Weekly Watchlist 006 - July 21, 2024

Welcome back, dear reader!

The weekly watchlist trudges along and I've got to say, as much as this is just another thing I'm committing myself to doing, another ball to juggle, it doesn't really feel like work each time I sit down to watch a match and review it. Maybe its like what they say, love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life? Once I start getting paid to write these, I'll give you a better answer to that.

I've been working my way through the DPW library recently in an effort to get caught up and start on some other promotions I've had on my list to watch for a long time now. I've got the idea to do a different series/type of post for these promotions but haven't locked that idea in yet. I don't want them to flood the watchlist but also don't want to abandon the watchlist either. I'll let you guys know when I've come to some sort of conclusion.

 

Weekly Watchlist 005 - July 14, 2024

 Welcome back to another Weekly Watchlist wrestling fans!

After a break from form last week with the Money in the Bank special review, we're back to our usual review format!

A note regarding some of the matches on my watchlist, just because a match appears on the spreadsheet as something I've watched that week, doesn't mean its the first time I'm watching the match. A prime example would be the Hangman/Danielson series I included last week. With the exception of their newest match in the Owen Cup Tournament, I've watched their previous encounters a while back. But because I only started this spreadsheet back in march, they never got added and subsequently, never received my official, undisputed star rating. 

Its safe to assume some matches on the list are first time viewing, but rest assured dear reader, if a match shows up that you absolutely can't believe I'm watching for the very first time, its probably not my first.

 

 

Weekly Watchlist 004 - July 7 2024

 A new month, another weekly watchlist! This time, with a twist!

I mentioned that this weeks watchlist was going to be a special one, and I really didn't know what that meant until I started writing out this review. I just knew that I had to do something. Why, you may be asking? Well, dear reader, let me tell you.

I was at Money in the Bank 2024 live in Toronto! The show wasn't all too far from where your esteemed reviewer lives and after my partner was able to pick up a pair of seats for a decent price, we made our way to the big city saturday night.

Editors note: The date of this weekly watchlist is dated after Money in the Bank, June 6 2024. The weekly watchlist goes live every saturday morning at 7am, so there was no way I would be able to include it in the previous weeks watchlist, and I start my next week the day after. 

My partner and I were really excited for the show. The last live wrestling show I was at was when AEW Collision came to Toronto for the first time, and her last wrestling show was when AEW Dynamite came to Toronto for the first time as well. Before that? I really want to say TakeOver: Toronto 2019. We had our winners picked, our shocking predictions in mind, and were ready to enjoy the show.

With all that preamble out of the way, let me quickly go over how I'm going to handle this weekly watchlist. I'm going to go over Money in the Bank from top to bottom and review every match, as well as one promo, but I wont be going into nearly as much detail as I would for a usual review in the watchlist. I just don't have the time or energy to go that in depth for a 5 match card. I figure I'll be able to give a fairly unique perspective on the show being there live, and may even interject some things I notice when I watch back parts of it on the network through the week.

 

Matches of the Month - June 2024

    

The Wrestling Vault had a pretty good start, if I can be honest with you guys. Watched a ton of great wrestling and very few bad matches. Finally got this blog started and have been keeping the ball rolling for close to a full month now, I'm kinda proud of myself. 

As I mentioned in my June 30th Weekly Watchlist, I'll be keeping the best matches I watched for the month in their own separate post for easy reference. I'll also, for the sake of time, give each match that I haven't already covered in a Weekly Watchlist or any other kind of review a sentence or two to sum up why its one of my favourites for the month.

Without further delay, lets go over the month of June!

Weekly Watchlist 003 - June 30 2024

 Another week down, another weekly watchlist!

Some of you may have noticed the sidebar for "Matches of the Month" has shrunk. I've decided that instead of outright deleting the list I've kept for the month, I'll instead compile them into a post here simply called "Matches of the Month." As of right now, I won't give each match its own review, as most of them will already have one, instead I'll give each a sentence or two "review." Just something to give a bit more context as to why I picked the match.