The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

Japanese fans who don't follow Impact closely are flipping out because they thought they were getting authentic TNA World Title matches with this AJ Styles thing, and when they found out TNA stripped him and he's doing a "unauthorized" champion gimmick, it annoyed people. The argument is TNA & W-1 should have announced that these were unsanctioned title matches before people bought tickets.

The bigger thing here to me, is it shows how titles have been protected better in Japan. The fans are legit upset because they are't used to this bullshit. For us, we don't blink twice at having two TNA champions, because it's just another wacky angle and that's what wrestling is, wacky angles.

Think about it, fans here would have been irate too in 1973 if Dory Funk Jr was advertised as NWA World champion, but then they found out after the show that Jack Brisco was really the champ and what they watched & paid for wasn't a "real" title match. It all comes down to what you are conditioned to as a fan.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Rob Terry & Jay Bradley for Tag Team of the Year

(3) Koji Kanemoto & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Rob Terry & Jay Bradley
◆Winner: Terry (7:46) with a Spiral Avalanche Hold (Oklahoma Stampede) on Yoshioka.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

They are pushing them to the damn moon.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

So Elgin is using the Rainmaker in ROH, and calling it as such? Odd.

No more Buckle Bomb into the Elgin Bomb FTW?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

No more Buckle Bomb into the Elgin Bomb FTW?

I don't think he's using it (Rainmaker) as a finish.

 

[IamMedellin]

Hakushi before that was treated well.

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really?

Maybe Im too young to remember all that well, but wasnt he just squashed/a jobber outside of 2 or 3 matches with Bret Hart?

I mean I remember he looked like a real threat working with bret, got some cool spots in and a lot of offense

everyone else kinda just ate him up n made him look like a jabroni in WWF

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

really?

Maybe Im too young to remember all that well, but wasnt he just squashed/a jobber outside of 2 or 3 matches with Bret Hart?

I mean I remember he looked like a real threat working with bret, got some cool spots in and a lot of offense

everyone else kinda just ate him up n made him look like a jabroni in WWF

IIRC, he slid down the card after he lost to Bret, but on the way up he was protected pretty well and obvioulsy everyone remembers the cool stuff with Bret.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

CM Punk on WTF w/Marc Maron

http://www.wtfpod.com/

Maron admits he knows next to nothing about wrestling but stays away from all of the easy tropes that so many people fall into and treats it with respect. Very refreshing.

 

[EmpireWF]

This big show Ryback match made zero sense.

Why have big show in a match where he has to sell that much....but why kick out of Ryback's finisher like that? No sense.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

This big show Ryback match made zero sense.

Why have big show in a match where he has to sell that much....but why kick out of Ryback's finisher like that? No sense.

Worse is that Show kicks out of Ryback's finisher where he lifted up Show, but he knocks out Ryback with one punch, pauses, then pins Ryback. Booking made zero sense, but when does it ever with Show?

 

[BigBiss]

Monsters need squashes ... you should make people pay to see them in real matches ...

 

[Ravin]

Just a thought, if they wanted to get rid of the 'YES!' chant for Bryan, they could just transfer it to Big Show. Just stop Bryan from doing it, and have Show do it all the time since he is basically just a giant goof anyway.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I wonder if the head shots were sanctioned or not

 

[BigBiss]

I have a question I'd like your feed back on ... what are the top 10 most important wresting towns in America? ... and go

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I have a question I'd like your feed back on ... what are the top 10 most important wresting towns in America? ... and go

Most important, or best?

 

[Ravin]

I really want to know the viewership drop because of this country shit.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I really want to know the viewership drop because of this country shit.

I'll let you know Wednesday if you remind me.

 

[BigBiss]

Most important, or best?

 

[ThomasTomasz]

:lol:

So they take forever to find a spot to bring back Christian, but they just throw Rey into Raw following the conclusion of the main event.

 

[Ravin]

Just going to say, that ending had TNA clusterfuck all over it.

"Who has any remotely close connection to all this...GET OUT THERE!"