The General Wrestling Thread

[dave]

I don't think Matt's a bad worker, I just don't think he's anything but a mid-carder on his best day.

[SHOGUN]

Dixie Carter has the pro-wres equivalent of the Manning Face.

And it is incredible.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I don't think Matt's a bad worker, I just don't think he's anything but a mid-carder on his best day.

This is true...but it is because the WWE failed to capitalize on him at the time that would have pushed him to the moon.

That feud he and Edge SHOULD have had, should have been a legitimate blood feud that lasted a while (old school territory wrestling would have capitalized on this and put a rocket ship on both of their backs) and put both guys in the main event. They did it for Edge. Hardy got left behind...politics are a fickle mistress.

Hardy was then regulated to mid-card and had the brick ceiling ever since.

A shame, really.

He was super over (monster pops), and still is very over...maybe one of the most "over" midcard wrestlers and he's been over for eons. Just can never catch the lightening in a bottle to send him to the moon again. It won't happen. Opportunity rarely presents itself more than once in the wrestling biz for something like that. It passed Hardy and the WWE by. Meanwhile, Jeff was put into the main event and was a mild kind of impact.

[IamMedellin]

Id go there...fuk, I'd live there

[SHOGUN]

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[IamMedellin]

Originally posted by James Guttman

- Matt Hardy has hinted that he may be interested in going to TNA. The two would be a perfect fit as wrestling fans forget that both of them exist from time to time.

- Speaking of which, TNA's Bound For Glory pay-per-view takes place on October 10th. After like six years, the fact that the show is still called "Bound For Glory" says a lot. This year's tag line is - "TNA Bound For Glory: Any Day Now. We Can Feel It. It's Bound To Happen Eventually. Maybe We Need To Hire Some New People."

- Sean Waltman was caught with a small amount of marijuana by NJ police this past week. Cops say they were tipped off when Waltman was observed with dark sunglasses on in the middle of the night, wearing a leather jacket in 70 degree weather, and running - crotch first - into pigeons.

- Team 3D, formerly the Dudley Boyz, appear to be on their way out of TNA. When they left WWE, the company reportedly made them give up their names and tables gimmick. Rumor has it that TNA is making them give up their clothes and children. If these guys sign to and leave another company, they'll be bald stumps wobbling on the side of the road.

- Rumors are abound that John Cena is on the track to a heel turn by WrestleMania. Smart marks look forward to cheering him.

[SHOGUN]

WWE Supershow tonight! :rockwoot:

I'm sick as a dog, but I'll be damned if I'm going to miss it.

[SHOGUN]

Supershow was awesome.

[FedEx227]

Night of Champions for me tonight.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Supershow was awesome.

Details?

[Warner2BruceTD]

Night of Champions for me tonight.

you too.

Both of you fuckers went to ROH on the Midwest swing, and never gave details. Actually, I think Shogun made a short post, but from you , nothin'.

[SHOGUN]

Details?

JoMo and Ted Dibiase Jr. (w/ Maryse) had a dance contest. Hilarity ensued. We went nuts when Morrsion did the Spinarooni. Then they had a really quick match. Not even 45 seconds of actual wrestling.

Nexus came out a delievered a decent promo talking about how they were going to beat the hell out of Big Show, Evan Bourne, Randy Orton and John Cena.

Bella Twins were the special guest hosts. Didn't really do anything but pump merchandise. One of them has one hell of an arm. They were throw t-shirts and she was throwing them pretty far.

Usos and Tamina vs. Hart Dynasty. Match went on a little too long, but then Natalya body slammed an Uso and clotheslined the other en route to a win. The crowd went NUTS when that happened. Her vs. Beth Phoenix must happen. There was a brief "USA, USA!" going midmatch. Tyson Kidd goes hard and why in the hell does the WWE have Tag Team belts when there are maybe three teams that I can think of (Hart Dynasty, Usos, Santino and Kozlov)? They are as pointless as the Knockout Tag Titles in TNA.

CM Punk delivered an awesome promo about how the crowd turned on him and boo'd him for no reason. He wrestled Kofi Kingston in a good match.

Blah female matches. Alicia Fox vs. Melina and Layla vs. Kelly Kelly. Alicia Fox started off well, but as soon as I mentioned it to my friend that she was actually doing well, she fell right off the wagon with consecutive fuck ups and completely ruined Melina's finisher. Layla and Kelly was a terrible match, but didn't mind because of Layla. She looks so much hotter in person.

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz match was good, but I missed the Miz's promo () because I was stuck in line to buy a t-shirt and it was the first match post-intermission. Bryan is great to watch live. He knows

Kane came out and I expected it to be him selling the match with 'Taker, but then 'Taker came out and put on a good match.

The 5 vs. 4 tag match was OK. Nothing too noteworthy. Huge pops for Bourne and Orton as expected. We actually got a decent Heath Slater chant going, but it was quickly shut down by the Cena chants.

Things that stuck out:

~ House shows had a lot different environment than a PPV. You know that contrarian crowd you get some PPVs? Fuggetaboutit. There were a TON more kids there in comparison.

~....and they love them some Kofi Kingston and John Cena. My goodness. They were going crazy for every little thing and kept starting chants whenever something didn't go right for them.

~ Not surprisingly, the girl matches are worse live than they are on TV. Next time, this will be the time I go buy merch.

~ LOL @ buying a drink, let alone alcohol at the stadium. Pillage of the pockets.

~ Merch goes FAST. I felt apprehensive dropping 25 on a t-shirt, but it was the last one they had and it was The Miz's "I'm Awesome" shirt. Too bad this large will shrink into a smedium after I wash it.

~ FUCKING RESTHOLDS. OH MY GOD. I've said it before, but this is my biggest complaint with WWE wrestling.

I really enjoyed myself last night, but I still preferred the ROH show.

[IamMedellin]

how close were you to the action?
any pix?

Oh Layla

.....getting there with alicia too...

[FedEx227]

you too.

Both of you fuckers went to ROH on the Midwest swing, and never gave details. Actually, I think Shogun made a short post, but from you , nothin'.

Ummm.....

:bolt:

[SHOGUN]

how close were you to the action?
any pix?

Oh Layla

.....getting there with alicia too...

I got one good picture of how close I was. I'm still learning how to get really clear pictures with my camera phone. I tried to get action shots, but it turned out really really bad. Same thing happened at Elimination Chamber. I'll post it if ever manages to make it to my inbox.

you too.

Both of you fuckers went to ROH on the Midwest swing, and never gave details. Actually, I think Shogun made a short post, but from you , nothin'.

LOL. That was the first ROH I ever saw. I hardly knew anybody and was too busy soaking in the wrestling goodness. I tried to write something, but I was awestruck. I'll do better the next ROH show, pinky promise.