The General Wrestling Thread

[FedEx227]

Wait a cotton picking minute.

That's John Walters from 2003-04ish ROH? Thought that guy was done with wrestling years ago.

THAT'S WHO THAT WAS!

I watched it, but was in bed so didn't feel like looking up his background but the entire time I was thinking, "I know who that is..." He was boring as shit during his ROH run.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Punk got his rematch with Rock at EC.

Del Rio is still feuding Big Show.

The Shield killed Cena/Sheamus/Ryback.

Ziggler is back in a feud with Jericho, who came back at this year's Royal Rumble.

Heyman got caught on tape as the guy who's paying The Shield to kill everybody on RAW and Smackdown.

Vince was going to fire Heyman but Brock Lesnar came back.

Lesnar hatefucked Vince to death to end the show.

I had to work to close last night so I missed it. A friend of mine texted me right at 9:30 saying how awful it was. He stopped watching and missed the Jericho/Ziggler segment, as well as Lesnar coming out.

I know we've discussed it here before, but RAW needs to go back to two hours. The 9-10 hour is already causing people to stop watching before the main event. I don't think we would have discussed how bad this RAW was, even at three hours, if we still had the consistent two hour show.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

RAW is longer than PPVs.

Think about that one for a minute.

 

[FedEx227]

Jason Chae, a writer on Voices of Wrestling, plays Monday Morning Booker,looks at the Royal Rumble and gives some thoughts on the direction of WWE.

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2013/01/29/the-monday-morning-booker-2013-royal-rumble/

I decided for every WWE Pay Per View I watch, I’ll write a recap column and analyze the results. I don’t have the budget or desire to watch more than a few WWE PPVs a year, so this won’t be very frequent but generally, I don’t miss the Royal Rumble or WrestleMania. Also I realize it’s not Monday morning anymore, I’ll pretend I haven’t see Raw yet…

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

THAT'S WHO THAT WAS!

I watched it, but was in bed so didn't feel like looking up his background but the entire time I was thinking, "I know who that is..." He was boring as shit during his ROH run.

Walters did suck, but the RJ Brewer character is great.

Lucha Libre USA is my wrestling guilty pleasure. It's silly, its goofy, but I love it. I die every time I see that video of Brewer patrolling the border while random luchadores are hopping the fence behind him.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Here's the piece from Nightline

I love how at the end, the geek reporter is like "We tried to contact Arizona Gov. Brewer for comment, but she refused to return calls"

Seriously? It's a pro wrestling heel, you idiots. I can't believe they attempted to make a story out of this.

 

[JimLeavy59]

I remember when JBL patrolled the boarder.

If Brock Lesnar quit the WWE why did he come out with a brand new t-shirt?

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I remember when JBL patrolled the boarder.

If Brock Lesnar quit the WWE why did he come out with a brand new t-shirt?

Jimmy Johns, nigga.

 

[SuperKevin]

That interview was great. Love how he's staying in character and they think it's 100% real

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

That interview was great. Love how he's staying in character and they think it's 100% real

When she asked if this was all part of his act, he should have reached over the table and gave her the Dr. D David Schultz smartening up

 

[JimLeavy59]

WWE’s monthly business figures for December were released today and estimates the buyrate for WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs at 170,000 buys. That number is slightly down from the 179,000 buys for the 2011 version of the show; the 2010 edition drew 195,000 buys.

 

[EmpireWF]

Wonder if that includes replay buys after the great word of mouth.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

That's good news for Punk, and bad news for The Ryback.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

One of my sources just spotted a ragged looking Cary Silkin tossing dice at a craps table at the Sands in Atlantic City.

And it wasn't an expensive table.

 

[JimLeavy59]

That's good news for Punk, and bad news for The Ryback or Cena.

Agreed I heard people going on about how TLC might do a big buyrate because of Ryberg.

And speaking of the TLC PPV the WWE has done a very good job with The Shield so far.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Somebody has to take the blame for the buyrate.

It won't be The Ryback or Kane.

 

[Leftwich]

Agreed I heard people going on about how TLC might do a big buyrate because of Ryberg.

And speaking of the TLC PPV the WWE has done a very good job with The Shield so far.

I want to see them wrestle in singles matches.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Why do you want to see The Shield work singles matches?

They are a band of mercenary thugs that get over as a unit and go over EVERYBODY.

You start putting them in singles and they start losing...you lose that aura.

They have a good thing going with The Shield right now. Perhaps the WWE's best booking at the moment. They've always looked strong. They beat up everyone. No one has given them even the slightest comeuppance.

Right now, you have a "loose stable" under Heyman's direction...Punk, Lesnar, The Shield...even Maddox is on the take...that's a good little group of heels to take you into and beyond WrestleMania.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Why do you want to see The Shield work singles matches?

They are a band of mercenary thugs that get over as a unit and go over EVERYBODY.

You start putting them in singles and they start losing...you lose that aura.

They have a good thing going with The Shield right now. Perhaps the WWE's best booking at the moment. They've always looked strong. They beat up everyone. No one has given them even the slightest comeuppance.

Right now, you have a "loose stable" under Heyman's direction...Punk, Lesnar, The Shield...even Maddox is on the take...that's a good little group of heels to take you into and beyond WrestleMania.

This, hopefully they don't fuck this up.

 

[JayDizzle]

It's a shame Heyman had Maddox strung up in a meat locker somewhere by The Shield.

Figuratively. :shifty:

Then again, it's Maddox's footage that cause Heyman to almost get shitcanned in the first place so Brad had it coming.

Especially if it's about beefing over who gets more money.