This was a week of setting up some high-profile matches for the February show in Las Vegas, but it also featured the start of the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament and was highlighted by a good triple threat main event.
A pretty good final stop before the Rumble with some pretty good matches.
This show felt a lot like the previous RAW in that not much new ground was covered, but there were still enough fun segments to make it an entertaining show.
This was a week to build up the number one contenders. The matches weren’t surprising, but they were pretty good nonetheless.
This week Main Event is bookended by two decent tag matches with a very nice, aggressive, quick match between Neville and Breeze in the middle.
As the last RAW before the Royal Rumble, this show felt a little like treading water, but one segment in particular made for an interesting lead-in to one of the most fun events of the year.
This week’s episode has some good matches highlighted by a crazy, chaotic, violent tag team street fight in the tradition of ECW.
Tyler Breeze and Jack Swagger make up for their not-so-great match last week with a much better rematch.
A few nice happenings and a good rematch for the US Title make this a Smackdown worth watching.
The first Full Sail NXT of 2016 set up some possible new directions for its singles title holders, but the show itself got NXT off to a slow start for the year.
Main Event this week had some nice matches and made a good case for a tag team that could have some potential for a move to the main shows.
This week’s RAW featured more of the same for the most part, but there were a few highlights spread throughout the show.
A four man survival match highlights a pretty good week in ROH.
Witness the birth of a new tag team, the Golden Truth!
The first Smackdown of 2016 and the first Smackdown on USA featured two title matches and had a pretty important feeling. It started off the year of Smackdown right with some good action, fun moments, and promising developments.
Part two of the best of NXT 2015.
Wrestle Kingdom 10 spilled over into Korakuen Hall the following night! New rivalries emerged and a title was on the line.
The Social Outcasts highlight a show with entertaining yet unsurprising matches.
New Japan started the wrestling year with a highly entertaining show that all wrestling fans should see. I was lucky enough to be able to be there in person to experience it. Here are my thoughts.
The road to the Royal Rumble got off to a pretty good start in 2016 in a RAW that saw the return of an old favorite, the emergence of a new faction, and the announcement of a big match stipulation!