The General Wrestling Thread

[Guest]

hes over exposed right now, the crowd needs a break from him

A lot of these guys are overexposed with two shows a week. Sheamus is actually pretty good. Nothing about him screams "great" but he's certainly upper mid card material, and can hold his own with a world title run.

The only thing that takes away from his is the fact he's ridiculously pale. He can't do anything about that, but still.

[Warner2BruceTD]

A lot of these guys are overexposed with two shows a week.

You know, they should think about splitting up the roster so everybody gets more exposure. I don't know, something like maybe two brands, were half the guys are with RAW & Superstars, and the other half are with Smackdown & Main Event. Then every year or so, when things get stale, you can shuffle guys around to freshen things up.

[JayDizzle]

A lot of these guys are overexposed with two shows a week. Sheamus is actually pretty good. Nothing about him screams "great" but he's certainly upper mid card material, and can hold his own with a world title run.

The only thing that takes away from his is the fact he's ridiculously pale. He can't do anything about that, but still.

"The Great White..." shirt line he had running for a while would go GREAT right now with Shark Week if he wasn't on the DL for now.

[FedEx227]

You know, they should think about splitting up the roster so everybody gets more exposure. I don't know, something like maybe two brands, were half the guys are with RAW & Superstars, and the other half are with Smackdown & Main Event. Then every year or so, when things get stale, you can shuffle guys around to freshen things up.

Would never work. Think again moran.

[s@ppisgod]

Turn on TNA for 5 minutes and see Angle hit Bully with the Angle Slam, Bully kicks out. Minutes later, Sabin hits Bully with a weak looking enziguri and Devon has to make the save. Never understood that.

JB is their best announcer ever. I still preferred him with the PBP man they signed a little bit ago, and released shortly thereafter. Of course.

I never "got" Sheamus. I get that he's not a bad wrestler, but I never got why people thought he was good. But I'm not into the stiff match-ups all that much, aside from some of Regal's stuff.

[Warner2BruceTD]

JB is their best announcer ever. I still preferred him with the PBP man they signed a little bit ago, and released shortly thereafter. Of course.

Todd Kenely

He went back to Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. He's the play by play guy and they just hired Matt Striker to do color. It airs on MavTV if you get that channel. It's on DirecTV. They use a lot of the top west coast guys including many of the PWG dudes.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I've been a Sheamus mark ever since the Extreme Rules poster came out with him on it.

 

Tell me that shit ain't awesome.

Also, once I realized his theme song said "Its a shameful thing, lobsterhead" and "too many limes...too many limes".

Ever since then...Sheamus has been alright by me. It never gets old.

[EmpireWF]

LOBSTER HEAD, LOBSTER HEAD larry, too...that song always brings the lulz.

[FedEx227]

I always thought it was "It's a shameful thing, dunderhead"

[FedEx227]

My newest Wrestling’s Biggest Busts is here... looking at Art Barr. This fucker took forever and I did a ton of research, match watching, etc being relatively unfamiliar with Barr going in (I'd seen When Worlds Collide but that's about it).

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2013/08/09/wrestlings-biggest-busts-art-barr/

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Did TNA replay the Angle/Rampage promo with Angle/Ortiz?

Turrible.

[Guest]

Did TNA replay the Angle/Rampage promo with Angle/Ortiz?

Turrible.

They have absolutely no plan with anyone when they come in. They tease a feud with Jackson/Angle, then when they need the muscle for MEM, they put Jackson in it. Then repeat with Ortiz/Angle. At the very least, have it be not Angle.

[Warner2BruceTD]

My newest Wrestling’s Biggest Busts is here... looking at Art Barr. This fucker took forever and I did a ton of research, match watching, etc being relatively unfamiliar with Barr going in (I'd seen When Worlds Collide but that's about it).

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/201...usts-art-barr/

Lots of history in this, and I never saw that Rambo match so thanks for that.

The Barr/Blue Panther feud was tits. I think I posted either the mask vs mask or the double turn in my Art Barr profile in the Top 100 thread. Blue Panther was one of the most hated rudos in Mexico for decades before Barr helped get him over as a technico, and to this day Blue Panther is still tearing it up with his bad ass mat wrestling as a face.

We talk a lot about hot eras in wrestling with what is happening in New Japan these days, and I am guilty of always forgetting about AAA's early years circa 1994, with Los Gringos Locos, the rise of Konnan, Jake Roberts drawing sellouts in L.A., the Blue Panther turn, When World's Collide, etc. What an awesome period. You can make a real, legitimate argument that AAA was not only the best in ring promotion in North America during that time with WWF & WCW sucking badly, but also the best drawing promotion as well, even in the U.S. where the Roberts/Konnan feud helped outdraw everybody at the gate.

[FedEx227]

I'll have to check back and see if the double turn you posted is still active. I couldn't find anything

[Warner2BruceTD]

Man, this all brings back a ton of memories. I used to wait by the mailbox for AAA videos from that scumbag kid toucher who I won't plug to see all of that great stuff in all of its grainy ELP VHS glory.