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Cove Alpa Staff
- Jan 17, 2017
- 2 min
Territorial Waters: How WWE’s UK Tournament Was Important in Shaping Indie Wrestling
This past weekend, the WWE ran their inaugural United Kingdom Championship Tournament from Blackpool, England. The 2-day event featured 16 competitors from the UK indie scene representing promotions such as PROGRESS, ICW, and WCPW, showcasing some the European region’s best talent. Following up from the summer’s Cruiserweight Classic, the UK Championship Tournament served as the new unique experiment for Network content and it surely delivered when it needed to. While most of
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SkipFromBk
- Jan 16, 2017
- 3 min
What Will 2017 Bring For New Japan?
Two days after Wrestle Kingdom (Jan. 6th), Omega tweeted that he’ll be taking a sabbatical to scout his future: : I will be stepping away from Japan to reassess my future. The path of my journey may change, but my goals will not. pic.twitter.com/E4vDiGgAwe
— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) January 6, 2017 The curiosity also piqued when WWE ace John Cena sent cryptic posts on his Instagram subliminally referencing Kenny Omega. It can all be just a coincidence, but it leaves the
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Cove Alpa Staff
- Jul 28, 2016
- 4 min
Mac’s Three Points (7/28): Raw Shines As Smackdown Needs Help
As if it hasn’t been beaten over our heads from the past four months, WWE has entered a New Era following the WWE Draft last week. The brands of Raw and Smackdown are once again gone their separate ways and the roster is split between the shows providing new opportunities and a well-needed change in the product. This week was the first test of the new brand split and it brought us a glimmer of hope and the struggle we all feared as well. The latest edition of Three Points wil
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Cove Alpa Staff
- May 31, 2016
- 4 min
The Cruiserweight Renaissance
Last Friday, New Japan held the sixth night of their Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament in Korakuen Hall. The 25th annual tournament brings some of the best Jr. Heavyweight wrestlers around the world to compete in a three-week tour in with eight men split in two blocks. The Friday show offered matches from the B Block which featured junior heavyweight legend Jushin Liger against one of the premier luchadores in Volador, Jr. Yet the match that has everyone talking was the ma
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Cove Alpa Staff
- May 22, 2016
- 4 min
WWE Extreme Rules 2016 Preview & Predictions
Tonight, WWE offers its Universe another live special with Extreme Rules. It’s their eighth annual event of the namesake and second in the New Jersey area with this year being in Newark (the first in East Rutherford in 2014). This WWE Network special will continue to push the New Era of superstars that are infiltrating the main roster, only this time we have more McMahon involvement because how else they’ll get over? Sarcasm aside, the card looks very solid on paper with ever
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Cove Alpa Staff
- May 19, 2016
- 1 min
NXT Championship Rematch Announced
NXT shocked the world with The Demon, Finn Balor losing the NXT Championship to Samoa Joe at a NXT Live show right after becoming the longest reigning NXT Champion in history. Now it’s time to shock the world again. During a contract signing broadcast via Facebook, Willam Regal announced that the rematch for the NXT Championship between Finn Balor and new reigning champion Samoa Joe will take place inside a steel cage. This match will be the first ever Steel Cage match in NXT
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Cove Alpa Staff
- Apr 21, 2016
- 1 min
BREAKING NEWS: New NXT Champion Crowned
In what seems as a day full of shocking events, during a live NXT show in Lowell, MA, Samoa Joe defeated Finn Balor via The Muscle Buster for the NXT Championship. The word around various social media outlets is that Balor suffered some type of ankle injury in his match against Joe. After the pinfall, Samoa Joe celebrated his big win over The Demon while doctors checked on Balor. We’re keeping Finn in our prayers and hoping this isn’t a serious injury. More as we develop…. #C
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Cove Alpa Staff
- Apr 19, 2016
- 4 min
Raw’s Three Points (4/18/16): Styles vs. Reigns, New Era, & More
By: Christopher McManus Now three weeks removed from WrestleMania 32 and less than two weeks away from WWE’s follow-up event Payback, the company is in an upswing. Granted, the creative has been questionable with Shane McMahon gaining control of Raw with little to no explanation. Despite the stipulation that had him losing at WrestleMania then he’ll be gone, everyone’s expectations were met when he was brought back after gaining so much momentum. Loopholes aside, Shane’s pres
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Cove Alpa Staff
- Apr 6, 2016
- 3 min
The Redemption of Roman Reigns
By: Christopher McManus A little over 48 hours since the biggest wrestling weekend has concluded and here we are once again asking questions like the last year before: What happens next? Who debuts on Raw? Where does Roman Reigns go from here? The last one happens to be the most intriguing on the list for me, as after a year and a half of back-and-forth, he finally wins the big one at WrestleMania 32. Granted this is Roman’s third time winning the WWE World Heavyweight Champi
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Cove Alpa Staff
- Apr 4, 2016
- 4 min
NXT Takeover: Dallas (Results & Highlights)
By: Marquel Wallace On April 1st, 2016, the future stars of WWE took over Dallas, Texas with their special live series, NXT Takeover. The event showcased new champions crowned, debuts of some of the best talent in the world, proper farewells and a fight for the right to be called NXT Champion. Win or lose, the stars of NXT made an impact and proved that NXT Takeover: Dallas was the best if not most exciting event of WrestleMania weekend. Here are the results and some of the h
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