Drawing Heat

Punk has been reinstated and boy does he have a few things to say! The Summer of Punk continues with Champion, Challenger, and Chairman all facing each other down in a contract negotiation live on Monday Night Raw less than a week away from Money in the Bank. We also have 3 on 3 action with the Money in the Bank ladder match participants plus more on this week's episode of Drawing Heat!

The Summer of Punk continues without Punk who is suspended this week but don't worry! John Cena and Mr. McMahon make up for the absence with huge implications for the main event of Money In The Bank and the WWE itself! We also have a triple threat with last week's winners and protege faces down his mentor this week on Drawing Heat!

Look in my eyes, what do you see? A new timeline for Drawing Heat: The Summer of Punk! Go back to 2011 with Raw Roulette, Cena seventh reign, Mark Henry on his way to the Hall of Pain, and, oh yeah, a certain promo from a soon-to-be leaving wrestler involving a pipe and/or a bomb! Big thanks to Bryce and Dylan at the Making Kayfabe podcast for the inspiration from their very first episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-summer-of-punk/id1526372012?i=1000487116442

Special announcement for the Drawing Heat faithful. Long story short reviews for our two periods (Smackdown Six and Battle For Brooklyn) are on haitus until they can migrate to Peacock. I will be coming out with more content soon.

At long last, we have finally arrived at Summerslam 2002, a show so great I had to bring on my special guest, Higgs! We not only get the Lesnar vs Rock match for the Undisputed Championship that has been building for weeks we are also graced with Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit vs RVD in a rematch for the IC title, Ric Flair vs Chris Jericho, HBK vs HHH in a streetfight and... Howard Finkle bitching about Trish Stratus? All this and more for our very first Pay Per View mega episode!

Welcome to a bonus episode of Drawing Heat covering another fantastic period: the build up to Brooklyn Takeover I in 2015. Turn the clock back to July 8th 2015 to see rising Sasha Banks, Charlotte, and Emma along with an amazing match between Kevin Owens and Finn Balor in Japan for the NXT Championship. All that plus some old favorites from the old days of NXT as we begin the road to the Battle For Brooklyn!

In our go-home show for Summerslam 02, more tag team action as The Rock and Edge take on Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit in our main event with Brock Lesnar keeping a close eye on the Undisputed Champion. We also see Angle take on Billy Kidman in an attempt to intimidate Rey Mysterio in anticipation for a clash of the titans at the next pay per view. That plus Hurricane and Moore, Matt Hardy version 1, and more!

The Smackdown Six continues to flourish on the way to Summerslam 02 with The Rock and Benoit butting heads and the Next Big Thing having a few words to say about it. We also have the Guerreros debuting for the first time as a tag team and action from Rey, Edge, Kurt Angle and others on this episode of Drawing Heat!

The Smackdown Six Era is already starting to pick up some steam this week, as Smackdown brings us Hulkimania vs Brock Lesnar with an added twist for our main event. Plus a Six Man Tag that features Angle and Eddie Guerrero at the top of their heelish games and just the perfect amount of Paul Heyman sprinkled throughout.

The road to Summerslam 2002 continues on the Blue Brand with Stephanie McMahon, great matches, Stephanie McMahon, a debuting Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit, and Stephanie McMahon! Noticing a pattern here? Our first episode with all of the Smackdown Six officially on the roster and you will not be dissapointed!

The very first episode of Drawing Heat! This series will cover the best booked periods in professional wrestling starting with the Heyman-booked period of Smackdown known as the Smackdown Six Era in 2002. On July 25, 2002 the fallout from Vengeance is felt as Smackdown GM Stephanie McMahon goes head to head with her Raw counterpart Eric Bischoff, Brock Lesnar makes an earth shattering entrance, Rey Mysterio makes his first televised appearance on WWE, an early career John Cena goes up against Test, and an awesome Edge vs Chris Jericho cage match as our main event. Take a listen to begin your journey on some of the best booked wrestling in WWE history!