The Shovel Archives

A doomed festival, a birthday title shot for an ECW legend, and a mystery partner reveal were highlights of this week's Impact Wrestling.

In 2021, Ric Flair is still the best thing on Monday Night Raw. Woooooo! Plus: Randy Orton engages in intergender wrestling, and more!

In a bait and switch, WWE promised Paul Heyman vs. Adam Pearce but delivered Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens instead on Smackdown tonight.

On with the show! The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] Impact Wrestling Recap for January 19th, 2020 In a video from after the main event last Saturday, Don Callis congratulates Kenny Omega and the Good Brothers on their victory at Hard to Kill[...]

I'm Jude Terror, and I'll tell you everything that happened, so you don't have to invest three hours of your life into this nonsense. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Raw Recap – January 18th, 2020 Promo: Randy Orton Raw begins with an MLK[...]

Welcome to The Shovel I'm Jude Terror, feeling refreshed after El Presidente and The Chadster took over recapping the shows on Wednesday Phew, what a relief! Now I'll be in top form to make fun of Smackdown, so let's get right to it! The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling,[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's Impact Wrestling recap, otherwise known as The Shovel I'm Jude Terror, and I watch wrestling so you don't have to Impact Wrestling has a few loose ends to tie up ahead of this Saturday's Hard to Kill PPV Let's recap this son of a bitch! The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of[...]

With WWE Champion Drew McIntyre out of action with COVID-19 and the Royal Rumble less than three weeks away, Triple H returns to Monday Night Raw to save WWE in its hour of need. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Raw Recap[...]

But alas, duty calls, and Smackdown must be recapped. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Smackdown Recap for Friday, January 8th, 2021 Promo: Roman Reigns Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, and Paul Heyman head to the ring…very… slowly… to kick off Smackdown[...]

I'm already done with AEW Dynamite so that puts me at the halfway point with just WWE NXT to go. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE NXT Recap for January 6th, 2020 Dexter Lumis welcomes us to WWE NXT New Years Evil in[...]

With nothing else going on in the world Wednesday night, we might as well watch and recap AEW Dynamite. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] AEW Dynamite Recap for Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 Chris Jericho is on commentary with Jim Ross, Excalibur, and Tony[...]

Let's recap this son of a bitch. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] Impact Wrestling Recap for January 5th, 2020 After a Kenny Omega centric recap of the end of 2020, Ace Austin heads to the ring, accompanied by Madman Fulton Then Blake Christian,[...]

This is The Shovel Let's find out. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Raw Recap for January 4th, 2021 Raw opens with than advertisement for something called the H-Phone, which appears to be an iPhone with a beat-up Hulkamania case on it that[...]

Oh… crap! The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Smackdown Recap for Friday, January 1st, 2021 After an "In Memory of Jon Huber" graphic, the first WWE Smackdown of 2021 begins Then we get a recap of last week's steel cage match and Roman[...]

Not necessarily the best frame of mind to now watch another two hours of wrestling to recap WWE NXT, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do… The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE NXT Recap for December 30th, 2020 Before NXT,[...]

I think I may have to set aside my usual cynical and sarcastic tone tonight. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] AEW Dynamite Recap for December 30th, 2020 "It's Wednesday, and you know what that means," says Jim Ross as the entire AEW roster[...]

On this week's AEW Dark, SCU fights for friendship, Penelope Ford and Kip Sabian make out, and Madi Wrenkowski makes a fashion statement.

You know, a lot of people would have trouble coming up with enough good things about 2020 to have even one best-of show, but Impact Wrestling proves once again it's the most optimistic wrestling promotion by splitting their year-end 2020 best-of show into two parts! I'm Jude Terror and this is The Shovel, and you would[...]

Now it's time to look forward to 2021 and the Royal Rumble, traditionally the beginning of the best part of the year for WWE. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Raw Recap for December 28th, 2020 "It's Monday and you know what that[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Smackdown Edition, recapping Smackdown for December 25th, 2020 What could be more pathetic than watching WWE Smackdown on Christmas? Luckily, you don't have to because you've got me. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock]WWE Smackdown Recap for December[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Wednesday Night Wars Edition, a column wherein usually I watch four straight hours of wrestling starting with AEW Dynamite and then following up with WWE NXT on DVR and tell you what happens so you can live a life that isn't insane But this week, Dynamite is preempted for a basketball[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Wednesday Night Wars Edition, a column wherein usually I watch four straight hours of wrestling starting with AEW Dynamite and then following up with WWE NXT on DVR and tell you what happens so you can live a life that isn't insane But this week, Dynamite is preempted for a basketball[...]

On AEW Dark this week, Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels give their friendship one more chance in The Waiting Room and more.

You already clicked so it doesn't matter much to me. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] Best of Impact 2020 Part 1 Recap Scott D'Amore and Josh Matthews, who are either sitting in a Christmas-themed fireplace display at a department store or in front[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: WWE Raw Edition, otherwise known as the one where we get to find out whether or not Charlotte Flair is a ratings draw Here's how it works Nobody should have to sit through three hours of WWE Raw So I'll watch it and tell you what happened Then only one of[...]

The smell of desperation roasting over an open fire is in the air and Smackdown is looking for a Christmas miracle. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock] WWE Smackdown Recap for December 18th, 2020 Promo: Kevin Owens Kevin Owens heads to the ring to open[...]

I'm Jude Terror, and this is The Shovel, the wrestling recap column where, at great risk to my mental health, I watch eleven (or more) hours of wrestling each week, seven of them produced by WWE(!!!), and then tell you what happened so you can sound knowledgable when you talk trash about them online without[...]

I'm Jude Terror, and this is The Shovel, the wrestling recap column where, at great risk to my mental health, I watch eleven (or more) hours of wrestling each week, seven of them produced by WWE(!!!), and then tell you what happened so you can sound knowledgable when you talk trash about them online without[...]

I'm Jude Terror, and this is The Shovel, the wrestling recap column where, at great risk to my mental health, I watch eleven (or more) hours of wrestling each week, seven of them produced by WWE(!!!), and then tell you what happened so you can sound knowledgable when you talk trash about them online without[...]

I'm Jude Terror, and this is The Shovel, the wrestling recap column where, at great risk to my mental health, I watch eleven (or more) hours of wrestling each week, seven of them produced by WWE(!!!), and then tell you what happened so you can sound knowledgable when you talk trash about them online without[...]