The General Wrestling Thread

[adembroski]

That's the first full mark-out moment the WWE has given me in a long, long time.

The Miz is old school. He goes into business for himself and gets himself over big time. Every bit of heat he has he's earned... it isn't Stephanie and her gang of creative writing majors (I will give them credit for teaming him and Morrison on ECW... I think Miz learned more from a few months with Morrison than in all the time he spent at OVW and Deep South).

One thing I'll give the WWE credit for right now; going "PG" meant taming down the storylines, and I think a side effect has been more allowing wrestlers to get themselves over and making their matches more meaningful. WWE has gone from a 3 on the 10 point scale to around a 5... keep pushing Bourne, Miz, Sheamus, and the other younger guys, and it'll keep climbing.

[EmpireWF]

That's the first full mark-out moment the WWE has given me in a long....
One thing I'll give the WWE credit for right now; going "PG" meant taming down the storylines, and I think a side effect has been more allowing wrestlers to get themselves over and making their matches more meaningful. WWE has gone from a 3 on the 10 point scale to around a 5... keep pushing Bourne, Miz, Sheamus, and the other younger guys, and it'll keep climbing.

Bourne is hurt and has been off TV for about a month. Hopefully he'll be back before Mania.

Sheamus is getting ready to do battle with Hunter again, we'll see how that goes.

Last time I marked out for WWE TV was when Punk cashed in MITB to win the belt.

And atleast Danielson is having the best matches on WWE PPVs these days.

Things could be worse.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Former adult star and now wrestling valet Trina Michaels was just nominated for a 2011 AVN Award for Cross Over Star of the Year for going from porn to wrestling. Awards are January 8th at the Palms in Vegas.

Laugh out loud @ "Crossover Star Of The Year". Crossover into what, exactly? Standing at ringside in front of 27 people at local YMCA's & Elk's lodges?

High standards, these AVN's have.

sidenote-Showtime showed these awards last year, and watching it made my skin crawl. Hey, i'm a man, I dabble in the occassional porn flick on dark lonely nights, but that awards show was just....creepy. In many ways.

[IamMedellin]

Hey, i'm a man, I dabble in the occassional porn flick on dark lonely nights, but that awards show was just....creepy. In many ways.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQK1RB9Mj5g[/ame]

[Warner2BruceTD]

WWE is in the process of changing all Raw house show lineups from John Cena to Juan Cena, who will be Cena most likely under a mask, billed as his Mexican cousin, and doing the old Midnight Rider gimmick.

[IamMedellin]

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

John Cena will now be known as Juan Cena

LMFAO!!!!!

That shit is ratings.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The Hardy's are some sad fucks...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6GcrIBhBWA&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

[Kuzzy Powers]

The Hardy's are some sad fucks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Gcr...layer_embedded

DAMN dude is wired..

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The weirdest part is like...8 years later, Matt Hardy is STILL harping on the Lita shizz.

[IamMedellin]

[Kuzzy Powers]

[adembroski]

I never understood how professional wrestling induces such a strong sense of entitlement. You'd think a job in which you are paid to lose in front of millions of fans would promote some level of humility.

I get Hogan... he's spent his entire career being told he was the best. The Fingerpoke of Doom is essentially a microcosm of his entire life. But Matt Hardy's been a midcard jobber for going on 10 years now.

[SHOGUN]

It's probably been said before, but Ring of Honor is so awesome for being so simple in it's storylines. Probably will buy Final Battle.

A gang of Embassy matches this week and next week. Can't complain, but Nana needs mic time.

Daizee Haze and Sarah Del Ray was a really good girl match and it kept my attention, which is much better than the three minute squash matches in WWE and the laughable matches that go on in TNA.

[adembroski]

It's probably been said before, but Ring of Honor is so awesome for being so simple in it's storylines. Probably will buy Final Battle.

+1... RoH doesn't make me feel stupid for enjoying profesional wrestling either. TNA and WWE feel the need to scream "IT'S ALL FAKE, YOU FUCKING MARKS" about 17 times an episode. That's what happens when you're embarrassed by your own product.