The General Wrestling Thread

[FedEx227]

It's as bad as it sounds...

[Warner2BruceTD]

I've been rewatching a lot of 80's and early 90's NWA/WCW/Mid Atlantic/whatever you what to call it. TBS wrestling. And it just exemplifies how bad TNA is.

What is most striking, is how much different it was than the Hulkamania-era WWF it was competing with. On TBS, you had "belt chasing" storylines, gang warfare with Horseman against the world, and Jim Ross selling it all like legitimate athletic competition. People fawn over WWE JR, but i've always felt his best work was for WCW, SMW, and Watts. He really helped make the product feel like something completely different than the more popular WWF.

The WWF, in contrast, gave you larger than life cartoonish (not meant in a negative way for the purpose of this comparison) monsters, with crazier storylines, and bigger and better production. It wasnt about "belt chasing", it was always about good vs. evil.

In those days, I enjoyed both. It was easy to watch TBS at 9:05 Saturday morning, and see Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, The Road Warriors, Barry Whidham, etc etc, do "serious" wrasslin', then turn on WWF Superstars & Wrestling Challenge at 12, and sink my teeth into Jake The Snake Roberts, The Islanders, and The Killer Bees. Because each brought something different to the table. If one was a cheap carbon copy of the other, why watch?

Watching a Clash Of The Champions felt awesome after watching a Survivor Series, and vice versa. Different flavors. When you were tired of Brad Armstrong vs. Tim Horner, you could watch Brutus Beefcake cutting off a jobbers hair.

TNA offers nothing different, nothing unique, and no reason to want to watch. Why they continue to do WWE-lite is a mystery. They have used up all of their mulligans and "restarts", nobody cares, and I dont think anybody ever will.

So yeah, lets push creepy Matt Hardy, WWE bum for life. Because as you know, anybody from the WWE is a far bigger star than anybody we have. Keep up the good work.

[SHOGUN]

wtf is up with his hair?

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btw2 - on another site, I was told Jeff Jarrett is doing an MMA gimmick. Please tell me it is as bad as it sounds lol.

It's pretty bad, but it definitely had it's moments of hilarity. He's dropping it this week to bring back Kurt Angle's ex-wife back on the show. Shit is about get real with that feud.

[Warner2BruceTD]

That was pretty terrible.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Maybe TNA can sign this guy:

[FedEx227]

Also love how they call Jarrett a "shoot" fighter like 15 times a show.

Aka the rest of this shit you morons is watching is fake. I mean, yeah a lot of us know it is, but god damn at least let us suspend disbelief for a bit.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Also love how they call Jarrett a "shoot" fighter like 15 times a show.

Aka the rest of this shit you morons is watching is fake. I mean, yeah a lot of us know it is, but god damn at least let us suspend disbelief for a bit.

The best pro wrestling is the pro wrestling that you can sit and watch for a couple of hours, lose yourself in the entertainment, and never once think to yourself "this shit is fake".

TNA shoves "this shit is fake" down your throat, and almost makes you feel embarrassed for wanting to suspend disbelief. WWE does this sometimes too, but not nearly to the same extent. I never felt this way watching old NWA or NOAH or New Japan or ROH or ECW.

Why insult your audience for enjoying something that YOU ARE TRYING TO SELL THEM? It's truly astounding.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

lolTNA.

Like I said, Matt and Jeff need to become...themselves! A drugged up degenerate tag team that just sucks at life. Matt should have a valet that he always makes to look like Lita. Have him accidentally call her "Amy" all of the time. Have them cut drugged up promos. Have Jeff wrestle drugged up. Have them do viral YouTube videos of their drugged up rantings. It'd be gold.

It would be like a Drug Free America commercial, come to life, via the Hardys.

What a pair of scummers. Have them be a more sad version of Raven and Stevie Richards with their equally degenerate friends like Shannon Moore and Greg Helms and Paul London to hang out with them.

You have Jeff lose matches because he botches moves, Sabu style. Have him not even show up to matches.

I need to book TNA.

[Warner2BruceTD]

lolTNA.

Like I said, Matt and Jeff need to become...themselves! A drugged up degenerate tag team that just sucks at life. Matt should have a valet that he always makes to look like Lita. Have him accidentally call her "Amy" all of the time. Have them cut drugged up promos. Have Jeff wrestle drugged up. Have them do viral YouTube videos of their drugged up rantings. It'd be gold.

It would be like a Drug Free America commercial, come to life, via the Hardys.

What a pair of scummers. Have them be a more sad version of Raven and Stevie Richards with their equally degenerate friends like Shannon Moore and Greg Helms and Paul London to hang out with them.

You have Jeff lose matches because he botches moves, Sabu style. Have him not even show up to matches.

I need to book TNA.

i would watch this

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

i would watch this

Of course you would, it'd be great wrestling television.

I need to be a booker man.

[SHOGUN]

Taylor Wilde retired from pro wrestling.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Taylor Wilde retired from pro wrestling.

My sources tell me she was promoted to shift manager at Sunglasses Hut.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

My sources tell me she was promoted to shift manager at Sunglasses Hut.

She is a smart chick. There is no career for her in the business, as is the case for 99% of women's wrestlers. She probably makes more at Sunglass Hut than she did working for TNA. She could make more as a personal trainer than working in TNA.

Most of these broads in wrestling do some weird shit on the side anyway. At least she had a real job.

[dave]

Taylor Wilde retired from pro wrestling.

Countdown to the pole...

(Assuming she hasn't already danced on one)

[JayDizzle]

I need to get myself a "New" NEXUS t-shirt.