The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

Abyss, Eric Young, & John Cena vs The Shield

 

[BigBiss]

Nobody genuinely enjoys a strap match, they should stop doing them.

watch the Freebirds vs Von Erich one and say that agian

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

watch the Freebirds vs Von Erich one and say that agian

Is it a drag the opponent to all four corners match, or a whip each other with a strap match?

Because if it's the drag the opponent to all four corners bullrope/strap match that Henry & Sheamus are doing, there is no way i'd like it. I hate that stip with a passion.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Nobody genuinely enjoys a strap match, they should stop doing them.

There were a few good ones back in the 80's when they beat the shit out of each other and it looked like a legitimate blow off match.

Today...lame.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Abyss, Eric Young, & John Cena vs The Shield

Welp, you just hit that one outta the park.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Seriously, TNA should team up Abyss and Eric Young and make'em a knockoff Team Hell No.

Oh, and Fandango goes from hot hot hot to not not not in 4 weeks. Record time.

 

[EmpireWF]

Why does Cena have to come back to beat the shield?

I'll assume they're winning gold at the PPV but not sure if it'll be IC or Tag gold. Definitely not both.

 

[JimLeavy59]

I wonder if Vince uses the WWE App?

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Caught up with RAW in ~5 minutes. I am sure I didn't miss anything.

 

[JimLeavy59]

How many bras was Natalya wearing?

 

[Bigpapa42]

So lemme see if I missed anything by not watching the past few weeks... They killed off Fandango's heat. Check. They had the Shield lose so that Cena can look strong for once. Check. Center everything around the "massive feud" that no one really cares about. Check. Pull it all together with porn-level writing and creativity. Check.

 

[dave]

They killed Fandango when they lost his original dancer - Miss Elizabeth 2.0

 

[ThomasTomasz]

The Shield lost to Cena? I realize that they are probably taking both the US and Tag Titles at Extreme Rules so they won't lose much in the long run, but Cena doesn't gain anything long-term by beating the Shield. Either have them keep winning or give that win to someone else (who they don't have right now.)

I was actually looking forward to Extreme Rules, but with rehashing Jericho/Fandango and H's/Lesnar, and a less than stellar matchup for the WWE title, I probably won't even watch it now.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I think I'm going to go join Warner2Bruce at the "I've had enough of Daniel Bryan" table. Zero interest ol boy.

 

[JimLeavy59]

So Damien Sandow lost last night? The WWE really hates the idea of pushing guys with talent for some odd reason.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I'm going to rant about Cena for a second. I'm often a bit of an apologist for Cena, and I don't even really like him...I just recognize he's a good talent and more than the five moves of doom that so many on the internet think he is. He's had some legitimate classic matches and some very very good matches in his matchography. But, my one gripe, that I think is his main issue...

He's always on fucking TV.

He's never hurt...and the few times he has been, he's never off TV for more than a month or two.
He's never off doing something else.
He never takes a break...ever.

When you've seen him for 9 years and 6 months of a decade long run, fuck man, I get tired of seeing your face, going over dudes all of the time.

 

[FedEx227]

He's just been so overexposed it's impossible to have any emotion about him anymore.

Compare it to Hogan's WWF run. Hogan went 10 years (1983-1993) but that obviously is a different animal given the lack of TV, but regardless 10 years. Moreover, you can just about trace the point when he was fading as a top draw for them around late 1991, early 1992 so under 10 years, right around where we're at with Cena right now.

It's just too much. The best thing he ever did was go away for 5-6 months in 2005 (I believe). He returned early at the Rumble and the pop he got was huge because it was nice just to not see him for a little while. He'd benefit SO much from having 6-7 months off right now. Every movement of his, every word, every move, etc. we've seen it time and time and time and time and time again.

 

[EmpireWF]

I think I'm going to go join Warner2Bruce at the "I've had enough of Daniel Bryan" table. Zero interest ol boy.

Bogus.

His 5 minute hot tag was the best part of the 6-man!!!

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

He's just been so overexposed it's impossible to have any emotion about him anymore.

Compare it to Hogan's WWF run. Hogan went 10 years (1983-1993) but that obviously is a different animal given the lack of TV, but regardless 10 years. Moreover, you can just about trace the point when he was fading as a top draw for them around late 1991, early 1992 so under 10 years, right around where we're at with Cena right now.

It's just too much. The best thing he ever did was go away for 5-6 months in 2005 (I believe). He returned early at the Rumble and the pop he got was huge because it was nice just to not see him for a little while. He'd benefit SO much from having 6-7 months off right now. Every movement of his, every word, every move, etc. we've seen it time and time and time and time and time again.

Hogan was not on TV nearly as much. He was a house show warrior, for sure...but back then, as a fan, you don't see the dudes face 2-3 times a week on TV. He ran house shows like a mad man, but he wasn't on TV all that often. I mean, you'd get him for big shows, PPVs, SNME, other significant events, but otherwise, it was just the occasional "update" or 3m pre-tape promo. It took Hogan nearly a decade to grow stale. Cena has been stale since right after Year 2 or 3 of this gimmick.

You are thinking of 2008, when Cena was out with the torn pec. That was in October. By November, they already had those stupid "update" promos featuring Cena. Then in December, he was on Tribute for the Troops. Then he came back for the Royal Rumble in late January. Its like he wasn't even gone.

 

[FedEx227]

No doubt regarding Hogan not being on TV which is why I said it was a different animal.

Three hours of TV, multiple shows per week, etc. The amount of hours spent looking at Cena is probably 100 times what you saw of Hogan during that time.