The General Wrestling Thread

[SHOGUN]

Turns out he injured himself on the fucking plane on the way to Mexico City.

Nooooooooooooo. How disappointing.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

DGUSA/EVOLVE signs "New Mystery Luchador", who will compete on all three Miami shows, and EVOLVE 11 in Toronto in April.

-Thursday: Masato Yoshino vs. New Mystery Luchador (Yoshino has filed a complaint to DGUSA officials citing an inability to prepare for this opponent...lol, I love Gabe)

-Fri: New Mystery Luchador vs. TBA

-Sat: New Mystery Luchador will be in the "Pac Aerial Invitational" elimination match with Pac, Lince Dorado, & Rich Swann.


Also, on Thursday, Bobby Fish makes his DGUSA debut against Low Ki.

Lucha expert thecubsfan thinks The Mystery Luchador could be Samuray Del Sol (who I am not familiar with). He would fit the description of an "up & coming young flier who a lot of people don't know about".

People speculated on Fenix & Daga, but Fenix is booked and Daga is injured.

 

[EmpireWF]

...now I don't know if it was the match selection that really did me in for this DVD the WWE put out, but I think I've been underrating Edge for years.

There are soooo many ***+ and ****+ matches on this DVD, its definitely worth a buy, and if they put their best foot forward on Edge, they did a damn good job at it.

Edge came up with a stacked roster around him and got to work with so many A level workers. He developed into a great worker himself and the whole Lita/Hardy thing (unfortunate in real life, but it's true) took his career to the next level.

Although in the final few years of his career, when he carried SD, I didn't see much of it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Edge excelled as a worker the most during the Paul Heyman "Smackdown 6" era.

His post broken neck "Rated R Superstar" character was great, and he had some good matches during that period, too.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Edge excelled as a worker the most during the Paul Heyman "Smackdown 6" era.

His post broken neck "Rated R Superstar" character was great, and he had some good matches during that period, too.

This is probably what really hooked me on the DVD.

Hell in a Cell v. Undertaker.
v. Rey at the Royal Rumble
v. Orton after Rated RKO broke up
v. RVD on RAW
v. Cena at Summerslam

No classics by any means, but all solid ***+ types, IMO on the DVD, that were after his broken neck.

 

[EmpireWF]

lol @ the Rumble match. MSG shat all over Rey and treated Edge like he was a hometown guy. Terrific stuff.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

lol @ the Rumble match. MSG shat all over Rey and treated Edge like he was a hometown guy. Terrific stuff.

Vickie rolling out at the end in her wheelchair brings lulz, for sure.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVHlAyzQfTE"]Funny Jim Ross story about El Gigante/Giant Gonzales/Jorge Gonzales - YouTube[/ame]

 

[s@ppisgod]

Edge is just an interesting character. He went from a guy who ran through the crowd and didn't speak and was over, to being in a tag team who was over mostly for their mic work. He's really versatile. He can get a good match out of Cena, he held his own in the ring against Guerrero or Angle or Benoit, then he can take the hardcore bumps in all the matches with the Hardys.

Just looking at the list Larry put up, post-surgery, and it couldn't be more all over the place. Rey, RVD, Cena, Taker, Orton. It doesn't matter if they work a slow plodding style, a high-flying style, they're mat-based like Benoit or Angle, or a hardcore style like Foley. You can drop him in with anybody, and he can work that style and make the match entertaining if not great. He's not the Albert Pujols, one of the greatest ever types. But he's very Craig Biggio. There's something to be said for being above average at everything and doing the small things. Constantly very good, rarely great.

 

[IamMedellin]

Edge is just an interesting character. Constantly very good, rarely great.

I always thought his Heel run after cashing in his MITB was Great. He was the only guy on the roster That could get Cena Cheered, something that Trips and Angle failed at.

and His WM24 Match with Taker was excellent

 

[IamMedellin]

:fap:

 

[JayDizzle]

:fap:

At this point, I'd rather see the Brodus Bitches whenever he comes out for a match.

 

[s@ppisgod]

I always thought his Heel run after cashing in his MITB was Great. He was the only guy on the roster That could get Cena Cheered, something that Trips and Angle failed at.

and His WM24 Match with Taker was excellent

Oh yeah, the first Rated R run was definitely the high point of his career. Cena kinda took away from it though, because that was the height of people being burned out on Cena. They were building up monsters every month for him to run through (Khali, Umaga, etc). And then when he won the belt, people were so happy to have it off Cena that it made him a cool heel almost off the bat.

But he really carved himself a niche with his mic work then. He wasn't the cookie-cutter face he was pre-injury, he wasn't geeking out with Christian, he was a legitimate singles star with a good persona. I couldn't STAND the WWE at that point in time, and the only reason I watched Raw was to see Edge. Of course, the WWE didn't want him upstaging Cena for long, so that didn't last. And he eventually ended up on Smackdown with that god-awful Ultimate Opportunist shtick and winded down his career. But his 06-ish run was his most inspired work on the mic to date, by a very good margin.

 

[EmpireWF]

Edge became a legit star in the eyes of WWE people because when they threw the curveball and gave him the belt in January 2006, ratings actually went up. New people were watching because of the switch but like you said, the plan all along was to have the belt on Cena so they went according to that.

God damn Edge was awesome as a heel during that period tho.

 

[wingsfan77]

Plus he had a great intro song:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXQekZ4wkM"]Edge Theme Song (Best HD) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[IamMedellin]

And.....

......Buried

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Edge is just an interesting character. He went from a guy who ran through the crowd and didn't speak and was over, to being in a tag team who was over mostly for their mic work. He's really versatile. He can get a good match out of Cena, he held his own in the ring against Guerrero or Angle or Benoit, then he can take the hardcore bumps in all the matches with the Hardys.

Just looking at the list Larry put up, post-surgery, and it couldn't be more all over the place. Rey, RVD, Cena, Taker, Orton. It doesn't matter if they work a slow plodding style, a high-flying style, they're mat-based like Benoit or Angle, or a hardcore style like Foley. You can drop him in with anybody, and he can work that style and make the match entertaining if not great. He's not the Albert Pujols, one of the greatest ever types. But he's very Craig Biggio. There's something to be said for being above average at everything and doing the small things. Constantly very good, rarely great.

Like I said, I think after seeing that compilation, I very much underrated him throughout his career.

 

[Obst]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwkQ2WNkXqY"]Stone Cold vs The Rock (Wrestlemania 17) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I'm getting hype for this weekend.

GON B GUD!!!

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Austin Aries’ contract is expiring in a few weeks and TNA hasn’t been as on the ball about getting him to sign before it expires. You would think the history of wrestling would teach people lessons about contracts of existing champions expiring without getting a new deal done, not that it necessarily means anything in this case, but it’s a general rule to go by.

Does anybody have a single doubt that TNA will probably let this guy walk? Despite the fact he got over largely on his own and might be the hottest act in the company?