The General Wrestling Thread

[s@ppisgod]

Happened to catch ROH this weekend for the first time in a long time, and it was some of the stuff they did with NJPW a couple months back. Hooligans/Bucks/Time Splitters was such a fun match and had a great pace. That's it, I'm getting into NJPW now. WWE hit their post-WM wall hard this year. There's no reason not to give it a shot at this point.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

:dead: the pop for the Sting promo then the epic collective boo when the crowd found out it was only for the video game. So great.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

:dead: the pop for the Sting promo then the epic collective boo when the crowd found out it was only for the video game. So great.

It was already leaked that it would be for the game, so the folks booing are idiots for not knowing that. He will be back, it's only a matter of time. Lesnar was in WWE12 a few months before he made his return, I imagine the same will happen here.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

It was already leaked that it would be for the game, so the folks booing are idiots for not knowing that. He will be back, it's only a matter of time. Lesnar was in WWE12 a few months before he made his return, I imagine the same will happen here.

How many people do you think actually follow wrestling news via the internet to know something like that.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

How many people do you think actually follow wrestling news via the internet to know something like that.

The ones who don't follow wrestling news via the internet likely don't know who Sting is because they are young kids who haven't watched WCW or TNA.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

The ones who don't follow wrestling news via the internet likely don't know who Sting is because they are young kids who haven't watched WCW or TNA.

I dont think thats necessarily true. I know guys who attended the house show in Toronto last week who really dont follow wrestling that closely. I think a good percentage of the crowd is casual fans going with buddies or as you said, kids.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I dont think thats necessarily true. I know guys who attended the house show in Toronto last week who really dont follow wrestling that closely. I think a good percentage of the crowd is casual fans going with buddies or as you said, kids.

But would those guys know enough about Sting to boo him? We're reading too far into this lol, I was :dead: too when I heard the boos.

All people need to do is look at WWE12 and Brock Lesnar appearing on that game and realize Sting will be there. It's a way to introduce him to those who aren't familiar with him right now. They just released a Sting t-shirt as well. We all know it will happen, just a question of when.

 

[s@ppisgod]

Warrior got some decent pops and he wasn't relevant for maybe 8 months total after 1992. Jake Roberts, too. Even though it was an Old School Raw, the people who attended would have been pretty much the same regardless.

 

[EmpireWF]

lol @ Bobby Lashley's first credited role in a movie

2009--The Way of War---Tattooed Hispanic Man

The TNA champion is making his Bellator debut on September 5 against a .500 jobber.

 

[EmpireWF]

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Am I missing anything with NXT over the past couple weeks? Trying to determine if anything is worth playing back.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Why in the mother fuck is this guy still wrestling after nearly dying from a heart attack on air.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Am I missing anything with NXT over the past couple weeks? Trying to determine if anything is worth playing back.

The Tyson Kidd storyline on NXT is the best thing going on in the entire company. His matches & segments have been flat out great.

Go back to when he first showed up and watch everything from that point forward. I don't know off the top of my head which ep that is. It was right after the Brodus Clay/Adrian Neville feud ended. His first match might have actually been on the same show as the Neville/Clay title match.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

The Tyson Kidd storyline on NXT is the best thing going on in the entire company. His matches & segments have been flat out great.

Go back to when he first showed up and watch everything from that point forward. I don't know off the top of my head which ep that is. It was right after the Brodus Clay/Adrian Neville feud ended. His first match might have actually been on the same show as the Neville/Clay title match.

Will check tonight, the last part of the Kidd line I've seen was his title match with Neville.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Hearing that Cena could drop the belt tomorrow, some people want to put it on Reigns now. Not sure if I would do that quite yet, but that might also be driven by "budget cuts" and not wanting to pay Lesnar extra appearances beyond his contract.

 

[s@ppisgod]

Honestly, it doesn't really matter at this point. I'd bet they would wait for the bigger show to put Reigns over on, but the title is on Cena. When a guy has the title seemingly every 6 months for a decade, it kinda takes away from it. So they either keep it on their go-to, or they anoint Reigns a little bit ahead of schedule. But he's over as all hell and it's a thrown - together match on a throwaway a PPV. If he wins it, ok. If he doesn't, ok. It would be a lackluster way to give him the big rub, but it would lead to more intrigue into SS.

 

[dave]

I simply don't get Roman Reigns. I get that the women like him, but his in-ring work is nothing to write home about, his mic work about the same as his in-ring work. I get the look thing, but Chris Masters had that too. Roman Reigns to me is anything but main event. He does have a look, no doubt, but that's it. He has nothing else. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins have the look, work-rate and mic ability.

 

[EmpireWF]

He's a badass with a 'don't fuck with me' look. Haven't seen enough of him as a singles but he has potential to grow into a headliner. They've got big plans so working with guys like Orton will bring him along.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Warner you were right, this Tyson Kidd storyline from NXT is golden.

 

[s@ppisgod]

I simply don't get Roman Reigns. I get that the women like him, but his in-ring work is nothing to write home about, his mic work about the same as his in-ring work. I get the look thing, but Chris Masters had that too. Roman Reigns to me is anything but main event. He does have a look, no doubt, but that's it. He has nothing else. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins have the look, work-rate and mic ability.

He has a look that they like and think they can sell and he fits the description in Vince's head of a main eventer. That can get you really, really far. You may see him as Chris Masters, which I disagree with, but what did Luger have? Batista? Del Rio? Even when they wanted to push Rock hard from the start or Edge (the first few times, when he kept getting injured) or Brock. They weren't next level workers. They didn't have the strongest mic skills.

Ambrose and Rollins are more well-rounded, but they're also two of the most well-rounded performers on the entire roster. Rollins is quite arguably the best active wrestler on the big roster. Ambrose as a character is phenomenal, and is one of the most over guys on the roster despite being miscast as a face. They're all doing well for themselves now. They'll all get their run.