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WWE Smackdown, NJPW Strong, and WWE 205 Live coverage, Penta El Zero M, Madison Rayne, Luke Graham
February 5, 2021
By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
-WWE Friday Night Smackdown is live from Tampa, Florida at Tropicana Field. The show features the fallout from Sunday’s Royal Rumble and will feature appearances by Rumble winners Edge and Bianca Belair. Join me for my weekly live review as Smackdown airs on Fox tonight at 7CT/8ET. Dot Net Members will hear my audio review later tonight.
-NJPW Strong streams tonight on the New Japan World at 9CT/10ET. Dot Net contributor Colin McGuire’s reviews are typically available on Saturday mornings along with his audio reviews for Dot Net Members.
Also in this issue:
The new WrestleMania plans, including how the Super Bowl plays into it, the time frame for the shows for both nights, the inside hopes for attendance and how the dynamic is different this year as to what gets announced. We also look at the decision making in regards to Dallas and Los Angeles, update the Royal Rumble and also have notes on match plans.
Coverage of Impact Hard to Kill, with notes on the key angles, the departure of Madison Rayne, Taya Valkyrie and Ethan Page, Page s scathing words after his departure, plus match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
Irene’s Impact Wrestling Review 1.26.21
Hello and welcome to this week’s IMPACT review. We are coming off the heels of an eventful IMPACT featuring the farewell of Taya Valkyrie, but the addition of TNA legend James Storm, and AEW stars, Matt Hardy and The Private Party.
We get a recap of last week’s wild events where Jerry Lynn targeted Chris Sabin in 2021.
Matt Striker welcomes sports fans and our world champ is out. Swann talks about his road to stardom, and the target on his back as a result of this. He invites Tommy Dreamer down for his monthly main event slot. Swann previews No Surrender, which falls on Tommy Dreamer’s fiftieth birthday. Swann gets nostalgic about his days of watching Dreamer. Swann offers a shot to Tommy Dreamer at No Surrender, to fulfill a dream. Sami Callihan objects to this, and talks about his representation as head of IMPACT. Chris Bey is here. I smell a pattern. Bey is also celebrating his birthday on this date, which should resu
Also in this issue:
The new WrestleMania plans, including how the Super Bowl plays into it, the time frame for the shows for both nights, the inside hopes for attendance and how the dynamic is different this year as to what gets announced. We also look at the decision making in regards to Dallas and Los Angeles, update the Royal Rumble and also have notes on match plans.
Coverage of Impact Hard to Kill, with notes on the key angles, the departure of Madison Rayne, Taya Valkyrie and Ethan Page, Page s scathing words after his departure, plus match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.