2009: The Teamwork, Finally! Oh, 2009. The year of WrestleMania 25. Such a high/low ‘Mania. And of course, the first stop on the road there is the Royal Rumble. At this point in WWE history, Randy Orton had formed the Legacy stable, and they were the focal point of the Raw brand heading into the Rumble. The Participants 1. Rey Mysterio2. John Morrison3. Carlito4. MVP5. … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2009
2008: The Six For the first time since 2000, the Royal Rumble returned to Madison Square Garden. And that show had a great lineup of matches and an absolutely pitiful Rumble, with a crowd who all seemed to be auditioning for the title role in Weekend At Bernie’s 3. How will this Rumble look in comparison? The Participants 1. The Undertaker2. Shawn Michaels3. Santino Marella4. … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2008
And we are back at it! As noted previously, I ended up watching 111 new release movies from the beginning on through the end of 2024. It was far more than I thought I was going to get completed, even late in the year when I was keeping track and felt so far off my pace of 113 in 2023. But I pushed through and … Continue reading Top Thirty Movies Of 2024: #20-11
As I cruised along 2024, watching as many movies as I could, I was never sure I would hit 100 total new releases watched on the year. I want to say that at some point in October, I was only up to 80 new releases, and it just seemed unlikely I was going to get through enough new films in the last two months–the months … Continue reading Top Thirty Movies Of 2024, #30-21
2007: The Phenom Luckily, the 2007 Royal Rumble filled me with much less vitriol than the 2006 edition. WWE was still fully in the Brand Split era here (and ECW had been toothlessly brought back to give the company a third Brand). By this point, Randy Orton, Batista, and John Cena had firmly entrenched themselves in the main event of their respective brands. And the … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2007
2006: The Proxy I’ll just give you time to warm up your hate comments right now by warning you that I have BIG FEELINGS about this Royal Rumble match. I’m positive I’ll end up going on some kind of rant at the end of this one, so… you are warned. The Participants 1. HHH2. Rey Mysterio3. Simon Dean4. Psicosis5. Ric Flair6. The Big Show (Wait, … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2006
Ian from the Best Film Ever podcast is back, but today we aren’t looking at a comic book based movie! We have special new content this episode where Stew and Ian fantasy draft the WWE roster and book what they would like to see as WWE enters its newest era, the Netflix Era! For more from Best Film Ever, click HERE! Continue reading Special Edition Episode: Fantasy Drafting The WWE Netflix Era!
And we are back to finish what we started! When last we convened, I counted down the first half of my Top 20 movies I watched for the first time ever in 2024. That is a list 123 motion pictures long, and it didn’t count movies that came out in 2024… they are getting their own list later this month. But out of 123 flicks, … Continue reading Top 20 First Time Watches Of 2024 – #10-1
It was my goal to watch 200 movies for the first time in 2024, and it is fair to say that I hit that target resoundingly. As of this writing, I am at 231. That is, 108 new releases from 2024 itself, and 123 other first time watches. Today, we are going to look at the best of the latter of those figures: the movies … Continue reading Top 20 First Time Watches Of 2024 – #20-11
2005: The Sit-Down So 2004 came and went; Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit had their respective runs as WWE and World Heavyweight champions, and the company was moving on. WWE’s hot new toys at the time were the young men that had been groomed under Triple-H and Ric Flair in Evolution. In 2004, Randy Orton had a shot as world champion, and he left Flair, … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2005
2004: The Voldemort Ah, it’s the year WWE will always try its hardest not to mention, and we all know why; no reason to go into that. 2004 saw WWE fully into the Ruthless Aggression era, but it was also something of a bridge year. We hadn’t quite started the dominant runs of John Cena, Rando Orton, and Batista, but the Attitude Era stars were … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2004
Brian from Sonic Cinema joins The Order this episode to discuss the highly divisive MCU outing, The Marvels. Will he and Stew be on the same page? Or will there be disagreements a’plenty? For more from Brian, click HERE! Continue reading Episode 123: The Marvels
Before we reveal my top movies of the year, let’s take a look at some of 2024’s worst offerings. Whereas I am going to do a Top 30 of my Best Of The Year, I’m only doing a Top–well, “top”, such as it is–Ten of my worst flicks of 2024. But that’s for a pretty good reason: when you look at stuff mass released commercially, … Continue reading The “Top” Ten Worst Movies Of 2024
2003: The New Blood 2001 may have marked the end of the Monday Night Wars and, essentially, the attitude era, but by-and-large, early 2002 still felt like a lot of the same product that started in the late 90’s. 2003 would bring us the first Rumble that truly felt like a post-Attitude world. And with so many of the Attitude era stars having all won … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2003
2002: The Degenerate In the wake of (arguably, but again… my article) the best Rumble ever, WWF put on the 2002 Rumble… The Participants 1. Rikishi (back to being a face, but nowhere near as over as he previously was)2. Goldust (apparently this was Goldust’s return after a lengthy absence. Could the Booker T team-up be far off?)3. Big Bossman4. Bradshaw5. Lance Storm6. Al Snow7. … Continue reading Ranking The Rumbles: 2002
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