WWE SummerSlam 2015: Results and Match Reviews

WWE SummerSlam 2015 promised to be the biggest and best SummerSlam of all time. Almost four hours of action and 10 matches with two main events, including the long-anticipated rematch between Undertaker and Brock Lesnar. The show had Jon Stewart as host, a match with Arrow‘s Stephen Amell, and a guest appearance by Mic Foley. […]

Hulkamania Has Finally Run Dry

“Train, say your prayers, eat your vitamins, be true to yourself, true to your country – be a real American,” Hulk Hogan used to say. What happens when your hero turns out to be everything he stood up against? Throughout the ’80s and ’90s, Terry Bollea, better known as the larger-than-life Hulk Hogan, was pushed as […]

WWE Battleground 2015: Results and Match Reviews

WWE Battleground 2015 will probably be notable as a SummerSlam set-up rather than its own decent PPV event. The card was pretty solid overall, yet I couldn’t help but feel a strange middling quality to Battleground. Looking at the main event, the John Cena vs. Kevin Owens rematch match, and the debut of NXT women’s […]

Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone Team Up in Trailer for Rocky Sequel, Creed

[youtube id=”fCBzWLVQgk8″] Director Ryan Coogler is reuniting with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan for the upcoming Rocky spin-off sequel, Creed, and if this trailer is any indication, we’re in for a promising new entry in the Rocky legacy. Jordan stars as Adonis Creed, son of the late Apollo Creed. Despite never knowing his father, he has the drive of a true […]

WWE Payback 2015: Results and Match Reviews

A day later than intended, but we’re doing it—we’re looking at WWE Payback 2015, AKA a decent but forgettable episode of Monday Night Raw or Smackdown. This didn’t even feel like a $9.99 network commitment. Payback 2015 should have come with your basic cable package, and woe to anyone who shelled out the coin to buy […]

The Windy City Avengers: Chicago’s Mightiest Athletes

This post was originally posted on our affiliate site, City on the Take. Avengers: Age of Ultron is in theaters worldwide, and needless to say I am filled with unbridled excitement. I had the wonderful opportunity to see the midnight premier late last night. Everyone, comic book fans or not, should go see this movie. […]

[Tribeca] GORED’s Reckless Bravery Offers Lessons for Creatives

Ido Mizhary’s GORED provokes an innate morbidity. We’re told that Antonio Barrera is not the most graceful of bullfighters. He’s been gored a staggering 23 times. The documentary is framed by Barrera’s final bullfight before retirement. Given all the cliches about death during a last job, it’s unclear if he’ll make it out unscathed. We’re also told […]