The biggest party of the [American] summer goes down this Monday, with numerous events to surround it. Which wrestling shows are on our schedules this weekend? WWE Live returned to New Zealand last week. What did everyone think of the show? We’re also discussing our best experiences at live events,...
WWE returned to New Zealand for the first time in five years with a sold-out event on Wednesday, August 10. Approximately 12,000 fans from around the country crammed into Auckland’s Vector Arena for more than three hours of action. Standout performances lined the card top to bottom, including Chris Jericho—making...
WWE fans around the world are buzzing this week about the return of the WWE Draft. To capitalise on the excitement, NZPWI’s David Dunn and Steve McCleary went head-to-head in a fantasy draft in their attempt to build the best brand possible. Every member of the WWE roster—including WWE NXT—was deemed...
Nine huge matches have been announced for WWE’s return to New Zealand. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins will headline WWE Live at Vector Arena on Wednesday, August 10 in what has been described as a WrestleMania-quality main event. “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles will clash with John Cena in a rematch...
I’ve been shouting at television screens while watching wrestling for longer than I can remember. It’s omnipresent in my life – through my writing, my conversations, my game-playing and my watching habits. But I’ve never been as close to giving up on it than I was after watching WWE Survivor...
WWE Network is finally due out in New Zealand next week. Will everyone—who doesn’t have it already—be signing up on launch day? Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins will meet one-on-one at SummerSlam, but in what sort of match? With Ambrose announcing his chosen stipulation on this week’s SmackDown, the G5...
Seth Rollins is “Mr Money in the Bank” for now, but how much longer will Rollins have the briefcase? A spate of retirements has hit WWE in recent weeks, and even more over the past few years. If we could have one retiree back for the fabled “one more match”,...
Another of WWE’s pay-per-view events, Payback, is behind us. How did the show stack up against everything else WWE has produced this year? Seth Rollins defected to Evolution on Raw and turned his back on The Shield. What do the NZPWI staff think of this development? Jim Ross thinks Cesaro...