The General Wrestling Thread

[BigBiss]

TNA is running Hammerstein June, July, August (one show each).

Aside from the fact they probably won't fill it, the bigger story is that they paid $300,000 for rent & help with production.

2000 seats + $20 per ticket = $40,000

hmm

are you shocked by any of this?

[EmpireWF]

Cranky Vince may have been outed as JBL.

[SuperKevin]

Cranky Vince may have been outed as JBL.

Would upset me

[Guest]

One thing I read that's possible is that many organizations- not sure on WWE- have people who log into Twitter accounts and interact with fans. Could it be someone was responsible for tweeting as JBL that night, but instead had Cranky Vince logged in?

[EmpireWF]

One thing I read that's possible is that many organizations- not sure on WWE- have people who log into Twitter accounts and interact with fans. Could it be someone was responsible for tweeting as JBL that night, but instead had Cranky Vince logged in?

I don't see why JBL would participate in something like that since he has plenty of ventures outside of WWE.

However, it's very possible that he's just one of a number of people who use the CrankyVince gimmick and he happened to be the one who honestly fuck up last night.

[PP]

[JayDizzle]

He has his moments.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Randy Orton would have developed into a pretty awesome wrestler if he had a good stint in the Indies.

Imagine him dogging the fuck out of every Indy crowd he was in with dumb shit like that. It'd be awesome.

[EmpireWF]

If only people in the creative meetings were that passionate about calling people out for the dumbest shit.

[FedEx227]

So you mean he'd be an in-shape Eddie Kingston?

[s@ppisgod]

TNA is running Hammerstein June, July, August (one show each).

Aside from the fact they probably won't fill it, the bigger story is that they paid $300,000 for rent & help with production.

2000 seats + $20 per ticket = $40,000

hmm

Are we really sure anyone ever looked at their books? Because I feel like no one ever did.....

[JimLeavy59]

Marks want the WWE to sue CM Punk lol.

[Warner2BruceTD]

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[EmpireWF]

Rob Gronkowski loves him some MOJO RAWLEY!

[SuperKevin]

Rob Gronkowski loves him some MOJO RAWLEY!

Mojo is good friends with the Gronkowski family from Dean's college days with Rob's older brother Dan at Maryland