The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

Also, I got Morrison to TNA by February.

I literally spit out soda when I read Melina was denied entry into the building at RAW. She should have laid low for a while before traveling with Morrison, it only makes him look bad. Of course, nothing makes you look worse than Batista plowing your GF and you doing nothing about it. He should do a cuckold gimmick.

 

[EmpireWF]

Summerslam coming up...

My faint prediction.

Punk loses, obviously. Probably Mr. H's costs him the title somehow.

In the following week or weeks, Punk and Mr. H's have a brief feud, but ultimately, Mr. H's is going over, and its probably going to be on RAW, where he basically beats the fuck out of Punker with the sledge.

Punk takes a vacation.

Punk, through all of greatness...the promos, the 5-star match, slight viral campaign that was next level shit (although, only lasted a week lol), the lead up to Summerslam...

...was just there to put over HHH.

Fuck.

I expect HHH to cost Punk the belt.

They will feud (in the Austin/McMahon mold) but there's no way they put HHH over Punk at this point.

He's not even a full-time wrestler anymore. I expect him to be a heel anyway.

 

[FedEx227]

Started a new wrestling blog/podcast. It's not a news site or a breakdown of angles but more or less an interview with fellow wrestling fans about why they are a fan and a discussion of their favorite wrestlers, matches, angles, etc.

I think it's a pretty sweet concept, check it out at http://www.voicesofwrestling.com and also if you want to be interviewed click over to the "Be on VOW" tab and fill out the form.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Started a new wrestling blog/podcast. It's not a news site or a breakdown of angles but more or less an interview with fellow wrestling fans about why they are a fan and a discussion of their favorite wrestlers, matches, angles, etc.

I think it's a pretty sweet concept, check it out at http://www.voicesofwrestling.com and also if you want to be interviewed click over to the "Be on VOW" tab and fill out the form.

I'll come on and talk about the list if you want, and larry can call up screaming about Bobby Fish.

 

[FedEx227]

For sure. Fill out the form on the top tab or go to http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/p/be-on-vow.html and I'll contact people shortly to setup times. Going to do 30-40 minute interviews and yeah you'd be a fascinating subject because of the scope of your wrestling fandom and the list is really awesome too so yeah, please do fill it out. Love to have you on.

One thing to note is it's not really a radio show. if you listen to the first show you can get an idea of the format it's more or less you and I talking about wrestling and me interviewing you about when you became a fan, your early wrestling memories, etc.

But yes, Larry do it.

 

[EmpireWF]

Borash tweeted, "The UK Sony distribution center which houses and distributes our TNA DVDs in Enfield the has been destroyed by fire in the riots "

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I guess now is the time for Don West to really get to work.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Borash tweeted, "The UK Sony distribution center which houses and distributes our TNA DVDs in Enfield the has been destroyed by fire in the riots "

Nobody buys TNA DVD's anyway. They are better off collecting the insurance money.

 

[BigBiss]

Started a new wrestling blog/podcast. It's not a news site or a breakdown of angles but more or less an interview with fellow wrestling fans about why they are a fan and a discussion of their favorite wrestlers, matches, angles, etc.

I think it's a pretty sweet concept, check it out at http://www.voicesofwrestling.com and also if you want to be interviewed click over to the "Be on VOW" tab and fill out the form.

do you have a twitter attached? i'll give it a plug

 

[FedEx227]

Just a hashtag at this point, I'm going to see if I can run it through my personal account.

Personal is @richkraetsch (http://twitter.com/#!/richkraetsch) hashtag is #VoicesofWrestling (http://twitter.com/#!/search/#VoicesofWrestling)
Website is: VoicesofWrestling.com

Thanks man! I really appreciate it.

You should be on sometime soon! I know you have an interesting history with wrestling.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Shocking fact of the day that I just read in the WO:

The largest audience that watches RAW is....Males 50+.

The problem, is these people (much like the same 1.2M people who watch TNA every week) do not spend any money on the product, and likely never will.

If I were in charge of the WWE, I would get the marketing people together with the creative side, and put together a plan to attempt to squeeze money from these people. They are watching anyway, will keep watching no matter what, and there has to be a way to squeeze $50 from them a few times per year or get them to buy a DVD now & then.

 

[BigBiss]

So word is Trips wants to rebuild tag team wrestling, KOW, Beer Money, Briscoes (this one will not happen saddly)

 

[Bigpapa42]

So word is Trips wants to rebuild tag team wrestling, KOW, Beer Money, Briscoes (this one will not happen saddly)

Doesn't surprise me. i don't think it will happen. They might sign some great tag team talent and start to put pieces together. But so long as Vince is still the final say, I expect he'll KO it before it actually happens. At the end of the day, the WWE product is really still aimed at a one-man audience - Vince. And he don't like tag teams much.

I do hold out some hope for the day that Triple H actually does take over. I think Trips is "old school" enough that the WWE might get back some aspects it had abandoned. So long as he's not still wrestling at that point, because an active wrestler doing the booking is rarely a good idea.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I've said it for years, that HHH the performer bores the fuck out of me, but that he is also the only person at this point who can realistically save wrestling. Steph's ideas are even more wacked out than Vince's, and like her dad she has a complete lack of knowledge of anything that worked outside her bubble. HHH respects the business and has a sense of history. He is the best case scenario for change.

 

[Pills]

I've said it for years, that HHH the performer bores the fuck out of me, but that he is also the only person at this point who can realistically save wrestling. Steph's ideas are even more wacked out than Vince's, and like her dad she has a complete lack of knowledge of anything that worked outside her bubble. HHH respects the business and has a sense of history. He is the best case scenario for change.

Honestly, this is why I'm not too upset Shane left. While I think he's saner than Stephanie about this stuff, putting HHH in the position that Shane likely would've had will likely mean a better product.

He's proven that he has a good mind for the business. It'll be interesting to see where things go from here.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

I may be mistaken here, but Shane's vision was always pretty good.. I think him not liking the way things were going was probably a big contributor of him leaving the company.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Let's be honest...Mr. H's first signings, while, kinda flops, are guys Vince probably never would have signed...a small flippy bastard and a fat black chick...*shrugs*

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Honestly, this is why I'm not too upset Shane left. While I think he's saner than Stephanie about this stuff, putting HHH in the position that Shane likely would've had will likely mean a better product.

He's proven that he has a good mind for the business. It'll be interesting to see where things go from here.

I may be mistaken here, but Shane's vision was always pretty good.. I think him not liking the way things were going was probably a big contributor of him leaving the company.

I was listening to a podcast with some former WWE writes, and FWIW they were saying that when Shane would chime in with ideas in creative meetings it would usually result in awkward silence and eye rolling.

Let's be honest...Mr. H's first signings, while, kinda flops, are guys Vince probably never would have signed...a small flippy bastard and a fat black chick...*shrugs*

I've been ripping Mistico to shreds, and I knew it was a bad fit from the start, but I will give HHH credit for going after proven commodities instead of bodybuilders and models.

He signed the guy who was the best draw in the world for nearly two years, who was a MEGA star in a market that they are trying to dominate, and he signed am atypical female wrestler who is universally praised for being an outstanding worker and top notch performer who has paid her dues all over the globe.

I think HHH has the right idea, but one got preggers and the other needs to get off the juice. Bad luck. His next big move looks to be Kings Of Wrestling. He's going after talented veterans who deserve the spots. So I do like what i've seen from that perspective.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

I was listening to a podcast with some former WWE writes, and FWIW they were saying that when Shane would chime in with ideas in creative meetings it would usually result in awkward silence and eye rolling.

Considering how bad the writers have been those rollin eyes probably work in Shane's favour in terms of good ideas.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Considering how bad the writers have been those rollin eyes probably work in Shane's favour in terms of good ideas.

True.

However, this was Lagana and that whole crew, basically the guys who come from wrestling and got frustrated and quit.

Vince always seemed to favor Steph, for whatever reason.