The past two weeks, the announced retirement of Daniel Bryan has dominated much of the WWE news, and for good reason. Bryan was one of the pioneers of the new era of WWE programming, so it was sad to see one of the flagship characters of the new direction retire from in-ring action at seemingly […] READ MORE
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WrestleMania 31 Review: The 2nd Annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Last year at WrestleMania XXX, World Wrestling Entertainment began a new tradition at the showcase of the immortals, by honoring a man who has most certainly become immortal in the hearts and minds of WWE fans, Andre the Giant. They did this by creating an annual battle royal named after the “Eighth Wonder of the […] READ MORE
A WWE Network Guide to John Cena at Wrestlemania Part I
Welcome to Last Word on Mania month at Last Word on Sports! All month long we will be doing articles to build up for WrestleMania 31 on March 29, 2015. Be sure to read everything this month by clicking this link. Enjoy! John Cena is arguably the biggest superstar in the WWE for the past decade. […] READ MORE
WWE Teams That Need A Reunion Tour
Last week on Raw Titus O’Neil and Darren Young seemed to reunite and once again become The Prime Time Players. Given this unexpected turn of events, I have looked at the WWE locker room and seen which WWE teams could re-unite if just for one night. Team Rhodes Scholars The duo parted ways nearly two […] READ MORE
Top Ten Surprise Royal Rumble Returns of All Time
The 2015 Royal Rumble is just around the corner. The 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal is always the main focus of the annual pay-per-view and is the most surprising and unpredictable match of the year. This year will be the 28th annual Royal Rumble event and it being the surprising event of the year, it seemed […] READ MORE
Veterans Affairs: Where Do WWE's Experienced Players Fit in the Youth Movement?
We are a few weeks removed from Wrestlemania XXX, and it feels like there has been a shift in WWE regarding who their stars are. It seems like the WWE youth movement that so many have clamored for over the years has finally come to fruition with men like Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, and The Shield leading the way. This […] READ MORE
Fork in the Rhodes: What to Do With Cody and Goldust?
The tag team scene in WWE has been enjoying a resurgence for the better part of six months to a year. While there are a lot of great teams right now like The Usos, The Shield, and The Wyatt Family just to name a few, no one can deny the impact that The Brotherhood has […] READ MORE
Armchair Booking Wrestlemania XXX
After reading James Carlucci’s article about WWE’s intent to have Batista win this year’s Royal Rumble and pass over Daniel Bryan, I started doing some thinking about where everyone would end up come April 6. Of course this allowed the armchair booker in me to bubble to the surface and start thinking creatively about how I imagine the […] READ MORE
The Extinction of the Funkasaurus
The collective jaws of the WWE Universe were left agape a little under two years ago. The beast known as Brodus Clay was set to make his return to the ring, with vignettes hyping it for weeks. But that return brought forth something unexpected. Instead of the monster who had been watching the back of […] READ MORE
The Top 25 WWE Survivor Series Matches Of All Time
Survivor Series is an annual WWE pay-per-view event that focused on tag team wrestling in its early years from 1987 to 1997, mostly in multi-man Elimination tag matches. The contributing factor to put on the Survivor Series was to capitalize on the big time feud between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant after their WrestleMania […] READ MORE