Written by: Kevin Berge

Quick Take: Stranger Things Season 3 is the most character-driven and unique of the series. With the actors growing into their roles and the series shedding into overly familiar roots, this season takes a bit of time to get going but rolls forward with the most compelling focus to date.

Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com)

There was once a time where I eagerly awaited Extreme Rules. It was an event that actually had a clear gimmick and usually delivered with strong matches. This year, I barely kept my head up especially with so much help happening on the same weekend. I was more interested in watching the G1 Climax.

While I was happy to watch Fyter Fest and the G1 has started strong, I underestimated WWE. I forgot for just a moment just how much talent the company has. Sometimes, WWE just needs to get out of the way and let the wrestlers wrestle.

That's what they did for the most part, and the momentum was set for SummerSlam with only a few hiccups along the way.

Written by: Kevin Berge (Image Courtesy of: AEW photographer Lee South)

July 13-14 was a stacked weekend of wrestling. Everyone had something to deliver, and All Elite Wrestling looked to deliver in only its third big show. While ostensibly a major event for the company, the card though came in feeling sadly lackluster.

Some of this may have come from the lack of time from Fyter Fest. This charity event was set only two weeks after the last show. However, both secondary AEW events have lacked a strong build.

The biggest issue may simply be inexperience and missing a TV spotlight. AEW is trying to find its focus, and that has led to more introductions than rivalry builders.

Written by: Kevin Berge

Quick Take: Jessica Jones Season 3 highlights the key theme of the series: heroism. While the central villain is fairly flat, the character interplay between the main leads and the growing web of conflicts make this a worthy ending to this superhero detective franchise.

Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com)

All good things in WWE last one week. After a big hubbub over Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff taking over Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live, the following week went about as flat as possible.

To be fair, there's supposedly still a gradual change of power on both shows, but Raw sets a decent bar to be jumped, and this week the show started under that bar and sank straight down.

For those paying attention, this weekend will be a huge pair of nights of wrestling including Extreme Rules, and I wouldn't blame anyone for completely skipping the WWE show at the end. It's pretty sad that a card featuring Kofi Kingston vs. Samoa Joe, Ricochet vs. AJ Styles, The Revival vs. The Usos, and more feels so underwhelming.