The General Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

so wait....is all of this building to a Triple H/Nash match?

Really?.....REALLY?!!?

Nash has some sort of medical issue. They plan to do Punk/Nash later in the fall.

 

[SHOGUN]

I've slowly become a fan of the Bravado Brothers after all their ROH Wire promos and HDNet skits. They are hilariously hokey.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHTWO0rxv5Q[/ame]

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

It was an honor, and a privilege, to wrestle the worlds greatest tag team...from eight years ago.

 

[EmpireWF]

:rofl:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

A great Terry Funk story...

Mando Lopez, a 70s regular in the LeBell Southern California promotion recently passed away. We don’t have a lot of details, but he was said to be in his early 60s. He mainly worked underneath for most of the 70s, in and out. He did some television for Roy Shire but I don’t know that he ever won a match. In Los Angeles, he usually was a prelim guy but did get some pushes here and there. Once he and John Tolos had a main event feud over the tag team titles against Black Gordman & Great Goliath. He also worked independent Lucha Libre shows under a mask as Super Star, and trained Luchadores at the famed Gil’s Gym in East Los Angeles. He was almost always a small, underdog babyface, but he was a good worker. He was a stickler for teaching responding to the crowd and apparently was often frustrated with students who were all into high spots but were clueless how to connect with the audience. His favorite wrestling story was going to Texas in the mid-70s, where he did a television shoot against Terry Funk, who was at the time the world champion. The booker, who had no idea who he was or if he could work, told him that since he was working with the world champion, that he was to do nothing on offense and just get squashed. When Funk arrived at the building, he went to Lopez and asked if he had any ideas for the match or any moves he wanted to do. Lopez said, “No, I’m just laying down for you, whatever you like.” Funk shot back, “What’s with your attitude, are you lazy or did somebody tell you that you weren’t getting paid tonight?” Lopez said, “No, the promoter told me I wasn’t to lay a hand on you.” Funk, who knew him from Los Angeles and knew he could go, said, “You’re a wrestler, you wrestle me, you understand?” Early in the match, Funk told him to shoot a single leg. Lopez took him down and Funk screamed like Lopez had taken out his leg with the takedown. After the match, the booker started swearing up and down at Lopez for not following orders, and threw in some ethnic slurs as well. Funk then walked up and said, “He did those moves because I told him to do those moves. Don’t ever tell anybody how to work a match with me!” Lopez was even more amazed that later in the night, Funk handed him some cash, saying, “That’s my payoff, it’s yours, sorry for the hassle.” The only major title Lopez ever won in Southern California was a one-week run as Americas’ tag team champion, where he teamed with Irish Mickey Doyle to win the titles from Gordman & Goliath on December 9, 1975, and lost them a week later to Tolos & Rock Riddle.

 

[EmpireWF]

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6210570

 

[IamMedellin]

CM Punk interview

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfT9rJ4glEg&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[EmpireWF]

Santino was driving home when he was hit and crashed. Separated shoulder, he'll be out for however long.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/santino-car-accident/santino-marella-car-accident-photos

 

[BazookaJoe5]

lol @ TNA really building towards a Hogan/Sting match. It would not surprise me at all if they actually replicate the finish of the 97 Starcade match, for no other reason than to troll what is left of their fanbase.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

lol @ TNA really building towards a Hogan/Sting match. It would not surprise me at all if they actually replicate the finish of the 97 Starcade match, for no other reason than to troll what is left of their fanbase.

I'm almost positive they are giving it away on free TV, too.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

wow. land rover flipped on its side and only a separated shoulder

 

[EmpireWF]

Angle was arrested early this morning on charges of DUI.

I wonder if he'll claim people are still out to get him.

 

[SHOGUN]

What a fucking loser. He's been popped too many times for this. :smh:

TNA should send his ass home...but since he's got their title and headlining their PPV next week, I doubt they really make a move unless he pulls a Jeff Hardy and shows up wasted on the show.

 

[EmpireWF]

tyler black vs. jon moxley with regal on commentary

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1AvsK_COpk[/ame]

 

[SHOGUN]

That was a fun match.

I wonder if Black has made some progress with his character/charisma. That was his biggest flaw back in ROH. He and Roderick used to be dreadful, but Strong has improved a bit since.

I never heard of Moxley, but I looked him up afterwards and found this promo. Oh my goodness is this dude is awesome on mic. He reminds me of Raven. How good is he in the ring?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yesHayGfNHc[/ame]

 

[SHOGUN]

"The meeting between ROH officials yesterday not only covered the Ladder War and booking Jay Lethal for “Death Before Dishonor IX” but a variety of other topics were touched on. One of those topics was ROH adding new talent to the roster throughout 2011 and another confirmation coming out of the meeting is ROH’s return to the St. Louis, MO area which will be announced next week."

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Moxley was the guy Dragon Gate USA was building around.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Match was ok. Weird how Moxley sold the whole match.

I've never been a Moxley guy, I just don't get him. He over sells in a goofy way.

 

[EmpireWF]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaDlHtuJqdY[/ame]

ignore the 'available now' bit, it's out Oct. 25

 

[BigBiss]

Good Match but way too indy though, sadly the play by play guy likely has the best chance to make it to TV first, Regal could be amazing with some more seasoning, Seth should be replacing the Morrison guy tomorrow.