I was away in Chicago on Friday and caught up with Smackdown late, so there's a lot to unpack!  First of all, Road Dogg has quit his job on the WWE creative team and we have details as to why, plus Cody Rhodes is WWE champion again and I'm not sure why people are so upset about this given what some of them were saying two months ago.  Plus, Rhea Ripley and Jade Cargill's war of words on social media (work work work) fails to translate to compelling TV... the controversy around Gunther unmasking Dragon Lee on Raw... WWE planning for a record number of women's matches at WrestleMania this year and running through what those matches might be... DEMOLITION is taking their rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame... the latest on AEW's future after the Warner Brothers Discovery acquisition by Paramount... AEW Revolution PREDICTIONS... and why you shouldn't expect to see Michael Hayes leaving WWE creative anytime soon.

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Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite from El Paso, TX with MJF defending his AEW World championship against Kevin Knight and costing Hangman's team their Trios titles, David Finlay arrives and makes an immediate impact, Thekla's first title defense and more.

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Solomonster reviews WWE Raw coming out of Elimination Chamber with CM Punk GOING LOW in his promo with Roman Reigns, Penta wins the Intercontinental title from Dirty Dom, Gunther and Dragon Lee have a BANGER, Danhausen's first Raw appearance and more.

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Solomonster reviews WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 from Chicago with the weakest Chamber match in many years but the right outcome in both of them, Seth Rollins returns as the masked man, DANHAUSEN pops out of the crate and gets BOOED, CM Punk gets to use a throwback for his entrance and more.  Speaking of entrances, I hope you really like them because they're gonna take a while!

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I've got a LOT to say about last night's Elimination Chamber PLE and it's not great... but it's not all bad either as we got a MAJOR title match made for Smackdown, so the WWE title picture is getting interesting at just the right time.  Plus, NXT Stand and Deliver moves AWAY from WrestleMania weekend and why that's a good thing... no plans for a WWE Draft in 2026 and why the draft DOESN'T WORK anymore... AJ Styles going into the Hall of Fame and claims WrestleMania has lost some of its luster... a DEEP DIVE into the latest shocker with Netflix walking away from its acquisition of WBD to pave the way for a Paramount/Skydance takeover and breaking down what it could mean for AEW (and a lot more than just AEW)... The Hurt Syndicate coming back at full strength shortly... John Laurinaitis is back with a quote so crazy I can hardly believe he even said it... and if I had the book, who I would build WWE around for the next five years and beyond!

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Solomonster reviews the final WWE Smackdown before the Elimination Chamber with Jey Uso OUSTED from the Chamber after a brutal attack (yes, another mystery angle), Jacob Fatu and Logan Paul battle for the final spot, NEW tag team champions crowned and how Drew McIntyre just guaranteed a multi-man title match at WrestleMania.

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Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite from Denver with basically an Anarchy in the Arena main event, MJF and Hangman get their stipulation settled for Revolution, Swerve Strickland speaks for the first time since going heel on Kenny Omega and more.  The best compliment I can pay this show is that it wasn't Raw.

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Solomonster reviews the worst WWE Raw of the year and one of the most boring episodes he's ever seen, which is too bad because the closing segment with AJ Styles was a beautiful tribute to one of the greatest of all time.  And now, he's Hall of Fame bound in 2026.

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The SNOW IS COMING, but Solomonster is safe inside with LOTS to say about John Cena's interview  on the No Contest Wrestling Podcast, including how he nearly won his record-breaking 17th World championship years ago at Summerslam (which somehow sounds worse than the way he won it last year), the man he was originally scheduled to wrestle at Crown Jewel (and it WASN'T AJ Styles) and more on his retirement tour... what Brock Lesnar MAY BE DOING on Raw tomorrow, and how AJ Styles and Gunther may not be finished just yet... THE MYSTERY CRATE and the latest on Chris Jericho's status... Elimination Chamber PREDICTIONS including a big twist coming for Randy Orton... Carmelo Hayes wants more storylines around the US title... Swerve Strickland TURNS HEEL on Kenny Omega after the best TV match all year... why the Hangman Page stipulation for his match with MJF wasn't needed but there IS a way around it... MJF and Andrade El Idolo get into it at the House of Glory show, plus the best time and place for a title match between the two, and so much more!

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Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite with the best TV match all year with Swerve Strickland defeating Kenny Omega and going heel on him after, taking him off television.  Plus, MJF and Hangman talk stipulations for their Revolution match, the TBS championship is defended in a four-way and more.

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Solomonster reviews WWE Raw from Memphis with more Elimination Chamber qualifiers, more LA Knight getting his ass kicked by The Vision and a MYSTERY CREATE angle to go nicely with the MYSTERY MAN angle.  How this company makes so much money when I see shows like this may be the biggest mystery of all.

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