The General Wrestling Thread

[SuperKevin]

The idea behind it is that they want the place full. They give free tickets to tourists and shit when they don't think it will fill up (speaking of which, SuperKevin, how did you get your seats? Is it first come first serve? Im curious how it works).

I don't think they should charge a lot, but I don't think many people would blink at paying $5. $300,000 per year is a lot of money for a company like TNA. Like larry & I mentioned, that pays for several undercard workers salaries since most of those TNA people are making well under $100k base (even as low as $30k range).

If you send them an e-mail a week in advance they give you a VIP confirmation. VIPs get in first then regular people. We didn't know that though. Luckily, there was a guy who literally had like 30 extra VIP wristbands and gave us some (apparently he gets like 30 extras every week and hands them out). It is first come first serve on seats and we went immediately to the rail in front of the ring steps.

 

[EmpireWF]

They want to make folks think Punk is in trouble at the PPV so they have him lose. Nothing wrong with that.

Why the FUCK would they throw away Cena's first singles win over Punk on a meaningless RAW? So short sided.

 

[FedEx227]

Dude, we need the 19th Cena/Punk match this year. Who the hell knows, so silly.

 

[EmpireWF]

Seven year anniversary of Eddie Guerrero's death today.

Seems like yesterday still.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

One of the best to ever lace'em up.

 

[JimLeavy59]

http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials/263975-jumped-the-shark

Great article by Mark Madden.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I got all 35 in 1m30s

http://www.sporcle.com/games/nscox/wrestlers-by-mugshot

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I got all 35 in 1m30s

http://www.sporcle.com/games/nscox/wrestlers-by-mugshot

What a great idea for a sporcle

 

[SHOGUN]

CM Punk/Heyman mocking Lawler's heart attack on RAW was incredibly tasteless. I felt icky for sitting through that.

 

[EmpireWF]

The ENTIRE segment with the exception of Lawler's words was an abomination. It's another example in the same vane as Melanie Pillman the night after her husband's death and everything that happened after Eddie's death about what kind of person Vince McMahon can be. And even if there was a writer or two or whoever who could have tried to talk him out of it, he really believes this kind of attempt at cheap heat is useful and productive.

What a jerk.

This shows you that if Owen Hart survived the fall, Vince would have found a way to make it an angle and use the footage on television.

What a scumbag.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

The ENTIRE segment with the exception of Lawler's words was an abomination. It's another example in the same vane as Melanie Pillman the night after her husband's death and everything that happened after Eddie's death about what kind of person Vince McMahon can be. And even if there was a writer or two or whoever who could have tried to talk him out of it, he really believes this kind of attempt at cheap heat is useful and productive.

What a jerk.

This shows you that if Owen Hart survived the fall, Vince would have found a way to make it an angle and use the footage on television.

What a scumbag.

And the thing is, Punk doesn't need that kind of cheap heat. If he and Heyman can't get more heat other than that, something is wrong

 

[JimLeavy59]

That segment lost 800k viewers.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

It reminded me of some of the shit Fritz Von Erich pulled, including faking a heart attack after David Von Erich died and drawing money off of it. Also, selling thousands of autographed 8X10's of David that were signed by office staff long after David was dead. They squeezed every dollar out of that kid's death.

At the end of the day though, if Lawler was ok with it, I don't take issue. Lawler is an old school carny who probably doesn't give a shit. He doesn't take this stuff seriously, it's just a silly business to him.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

“I watched WWE last night. Jerry Lawler was returning after a surviving a life threatening heart attack. I sat watching the television with a feeling of pride that they were honoring the return of such a great wrestler. I sat thinking, ‘Now this is real class.’ Just when I was appreciating the class WWE was showing, it ended suddenly with a juvenile cheap heat angle. I turned the television off and starting thinking about Linda McMahon’s hard work and great expense running for the Senate. It is exactly this kind of programming that prevented her from becoming a Senator. Wrestling should have some limits and boundaries. If you offend great portions of the audience, it is a bad angle.”

 

[SuperKevin]

I got all 35 in 1m30s

http://www.sporcle.com/games/nscox/wrestlers-by-mugshot

I only got 30

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I kept typing "Marco Corleone" & "Mark Jindrak" and wondering why it wouldn't accept either response.

Probably because it was Alex Riley. Doh.

 

[EmpireWF]

Got 'em all although I had to think to come up with the Uso...just put in the last name and got it. Yay me.

 

[Derrville]

Thought this was pretty interesting. Jake the Snake is falling back to his old ways.

 

[JimLeavy59]

When is the next WWE ppv?

 

[Loco]

Got 'em all although I had to think to come up with the Uso...just put in the last name and got it. Yay me.

I spent 5 minutes trying to remember what the fuck Wade Barrett name was.