The General Wrestling Thread

[SHOGUN]

AmDrag and CM Punk for the WWE Championship at Over the Limit. I want to be excited, but after Wrestlemania I remain guarded.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I love me some Layla. Lives in Miami. She used to dance for Los Heat.

That broad is a BAD BAD Bitch.

 

[dave]

Gotta love the WWE. Layla was a heel for God knows how long, but suddenly gets re-introduced as a face.
Really, who cares.

The fact that the Bella Twins are more interesting tells you all you need to know about the divas.

 

[Epidemik]

BIG BACKSTAGE BLOWUP AT EXTREME RULES PPV
By Mike Johnson on 2012-05-01 00:53:05
Following the Extreme Rules PPV on Sunday, there was a huge backstage blow-up involving Brock Lesnar.

According to several sources, Lesnar lost it on a number of WWE officials and began ripping apart a dressing room, upset over the John Cena promo that closed the PPV.

The original plan was for Cena, despite winning, to be so beaten that he was carried out of the building, leaving an opening for Lesnar to brag that while he had lost the battle on a fluke, he had won the war.

When Cena decided to address the audience, Lesnar perceived it as Cena double crossing him and lost in on WWE officials. It's not yet known how they calmed him down, but tonight's angle with HHH was planned in advance as a way to remove Lesnar from TV.

Sources within the company have indicated that Lesnar's current deal only requires him to work two dates minimum per month.

 

[FedEx227]

Lesnar is 100% right.

Sad that the pro wrestling lifer doesn't understand the concept but the guy doing it for a paycheck does.

 

[EmpireWF]

Meltzer dropped one of his patented cryptic messages on the WON Board about this...

Part of this is a Pillman work on the boys. Notice I said part of it.

 

[IamMedellin]

not a Chance Cena did that without the OK from Vinnie Mac

Just another example of Vince putting pettiness over business

 

[IamMedellin]

At today's Impact tapings, the word about the "new concept" that Hulk Hogan was been saying would "change the business" and be "momentum-shifting" is something where TNA will be calling on their fans to film TNA wrestlers whenever they may encounter them, in or out of the ring.

It almost sounds like a TMZ-style "paparazzi" thing, with people trying to film the every move of the TNA wrestlers.

Early reports are that the idea isn't going over very well with the TNA locker room, with one person pointing out that Hogan is perhaps the last person who should promote something like this with the way his own personal videos are coming back to haunt him these days.

:lol:

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Hogan is awful.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Pillman style work going on or not, the Lesnar storyline should have been a pretty easy A-B-C, paint-by-numbers angle, but the WWE constantly has to out think themselves, so now it's a clusterfuck.

Hasn't anybody learned yet that fooling the smarks is the best way to not maximize profit? Why are you busy trying to work the hardcores, who are going to watch regardless, at the expense of a less compelling story for the casuals, who ultimately drive your revenue? So great, people who read newsletters (and your own employees) think there is some goofy worked shoot going on. Awesome. You fooled everybody! Now explain to me how that draws a dime, and why that's worth potentially tossing away lots of money by not only beating Lesnar, but also cutting his balls off by Cena no selling?

Shame on whoever is in on this. Lesnar, Vince, HHH, whoever.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

W2B, what Jap shit should I catch up on?

 

[FedEx227]

Can someone do english dubs of Japanese events so I don't have to keep watching WWE bullshit?

 

[EmpireWF]

I thought chop, chop, lariat, head bump was understandable worldwide.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Can someone do english dubs of Japanese events so I don't have to keep watching WWE bullshit?

You need not to understand gook to know what's going on in the land of the rising flippy japs. The story lines are so simple, tards can understand them without English. The matches speak for themselves.

 

[FedEx227]

I typically don't sit down and watch wrestling though. I'm usually working and have it on in the background while I glance over occasionally.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

W2B, what Jap shit should I catch up on?

Not much going on.

NOAH Tag League & All Japan Champion Carnival just wrapped up, but neither produced anything all that great.

New Japan is laying low atm.

Dragon Gate is about to have a big PPV in a few days. Infinity 254 went up last week, its a long one, and features the KING OF CHOP tournament silliness.

Only must watch is the upcoming DG PPV, honestly.

Can someone do english dubs of Japanese events so I don't have to keep watching WWE bullshit?

After a few shows, you dont even hear the announcing anymore. You have to trust me. Pick a promotion (hint: DRAGON GATE) and just start watching everything. It doesnt take long to get acclimated.

Anyway, some of the jap announcers do a better job than the english announcers in terms of getting shit over, and I dont understand one word. Think about that.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Been watching a bunch of late 80s and early 90s All Japan of late. So much greatness.

And Larry is right - you don't need to understand Japanese to be able to watch. I think I've even picked up a bit of the language. Not absolutely certain, but I'm pretty sure that "LLLLLAAAARRRRIIIAAAATTTTTOOOOOOO" translates to Lariat.... probably...

 

[EmpireWF]

Stan Hansen matches I see.

 

[young2rice]

AmDrag and CM Punk for the WWE Championship at Over the Limit. I want to be excited, but after Wrestlemania I remain guarded.

It's funny to me that just a couple years ago everybody would've scoffed in your face if you stated this as a possibility, just an internet/indie smark with pipe dreams.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Stan Hansen matches I see.

Some. Quite a bit of stuff with Steve Williams and Terry Gordy, both together and in singles action. Also a ton of the tag matches and six-mans where Misawa, Kawada, and Kobashi began to estalish themselves against Jumbo and Tenryu.