The General Wrestling Thread

[SHOGUN]

The Impact Zone is full of idiots.

There is such an obvious plot hole to the whole Mystery Biker (who is CLEARLY Tara). They're playing up that no one knows who she is, but all you have to do is take off the helmet. Fuck this company.

Kevin Nash/Jeff Jarrett feud is the most confusing feud I've seen in a long time, maybe ever. Even the Impact Zone is confused and don't know who to cheer for and they cheering for EVERYTHING. We know nothing about why they are truly beefing and we still haven't established who's the good and bad guy yet. Both of them are saying babyface and heels hit all while saying absolutely nothing. I guess they're trying to force a feud....? It's really really bad so far and I doubt it gets any better.

TNA is starting to make my head hurt. I'm about to start watching WWE again.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Try Lucha Libre USA tonight. Can't be any worse.

 

[FedEx227]

The Impact Zone is full of idiots.

There is such an obvious plot hole to the whole Mystery Biker (who is CLEARLY Tara). They're playing up that no one knows who she is, but all you have to do is take off the helmet. Fuck this company.

Kevin Nash/Jeff Jarrett feud is the most confusing feud I've seen in a long time, maybe ever. Even the Impact Zone is confused and don't know who to cheer for and they cheering for EVERYTHING. We know nothing about why they are truly beefing and we still haven't established who's the good and bad guy yet. Both of them are saying babyface and heels hit all while saying absolutely nothing. I guess they're trying to force a feud....? It's really really bad so far and I doubt it gets any better.

TNA is starting to make my head hurt. I'm about to start watching WWE again.

I love Vince Russo.

 

[SHOGUN]

At this point, I'm enjoying TNA Xplosion so much more than Impact simply because it's not bogged down by so much shit. Sure it only has mid-tier wrestlers, but it does have:

- More relaxed atmosphere.
- Good wrestling.
- NO SHITTY STORIES.
- A toned down Tazz.

I'm willing to look past Rosie Lottalove's appearances for that.

 

[SHOGUN]

TNA needs to stop putting the good talent on the sidelines for these old, hardly working guys and bogging down the talent they do use with such bad writing. Streamline the goddamn roster and let the kids wrestle.

W2B, I'll check out Lucha Libre tonight - after ROH.

 

[JayDizzle]

Did anyone see Superstars?

Yoshitatsu vs. Primo
Hart Dynasty vs. Usos

Were these two matches any good? Should I seek this out?

Yoshi usually puts on a decent match but is lower-card for life; Primo's the same way and will always give you three minutes worth of your time.

EDIT: Also, from what I seen on RAW, Primo's taken on the heel role since Carlito's left.

The Hart Dynasty... were better as heels IMO.

Haven't seen much of the Usos other than they're a Samoan version of Cryme Tyme with Snuka's kid in tow.

The matches? You could do worse for an afternoon.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

TNA needs to stop putting the good talent on the sidelines for these old, hardly working guys and bogging down the talent they do use with such bad writing. Streamline the goddamn roster and let the kids wrestle.

W2B, I'll check out Lucha Libre tonight - after ROH.

I forgot the ROH show was tonight. I expect a full report, just like the ones I used to post at MM that nobody would ever read.

Thanks

 

[FedEx227]

I'll give you a Saturday report. I'm pumped.

 

[Bigpapa42]

I forgot the ROH show was tonight. I expect a full report, just like the ones I used to post at MM that nobody would ever read.

Thanks

Hey! I read them. You were one of the only reasons I knew what ROH was when I started watching wrestling again in about 08.

 

[JayDizzle]

CM Punk's masked man was revealed to be Joey Mercury tonight...

I'm not surprised seeing as he was a member of the Age of the Fall back in ROH.

Being bald doesn't suit him but neither did that ladder he took up his nose a while back.

 

[SHOGUN]

Just got back from ROH. Fucking AMAZING night.

I got to meet Cornette and Awesome Kong. I was so excited to meet Kong that when I finally got to meet her my mind went totally blank. I was absolutely reaching to say anything. I was probably rambling like an idiot, but she was super nice and we got to talk for a while. I was able to get a hug from her as well.

There was so much in-ring goodness that it's really hard to try and write it down. The entire event was boss. Prince Nana & The Embassy is the shit, Colt Cabana is a character, and GenerationMe vs. American Wolves was INCREDIBLE. My goodness.

Looks like I just found a new promotion to watch full-time.

 

[Epidemik]

Sources indicate that in a recent meeting with TNA President Dixie Carter, Paul Heyman emphasized he didn’t believe in drastic changes, bur rather the way to go is with new talent as the key stars while using a few veterans to give them credibility, not unlike how he used Terry Funk in the original ECW. Ironically, Heyman did not support the idea of an ECW invasion when it was brought up, yet Carter went ahead and did it anyway, plugging Tommy Dreamer into the role that essentially would have belonged to Heyman (both on-screen and behind the scenes).

Heyman is also said to have told Carter to her face that of the older legends they have under contract, she could keep one and get rid of the others, and she didn’t seem to understand why. Carter has been loyal to the stars of the past and has been resistant to giving anyone the authority to hire or fire people. This includes Vince Russo and even Jim Ross, back when they were making a serious play for him.

While the Heyman deal is cold, it is nowhere close to being dead. TNA sees Heyman’s asking for points in the company as merely a negotiating tactic and is still hopeful a deal can be reached.

.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Just got back from ROH. Fucking AMAZING night.

I got to meet Cornette and Awesome Kong. I was so excited to meet Kong that when I finally got to meet her my mind went totally blank. I was absolutely reaching to say anything. I was probably rambling like an idiot, but she was super nice and we got to talk for a while. I was able to get a hug from her as well.

There was so much in-ring goodness that it's really hard to try and write it down. The entire event was boss. Prince Nana & The Embassy is the shit, Colt Cabana is a character, and GenerationMe vs. American Wolves was INCREDIBLE. My goodness.

Looks like I just found a new promotion to watch full-time.

American Wolves won a ****1/2 match against Generation Me. Intro'd as
The Young Bucks, they heeled on the crowd and claimed to reside in
Orlando. This was a great bout.

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I need to see this. I knew it would kick ass.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

My friend went to EVOLVE last night, he said the building they booked was tiny, 100 degrees, and the undercard was shit (Sammy Callihan vs Arik Cannon zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz).

He left before Danielson/Fish.

 

[Nature Boy]

Chris Jericho expected to take time off.


Quote:
The Wrestling Observer is reporting that WWE star Chris Jericho is expected to take some time off from the company when his contract expires this fall. WrestleZone was the first to exclusively report awhile back that there was heat on Jericho for accepting the host position on ABC's game show "Downfall," and it appears that both the game show tapings and upcoming Fozzy dates might see Jericho taking time off from WWE. There is speculation that he might finish up with the company altogether, but that has not been confirmed at this point.

Wrestlezone.com

 

[FedEx227]

American Wolves won a ****1/2 match against Generation Me. Intro'd as
The Young Bucks, they heeled on the crowd and claimed to reside in
Orlando. This was a great bout.

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I need to see this. I knew it would kick ass.

The Chicago show was good, not spectacular but it was a tough act to follow after their last show.

Steen vs. Black was REALLY good. Nearly broke my hand though, Steen got whipped into the steel barricade which flew back into me in the front row. My wrist and hand are really swollen but just standard stuff, nothing serious.

Otherwise every other match was pretty good, but nothing groundbreaking, enough to bring me back front row again.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

The Chicago show was good, not spectacular but it was a tough act to follow after their last show.

Steen vs. Black was REALLY good. Nearly broke my hand though, Steen got whipped into the steel barricade which flew back into me in the front row. My wrist and hand are really swollen but just standard stuff, nothing serious.

Otherwise every other match was pretty good, but nothing groundbreaking, enough to bring me back front row again.

I heard Mike Sydal nearly died.

How bad did it look?

 

[FedEx227]

Pretty awful. Bradley went WAY high with the clothesline and Sydal's neck snapped back onto the mat REAL hard and he just didn't move for awhile.

Apparently just a concussion but it looked pretty awful initially.

 

[FedEx227]

I bought tickets to WWE Night of Champions in Chicago.

 

[dave]

Good article on Vincent Kennedy McMahon: http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/WWE-s-driving-force-591071.php#page-1