As crazy a year as 2020 was, there was no shortage of great pro wrestling matches from WWE, AEW, New Japan and more. In this SOUND OFF EXTRA, Solomonster has selected what he thinks were the 10 best matches of the year and did his best to rank them accordingly, while offering a few honorable mentions at the end. Get ONE FREE AUDIO BOOK when you visit audibletrial.com/solomonster and sign up for a 30-day trial!
Solomonster recaps Night Two of AEW Dynamite New Year's Smash, featuring a hellacious main event for the TNT title between Darby Allin and Brian Cage, Sting finally gets physical, the Impact tag team champions make their in-ring Dynamite debut, The Inner Circle's resolutions for the new year and Miro battles Chuck Taylor to see who I care less about. Plus, YOUR QUESTIONS on Josh Mathews leaving the Impact announce booth, my Nintendo Switch and more. Support the Sound Off and get an extra THREE MONTHS FREE with EXPRESSVPN when you visit EXPRESSVPN.COM/SOLOMONSTER right now!
It's the annual SOUND OFF PREDICTIONS SHOW looking back at what I got right, and what I got very wrong in 2020, and what lies ahead in the world of wrestling in 2021 for WWE, AEW, New Japan, the NWA and more. But there's also a TON of other business to dive into, including BILL GOLDBERG challenging Drew McIntyre for the WWE title at the Royal Rumble and the absurd reason why Vince McMahon supposedly felt he had to go with Goldberg... why it should've been Randy Orton in that spot... the SHAME of how WWE portrays its legends on TV... rumors of Jay White LEAVING New Japan for WWE and why I don't think it's going to happen... Marty Scurll GONE from Ring of Honor as his fall from grace is now complete... where this renewed Shinsuke Nakamura push may be leading on Smackdown... Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns NIX the Smackdown debut for Damian Priest?... pitching an idea for Rhea Ripley to WIN the women's Royal Rumble match... THIS WEEK IN HISTORY tackles the debut of WCW Thunder, the Fingerpoke of Doom, ECW airs its final PPV, Triple H blows the roof off MSG and THE MONDAY NIGHT SKIRMISH between Raw and Impact!
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Solomonster recaps Night One of AEW Dynamite New Year's Smash, featuring a fantastic main event for the AEW championship between Kenny Omega and Rey Fenix, the return of Jon Moxley, Snoop Dogg takes a bump and the Impact Wrestling invasion begins with a Bullet Club reunion to end the show. Sign up for a FREE TRIAL and 15 PERCENT OFF your first month of fuboTV when you visit FUBOTV.COM/SOLOMONSTER for a limited time!
Solomonster is back with a FULL recap of the action from Night Two of New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 15 from the Tokyo Dome, including three excellent matches with Shingo Takagi and Jeff Cobb tearing it up, the Junior Heavyweight Title up for grabs and Jay White trying to leave with double gold. Plus, the fallout from New Year Dash this morning!
Solomonster has a FULL recap of all the action from Night One of New Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 15 from the Tokyo Dome, plus news on a possible deal to bring NJPW back to U.S. television. Did Kota Ibushi finally win the big one, or will Naito be defending double gold against Jay White on Night Two?
It's the FIRST SOUND OFF OF THE NEW YEAR with more details on the death of Brodie Lee, thoughts on what AEW did for his family, Bruce Mitchell's terrible column and Disco Inferno's dumb comments... previewing both nights of WRESTLE KINGDOM 15 and thoughts on Okada's idea for a major supershow in 2021... Randy Orton the homicidal pyromaniac... Sonya Deville's WWE return and how it could impact the women's Royal Rumble match... high praise for the excellent video package on NXT for Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez... and THIS WEEK IN HISTORY documents one of Solomonster's most disturbing early wrestling memories, the one and only WWE RAW BOWL, WCW referee Nick Patrick gives HIS SIDE of the story on that Hogan/Sting main event at Starrcade 1997... Mankind wins the WWE title from The Rock as Stone Cold gets the biggest pop of all time and Tony Schiavone sends 600,000 viewers fleeing from Nitro to Raw, THE WEDDING OF AL WILSON AND DAWN MARIE, Kevin Federline pins John Cena on Raw and going through some reviews of K-Fed's rap album.
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Join with Solomonster in saying TO HELL WITH 2020 tonight on a special New Year's Eve edition of Sound Off Inbox, answering YOUR questions about a variety of wrestling topics and counting down to midnight. Includes the three questions he would ask Vince McMahon, should the Money in the Bank concept take a hiatus, the best and worst wrestling weddings, should Roman Reigns feud with the McMahons to get someone new over from NXT, booking Sonya Deville's WWE return, the TNA Impact moments that will forever live on for all the wrong reasons, Sting debuting at WrestleMania 19 to confront Stone Cold and tons more. Get ONE FREE AUDIO BOOK when you visit audibletrial.com/solomonster and sign up for a 30-day trial!
Solomonster recaps the finest two hours of AEW Dynamite the company has ever produced, paying tribute to the life and legacy of Jon Huber a/k/a Brodie Lee. Rest easy, big man.
On Saturday, the wrestling world shockingly lost Brodie Lee (formerly Luke Harper) at just 41 years old. More importantly, Jon Huber leaves behind a wife and two children who no longer have their father. From the outpouring of love he has received, it was a life well lived. This week, I try to do his life and career justice, but it's hard to come to grips with how something like this could happen. Tomorrow isn't promised, so make the most of today. Rest well, Jon.
On this episode, we're also covering the Slammy Awards and thoughts on the picks for Superstar of the Year and Match of the Year... WWE leaning on the legends to help ring in the new year... Ricochet's promo from Raw Talk and what needs to happen RIGHT NOW to help salvage his WWE career... my early picks for who should win the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches (and who absolutely should NOT)... Sting confirms that he DOES plan to wrestle for AEW, but in a specific type of match... and THIS WEEK IN HISTORY covers Bob Backlund losing the WWE title to The Iron Sheik and who inspired his heel persona 10 years later, Vader's New Japan debut and the fan riot that led to them being banned from Sumo Hall, Goldberg's streak comes to an end and the Million Dollar Man mistakes the Billion Dollar Princess for a HANDSOME little boy?
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