The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

I've stated my case for why I like the emphasis on tag wrestling before...but, just to reiterate...

Old school mentality...putting guys that aren't ready to be singles stars into tag teams help them get better faster...nothing gets you more prepared then doing it for real...waiting forever for guys to be singles stars gives you mid-00's WWE...it sucks.

Tag team wrestling, is usually, very low stakes wrestling. The 50/50 booking works better in the tag scene then it does in the singles scene.

Because it works well with 50/50 booking and its low stakes, you can load up a RAW or Smackdown with tag matches and have good, long form, entertaining matches where the result isn't as important. This ends up putting more emphasis on singles matches...singles matches should be special...you should pay, or tune into final segments to see big singles matches.

Hmm..this sounds familiar...

 

[s@ppisgod]

I like the new direction WWE seems to be taking with increased emphasis on tag team wrestling. No more random pairings but rather legit teams with strong chemistry

Eh, a lot of successful tag teams were completely thrown together guys who just made it work. People were scratching their heads at The Hollywood Blondes and Beer Money and Owen and Yokozuna and the like, despite what some revisionist history guys will tell you. But they all worked out pretty well.

[Leftwich]

So apparently AJ Lee is catching a shit ton of heat backstage. She saw Punk talking to Michelle Beadle at the tribute to the troops and threw a tantrum. So i wouldn't be surprised if she dropped the title to Natty tonight.

[Guest]

So apparently AJ Lee is catching a shit ton of heat backstage. She saw Punk talking to Michelle Beadle at the tribute to the troops and threw a tantrum. So i wouldn't be surprised if she dropped the title to Natty tonight.

Even before that, I expected the drop to Natty. They really want someone from Total Divas holding the title.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

AJ Lee, clearly a chick you want to bone...but also clearly, a stage 5 clinger.

[Ravin]

AJ Lee, clearly a chick you want to bone...but also clearly, a stage 5 clinger.

Don't they say in wrestling, your best gimmick is just your own personality with the dial jacked to 10.

[JimLeavy59]

Don't they say in wrestling, your best gimmick is just your own personality with the dial jacked to 10.

So Kofi Kingston is less boring in real life.

[JimLeavy59]

[Ravin]

So remember that poll they had for what to call the title after this match and they were simply going with the Unified champion.


Knew it would never be called that and is going to be the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

[SuperKevin]

I thought Punk was with Lita? Or am I really far behind

[SuperKevin]

I'm surprised they lead off with Punk vs the Shield.

[SuperKevin]

You can win a handicap match via countout?

[SuperKevin]

Sucks that Roman Reigns got legit hurt. They really needed him to be the star of this match

[SuperKevin]

Really an underwhelming match. Had so much potential with those guys and it was just flat.

[JayDizzle]

Really an underwhelming match. Had so much potential with those guys and it was just flat.

They at least got to do the finish they wanted.

Reigns hits the Spear on Ambrose and/or Rollins and Punk capitalizes for the win.

Sets up the split and if Punk is still going to involved in this program, he'll help said split-up, piece-by-piece.

It just looks like dogshit when it's on live air because Reigns ended up legit hurting his eye and Ambrose/Rollins/Punk had to speed up the match to cover for him.

Also, this wasn't going to top Rollins almost killing himself on PPV for fun and profit like last year so there's that...