a fan vote, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that there would be …
This is part 4 of a multi-part series on CM Punk. You can find part 5 here. We began in the latter months of 2011, as we remembered the trials that CM Punk had suffered, from his infamous ‘Pipe Bomb’ promo to losing the WWE Championship, having the ‘Summer of Punk’ derailed, and finally winning his title back from …
This is part 3 of a multi-part series on CM Punk. You can find part 4 here. We began our journey with a voice, a tale of CM Punk as he decreed himself ‘The Best In The World’, discussing the trials he battled through in order to win the WWE Championship back from the man who stole his title, …
This is part 2 of a multi-part series on CM Punk. You can find part 3 here Last time we began our journey by looking back at Punk’s infamous Pipe Bomb, and what happened in the months afterwards, culminating in defeating Alberto Del Rio at Survivor Series 2011 to begin his second WWE Championship. The next night, Monday Night …
The Context This is part 1 of a multi-part series on CM Punk you can find part 2 here It began with one man, sitting down on the entrance ramp, pissed off at the world and unrepentant about it. In his hands was a microphone, a simple creation that became synonymous with an attempted revolution. You may remember, whether …
