Solomonster Sounds Off

Solomonster discusses the latest wave of NXT talent cuts, including Dakota Kai and Malcolm Bivens making it clear they did not plan to re-sign with the company when their contracts were up, before diving into Athena's interview this week (the former Ember Moon) with Chris Van Vliet.  It included some very revealing details about her frustrating final few months in WWE and what the women were told about the changes being made to NXT 2.0 in terms of how they were to start dressing.  Plus, Hangman Page against CM Punk is made official for AEW Double or Nothing... the Impact invasion coming to Dynamite this week... WWE planning on running even MORE stadium shows in 2023... the Winner Take All unification match at WrestleMania Backlash CANCELED, or is it?... a scary fall for Bobby Lashley on the WWE European tour... Becky Lynch's awful promo and the return of Asuka on Raw... WrestleCrap runs wild on NXT this week... Tammy Sytch runs her mouth on Twitter and digs her hole even deeper... and YOUR questions on wrestling fans and their obsession with the "casual" viewer, the right person to induct Randy Orton into the WWE Hall of Fame, Scott Hall's brief time in ECW, adding members to the Blackpool Combat Club, and why Sister Abigail as an on-screen character with the Wyatt Family would have been a bad idea.  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - start living a happier life today by visiting betterhelp.com/solomonster and get 10 PERCENT OFF your first month!

Solomonster reviews WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage for April 29th with WWE canceling the planned Winner Take All Tag Team Title Unification Match at WrestleMania Backlash in favor of a 6-man tag team main event.  Or are they?  Plus, Samoa Joe defends his Ring of Honor TV title for the first time, and breaking news on 10 total NXT talent releases including some surprising names.

Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite for April 27th from Philadelphia with the members of FTR going to battle against each other for the first and last time ever in an Owen Hart Foundation qualifier.  Plus, Sammy Guevara crashes and burns in spectacular fashion in the ladder match for the TNT championship, CM Punk vs. Hangman Page is made official for Double or Nothing, Rey Fenix returns from his nasty injury, and Thunder Rosa now knows her next opponent for the AEW Women's championship.  Get one FREE audio book of your choice when you use audibletrial.com/solomonster to sign up for a 30-day Audible trial!

News of the FORBIDDEN DOOR show being hosted by AEW and New Japan has generated a lot of excitement this week, but also, a lot of phony concern from certain fans online about how AEW is failing to attract "casual viewers" with such a show.  Solomonster hasn't seen this many horrendous takes since... well, given this community, probably only a week ago.  He puts these fools in their place and explains why it's okay for Tony Khan to give WRESTLING FANS something fun on his WRESTLING SHOW.  You know, the same wrestling show he got $175 million from WarnerMedia for.  Then, he runs down some potential matches for the show and has news on Kushida leaving WWE at the most opportune of times.  But that's not all... WWE is celebrating 20 YEARS OF RANDY ORTON this week and Solomonster gives his thoughts on Orton's career, the five best Randy Orton matches, and he makes the pitch for a match at WrestleMania 40 that he can't even believe he's suggesting, but there's no doubt it would be a major attraction for that show.  Plus, thoughts on Bret Hart reportedly signing a lucrative deal with WWE... Alexa Bliss expresses frustration to Vince McMahon over her lack of creative direction... why Austin Theory winning the US title from Finn Balor was absolutely the right move... Drew McIntyre already being lined up for Roman Reigns, but is it too soon?... Triple H speaks about the NXT 2.0 relaunch and contradicts his own past comments, and what's REALLY going on here... Sunny being removed from the WWE Hall of Fame and lots more.  Get an extra THREE MONTHS FREE with EXPRESSVPN when you visit EXPRESSVPN.COM/SOLOMONSTER and support the Sound Off!

Solomonster reviews WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage for April 22nd.  Roman Reigns still has no announced challenger for WrestleMania Backlash in two weeks, but Drew McIntyre looks likely for the spot based on the events of this show.  Xia Li also reappeared and seemed to have been turned heel while abandoning her gimmick as "The Protector" of the blue brand.  On Rampage, Adam Cole and Tomohiro Ishii gave us a small preview of the "Forbidden Door" PPV, while Jade Cargill defended her TBS title and HOOK actually said a few words.

Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite for April 20th with Tony Khan promising a huge announcement and, this time, he wasn't playing around.  The stars of AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling will walk through the "Forbidden Door" in June and he's got all the details we know so far, as well as thoughts on potential matches we can see and why catering to their hardcore audience isn't always a bad thing.  In this case, it's pretty damn cool.  Plus, the first tease of an AEW World title match between CM Punk and Hangman Page, two more names qualify for the Owen Hart Cup and more.  Get one FREE audio book of your choice when you use audibletrial.com/solomonster to sign up for a 30-day Audible trial!

It's an EASTER SUNDAY edition of the Sound Off with thoughts on WWE bringing a major stadium show to the UK for the first time in 30 years and what the main event is likely to be... Tony Khan recognizes he goofed with the debut of Satnam Singh at the end of AEW Dynamite, but doesn't exactly take full responsibility for it, while also promising yet ANOTHER huge announcement this week... the truth about Hangman Page's run so far as AEW World champion... thoughts on AEW Battle of the Belts II and the failure of Scorpio Sky's run as TNT champion... why Jon Moxley is NOT going back to WWE this year and it's ridiculous that this is even becoming a story... defending Cody Rhodes wrestling The Miz on Raw last Monday... thoughts on Young Rock teasing the possibility of Roman Reigns against The Rock at Wrestlemania... the latest ridiculous WWE name changes and the one name that surprisingly they did NOT change... LA Knight given a tryout as a MANAGER before Smackdown on Friday... LOTS of candidates for Sad Tweet this week including Mark Madden (again!), Braun Strowman and Liv Morgan... and what is the greatest moment of Triple H's career?  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - start living a happier life today by visiting betterhelp.com/solomonster and get 10 PERCENT OFF your first month!

Solomonster reviews AEW Dynamite for April 13th featuring a first time ever battle between Samoa Joe and Minoru Suzuki for the Ring of Honor TV championship and a post-match angle that sucked the life right out of an otherwise enjoyable show.  CM Punk takes on Penta Oscuro and Jurassic Express defend their AEW tag team titles against ReDragon, and speculation about Tony Khan's next HUGE announcement (yes, they're promoting another one).  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - start living a happier life today by visiting betterhelp.com/solomonster and get 10 PERCENT OFF your first month!

It was just two months ago that Solomonster wondered if it would take killing someone to wake up Tammy Sytch after being hit with 11 charges in the state of New Jersey.  Sadly, someone has now lost their life as a result of her reckless actions.  He talks about exactly what happened, why she isn't behind bars right now and minces no words in making it clear how he feels about the situation.  He also addresses Tony Khan and his independent study into fake accounts posting, and bots boosting, negative social media posts about AEW.  While that may be true, he didn't come off well in this at all.  Plus, the messy situation involving Nash Carter being FIRED by WWE and MSK being stripped of the NXT tag team titles... Samoa Joe debuts in AEW and the big match announced for him on Dynamite this week... why Cody Rhodes should be the man to dethrone Roman Reigns as champion... WWE set to UNIFY the Raw and Smackdown tag team titles?... WALTER/GUNTHER makes his Smackdown debut with one face mysteriously missing... praise for the Lacey Evans return promo... Rick Steiner as the latest KIDNAPPING victim on NXT... and what is the best post-Wrestlemania edition of Raw?  Get an extra THREE MONTHS FREE with EXPRESSVPN when you visit EXPRESSVPN.COM/SOLOMONSTER and support the Sound Off!

Solomonster reviews the post Wrestlemania edition of WWE Smackdown with newly unified WWE and Universal champion Roman Reigns announcing that he wants The Usos to go to Raw and unify the tag team titles as well.  Plus, WALTER makes his Smackdown debut, Raquel Gonzalez gets a name change and Lacey Evans impresses with her return promo.  On AEW Rampage, Jon Moxley helps make Wheeler Yuta a star in one night in a memorable main event.