Written by: Kevin Berge

It's been a while since I've talked about wrestling. It's been an exhausting span for wrestling in many ways. The pandemic has drained the life and energy out of the shows in more ways than the writing and booking ever could.

However, WWE and AEW have both taken the right steps to bring some needy energy back to their shows. WWE finally realized their use of Performance Center crowds was not working, so they moved to the Thunderdome (a weird concept but one that has instantly made the show more engaging).

AEW has long had the better stance, focusing on using the talent in the crowd in a real engaged manner. There's an air of real excitement in AEW that WWE often lacks. The only problem for AEW has been a few tired storylines that finally got rejuvenated in the last few weeks.

Both shows are still working for the mindset that they need to hold off for crowds, but crowds are a distant hope. It's time to take chances, and surprisingly WWE is ready to do that more than AEW (even though AEW is still the far more consistent product).

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

In the lead-up to Backlash 2020, WWE did something truly bizarre. The company tried to sell everyone on the idea that the main event between Edge and Randy Orton could be the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever.

WWE did not even use the term "wrestling" much anymore, yet they sold this tagline like it was absolutely true. What ultimately came of the match is a bit complicated to discuss because it was neither bad enough or good enough to truly earn the title or backlash.

I was driven to write about it not because of the match itself but the way WWE presented the entire situation. It has never been more transparent that WWE wanted to prove a point that some absolutely bought in the end.

Written by: Kevin Berge

It has been a crazy time in the world. The outbreak of COVID-19 has left the entire world in quarantine, attempting to stop the spread of the first pandemic in decades. No one has gone unaffected.

Wrestling has been affected in a big way though perhaps avoided the fallout more than most entertainment and sports. WWE and AEW have felt confident enough to hold empty arena matches on closed sets.

It has been a unique experience, but the end result has been surprisingly effective. Both sides have made strides in a short time and delivered including WWE doing the unthinkable and holding WrestleMania 36 without a single fan in attendance.

There's so much to say on what has been happening, so I needed to sit down and put words on the page about where we all are at this point and how it has been both problematic and inspiring that wrestling has continued on.

Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: Lee South/AEW)

AEW has been on an incredible run. Its February string of Dynamites was one of the best months of wrestling I have seen in a long time. AEW Revolution had major hype even with half the card thrown together in the last week.

The top matches had so much potential. Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley was a top notch main event match that was easily going to outshine their disastrous past. Cody vs. MJF had an incredible story behind it that had dominated AEW.

Hangman Adam Page and Kenny Omega vs. The Young Bucks was a story build over years to get to a match that had the easiest potential to steal the show.

It was to be an exciting night, and AEW certainly delivered on that.

Written by: Kevin Berge

It's been a while since I have talked about wrestling on here, over a month now. With a number of big moments over this last month, I thought it was about time to talk wrestling again.

Instead of a typical review though, I wanted to do something different. I just wanted to talk about whatever was on my mind so that I can focus on what I feel was essential. That will mean less structure to all of this and no direct results.

If you are coming into this looking for the results of the shows, I'd suggest just checking the Wikipedia pages. I'm here to just say whatever interests me about wrestling right now.