The General Wrestling Thread

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Sucks big time for Barrett. Not to mention while they were working on him, one of the guys was thrown out near him and looked to have come THIS CLOSE to hitting him. :facepalm:



Not even close.

Cena comes off as so phony when he puts away his goofiness and tries to be serious.

His best promos were in the past, no doubt about it.

I'm not sure what you were watching...that promo looked and felt real, fella.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

Punk dropping a Cro Cop quote

very nice

 

[EmpireWF]

I'm not sure what you were watching...that promo looked and felt real, fella.

When he makes fun of Rocky for goofing off, despite the fact Cena himself was doing the same earlier in the show.

Cena comes off like he's butthurt over Rock going to Hollywood YEARS AGO. This was what their feud was about one year ago and after everything, I figured they could come up with something else. I know, keep it simple stupid, but Cena using the same ol tired stuff is silly.

The thing that really makes it come off ridiculous....rapper Cena was back. Guess he's legit when he breaks that out.

Then Rock will be back next week and talk up a storm, making him look like a chump.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

That has ALWAYS been what the feud has been about...and Rock isn't around enough to actually progress the program. Its always been about Rock not being there, Rock taking offense to it, and Cena maintaining his position, just with both getting more heated in their promos over the course of the year.

Cena has held up pretty well over the year against Rock on Promos.

 

[s@ppisgod]

Sucks big time for Barrett. Not to mention while they were working on him, one of the guys was thrown out near him and looked to have come THIS CLOSE to hitting him. :facepalm:

I'm pretty sure Santino did hit Barrett's arm when he rolled outside the ring. He'd lost all momentum, but I'm sure that's solace that escaped Barrett when he felt more shooting pain...

 

[EmpireWF]

I'm pretty sure Santino did hit Barrett's arm when he rolled outside the ring. He'd lost all momentum, but I'm sure that's solace that escaped Barrett when he felt more shooting pain...

Fuck. Imagine you're sitting there in a TON of pain with what's likely a broken arm...and all of a sudden a 200ish pound dude comes flying over and hits your in said arm.

Barrett must have been pissed like a mfer when he got backstage.

Wonder if Ziggler is hurt at all b/c he looked like he took a wicked bump on the corner of the table when Big Show tossed him too far.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

When he makes fun of Rocky for goofing off, despite the fact Cena himself was doing the same earlier in the show.

Cena comes off like he's butthurt over Rock going to Hollywood YEARS AGO. This was what their feud was about one year ago and after everything, I figured they could come up with something else. I know, keep it simple stupid, but Cena using the same ol tired stuff is silly.

The thing that really makes it come off ridiculous....rapper Cena was back. Guess he's legit when he breaks that out.

Then Rock will be back next week and talk up a storm, making him look like a chump.

Larry nailed the essence of the angle perfectly, with Cena being the legit pro wrestler and Rock being the phony Hollywood guy who keeps quitting, so I wont rehash it all.

I thought that was a money promo. I was completely buying Cena for once, it seemed very genuine and real, which if it wasnt, means it was even better, because he had this crusty, jaded viewer buying what he was sellling. A+, imo.

But to the bold....I thought Rock's Survivor Series promos were the shits, so i'm curious what he comes up with next week. If its more mangina schtick and lame puberty jokes, then *yawn*. He knows he can get away with anything, so I hope he doesnt mail it in.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Its the stretch run to WrestleMania.

His stuff at Survivor Series was rushed and without focus...there was no point in it regards to progressing the program at all.

So, I, like W2B, would like to think Rock's material will be strong considering its now focused.

Cena layed the ground with a nice promo, now Rock will come back with a rebuttle. Its the same shit they talked about last year, but I think it starts to heat up now with Cena getting serious.

Cena though, does have a habit of starting serious one week and coming back the next week yucking it up.

I'd love to see Cena keep it serious and pissed off the entire time.

 

[EmpireWF]

Cena though, does have a habit of starting serious one week and coming back the next week yucking it up.

I'd love to see Cena keep it serious and pissed off the entire time.

Boom. That's what pisses me off about him.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Saw this on another board...

Saw the Hell in a Cell announcement and turned on Raw. Saw the battle royal at the end.

After they killed Wade Barrett, it was obvious that they killed Wade Barrett, there were EMTs out there taking care of Wade Barrett on the frigging floor, was it vitally important to send Kofi and especially Santino sprawling out completely out of control on that side of the ring? Fucking Santino basically landed on them. They couldn't use the other three fucking sides of the ring? Is it all about the hard camera? There's no way to improvise?

Jesus Christ

He brings up a great point. Really careless and stupid with one (and maybe three) injured guys laying right there.

It really goes to show that these guys are so programmed to do everything for the hard camera. It's something that really annoys me about the WWE. They have cameras everywhere that can show things from virtually any angle, but everything is done facing the same fucking camera. And in this case, at the peril of three injured guys, despite a gaggle of EMT's attending to them which had to have been obvious to the guys in the ring. WTF.

 

[s@ppisgod]

Fuck. Imagine you're sitting there in a TON of pain with what's likely a broken arm...and all of a sudden a 200ish pound dude comes flying over and hits your in said arm.

Barrett must have been pissed like a mfer when he got backstage.

Wonder if Ziggler is hurt at all b/c he looked like he took a wicked bump on the corner of the table when Big Show tossed him too far.

I thought Ziggler took the worst of it from first glance. But then he just seemed to be selling while Barrett screamed obscenities. I was surprised they didn't move Santino's elimination to anywhere but where Wade was getting worked on. Santino should have been more aware of where Wade was outside regardless. I'd be more furious than Cuba Gooding Jr's dad.

As Larry mentioned, Kofi looked like he landed a little awkwardly. I don't remember them having stairs on that corner anyway, what a bad time for them to be there. If anyone else got injured, I'd put money on Kofi.
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[Warner2BruceTD]

We posted at the same time.

 

[EmpireWF]

Apparently, everyone is alright except Barrett who has a dislocated elbow.

Before RAW ended, Jericho asked the ref what happened to Wade.

 

[s@ppisgod]

We posted at the same time.

I was already talking about it. Get your own subject, ya glory hog. I am not a nugget!
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[EmpireWF]

What injury did Ron Simmons have that led him to wrestling from football, or did he just not translate well to the pro game?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

What injury did Ron Simmons have that led him to wrestling from football, or did he just not translate well to the pro game?

iirc he was undersized

 

[SHOGUN]

Really liked Cena's promo at the end of RAW.

 

[Bigpapa42]

I was watching a '98 Raw the other day and they said Simmons was only about 230 pounds in college.

What I find funny about Cena's criticism of the The Rock is that he's basically bashing The Rock for leaving a business with an astoundingly-high early death-rate to one that pays probably ten time as much and gives him ten times the popularity. Would that really be a tough choice for anyone?

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

What injury did Ron Simmons have that led him to wrestling from football, or did he just not translate well to the pro game?

He was 6-0, 265lb defensive tackle.

Great great college player. No way he plays in the pros, tho.

Loved him in early 90's WCW. Doom, Face turn, wrestling Cactus Jack, beating Vader to become the first African American World Champ (really is one of the great moments in wrestling)...then he goes to ECW and had a little stint there and BOOM...he's then Faarooq, seemingly with Max Moon's leftover gear.

I always thought he was a good militant black guy in wrestling.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Rmember when Cactus Jack was training The Barbarian for his big title shot against Simmons? I think he had him flippong tires and smashing bricks and shit.

Yes, The fucking Barbarian vs Ron Simmons headlined a WCW ppv.

The Bill Watts era bombed at the gate, but holy shit did I love it. It had a great feel to it.