Headlocks and Headlines

  By Benny Fairchild Despite not having Brock Lesnar and/or The Rock on the card, Summer Slam is shaping up to be a great event. With rumors circulating earlier this summer that The Rock was going take on Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar was going to take on Bobby Lashley, some may look at this card as a disappointment, but what I see is an event featuring seven title matches with a Wrestlemania caliber eighth match that's not even for a title. Sure it would have been nice to see The Rock in action, and I know how many people feel about Brock Lesnar, but enough about what we don't have. Let's focus on what we do have. The show kicks off at 7 p.m. Eastern-time with a one hour kick-off show that I'm guessing will likely feature Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal or the United States Championship match. I'm guessing Reigns and Cena will close out the night. With AEW's recent signing of CM Punk, I look for Vince and the folks at the WWE to put on one hell of a show Saturda...

By Benny Fairchild MASSENA - Kelly Kelly, Carlito, Deonna Purrazzo, Aiden English, Chris Masters, Eugene, and more were all expected to be coming to the Massena Arena on Aug. 1 for a wrestling show put on by New Breed Entertainment fittingly titled, "Genesis: The Beginning." The show was intended to serve as a fresh start for the promoter behind the failed Potsdam Comic-Con, which advertised, for that event, a guest list that included both X-Pax and Scott Hall (neither of whom attended the event), among others.  That same promoter was also behind the now defunct Atlantic Championship Wrestling, which attempted to host several events in Massena, including a series of events titled "Lunch with a Legend," where tickets were sold for events featuring Kelly Kelly, Shane Douglas, Tommy Rich, and others. To his credit a meet and greet with Lanny Poffo, also known as The Genius did take place in April of 2019.  Poffo, who is the brother of Macho Man Randy Savage brought his...