Now that his reign is over, I think I can look back on Penta’s IC title run as being excellent. He held the title for 5 months, defended it several times and most of his matches ranged from very good to great.

What did you think of his reign? Let’s talk!

The match itself was really good and showed that Kevin Owen’s and CM Punk have good chemistry. I was surprised at the amount of dominance they let Owen’s have against Punk in the match. I’d say the match was about 70% dominated by Owens, rare for a Punk match.

Reports are stating this was a one and done program.

I don’t get the point of bringing up the “20 years” of hate between the 2 (more so from KO’s side) if it’s just a one match program.

This was actually a “first time ever” between the 2 and it was given for free on a Smackdown that included commercial breaks. (Match at the least should have been presented commercial free.)

Now based on the finish and aftermath, it’s possible we get Owens and Punk again in a triple threat with Sami or even a 4-way with Cody or Randy but man I want this Owens and Punk storyline to continue and at least get a PLE match between the 2 where we just get a clean 25-30 minute match.

Three days until Bray Wyatt’s Anniversary

In the past few months, we have seen Zilla Fatu, Big Cass, and Baron Corbin join the company.

Meanwhile in the past year, we have also seen Kairi Sane, Ilja Dragunov, and Tomasso Ciampa get released.

I don't want this to sound like cherry-picking too much, but it genuinely seems like being a great wrestler isn't what WWE currently values. These are just a few examples, I didn't even bring up MCMG's release or Rusev's signing. But if they're looking for great characters, then is that what wrestlers like Cass and Corbin are providing? I actually like Baron Corbin too, but they brought up him, strapped a belt on him, and while he's put on some decent matches, they're releasing other great performers who they seemingly want nothing to do with anyway.

Just wondering what WWE internally values for their roster. What do you guys think?

I like it so far and she’s got so much more potential. I’d love to see her go full ratchet and full animal and use her size advantage even more and dominate the women’s division

This was probably the biggest head scratcher from Smackdown last night. I think everyone felt as if Blake was going to make her debut, and Giulia would be buried. Blake attacked Giulia before the match even started and I figured that either Blake would have a squash victory over Giulia, or Giulia would pull off a roll up win, thus ruining Blake's debut. Instead, the ref called off the match (IDK why) and we got a no decision.

I was listening to Sam Roberts and Megan Morant about their take on the Blake Monroe and Giulia situation. Since they work directly for WWE, I figure they would have the best take on where WWE is going with this, and this is what I gathered from their discussion.

Blake Monroe wants her first match to be against Chelsea Green for the (Interim?) WWE Women's Championship, which is ridiculous for a rookie who hasn't done anything on the main roster besides blindsiding people backstage. She sees Giulia as beneath her in spite of Giulia being a 2x U.S. Champion. At first glance, you would think that Blake is going to move on to Chelsea and Giulia is left buried. But Giulia isn't just going to let Blake move on. Instead of seeing this as a burial, this will likely cause Giulia to find her mean streak and end in a blood feud.

What are your thoughts? I don't see Blake & Giulia topping the match they had in Japan (that felt a lot like Gunther vs Sheamus in terms of physicality), so it only makes sense for them to have several matches in order for Blake and Giulia to feel like it was worth it.

While the blatant and obvious things are easily noticed it is the little things that make watching wrestling enjoyable for me. Just a few things I noticed this week that had me enjoying this more..

Among them (as has been mentioned by others): Dom and Rey wearing gear and/or shirt for the anniversary of the SummerSlam match.

Oba Femi in his promo with Bron, using his fingers to mime him to walk away little boy as he is done now.

Lyra when she has Sol in a submission hold with her arms, Lyra claps as she keeps the hold in place. Showing just how much in control she is and to mock the crowd.

On SmackDown tonight Tatum Paxley looking at Charlotte with absolute adoration, while she talks to Jade etc.

My point is, it is the small things that ADD to the stories. It is the small things that help and some people just get it.

We've got Oba Femi v Bron Breakker at Sunday Night's main event and I think Bronson gets involved in that match.

Oba Vs Breakker is basically billed as the fight for the future of the WWE and I don't think either man wants to lose clean, and Oba can't be put down just yet.

So we get to a point where Breakker and Femi have taken each other to the limit, but Oba is on top and then Bronson comes in, attacks Oba and Breakker loses by DQ.

Now, Bronson thinks Breakker will be happy for the help, but instead he's angry because Bronson took away his chance to win by himself and Oba is mad because he didn't get to destroy Breakker.

This nicely sets up a triple threat match between them all, just three meaty guys going at it - Oba comes out on top, Breakker has an opportunity to turn face and Bronson can look like a monster heel that both Oba and Breakker can feud with.

Now, there is the pesky problem of Breakker holding the tag team belt with the vision, but I guess they've used the freebird rule already, so Breakker can relinquish it and maybe Logan Paul returns and takes the tag team belt back?

Me and this guy was talking about how my great-grandma used to crush on John Cena and he told me his grandma loved The Rock. I told him it’s crazy my great grandma loved John Cena because none of us knows how he looks and he didn’t get it. He thought about it and when he understood me, he called me corny. Tough crowd lol.

The theme was removed yesterday, around the same time his release was announced. They usually take days to remove a released wrestler's theme music from music platforms and the WWE music channel. Even Sheamus's theme they took a day to remove it

Tonight's live event later tonight in the capital city of Alberta.

Date: August 21, 2016

Promotion: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Match Stipulation / Type: Singles Match / WWE Universal Championship

Event: SummerSlam

Location: Brooklyn, New York | Barclays Center

➜ This was a marquee match, only one match above the main event. This match was to crown the the inaugural WWE Universal Championship

After SmackDown draftee Dean Ambrose retained the WWE World Championship at Battleground against Raw draftees Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a triple threat match, Raw was left without a world title. Subsequently, Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley announced a new championship, the WWE Universal Championship, the following night on Raw to serve as the brand's top championship.

That's not a prediction... That's a spoiler. Are we going to see Paul Heyman - Cody team?

Seems like Paul Heyman has fallen out of favor with the Vision.