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Ian
18-09-2015, 08:46 PM
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Ian
18-09-2015, 08:46 PM
So now that I've convinced myself it's going to be a good night for Rollins I'm quite looking forward to Night of Champions.

Going to be devastated when he loses both titles clean and gets thrust into a few with El Torito.

7om
18-09-2015, 08:48 PM
Yes, Ian.

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Ian
18-09-2015, 08:55 PM
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Mike
18-09-2015, 08:59 PM
The Wrestling thread such have a much better wrestling based name.

"Wrestling: It's still real to me" or something better.

Browning
18-09-2015, 10:27 PM
It doesn't matter what it's name is.

SvN
18-09-2015, 10:39 PM
I've been watching regularly for the past few months, and it's nowhere near as bad as this place or /r/squaredcircle makes out. It's not perfect by any means, but it's still entertaining.

As long as Sheamus doesn't walk out champion, I'm fine with the outcome, as long as it's a good match.

7om
18-09-2015, 10:46 PM
Yep, I went through that stage. Started watching again in 2012 and for the first year or so I loved it. I watched every Raw and Smackdown religiously and couldn't understand when Browning came in here and shat all over it. I reckon it was the novelty factor.

Once you watch for an extended period of time the lack of creativity and downright stupidity really comes to the fore.

Browning
18-09-2015, 10:49 PM
I think that's the only reason I can tolerate PPVs, even when they're bad... because I don't watch any of the other stuff at all.

Ian
19-09-2015, 08:12 AM
It doesn't matter what it's name is.

I so wish I'd thought of this response.

Ian
19-09-2015, 03:30 PM
Watching a bit of Judgment Day '05. Unless there's an obvious one I'm forgetting Angle/Booker might be my favourite Booker T match.

Ian
20-09-2015, 05:14 PM
If it wasn't for work tomorrow I'd actually be thinking about sitting up for this tonight. The Divas match is the only one I genuinely have zero interest in.

Mike
20-09-2015, 05:15 PM
I won't get to watch it until Wednesday :(

five time
20-09-2015, 05:17 PM
Watching a bit of Judgment Day '05. Unless there's an obvious one I'm forgetting Angle/Booker might be my favourite Booker T match.

Not sure if you were a WCW guy, but he had a best of seven against Benoit for their TV title which was really good.

Is there much WCW on the network out of interest?

Ian
20-09-2015, 05:25 PM
I think they have every WCW and ECW PPV and a some Nitros. Once I'm doing going through all the WWE PPVs I'm going to get cracking on some WCW ones. I've a long way to go though, as you can see. ECW One Night Stand up next, followed by Vengeance '05 (which looks shit. Can't see Batista vs. HHH in a cell being much cop.)

7om
20-09-2015, 05:58 PM
They have all the Nitros through the best times now (96-99) and I've been working my way through. Just hope they get Thunder and WCW Saturday Night up as well.

It also made me realize just how good Tony Schiavone was. I remember he got a bit of stick before but Christ he made every moment feel important unlike today's morons.

Ian
20-09-2015, 05:59 PM
"RKO! Outta nowhere! For the win!"

Baz
20-09-2015, 06:03 PM
Until you realise the greatest night in the history of our sport happened every other week.

Jeet
20-09-2015, 06:05 PM
Think The Dudleys will win, maybe DQ or grab the belts as New Day beating them on SD always means one thing with a PPV up next.
edit: AH man, Dudleys went from 2.62 yesterday to 1.10...... :(

Also WWE not gonna really shit on Sting and have Sheamoose beat him straight after are they?

Ian
20-09-2015, 06:20 PM
Is this a 'rumour'/ reveal that you're spoiling here or is that a theory you have/have read that you hope is bullshit? In fact, don't answer that because you're probably spoiling shit again and I'd rather not know.

Having the Dudleys come back, squash a few and immediately win the titles would be pants but exactly the sort of thing WWE would do. I'd like to see New Day keep them by hook or by crook this time and then the Dudleys get them in a table match or whatever. Spin it out a bit.

SvN
20-09-2015, 06:28 PM
Posting odds should be spoilered, especially when they're that low.

Jeet
20-09-2015, 06:34 PM
Is this a 'rumour'/ reveal that you're spoiling here or is that a theory you have/have read that you hope is bullshit? In fact, don't answer that because you're probably spoiling shit again and I'd rather not know.


No that what normally happens, you lose on TV, you win on the PPV - Have you not seen WWE ever?

Ian
20-09-2015, 07:00 PM
It was more the Sheamus bit that had me thinking you'd done your favourite trick.

As shit as the booking is sometimes I'd be a bit miffed if they gave Sting the title just to take it right off him.

Mike
20-09-2015, 07:07 PM
Have you lot watched that round table thing that was on the network, the members of New Day just having a chat over dinner? It was great, no 'kayfabe' or anything.

Jeet
20-09-2015, 07:19 PM
I was just wondering as Sheamoose is not on the card?

What if he adds himself in the Cena match as a 3-way, does that become a winner takes all (US and WWE title)match then?

Ian
20-09-2015, 07:43 PM
Probably depends on who's making up the rules that day whether that can happen or not. I'd have thought it would either have to be a new WWE title match demanded on the spot or adding himself into an ongoing one but I don't know for sure. I suppose logically you're right, because he can't just cancel out Cena's US title shot, can he? If he rocks up during that with the briefcase they wouldn't just be going "Sorry John, your match is over."

I reckon Seamus will turn up but not cash in again.

SvN
20-09-2015, 07:46 PM
Hopefully noone saw me making a twat of myself.

7om
20-09-2015, 07:53 PM
Stop with the 'Sheamoose' you complete bellend.

Got a feeling you're right about the tag titles, Ian. Wouldn't be surprised to see New Day retain just to keep it going a bit longer and just because they only just won them back recently. The Rollins matches are tough to call, though.

My gut reaction would've been that I can't see WWE taking the title off tv again with a part timer but they had no problem with it this time last year. my guess is that he retains the U.S. and loses the World Heavyweight.

Ian
20-09-2015, 07:53 PM
I did.

Deleting it rather than just leaving it there and admitting you gimped up for all to see is the coward's way out, though. :nono:

Joking aside, I don't think WWE can be arsed with working out how it'd work if Sheamus claimed his shot during the US title match. He might turn up and lurk about but it won't happen, I don't think.

SvN
20-09-2015, 07:54 PM
Just watching the 1992 Rumble. The British Bulldog is in such ridiculous shape. He bodypresses Flair with such ease. Also amazing to see a fucking piledriver in the middle of the rumble.

This was the first wrestling show I ever watched - I was about 5 or 6 at the time. I fucking loved it.

Ian
20-09-2015, 07:59 PM
It's a bit strange now seeing piledrivers on old shows.

7om
20-09-2015, 08:17 PM
It's especially weird that the piledriver is banned but Taker comes back every year and does it. Not sure what type of message that's supposed to send.

Ian
20-09-2015, 08:27 PM
Is it not a simple issue of them trusting him to not botch it/do it if he's not certain it'll be safe? Plus he's big enough that if the recipient scissors his head they're covered.

That said, all it takes is for him to fuck it up once...

SvN
20-09-2015, 11:13 PM
So Rollins' matches are back to back, with the US title match first. Very surprising.

7om
20-09-2015, 11:16 PM
Yep, I did a double take when Sheamus said that. Rollins could be in the ring for close to an hour tonight.

SvN
21-09-2015, 12:20 AM
Holy shit, Taker v Brock at HIAC. That came out of nowhere.

7om
21-09-2015, 12:30 AM
Brock off the top of the cell? :eyemouth:

7om
21-09-2015, 01:26 AM
That Divas match was alright but the non stop squealing from all the wankers at ringside was unbearable.

"COMEONNIKKICOMEONNIKKICOMEONNIKKI". For fuck sake.

Danny
21-09-2015, 01:48 AM
I've been watching regularly for the past few months, and it's nowhere near as bad as this place or /r/squaredcircle makes out. It's not perfect by any means, but it's still entertaining.

As long as Sheamus doesn't walk out champion, I'm fine with the outcome, as long as it's a good match.

This contributes fuck all to the discussion but I met him in a dog park about 6 years ago. He was living in St Augustine with his missus at the time and just happened to be at the same place my mate took his dog. We had no idea who he was until we got talking to him.

My roommate at the time was from Dublin and after talking to him for a bit he offered to get us tickets. We never took him up on them but I was soundly impressed by how nice of a bloke he was.

7om
21-09-2015, 03:31 AM
That final corner powerbomb fucked Sting good and proper. It was very uncomfortable at the end when Rollins was having to call those desperate spots so loudly and he collapsed when ducking the clothesline.

Just a pity that WWE has had to rely on a 56 year old to main event and setup the next feud with a 48 year old Kane. And lol at the idea we're supposed to take him seriously now he has his wig-mask back on. Geezer has been jobbing non-stop for as long as I can remember.

Shindig
21-09-2015, 11:30 AM
Makes me wonder if someone had plans for Sting back in the day and, now they have him, they want to implement them. You just can't get away with that.

Jeet
21-09-2015, 11:52 AM
Oh dear Sting. Shame.

Jeet
21-09-2015, 12:30 PM
NXT referee Drake Wuertz, formerly Drake Younger in CZW was the fan??? Got to be bull right?

SvN
21-09-2015, 01:09 PM
They're just two bald blokes.

wullie
21-09-2015, 01:11 PM
It was Serena from CM Punk's group, Jeet.

Lewis
21-09-2015, 04:42 PM
How good must Don Cena be to have beaten Seth Rollin[g]s fresh when Sting (Sting the ICON) couldn't even beat him knackered?

It's nice to see Kane back in the main event picture as well. God knows he deserves the push.

Jeet
21-09-2015, 07:07 PM
Sorry I lol'd at this.

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Ian
21-09-2015, 09:07 PM
- Owens and Ryback was probably about as decent as could be expected. Correct result too. The eye-rake thing in the ending just made me think of a quote I saw from JR where he was saying things like that are basically meaningless now because while we're aware they're 'against the rules' you never see anybody get pulled up for them by refs.

- Oh good, just what Ziggler and Rusev needed, a bullshit ending thanks to another bullshit 'twist.' Great.

- Dudleys and New Day was better than I expected. It also had the correct result, though I think it would have been better if the New Day had actually smashed the pair of them through some tables. The Dudleys are going to get the titles anyway sooner or later, why not let TND have a proper victory over them?

- While the music/countdown coming on was good what is going to be the point of that Jericho appearance? Are him and his saggy tits going to stick about? And why was Orton not there? Is THE VIPER scared of a sort of headlock thing?

- I'd missed that Rollins' matches were going to be back to back. It was sort of weird actually, the booking felt much more like how you'd book a face and two heels as opponents, especially with Cena AA-ing him between the matches. Their match was really good. No idea who Cena will be up against next for the US title. What heels at that level could do with a boost? Anyway, the main event was about as good as Rollins was able to make it. Sting was doing alright until the table spot where it went downhill and then it went completely pear-shaped after the powerbomb against the turnbuckle. But then he is a thousand years old so this isn't exactly surprising. During that ugly-looking sharpshooter I was really worried for a moment that the old fucker was actually going to win while being apparenly unable to bend at the knees. Mini-cheer when Rollins got the win.

- Sheamus is quite lucky he only lets the world's slowest referees try and cash in for him. I did do a mini cheer when Kane came out even though he's been made to look like a shit arsehole since I've been watching again and they had him in his shittest attire. So he'll get a month of Rollins. They're not actually going to give him the title again, are they, as some sort of mental last hurrah?

Not a bad show, anyway. Some good matches, some iffy endings. About par for the course really.

Pleb
21-09-2015, 09:26 PM
Has he got the mask back?

Browning
21-09-2015, 09:27 PM
Surprisingly, I didn't think much of last night. It wasn't awful, but it just wasn't good. The only good moment was Jericho's music hitting, but then he jobbed to big Eugene and ruined everything.

They really should have had Sheamus cash in during Cena/Rollins and then Don Cena pin Sheamus to win both titles and beat Flair's record, before smashing Sting at well.

Kane's return was shit. No one is taking him seriously just because he put a mask on, and it makes no sense that he waits til the exact moment when assaulting Rollins would save his ass to do it.

Lewis
21-09-2015, 09:30 PM
The way they ruined Jericho's pop with that ten second countdown was a shambles.

Dan
22-09-2015, 12:07 AM
Just watched the show (well, had it on in the background).

Owens winning is good, even if it wasn't exactly convincing. Owens v Ryback isn't a hugely exciting feud, so hopefully we'll get Cesaro or someone similar challenging KO instead.

New Day continue to entertain, and the result was probably correct. Ziggler/Rusev sounds like they've just accepted that half the creative time used to write soap operas & have let them run wild on one feud. Not surprised by the way the Divas match played out - Charlotte's probably even less entertaining than Nikki, but at least we might get good matches & feuds now.

Jericho was kind of a rubbish surprise, but there weren't really many partners that could've been much better without being an NXT callup, so whatever. Cena winning is unsurprising & I'm not sure what the point of the champion v champion match was if everything was going to be back as it was a month later, but then again it's WWE so it's pretty much standard procedure.

Sting seems to be done - apparently he's on RAW, so I assume he's retiring, as that injury is apparently very serious.

Oh, yeah, and Kane was there too.

Jeet
22-09-2015, 08:25 AM
Well they have Brock vs Taker on the cards, so they can afford to have a shit/filler title match.

Weaver
23-09-2015, 12:11 PM
I haven't watched any WWE for quite a while, so a few random thoughts:

When did Rusev return to being Bulgarian, and why?

The New Day are superb, and the PPV crowds' reaction said as much, but Raw's crowd was painfully silent. Very odd.

I reckon Sting's injury is just an aggravation from this:
https://wrestlingrecaps.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/roodetitle3.gif

7om
23-09-2015, 12:16 PM
Without looking at any previous results or wikipedia, have a wild guess what happened to Rusev.

Ian
23-09-2015, 03:16 PM
So this is really the angle they're going with for Kane? :D

7om
23-09-2015, 03:18 PM
I think it's hilarious. In a tragic 'so they've just let the writers run wild with any old shit' kind of way.

Lewis
23-09-2015, 03:37 PM
Is Sting dead then or what?

Browning
23-09-2015, 05:08 PM
Nobody has a clue what's going on with him. Every report I read is different. I'd suspect it's not all that serious. I mean, he did get up and finish the match, so how people were claiming he'd broke his back and/or neck is beyond me.

7om
23-09-2015, 05:42 PM
I doubt the STINGER actually broke his neck but Austin also finished his match with Owen Hart when he got piledrived through the floor.

Jeet
23-09-2015, 05:53 PM
I'm sure TNA did the same with Abyss between his lawyer character and monster version.

Shindig
23-09-2015, 05:59 PM
I doubt the STINGER actually broke his neck but Austin also finished his match with Owen Hart when he got piledrived through the floor.

Happens all the time. Especially if they're from that era. Sabu taping up his own bicep is the best / worst of these. Did Foley carry on when he lost his ear?

Disco
23-09-2015, 06:18 PM
He poked his tongue through a hole in his face so anything is possible.

Browning
23-09-2015, 07:42 PM
RAW on October 19th could be incredible.

Ian
23-09-2015, 09:39 PM
Why?

Shindig
23-09-2015, 09:41 PM
Austin, Flair, Michaels and Taker all appearing.

Lewis
23-09-2015, 09:44 PM
Ric Flair having to get his boring daughter over is a bit tragic, although I did lol at PaigeJ Lee calling the squat ginger one the 'least relevant'. How true.

Ian
23-09-2015, 09:45 PM
Didn't realise that Lesnar's "tour" was including televised matchs, just thought it was more Network rubbish.

With all those legends.... they're planning some awful shit, aren't they? :(

Browning
23-09-2015, 09:48 PM
Didn't realise that Lesnar's "tour" was including televised matchs, just thought it was more Network rubbish.

With all those legends.... they're planning some awful shit, aren't they? :(

Yep, that's the fear. It'll either be incredible or bullshit.

Austin though, must be a first in ages.

Ian
23-09-2015, 09:58 PM
Cynical or not, I'll not be doing anything other than going mental once the glass shatters.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXudyBan4AE

:drool:

Lewis
23-09-2015, 10:01 PM
Yeah. When he came out at WrestleMania and saved that **** ***** segment I was chimping out.

SvN
23-09-2015, 10:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPp0ukVFRts

Angle and Austin were fucking brilliant together.

Lee
23-09-2015, 11:04 PM
The Austin/Angle rivalry was the best thing about the Invasion storyline. Great chemistry.

Dan
23-09-2015, 11:18 PM
What the fuck is going on with Kane? :moop: The whole multiple personality thing was shit when TNA did it with Abyss, and it looks like it's going to be pretty bad here too.

Paige's turn was interesting, Nattie's still alive & jobbing, and New Day continue to bring the lols, but that's about all of RAW I bothered with.

Well, excpt for Braun Strowman's amazing promo. "I caught a snake once..." :D

Dan
24-09-2015, 01:08 PM
Watching NXT. How the fuck do you do spoiler tags on this forum?

- There's a fucking Super Dragon chant in the Eva Marie/Carmella match :D Gotta be honest though, Eva looks alright (her entrance is terrible), and Carmella looks shit. Her Enzo-isms are annoying.

- In before we get a 'Family of The Rock' stable on the main roster with Nia Jax, Tamina, Roman Reigns & The Uso's.

- Have the seriously covered the 'Bull-Shit' chants as 'Bull-Fit'? Amazing work.

- Breaking Ground looks like it should be an interesting show.

- Really fucking weird seeing Kana jumping about all excited & smiley. Hopefully we'll see her kick the shit out of both girls at the next Takeover.

- I have no idea what the gimmick of this Dusty Classic tournament is, but having half the matches at live events is rather odd, and Joe & Balor getting so far kinda takes the piss a bit.

- The main event is hardly very interesting when the exact same match happened like two weeks ago.

Jeet
24-09-2015, 04:13 PM
Emma saying she drove Charlotte and Becky out of NXT :face:

Disco
24-09-2015, 05:37 PM
That Super Dragon thing was weird, have I missed something or is that just a complete non-sequitur?

Jeet
24-09-2015, 06:44 PM
That Super Dragon thing was weird, have I missed something or is that just a complete non-sequitur?

Check Botchamania

Jeet
29-09-2015, 11:25 AM
Ashley is actually from HR :D

Anyone noticed she changed her clothes twice / made alterations to cover her chest up.

Lewis
29-09-2015, 10:21 PM
The fucking trombone. :drool:

7om
30-09-2015, 12:20 AM
The lowest ratings from a Raw episode since the 90s apparently. It's what they deserve for putting on shit for so long.

Alex Ferguson
30-09-2015, 08:39 AM
I read a review of the show and it just sounded so boring. With no real competition, they can get away with it unfortunately.

Jeet
30-09-2015, 09:43 AM
The lowest ratings from a Raw episode since the 90s apparently. It's what they deserve for putting on shit for so long.

3 hours has killed it.

Plus they don't give a shit about SD. Ambrose pinned the champ and nothing not even a rematch was mentioned on RAW.

Weaver
30-09-2015, 10:45 AM
I noticed this from the Main Event spoilers:

'Dean Ambrose def. King Barrett'

So after King Barrett returned TWO DAYS AGO, and laying out two superstars on Raw/looking dominant/gaining revenge on the person who sent him packing, they've fed him immediately to Dean Ambrose in a match on Main Event.

What's the point? Just stick Ambrose in a match with Miz or something like that. I'm not even sure why I'm surprised, but that is properly dumb.

wullie
30-09-2015, 12:21 PM
None of those shows really count as canon, Smackdown barely does as it is. You could have Heath Slater beat Brock Lesnar on Superstars and you'd never hear of it again.

Ian
30-09-2015, 10:17 PM
Watching Vengeance '05. What the fuck was going on with Lillian Garcia proposing to fucking Viscera?

Browning
30-09-2015, 10:19 PM
Well, he was the World's Largest Love Machine.

phonics
30-09-2015, 10:20 PM
Wasn't that Mark Henry? That old woman giving birth to a hand was the day wrestling died for me.

SvN
30-09-2015, 10:33 PM
Michael Swole :cool:

http://i.wwe9.com/f/wysiwyg/image/2015/09/20150929_MichaelCole_EP_Lights_HP.jpg

Ian
30-09-2015, 10:34 PM
It was definitely Viscera. Even if he didn't look entirely different the Godfather came out and called him "Big Vis" a load of times and encouraged him to sleep with prostitutes.

7om
30-09-2015, 10:39 PM
What a Grade A cunt Cole looks.

Disco
30-09-2015, 10:50 PM
Mark Henry was Sexual Chocolate.

wullie
01-10-2015, 06:13 AM
Any time someone complains about WWE being PG, remember one of Viscera's trademarks was pretending to sodomise his helpless opponent.

Alex Ferguson
01-10-2015, 07:43 AM
Or Triple H and Katie Vick.

Mazuuurk
01-10-2015, 08:02 AM
What does "sodomising" actually mean? Is is just generally being demeaning to someone in a sexual situation, is it having anal sex, or is anal rape, or even something with bestiality?

wullie
01-10-2015, 08:09 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdrg55xt2eQ

Jeet
01-10-2015, 09:17 AM
Cole's nipples...... :sick:

Disco
01-10-2015, 11:38 AM
What does "sodomising" actually mean? Is is just generally being demeaning to someone in a sexual situation, is it having anal sex, or is anal rape, or even something with bestiality?

It normally means anal sex.

Shindig
01-10-2015, 06:25 PM
Road Dogg's pumphandle slam springs to mind.

Lewis
01-10-2015, 06:31 PM
I had Raw on and they said that Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt have been feuding for five months. I suppose it keeps them both busy and out of the important things, but fucking hell what a shit and pointless rivalry.

Alex Ferguson
01-10-2015, 06:41 PM
I find Bray Wyatt so redundant. He aimlessly finds himself in feuds and rambles in meaningless riddles. He's the WWE's Kool-Aid Man.

Lewis
01-10-2015, 06:48 PM
You can join me and Browning in the Anti-Wyatt Family.

7om
01-10-2015, 06:53 PM
AKA The Twats.

Ian
03-10-2015, 02:31 PM
Just watched Cena vs. Jericho at Summerslam '05. The crowd was ridiculously loud. Shawn Michaels vs. Mr Redacted up next. I'm not sure I've actually seen the full match, just Michaels doing his digging thing during Hogan's entrance and the over-selling of the big boot.

Gray Fox
03-10-2015, 02:47 PM
Isn't that the match where Hull Cogan refused to lose, despite it being the plan, so Michaels way oversold everything to taking the piss standards?

Ian
03-10-2015, 02:51 PM
That's the one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4LsjwAWho

Doesn't show the digging, sadly.

Baz
03-10-2015, 03:48 PM
Haha some of those are just ridic.

7om
03-10-2015, 04:04 PM
Lol at Michaels getting the hump over another guy's attitude. You might want to take a look in the mirror, you bunk eyed cretin.

Disco
03-10-2015, 07:02 PM
Ian, where are you getting all these PPV's? Please tell me there's a big pack of them together somewhere.

Ian
03-10-2015, 07:16 PM
WWE Network. I expected I'd have binned it off by now but it's well worth the money between old shows and current PPVs.


Lol at Michaels getting the hump over another guy's attitude. You might want to take a look in the mirror, you bunk eyed cretin.

Indeed. Two unprofessional dickheads having an arse-off. Probably for the best, Hogan's too shit to be creative about his tantrum if HBK had got the nod.

Jeet
03-10-2015, 08:39 PM
Read Eva Marie's opponent at a NXT live event got injured last night.

Gray Fox
03-10-2015, 09:03 PM
Two unprofessional dickheads having an arse-off. Probably for the best, Hogan's too shit to be creative about his tantrum if HBK had got the nod.

To be fair to the 2 of them, most of the top guys from the company over the past 20 years have been the type to throw a hissy-fit if they didn't get their way. Undertaker not wanting to lose unless it's a 'big guy.' Triple H refusing to job to RVD for the same reason to name a few. Some even flat out refused a feud all together.

Lewis
03-10-2015, 09:05 PM
Eric Bischoff makes a similar point in his book. He gets shit for giving Hogan and that creative control, but he says the big names have it anyway.

Ian
03-10-2015, 09:05 PM
Did The Rock ever do it? Stone Cold did, obviously, leaving the Rock of the big'uns from "my" era that I can't think of having done it. But I'm probably forgetting some.

Lewis
03-10-2015, 09:14 PM
The Rock seems like too nice a geezer.

Gray Fox
03-10-2015, 09:20 PM
The only thing Dwayne did was cover his man tits up for a few months wrestling with horrible shirts on.

Ian
03-10-2015, 09:23 PM
About the only thing I've heard about him along these lines is that he thought Michaels was a wanker and didn't want to work with him. Was it after Stone Cold refused that Rock did the job for Brock? And what a job he did too.

Anyway, how long is the first Brocktoberfest show likely to last tonight? Trying to decide if I can be arsed sitting up for it.

Lewis
03-10-2015, 09:24 PM
I've enjoyed Big Show's recent 'I wasn't always shit you know' promos.

Ian
03-10-2015, 09:27 PM
The lols when Brock squashes him within about six minutes.

:moop:

7om
04-10-2015, 02:01 AM
Weeks and weeks of Big Show running over random twats, cutting way too many promos and it's over in about three minutes. Standard.

Ian
04-10-2015, 12:19 PM
Worse, in that first minute or so of the match I actually thought "Blimey, have they booked this properly?" Lol, no, of course they haven't. The MONSTER gets beaten by a few shoulder tackles, three German suplexes and an F5. I also wish they wouldn't keep doing everything the exact same way in this Dudleys/New Day thing. New Day keep the titles some way, the three of them somehow have the Dudleys down then get beat up anyway, Woods goes through a table. I mean, at least mix it up and have them do their corner powerbomb through a table on him. Something. Anything.

Anyway, rubbish ending aside I really enjoyed the cage match. I know HHH/Stephanie have got this whole Devil's advocate/tough love thing going on with Rollins which is meant to be making him stronger but why the fuck would they late Kane lollop about as DOO at this stage?

Disco
05-10-2015, 11:44 AM
I'm watching some Raws and PPVs from 1993.

So far there's been an awful lot of hair and an almost unbelievable amount of neon, and that's just Randy Savage. Plus Hulk Hogan, even in '93 he was a shit has-been.

Alex Ferguson
05-10-2015, 03:06 PM
The PPV's from 1994-1995 were my faves of the pre-Attitude Era. King Mabel's WWF title run was strange to see having grown up on him being Viscera and winning nothing but one Hardcore title for a few minutes (as you do).

Browning
05-10-2015, 03:24 PM
The PPV's from 1994-1995 were my faves of the pre-Attitude Era. King Mabel's WWF title run was strange to see having grown up on him being Viscera and winning nothing but one Hardcore title for a few minutes (as you do).

Genuinely thought you were telling us that Viscera had won the WWF title at some point. Glad that isn't the case.

Disco
05-10-2015, 07:51 PM
Speaking of Big V...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jImwKuQC39I

Alex Ferguson
06-10-2015, 12:48 PM
Genuinely thought you were telling us that Viscera had won the WWF title at some point. Glad that isn't the case.

I meant to say title challenge as he didn't actually win it as King Mabel. Apologies.

Disco
06-10-2015, 09:16 PM
Royal Rumble 94 has Yokazuna / Undertaker in a casket match. :drool:

Hopefully Vince will call him a bo-hemoth again, he really played the long game with that one.

Browning
06-10-2015, 10:46 PM
TNA have got to be having a fucking laugh.

They have Bound for Glory, their WM, and they put the championship on Fat Hardy who hasn't been relevant in 10 years. As if that's not bad, they follow it up with a storyline where the ex-champion cries about the "deck being stacked" and files an injunction, and 2 days later, Hardy has vacated the title. Just go bankrupt already.

Lewis
06-10-2015, 10:48 PM
I can't believe they just let Baroque Les-nar squash Big Show like some jobber. He was getting some good momentum.

Lewis
06-10-2015, 10:50 PM
I was at my friend's last night and we were lolling at the idea of Survivor Series being headlined by Cena and the Dudleys (and two other Cena Friends) vs Seth Rollin[g]s and the New Day (and somebody else), and it looks like it's shaping up that way if the end of Raw was anything to go by. Fucking hell.

Ian
07-10-2015, 10:39 AM
Unless he's either a model pro, just likes the money or both why does Big Show even bother any more? A (shit) build-up for a couple of weeks, a match that started promisingly before he got squashed and then doesn't put up any resistance at all as he gets lolled off on Raw.

Browning
07-10-2015, 11:07 AM
Isn't it a house show no one cares about though? Or are they trying to make out it mattered?

Alex Ferguson
08-10-2015, 10:43 PM
Death to the creative team.

Browning
08-10-2015, 10:46 PM
TNA have got to be having a fucking laugh.

They have Bound for Glory, their WM, and they put the championship on Fat Hardy who hasn't been relevant in 10 years. As if that's not bad, they follow it up with a storyline where the ex-champion cries about the "deck being stacked" and files an injunction, and 2 days later, Hardy has vacated the title. Just go bankrupt already.

This has got even worse. They've announced a World Cup Tournament to crown the new champion, using the same format. 32 Wrestlers in groups of 4.... 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, top 2 advance to a knock out tournament.

If that's not a shit enough idea, one of the groups is all women.

SvN
08-10-2015, 10:47 PM
When was the last fucking draw in wrestling? 1983?

Browning
08-10-2015, 10:48 PM
When was the last fucking draw in wrestling? 1983?

Supposedly there were some on Impact as some people have 1 point.... not a clue how that works unless they all have a time limit or something equally shit.

Alex Ferguson
08-10-2015, 10:48 PM
This has got even worse. They've announced a World Cup Tournament to crown the new champion, using the same format. 32 Wrestlers in groups of 4.... 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, top 2 advance to a knock out tournament.

If that's not a shit enough idea, one of the groups is all women.

To be honest, that's no different to what they did in WCW in the late 90s when they took the World Heavyweight Title off Sting and a few years prior. Difference is, TNA are flogging a dead horse while WCW were still competing with WWF/E at the time. They should just put that company out of its misery. I also heard Jeff Jarrett is back now?

Browning
08-10-2015, 10:52 PM
He's sort of back. He founded his own company, GFW, and they "invaded" TNA, about 2 weeks later they blew their load on a 5 on 5 "Winner takes all" match and TNA won. No idea what happened after that.

Lewis
08-10-2015, 10:53 PM
I believe that Jeff Jarrett is bigger, and better, and could draw more money, than Hulk Hogan.

Disco
08-10-2015, 11:03 PM
When was the last fucking draw in wrestling? 1983?

94? Michaels and Luger drew a Royal Rumble.

Alex Ferguson
08-10-2015, 11:11 PM
He's sort of back. He founded his own company, GFW, and they "invaded" TNA, about 2 weeks later they blew their load on a 5 on 5 "Winner takes all" match and TNA won. No idea what happened after that.

Yeah, I heard about GFW. I know they have Bobby Roode at both companies (he's got to get paid by SOMEBODY).

Weaver
09-10-2015, 07:27 AM
If that's not a shit enough idea, one of the groups is all women.

One of the dumbest ideas I've seen in a long time. With two going through, surely Gail Kim will end up in a match with Brodus Clay or someone like that?

I noticed that TNA have...

lost James Storm to WWE. He appeared at the NXT tapings for a match last night. Excellent signing - he's apparently been in the wrestling business for nearly 20 years.

Waffdon
09-10-2015, 07:15 PM
ICW wrestler appeared on NXT yesterday :)

Speaking of ICW, on course to sell out a 5000 arena with still a month left. The true GOATS.

Baz
09-10-2015, 07:19 PM
ICW wrestler appeared on NXT yesterday :)

Speaking of ICW, on course to sell out a 5000 arena with still a month left. The true GOATS.Going watching it next Friday. :cool:

card (https://wrestleropesuk.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/8-man-liverpool-street-fight-confirmed-for-insane-championship-wrestling-where-the-buffalo-roam/)

Waffdon
09-10-2015, 07:23 PM
Grado and Spud together. That shit should be great. :D

Dan
09-10-2015, 09:16 PM
Internet has been a cunt the last couple of days but I've finally been able to watch Takeover Respect:

The tag tournament final being contested by two teams of guys thrown together at the start of the tournament is all kinds of lol, especially as they beat pretty much the every credible tag team in the company in the process. May as well make Joe & Balor the champs as well. Despite this it was nice to get to see The Mechanics (not that they're called that anymore, it seems), and Gable & Jordan at last. Definitely expecting Gable & Jordan to get a push, they're possibly even more over than Enzo & Cass.

Can we all agree that Asuka is awesome now we've all seen her? Too much playing to the crowd, I'll admit (I assume that's her trying to be a WWE style babyface), but she's just far too good for anyone else to get near her.

Good to see Crews might have a slightly better finisher than the standing moonsault now. Gotta feel bad for Breeze, basically the Ziggler of NXT with no hope of ever hitting the top level despite being consistently good.

The main event was actually kind of disappointing for me - a touch sloppy at times, and the finish was standard WWE ironman stuff, which was a shame. Still, they're both awesome & Sasha making Izzzie or whatever her name is cry was great :D

ADDITIONAL TAPINGS SPOILER TALK:
Evie, Shazza McKenzie & Kay Lee Ray being used on the upcoming NXT episodes is pretty interesting - Shazza's pretty decent herself, but Evie & KLR would both be awesome addditions to the roster. A few years ago I said WWE & SHIMMER should make a working agreement, and now it's pretty much happening. Me :cool:

James Storm coming is meh, but then I've never really been bothered by him, and Nia Jax looks shite - pretty much Tamina v2. Hopefully she wrestles well, but I won't hold my breath.

Crews getting a title shot already is pretty stupid, but then considering the rest of the compeititors in the match were mostly jobbers & taggers it was pretty inevitable. Not sure why they didn't go with Corbin, as much as I don't really rate him, but maybe it means Balor's about to turn heel, which would be a great decision as he's been wank so far in NXT.

Similarly, Alexa Bliss feuding with Bayley reeks of disappointing filler feud to pad until they've had Jax squash enough jobbers to be theoretically threatening if anybody gave a fuck.

Browning
09-10-2015, 09:21 PM
Agreed on the Iron Man match, it wasn't great.

By which I obviously mean it was the best match of all time, before it even started.

"This is awesome" chants when they've stood looking at each other for 40 seconds. Fuck off.

Waffdon
09-10-2015, 09:26 PM
Balor attacked Itami, boiiiiii

7om
09-10-2015, 10:05 PM
Did you see what, Dan did in his post? He used spoilers.

Waffdon
09-10-2015, 10:40 PM
That was a prediction, you dinghy.

7om
09-10-2015, 11:13 PM
Don't lie to me, son.

igor_balis
12-10-2015, 03:46 PM
Watched One Night Stand 2005 with my mate who hadn't seen it before. Still fucking class. It probably makes me some sort of blood-crazed lunatic, but I've rarely had more fun watching wrestling than I did during Masato Tanaka vs Mike Awesome.


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26a7f_one-night-stand-2005-mike-awesome-v_sport

Ian
12-10-2015, 04:10 PM
I'm not far past that actually and I too enjoyed that match. Survivor Series '05 up next. Did somebody in here not tell me that the Booker/Benoit best-of-seven series is really good?

Also, who the fuck is Palmer Canon (not that I'm going to be watching the Teddy Long vs Bischoff match) and why the fuck was Daivari refereeing Cena vs. Angle?

Trancemeister
12-10-2015, 04:16 PM
What I'll always remember from the Benoit/Booker feud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIwgTTEUyPY

Disco
12-10-2015, 04:50 PM
Suicide Dive? Uuuhhhh, phrasing?

My marathon (which is officially better than yours Ian, so there) has now reached Royal Rumble 1997, fuck me it's getting good now, the last half of 1996 just went mental (comparatively) with Stone Cold realising that he could do whatever he wanted and everyone would love it.

I mean, the Pillman home invasion thing was fucking crazy, how the hell did they get away with it?

Shindig
12-10-2015, 05:47 PM
That's the name of the move, Disco. Is that Mike Awesome match the one where Joey Styles wishes suicide upon him?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_s-CKQzPmM

I love that. Something tells me that wasn't a prop, either. :D

Disco
12-10-2015, 06:14 PM
Yeah I get that, it's a bit like hearing occasionally uncomfortable things said about Owen Hart. Given what happened it's somewhat unfortunate to have someone saying that he 'bends but does not break' during commentary.

Ian
12-10-2015, 06:15 PM
"Benoit just loves hurting people, JR!"
":uhoh:"

Baz
12-10-2015, 07:42 PM
First time I've ever seen that match from One Night Stand. "This match rules," indeed.

Ian
13-10-2015, 06:04 PM
I know nobody would have bought it anyway but WWE could at least have pretended Kane might have a chance of winning rather than battering Rollins in every single encounter so far since he started lolloping about as THE DEMON KANE.

Also, lol at that ending to the Ziggler/Summer Rae/Lana thing. Not that I'm not glad it's over, you understand.

Gray Fox
13-10-2015, 09:52 PM
I've not watched in a while but is he really back to being THE DEMON KANE?

wullie
13-10-2015, 09:57 PM
He's doing a split personality thing where he's cheery corporate suit and then you turn around and he's masked and can fight real good again. A bit like TNA did with Abyss and Joseph Park but without anyone trying to pretend they're not the same person.

Disco
13-10-2015, 10:34 PM
I like Corporate Kane. :gs:


In other news, I'm loving the evolution of Vince's gravelly voice. We're into proper MON.DAY NIGHT RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA territory now.

Waffdon
15-10-2015, 09:14 PM
Insane Wrestling
‏@InsaneChampWres
#ICWFearAndLoathing is the highest grossing card in the UK since Daddy fought Haystacks at Wembley in 1981. Thank you!

Yaaaaaaaaa.

Browning
15-10-2015, 09:20 PM
More than Summerslam? I doubt it.

Edit- Unless they mean by a UK based company? Which probably isn't very impressive.

Waffdon
15-10-2015, 09:22 PM
British Wrestling companies, m9. 5200+ is a fucking superb effort. Its not even London or Manchester is well.

Mark Dallas :cool:

Dan
15-10-2015, 09:44 PM
Nia Jax looks shite - pretty much Tamina v2. Hopefully she wrestles well, but I won't hold my breath.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZKyZRTEY34

I was right not to expect much. She managed to look shit even in a squash match. She doesn't exactly look like she's in the greatest condition, and her arsenal consists of a bearhug (the hallmark of a big 'power' wrestler who can't do anything technical for shit) & a sloppy 'one armed spinebuster' that she used both arms for.

Tamina's better than her. Poor Evie :(

---

Nikki Storm is apparently likely to start with NXT soon, and Athena's just made her debut. Both should be awesome - Storm is good in the ring & an excellent gobby heel, and Athena is probably one of the biggest names in womens indy wrestling - if you haven't seen her finisher, that alone will make you drop your jaw, although there's virtually no way WWE will let her do it as half the roster would probably literally die taking it.

Storm is the better of the two, in my opinion, and certainly the one better suited to WWE, while Athena has always been (finisher excluded) kinda average to me, but I'm sure she'll do well as she's definitely not bad, and word is she stepped things up after she came back from injury a while back (I wouldn't know though since I've barely watched anything in the last year or so).

Waffdon
15-10-2015, 10:03 PM
More than Summerslam? I doubt it.

Edit- Unless they mean by a UK based company? Which probably isn't very impressive.

Lol, okay.

Lewis
15-10-2015, 10:11 PM
I like Corporate Kane. :gs:

He's class. Him and Don Cena (he turned that hostile crowd of Chicago dickhead marks masterfully) are the only things worth watching on the show.

7om
15-10-2015, 10:18 PM
Of course you like Corporate Kane. Why wouldn't you.

Dan
15-10-2015, 10:35 PM
5200 for an indie event is HUGE anywhere - for perspective, CHIKARA were getting hype for having just over 1000 at WrestleCon a few years back, SHIMMER's capacity is about 300, and PWG supposedly fills up at around 500-700. ROH's Field of Honor show in August drew 2200 & their joint shows with NJPW capped out at 1500. TNA, meanwhile, have apparently been drawing less than 500 at recent live events :D

I'd be surprised if we'd had many four figure attendances from UK based companies, nevermind drawing that many.

Mike
16-10-2015, 06:27 AM
Going to see some ICW in Liverpool tonight. Pretty damn excited.

Mike
16-10-2015, 10:14 PM
ICW was boss!!

Dan
18-10-2015, 11:29 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I252sKM2CY4

Sami Zayn's post-show promo from his appearance at EVOLVE 49.

Baz
22-10-2015, 06:55 AM
What did everyone think of Brock Lesnar on Stone Cold's podcast?

For me it started off ultra boring but soon got going once we darted talking about the past. Was a bit annoying how eager he was to show his disinterest in sports entertainment, and is clearly just in it for the money, but that's nothing new. Was good though.

Austin on RAW though.. what was the point? Purely to advertise the podcast? Lame. Didn't even stunner anyone.

Jeet
25-10-2015, 09:39 PM
Hoping it's Bryan, Sami Zayn or Joe to face Cena. Anyone else I will be pissed off.

SvN
25-10-2015, 09:48 PM
For me it started off ultra boring but soon got going once we darted talking about the past. Was a bit annoying how eager he was to show his disinterest in sports entertainment, and is clearly just in it for the money, but that's nothing new.

I thought the same. Came across as a right dickhead I thought.

Smiffy
25-10-2015, 10:33 PM
.....

Mike
25-10-2015, 10:41 PM
Nobody should ever stay in character for those podcast shows, it'd be awful.
The end of the Paul Haymen one where they fake argue was so bad it almost spoilt what had gone before it.

SvN
26-10-2015, 12:10 AM
To be fair, they've pulled it right out of the bag with Del Rio. Noone saw that coming.

Waffdon
26-10-2015, 12:14 AM
Because we didn't they they'd be that dense

SvN
26-10-2015, 12:14 AM
Please explain.

Waffdon
26-10-2015, 12:17 AM
He's more bland than Sheamus. Great matches, like, but a boring creature.

Should have been Carlito.

Gray Fox
26-10-2015, 12:19 AM
My memes are in tatters.

Waffdon
26-10-2015, 12:20 AM
lol what. Cleanest loss ever.

Is he going to beat him down, or what?

Waffdon
26-10-2015, 12:56 AM
Wyatt loses another feud. yay

Gray Fox
26-10-2015, 01:00 AM
Has Wyatt ever won a feud? Also when did Kofi stop being from Jamaica?

SvN
26-10-2015, 01:10 AM
Steve Merchant on the front row

7om
26-10-2015, 03:19 AM
So does this mean Undertaker is Sister Abigail?

Jeet
26-10-2015, 11:02 AM
ADR is a good worker. not a fan of him though, did get stale towards his last run. As long as he don't use the armbar as his main finisher I'm fine with it.

Did expect the Wyatts to come out after seeing the SS promo. They are just glorified jobbers now.

Lewis
26-10-2015, 11:30 AM
I was marking out for Del Rio. :drool:

It all went downhill after that. It was obvious that something was going to happen at the end, since it was running short and no way was 'Taker going out at a secondary pay pay view, but lol at the Wyatt Family being involved.

Waffdon
26-10-2015, 02:25 PM
Massive lol at him for being a hypocrite.

Shindig
26-10-2015, 09:03 PM
Hope they get Del Rio to cut some actual promos. When he talks in English he sounds like the kind of person that would hold your family hostage because he has nothing to do on an evening.

Lewis
26-10-2015, 09:09 PM
I like to think Jack Swagger was behind the curtain, ready to go, having seen Zeb Colter was booked.

Jeet
26-10-2015, 09:26 PM
He's god boring as a face.

I suppose Cena will join Taker's survivor series team and get taken out by the Wyatts - Hoping Brock then be his replacement :youpi: What a pop he'll get!

SvN
26-10-2015, 09:26 PM
Cena's out for 2 months

Jeet
26-10-2015, 09:29 PM
I know, but they'll need a reason as to why in storyline mode.

Weaver
27-10-2015, 11:39 AM
658796102641152000

He's alive! Batista and Shane McMahon at the Spectre Premier.

Disco
27-10-2015, 12:36 PM
I always imagined Shane would come back to the WWE once Vince goes, it would make more sense than handing the multi-billion dollar reins to HHH and watching him get lolled out of the boardroom.

Lewis
27-10-2015, 02:37 PM
The state of this cancer segment on Raw. Triple Haitch could get some proper heel heat if he recalled all the 'malignant tits I've taken care of', but no, he just stands there looking like a pleb.

Dean Ambrose is actually Roman Reigns' valet now isn't he?

Lewis
27-10-2015, 02:43 PM
Del Rio is carrying this four-way. :cool:

Jeet
27-10-2015, 02:51 PM
Bored of ADR already. His first match was stale. No chemistry between him and Zeb, he just stands next to him and does fuck all.

Wish they got Carlito back instead.

Mike
28-10-2015, 08:55 AM
http://youtu.be/Fo6QzC5n8IE

The New Day continue to be head and shoulders above everything else entertainment-wise

Jeet
28-10-2015, 10:52 AM
Big E having a sneaking look when she takes it off.

igor_balis
28-10-2015, 03:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMmAsqtGRmk

Quite old so a few of you internet poindexters have probably already seen it, but this is both one of the stupidest and one of the best videos I've seen on youtube for a while.

SvN
28-10-2015, 03:55 PM
That's a pretty decent vocal impression to be fair.

Lewis
28-10-2015, 04:19 PM
It's still amazing, but the lad ended up flogging it to death.

Jeet
28-10-2015, 09:01 PM
Renee was told to cover up. Did this with the HR lass aswell.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSNtd5TWEAAG0Mf.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSNtf6KWcAQeQrw.png

Jeet
28-10-2015, 09:03 PM
659041232203685888

Lewis
28-10-2015, 09:07 PM
Are rasslin' games good now, or are they still fundamentally about who can bash the most buttons the fastest?

Ian
29-10-2015, 10:44 AM
All caught up with the wrasslin' now. I thought they were going to spin out the Reigns/Rollins thing and have Rollins screw him out of the title shot until I saw who was in it and the next best option for a feud with Rollins was Ziggler.

And yes, the New Day are still the best. I like that they appear to be taking stupider and stupider shit, running with it. Trombones, unicorns. They're ace. I'm surprised/pleased that they haven't given the Dudleys the titles yet.

Also, what the shit is this latest Wyatt stuff all about? I was half expecting Kane to come out last night and the end so wasn't surprised to see him after Wyatt on RAW but I dunno what, if anything, this is building towards. Something rubbish, almost certainly.

Weaver
29-10-2015, 12:20 PM
I reckon there'll be a Survivor Series match between the Wyatts (Wyatt, Strowman, Harper, Rowan) and Kane/Undertaker, but who their two partners would be, I haven't got a clue. I thought they were going to be Reigns and Ambrose.

The Smackdown **SPOILERS** that I read mentioned....
After the main event of Harper/Rowan/Strowman vs Ambrose/Cesaro/Ryback, the Wyatts tried to take Ryback away as well, but he 'came back'.

Jeet
29-10-2015, 12:25 PM
I reckon there'll be a Survivor Series match between the Wyatts (Wyatt, Strowman, Harper, Rowan) and Kane/Undertaker, but who their two partners would be, I haven't got a clue. I thought they were going to be Reigns and Ambrose.

The Smackdown **SPOILERS** that I read mentioned....
After the main event of Harper/Rowan/Strowman vs Ambrose/Cesaro/Ryback, the Wyatts tried to take Ryback away as well, but he 'came back'.

Hope it's The Dudley's or a tag-team, so they can build on this after too

I thought this was my stream on RAW, but actually they meant to be like this :D

http://i.imgur.com/nigfIL2.gif

wullie
29-10-2015, 01:45 PM
JBL screaming about the Wyatts having no honour taking him away was nice considering it's exactly what he was doing for the Undertaker 15 years ago. Acolytes to make up the rest of the team.

Ian
03-11-2015, 10:32 PM
I know we're all saying it all the time but The New Day are just so good. Them rocking out during the Owens and Rollins entrances was ace. Also enjoyed the Brothers of Destruction montage during the Bray Wyatt ramble. Still no idea what this is building to though.

And, in a shocking twist, I actually thought the booking for the main event looked like somebody with a semi-functioning brain might have been involved.

Jeet
05-11-2015, 07:54 PM
Breaking bad news :( http://www.wwe.com/inside/seth-rollins-injury-title-tournament-survivor-series-28164051
Seth Rollins is vacating the WWE Title and he's out for 6-9 months due to right ACL/MCL/medial meniscus tears.

Browning
05-11-2015, 07:59 PM
That sucks. It'll be Reigns... won't it.

Browning
05-11-2015, 08:02 PM
That said, after HIAC I really had a sense of "Yea, I'm bored of Rollins now"... so oh well.

Jeet
05-11-2015, 08:02 PM
Na that is expected. If he does win will be cashed in by Sheamus.

All the big guns gone, Cena, Orton, Bryan. Ambrose in the IC picture

Browning
05-11-2015, 08:07 PM
My vote is Del Rio or Great Khali.

Jeet
05-11-2015, 08:10 PM
They are gonna boo the shit out of Roman even more if he wins it like this.

Lewis
05-11-2015, 08:14 PM
Didn't most people expect Roman Reigns FINALLY winning the title to be the big WrestleMania moment? If they bring that forward what replaces it?

Browning
05-11-2015, 08:15 PM
Don Cena breaking the record.

Lewis
05-11-2015, 08:18 PM
Of course! Then have Hogan cash in.

Gray Fox
05-11-2015, 08:19 PM
Undertaker retiring? Unless that happens sooner.

Jeet
05-11-2015, 08:19 PM
There are no good heels at the moment that aren't constantly jobbing. Got to be Roman and Sheamus so they can also build the feud until Cena comes back.

Jeet
05-11-2015, 08:23 PM
We have no WWE and no TNA world champion :D

Ian
05-11-2015, 08:52 PM
Cheers, Jeet.

Gray Fox
05-11-2015, 09:00 PM
Would Don Cena cut short his time off to come back and SAVE US?

Dan
05-11-2015, 09:10 PM
Rollins :(

It'll be interesting to see what they do now, but still not interesting enough for me to watch. Reigns & Sheamus have to be the favourites, with Cena next likely, but there really isn't anybody else on the roster who could be a legit top guy beyond those three, which sums up how terribly WWE has built up its talent over the last few years.

Somebody call Dwayne :cool:

Disco
05-11-2015, 10:08 PM
If they hadn't spent the last few years burying all their decent guys this wouldn't be an issue.

Shindig
05-11-2015, 10:11 PM
Bring back Punk.

SvN
05-11-2015, 10:12 PM
Horrible timing, and I genuinely feel sorry for the guy. But just think about the pop when he comes back :drool:

Dan
05-11-2015, 10:57 PM
I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see them bring Bryan back, since he's supposedly been cleared to compete.

Other than that, they're bound to roll out at least one Attitude Era guy to fill the gap.

Jeet
05-11-2015, 11:04 PM
He's in india for 2 weeks anyway. Just accept it's Roman or Sheamus.

Browning
05-11-2015, 11:10 PM
For 2 weeks? How soon is survivor series?

Just put it on big show for fuck sake.

five time
05-11-2015, 11:11 PM
The rage when Cena returns to win it. :drool:

Browning
06-11-2015, 12:06 AM
Cena won't win it, but he'll turn up on RAW the next night and declare that as he beat Rollins recently he's the "real" champion, and then the new champion will lose the belt to him after less than 24 hours. Then Cena will survive a cash in.

wullie
06-11-2015, 08:46 AM
They've been giving Cesaro the startings of a push, throwing the belt on him with no buildup and booking him as an awful champion seems the way to go. Alternatively, he defends valiantly until a jealous Tyson Kidd returns and there's your WrestleMania 34 main event.

Ian
08-11-2015, 02:52 AM
Rewatching Brothers of Destruction vs. Power Trip because it took my fancy. Forgot that Kane kicked Stephanie right in the damn face. :cool:

Kane. :(

EDIT: And Big Red Machine is definitely better than this Demon Kane/ Devil's Favourite Demon nonsense. (Defo not nostalgia, obvs.)

Lewis
08-11-2015, 01:44 PM
My mother is looking for a 'Hulk Hogan book' for my brother for Christmas, but he doesn't appear to have written one himself [brother]. There seem to be numerous books shitting on him, so has anyone read a decent one?

wullie
08-11-2015, 03:30 PM
This one is apparently written by him around the time he made his WWE comeback - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hollywood-Hulk-Hogan-WWE/dp/0743457692/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446996519&sr=1-3&keywords=hulk+hogan

As it's 2002 it'll completely miss out TNA and all the recent unpleasantness and just be stories of him bench pressing the 1000lb Andre in front of a million people at the Silverdome.

Lewis
08-11-2015, 04:03 PM
I should have said a recent one. Wrestling books, especially the ones released through The Company, are generally shit aren't they? I seem to remember a few of you rating Chris Jericho's book, but fuck the Vanilla Midgets.

Browning
08-11-2015, 04:17 PM
All of Foleys books are quality and easily the best wrestling ones out there. Never read anything by hogan though.

wullie
08-11-2015, 04:24 PM
The Rock's book was almost a work of fiction so the WWE released ones are a gamble. I think Jericho's books are outside of WWE, but he does disappear right up his own arse so much he comes out the other side by the third. Bret Hart's book is my favourite. I love him, but he's an angry and bitter man.

Weaver
08-11-2015, 05:04 PM
You should just give him a printed collection of his Tweets, Lewis.

You can show him the infamous 'Brooke's legs' tweet, as well as hundreds of tweets where he tried to get 'Be Cool and Eat Fruit' over, as well the time he retweeted some guy for going 'balls deep' in his daughter.

Jeet
09-11-2015, 08:35 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTZc2jXWEAAOOFp.jpg

Browning
09-11-2015, 08:45 PM
Fuck off is Big Show out already.

Lewis
09-11-2015, 08:48 PM
I'd like to see Dolph Ziggler get a run with it.

Browning
09-11-2015, 08:51 PM
I love that Kalisto, Titus O'Neil and Tyler Breeze are in there. What is the point?