The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

New Japan is a hodge podge of talent...its no longer just a Japanese show...it seems like half the roster is English Speaking.

Alex Shelley, Rocky Romero, Alex Kozlov, Taka Michinoku, Young Bucks, I believe Kushida can speak English, Lance Archer and Davey Boy JR, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, Devitt, Tonga and Fale, Conway and Tharpe, Benjamin, Okada...they all can speak English. I think Muta and some of the MMA guys can speak it as well.

That is a lot of fucking English Speakers.

It is funny though, how TNA had a ton of guys featured and are now or were champions in NJPW, who is the second largest company on planet earth (TNA isn't even within a mile) and they couldn't draw a nickel with them.

Now, I don't know if Okada, Tanahashi, and Nakamura could draw a dime in America...but they sure draw buckets of money in Japan.

It's also pretty obvious they have a great eye for underused talent and know exactly how to use these guys. Set the Japanese aside. Nobody in the U.S. did fuck all with Doc Gallows, Lance Archer, Karl Anderson, Harry Smith, Young Bucks got no run in TNA, etc. They
get the absolute most out of all of them. Who knew Lance f'n Hoyt was such a workhorse?

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

It's also pretty obvious they have a great eye for underused talent and know exactly how to use these guys. Set the Japanese aside. Nobody in the U.S. did fuck all with Doc Gallows, Lance Archer, Karl Anderson, Harry Smith, Young Bucks got no run in TNA, etc. They
get the absolute most out of all of them. Who knew Lance f'n Hoyt was such a workhorse?

It is very impressive. Japan has always had a way of getting the most out of at least semi-athletic American big men.

Now they are taking that little magic with some guys like Karl Anderson and Davey Boy Jr.

They've always used the Juniors pretty well...a team as good as #theBucks getting over in Japan is a no brainer. The fact that TNA had a TON of these guys under their umbrella and had them on Xplosion or not on TV at all is some real weirdo shit. How u no make no money off Alex Shelley?

[MrBill]

I'm at the RCW "Texas Explosion" event tonight. Crowd estimate ~250. Just getting underway with introduction of former Playboy Playmate/Hef's former girlfriend Tina Jordan.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

On an all-time charisma scale...where do we rank Shinsuke Nakamura?

[BigBiss]

I'm at the RCW "Texas Explosion" event tonight. Crowd estimate ~250. Just getting underway with introduction of former Playboy Playmate/Hef's former girlfriend Tina Jordan.

Drive up to Austin Tomorrow, nothing on TV any way;)

[Warner2BruceTD]

On an all-time charisma scale...where do we rank Shinsuke Nakamura?

Pretty god damn high, especially since the gimmick change.

[MrBill]

Drive up to Austin Tomorrow, nothing on TV any way;)

If I weren't such a big Packers fan, I would be there to watch. I'll definitely come to one of your events in the next couple of months

[MrBill]

Great "Last Man Standing" title for title match between Phoenix Champion Centerfold Matthew Palmer and International Champion Sammy Guevera. Back and forth with several near count outs before Guevera ultimately broke Palmer in half with a suplex off the top rope onto a ladder that had been propped across the ring apron and crowd barrier.

[s@ppisgod]

It is very impressive. Japan has always had a way of getting the most out of at least semi-athletic American big men.

Now they are taking that little magic with some guys like Karl Anderson and Davey Boy Jr.

They've always used the Juniors pretty well...a team as good as #theBucks getting over in Japan is a no brainer. The fact that TNA had a TON of these guys under their umbrella and had them on Xplosion or not on TV at all is some real weirdo shit. How u no make no money off Alex Shelley?

Shelley is great in the ring, has a ton of charisma, and a unique style. He could have been big if they did anything. How do you push dry ass James Storm off of tag team success and not Shelley, when the MCMGs were twice as hot with the crowd? Then they push Sabin, who can't talk a lick
Bigger missed boat than the first time they had Aries.

[JayDizzle]

Looks like someone's got a job on the side...

 

[s@ppisgod]

Duke "The Dumpster" Droese looks awful.

[Warner2BruceTD]

"Exotic" Adrian Street & Miss Linda



Dude perfected the effeminate act in a completely different way than usual. Instead of playing it like a sissy, he worked it as an effeminate who was a real ass kicker. He peaked a little too soon and missed his shot when WWF expanded nationally, as his act was a better version than Adrian Adonis's.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Dave Meltzer on his show, breaking down Wrestle Kingdom, while laughing hysterically:

"The people running TNA (laughter), I mean, this guy (Okada) is probably going to be the biggest star in the business five years from now (laughter), and they'll look back and didn't do a single thing with him when they had him for a year (laughter)."

[SuperKevin]

That old man would kick my ass

[Ravin]

That old man would kick my ass

He could be TNA champion by May.