The wrestling in 2020 was some of the best in recent memory. Of course, All Elite Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and NXT were producing fantastic matches as we expect. However, the show that produced […]
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The Scrap’s 2020 Pro Wrestling Newcomer of the Year: Karrion Kross
In the past few years, NXT has grown from a developmental system to one of wrestling’s most exciting brands. It has been home to wrestling royalty since its inception such as Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, […]
The Scrap’s 2020 Holy Sh*t Moment of the Year: Joaquin Buckley’s spinning back kick at UFC Fight Island 5
It is fitting that 2020 was filled with holy sh*t moments, considering the year itself was one of them. Mike Tyson returned to the ring, Floyd Mayweather announced a fight with Logan Paul, and that’s […]
The Scrap’s 2020 Indie Wrestler to Watch: Chris Bey
Independent wrestling has never been as strong as it is currently. All across the board, companies have never been as successful and wrestling has never been so good. While we often look back at the […]
The Scrap’s 2020 Entertainer of the Year: Jake Paul
A wise man once said that controversy creates cash, and nobody was more controversial last year than Jake Paul. Paul really stormed into the mainstream combat sports scene in the co-main event slot under Mike […]
The Scrap’s 2020 Pro Wrestling Card of the Year: AEW Double or Nothing
2020 was a weird year for pro wrestling. With a global pandemic, there was sure to be an impact on the quality. While there was indeed an impact on wrestling, one could argue it got […]
The Scrap’s 2020 Retirement of the Year: Khabib Nurmagomedov
Hundreds of elite fighters have stepped into the UFC octagon since the inception of the company. A select few became legends, even less retired on top. In 2020 Khabib Nurmagomedov was added to this shortlist. […]
The Scrap’s 2020 Faction of the Year: The Dark Order
When Stu Grayson and Evil Uno were repacked in May of 2019 as The Dark Order, they got off to a rough start. The faction that was meant to be dark and sinister, was just […]
Ranking the surprise appearances at Slammiversary
The biggest event of the year for Impact Wrestling happened and it came full of surprises. With many WWE superstars making the jump after being released to a returning Impact tag team, here are the […]
New WWE NXT Superstars: Who has potential to make an impact?
WWE NXT has always had a constant and consistent stream of some of the best talents in the world. Recently, the black and gold brand welcomed six more that have the potential to make a […]
Who should Matt Riddle feud with first on SmackDown?
It has been announced that “The Bro” Matt Riddle will be joining the SmackDown roster. In a shocking main roster move that came seemingly out of nowhere, there are many potential matches for Riddle on […]
Who will win the WWE NXT Interim Cruiserweight Title Tournament?
The NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament has been a bright spot of NXT for the past few weeks. The field of contenders has now dwindled to four. In this article, I will examine who I think […]
Building The UFC: Conor McGregor
Many people put down the foundation of the UFC in the early years, people like Royce Gracie, Chuck Lidell, Georges St-Pierre, and others. However, the game changed forever on April 6, 2013, when a young […]
Building The UFC: Georges St-Pierre
In 2019/2020 one of the UFC’s biggest focuses has been expanding to markets outside of the United States. Isreal Adesanya, Alexander Volkanovksi, Zhang Weili, and others have been at the forefront of this expansion. However, […]
Predicting the next wave of Pro Wrestling breakout stars
2020 has been off to an interesting start to say the least. With COVID-19 putting the world on pause, so did the careers of potential Pro Wrestling breakout stars. Things may not be running as […]
Ranking Conor McGregor’s most impressive Octagon performances
Conor McGregor returned to the Octagon against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246. This was the first fight since 2018, amiss multiple setbacks. The refocused McGregor finished Cowboy in under a minute, emphatically announcing his return to […]
WrestleMania 36: The best of both nights
We didn’t know what to expect when the weekend of April 4 came. Many people expected the whole event to be canceled. I think we were all excited to see how WWE would handle the […]