The General Wrestling Thread

[BigBiss]

Bison Smith passed away

[EmpireWF]

Well, apparently there's one positive from Otunga's decision to pursue pro wrestling...

http://www.eurweb.com/2011/11/j-hud-choice-to-visit-fiance-saved-her-from-family-murders/

[BigBiss]

any one of ya'll playing this wwe 12 jazz?

[Bigpapa42]

any one of ya'll playing this wwe 12 jazz?

It sounds intriguging. But so did WWE '11 and I found that one pretty disappointing. I'll probably give it a try at some point but not rushing out to try it.

[BazookaJoe5]

Anyone got a scoop on the "It Begins" video that played last week, as to who it is referring to?

The line in the video is similar to Isaiah 26:20 - "Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by."

Isaiah 26:19 - "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead."

Sounds like Undertaker.

[Bigpapa42]

Its right in time for the annual Taker return, so most likely that. outisde shouts at Triple H (too quick) or Chris Jericho.

[BazookaJoe5]

Someone made a connection to Jericho too, but it seems too silly to think it was planned...

(Y)outube (link to YT channel in vid), (2)nd of (J)anuary...

[Bigpapa42]

Jericho recently made a Twitter comment that he wasn't coming back to the WWE, and there were rumors that he had some negotiations with the E. Could be legit that the negoatiations failed or it could be him toying with fans. Just feels more like a Taker return.

[EmpireWF]

Click only if you want it spoiled....

 

Kane

[Warner2BruceTD]

Jericho won't be coming back anytime soon, unless both he and the WWE are going through the trouble of the biggest (and dumbest, because they would be working like 0.01% of the audience) work ever on the fans.

[BigBiss]

long shot ... Dean Ambrose?

[PEYMAN18]

Click only if you want it spoiled....

 

Kane

They already showed a separate promo for Kane's return on Monday. It's not a spoiler.

http://vids.wwe.com/14015/raw-a-dark-force-lurks-at-the-pe

And they are already hyping it up.

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-11-21/day-after-raw

It looks like Kane will be back in the mask (half mask anyway)

As for who I think the other promo is for, I think its gotta be Taker. I mean the whole creepy kid vibe with a bible verse is typical of a Taker promo, and It's around this time every year he returns.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yeah, it will be Taker.

God forbid they do something exciting and build some hype for someone fresh. Taker doesn't need that shit, he will be over anyway.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The Taker hype vids are always good...

They could use the same kind of hype videos for newcomers...however, there is nothing outside of the WWE Universe, when you come in you're a rookie. Why would they hype up a rookie?

[Warner2BruceTD]

The Taker hype vids are always good...

They could use the same kind of hype videos for newcomers...however, there is nothing outside of the WWE Universe, when you come in you're a rookie. Why would they hype up a rookie?

To create some buzz, and make them look like stars?

I have no problem with hyping Kane or Undertaker returning, but jeez, it would be nice if all of this hype and speculation ended up being for someone new and gave them a head start in getting over.

I don't understand why they got away from that and insist on treating new guys like geeks from the start. Then they wonder why nobody gets over. Rmember in the 80's and 90's, every new gut got a hype video for weeks before they debuted. It created anticipation. Its up to the talent to carry the ball from there, but shit, at least they weren't starting from their own 10 on 4th down.