The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

What is happening here?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Maybe Vampiro is directing a ICP video, starring Greg Valentine?

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Violent J needs to cut down on the god damn burgers.

Fuckin treadmills, how do they work?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

That pic reminded me of Dark Carnival, which was a pretty cool faction in the dying days of WCW.

Vampiro, Great Muta, ICP, & the KISS DEMON.

In typical dying days WCW fashion, there doesn't seem to be a single publicity photo in existence of the entire group together.

 

[IamMedellin]

Jake "The Snake" Roberts recently appeared on Wrestling Heels Radio. Here are some highlights:

Possibly returning at the 2014 Royal Rumble: "That's my dream. That's my dream. That's nothing they've said. I've been wanting to go back, man. Whenever I started losing the weight, whenever I started seeing the world again, whenever I started seeing progress in myself, when I seen – when I started dreaming again, man, dreaming of not so much getting back to the ring, at first. The dreams at first were taking a walk. I went and actually walked up Stone Mountain, man, few months ago, and I could not do that years ago even when, you know, I was in wrestling form, you know? It was a very tough experience."

Who he'd like to face in WWE: "I would wrestle Shane McMahon. I think I'd enjoy that, and I think it would be a match he could be proud of and that I could be proud of. There's lots of other guys – a few other guys. I say lots, but there's a few other guys I wouldn't mind being in the ring with. I think I could do something spectacular with [John] Cena, but here's the thing. I could do something spectacular with anybody 'cause Jake the Snake did that. I've proven that."

CM Punk's promos: "Well, he's trying to slow it down, but he doesn't get it yet. You know what, man? Here's the thing. We'll just throw this out here. WWE, Jake the Snake calling. I have a proposition, okay? Here's my proposition. You give me five weeks. Give me an hour a week with five guys, and I will significantly change not only them but I will change the look of Raw, in five weeks. I will do it by simply talking to them, by sitting them underneath the learning tree if you will and just casting it out there, letting them absorb what I give and I won't exactly remember everything I tell them that they'll get enough to change your product significantly. Trust me. Ta da."

Read more at http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe...urn_CM_Punk_s_Promos.html#ozPLAIsCYoRQjFrS.99

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Shane McMahon?

 

[MrBill]

Great time at the RCW match tonight. I'll post some thoughts about the bigger matches tomorrow.

 

[s@ppisgod]

Shane McMahon?

He had one feud as a small time part timer, over 4 years ago, then I think 2 years before that. The last substantial thing I remember him in involved DX and the Spirit Squad...

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

What is happening here?

Greg Valentine, as usual, will do anything for a dollar.

 

[SuperKevin]

Shane McMahon?

He's already relapsed. Be on the lookout for a man wandering around an airport without shoes

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

TNA really should maximize King Mo and Rampage Jackson and their crossover to Bellator.

They need to have a feud that is in both TNA and Bellator. Have the lead up and prior altercations on TNA, then have a big blow off on Bellator co-promoting in a real MMA fight.

It'd actually be something innovative and different and TNA could actually make some waves and would definitely blur the line between what is real and what is a work.

It would maximize their celebrity and their promo, and would not expose them to actual wrestling, which, they are both going to be weak on. Center it around their promos, their ability to get into the mainstream media. You have them get into some scrums on TNA. Then you have a cross-promoted TNA/Bellator PPV with King Mo and Rampage Jackson in a main event.

 

[SuperKevin]

My dream angle in TNA would be for a stable to be formed between Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, King Mo, and Rampage where they basically proclaim MMA and shoot fighting to be superior to pro wrestling.

 

[s@ppisgod]

I think unless they get really creative, the Mo/Rampage involvement is going to be a flop. They already are off to a bad start, because Rampage is a name and they throw him out there on Impact without advertising and hyping it up like they should.

To Larry's point, it's almost impossible to blur the line anymore because people automatically assume that anything that happens on a wrestling show is fake. We've seen guys like Sorensen(?, blanking) legit break his neck and half the tards on the internet stumble over themselves rushing to the keyboard to call "work". That's what makes Punk's promo so goddamn epic, because people really didn't know. And whether it's real or not, it rarely ever captivates people anymore to speculate.

And you really can't play up the MMA-style wrestling with Joe and Angle too much. It takes anyone who works with them out of their comfort zone, and half the guys they work with in the first place aren't even good WRESTLERS (Anderson), and that's what they've trained to do for years!

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

My dream angle in TNA would be for a stable to be formed between Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, King Mo, and Rampage where they basically proclaim MMA and shoot fighting to be superior to pro wrestling.

With Davey Richards, Kyle O'Reilly and WHEELMAN Tony Kozina.

 

[JimLeavy59]

The WWE needs to hire the graphic designer who does most MMA walkout shirts. The shirts today are so fucking goofy.

 

[BigBiss]

I thought Palmer had a bad knee? I guess he's taking bookings anyway.

Im not over joyed by it ...

 

[FedEx227]

Who is the secret admirer?

I don't really care I'm just shilling for a writer on the Voices of Wrestling website.

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2013/06/10/the-secret-admirer/

A month or so ago it was revealed that Kaitlyn has a secret admirer. We’ve been treated to a number of lifeless backstage segments in which we’ve seen the Divas champion discussing the situation with Natalya and Brodus Clay’s Funkadactyls. It’s not been the most engrossing television but at least it’s given WWE’s female champ something to do.

On the list of things confirmed for this evening’s RAW, sandwiched between Triple H wrestling Curtis Axel and the return of Dolph Ziggler, is the reveal of the secret admirer’s identity. To be clear, just because WWE say the identity’s going to be revealed doesn’t mean it will actually happen. There’s every chance that any segment featuring Kaitlyn will simply be designed to further the mystery. The entire thing could even be bumped from the show completely.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Did someone really write that for VOW?

God damn, Fed...you are dying for content.

 

[FedEx227]

Content is king. Dave's a good guy, I can't understand why he would care enough to write an article about it but whatever. He wrote an article about CM Punk and TJ Perkins earlier in the week so I'll let him slide.

 

[FedEx227]

Here's the TJ Perkins/Suicide one.

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2013/06/08/career-suicide/

Career Suicide

Over the last week or so I’ve had cause to mention TNA’s Suicide character a couple of times. For those who don’t know Suicide is a wrestler who wears a suit that covers his entire body, emblazoned with the word “SUICIDE” in all caps, has a generic red and black colour scheme, and boasts a skull on the face. The design was chosen so as to allow multiple people to play the character when it was first introduced back in 2008.