Pro Wrestling Discussion Number IV

[jellydonut25]

Bray Wyatt sucks. WWE has no idea what to do with the guy, and he never does or says anything interesting and never wins a match that means anything.

The guy is great, but the character is just a car-wreck right now.

[Henry88]

oh those where the days

[Henry88]

[jellydonut25]

RIP to the American Dream.

[Russzilla]

Wrestlezone is reporting that Sting and the Undertaker are set to make their returns for a buildup for matches at SummerSlam.

[EricDent]

Reports say that Legendary Japanese Wrestler Jushin "Thunder" Liger is gonna be working the next NXT big event.
Apparently he's facing Tyler Breeze.

Liger is 50 years old, but can still go pretty well, as seen in some matches on ROH TV against Jay Lethal, Adam Cole, and Dalton Castle.

He also gave some coaching to the rather small wrestler known as Cheeseburger.

[Henry88]

Brock - I will kill you
UT - You're gonna have to!

that whole segment between Brock and taker was the best thing i have seen in years.

[jellydonut25]

[Henry88]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I'm sure everyone has heard the news but Hogan is in serious trouble after making some racial slurs on a radio show. He's been scrubbed from WWE Benoit style; I've heard reports that he quit the WWE to save them some embarassment but no one is 100% certain.

[Dr Kain]

[EricDent]

I have a manager at work who's really into wrestling.
He says that this incident was from a very dark time in Hogan's life.

He so said that Mohammad Ali's daughter called him after his divorce and that she saved Hogan's life.

He also says that it might be a ploy to get rid of all the WWS Legends, due to the high costs & the fact that apparently NXT is now more popular than WWE.

I watched Monday Noght Raw for the first time in at least a year.
It was a decent show, but can't really imagine how they are gonna fill 4 hours of SummerSlam.

Kinda weird that's not in Los Angeles this year...

Also watched today's Tough Enough episode.

That Mada guy was ROBBED of a win (he will most likely get hired anyways).
Now if I didn't know that Tomoso Chiampa was in TNA/GWF now, I would have swore that Mada guy was him...

I personally hope Mayrese kicks the crap out of Miz for ogling Ashley (who should have lost).

[Henry88]

[EricDent]

That's pretty funny!

[EricDent]

So I just got back from the WWE SmackDown taping at the Frank Erwin Center.
First event in a while (last one was a RAW about 4 years ago).
For some odd reason almost every time I go, something interesting happens.
This time:

Pretty fun show with not too much lul in the action.
Unlike last time where they showed an attack on HHH from Kevin Nash at least 5 times...

[EricDent]

Yep, not gonna go to WrestleMania this time, just cause it's so darn expensive.
Like $100 for the cheapest seats, and they go up to over $2000...

Plus would have to drive about 3 hours just to get up there.

Not to mention the WWE is pretty darn lame recently IMO.

Been keeping up with the ROH TV show since that's the only one I can watch (don't have cable).

Looks like the era of Super Reigns is upon us in WWE though...

[Reaper G]

It took them a year to finally figure out how to book Reigns right.

Word is that WM 2017 will be held in Minneapolis. I might go for that, if only because my cousin offered me a place to stay.

[Mysterio]

RIP "Iron" Mike Sharpe.

[Henry88]

Shane McMahon + Undertaker + Hell in a Cell + WrestleMania =madness.

[Reaper G]

Shane got a crazy pop upon his return, but now we get more McMahon family drama and a senseless Taker match.

[jellydonut25]

It's really odd that one of Taker's final matches is gonna be against Shane...but honestly, I feel it's pretty unpredictable.

On the one hand, is Taker gonna lose to SHANE? On the other hand, we've had a LONG run of heels being in the authority position, and it feels like time for Shane to be in charge (story perspective stuff here, obviously).

[mr.negativity]

RIP Hayabusa

[EricDent]

So I got the WWE Network to watch WM 32 (will cancel before the end of the free month).

Watched 2 PPVs I went to (Starrcade 1992, and Spring Stampede 1999).
Also the most recent NXT show & NXT Takeover Dallas.

While waiting for WM I watched some old Monday Nitro episodes (the first 2).
Watched WM.

Overall NXT Takeover seemed better as far as wrestling goes.
WM was decent, but not that great.

The Women's Title match was great, and it was really cool to see them finally getting respect and not just being divas.
Ladder Match was fun, with a surprise winner.
6-Man Tag Team match was fun, seeing New Day as Saiyans coming out of a huge cereal box was hillarious.
Unexpected surprise after that match.
Street Fight was OK
Battle Royale had some interesting people in it, and a surprise winner.
HIAC was SICK!
Rock thing was super lame (seriously they need to do something with the Wyatts)
Main Event was pretty bad.
Thankfully no long musical performance.

[jellydonut25]

I more or less agree with your assessment. Overall, a good Mania but not a GREAT one. The Main Event really brought it down a whole notch. When that's the LAST thing you leave people with, they're really gonna overreact a little and rate the whole show lower, but just...UGH. Roman Reigns is not only terrible on the mic and seriously lacking in charisma, his character is a selfish bully and he's probably the (kayfabe) worst person in the company...I honestly can't believe the company is so out of touch as to think people should be HAPPY about him winning
<sigh>
I'm gonna see if this goes anywhere, given that he HIT A WOMAN and maybe they can spin that somehow to get him to heel place...and also I wanna see if they do anything with Ryder or just shove him into the background...but I'm closer to quitting than I have been in a while.

[Mysterio]

I didn't watch RAW but saw that they already had Ryder drop the title...