SummerSlam 2013 Predictions

Craig Wilson, Kenneth Richardson & Jamie Lithgow

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Tonight WWE will host the hottest event of the summer, Summerslam. This year’s show is stacked and contains many ‘what if’ moments. Bray Wyatt makes his singles debut against Kane, Alberto Del Rio puts his World Heavyweight Title on the line against Christian, former tag partners Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow lock horns, Dolph Ziggler and Kaitlyn team up to face Big E. Langston and Divas champion AJ Lee while two stars of Total Divas – Natalya and Brie Bella – also battle.

In the main events, former Heyman guy CM Punk will take on Brock Lesnar as he attempts to get his hands on his former manager and Daniel Bryan vies for the WWE title as he takes on current champion John Cena. Here; Craig, Kenneth and Jamie give their predictions on the SummerSlam 2013 card.

This Week in Wrestling

Craig Wilson & Jamie Lithgow.

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As everyone reading this will know, Fred Rosser – known to many as Darren Young of the Prime Time Players – this week came out and became the only openly gay WWE superstar on the roster. Unsurprisingly, this created an incredible amount of buzz – exemplified by the number of views this blog has had in the last few days.

WWE Superstar Darren Young Comes Out — I’m Gay
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Brian eloquently discussed the topic yesterday on the blog, particularly in the relation to the erroneous way that some outlets were describing him as the only openly gay WWE superstar. My take will be different. What I’m curious to see is what happens next.

This Week in Wrestling

Craig Wilson & Jamie Lithgow

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Was The Rock at Wrestlemania 29 worth it?

Last week WWE released the financials for the second quarter which were described by Vince McMahon as “lousy”. And it is difficult to argue.

The figures showed that the buyrate for Wrestlemania 29 was 1.04 million which is below the 1.22 last year’s did and even below the 1.06 that Wrestlemania 27 drew. Yup, that’s right; a Wrestlemania headlined by Cena v The Miz drew better than this year’s. Based on that, lousy doesn’t come close to covering it.