The General Wrestling Thread

[JimLeavy59]

8 year old kids aren't begging their parents to take them to see 60 year old Hulk Hogan and Sting

Is Impact going after 8 year old kids?

 

[SuperKevin]

Is Impact going after 8 year old kids?

No but that's how WWE keeps selling out shows despite a subpar products. TNA is going to have to be dependent on die hards and anti PG era fans but unfortunately they aren't remotely close to capturing those demographics

 

[JimLeavy59]

CM Punk was a special guest caller on Abe Kanan’s Sirius XM satellite Radio show earlier this week.
While on the show Punk spoke with 77-year-old Thomas Dotterer, the liquor store robbery victim who was shot in the eye, but said the worst thing that happened all week was Punk losing to The Rock at the Royal Rumble. Dotterer talked about the robbery and returning to work after being released from the hospital, when he was surprised by a call from Punk.
Dotterer noted that Punk’s hard work and dedication is why he was so upset that The Rock defeated him at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. Punk offered Dotterer to be his special guest when WWE is in Syracuse for a live event on March 3, 2013.

 

[FedEx227]

 

[SuperKevin]

Swamp Monster

 

[ThomasTomasz]

No but that's how WWE keeps selling out shows despite a subpar products. TNA is going to have to be dependent on die hards and anti PG era fans but unfortunately they aren't remotely close to capturing those demographics

They need to bring some of the Attitude Era fans back somehow. Posing the question is much easier than answering it, but they need to have something that attracts people back to wrestling.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

What's funny, and also sad, about TNA is that they had shots at all these Indy guys before WWE did for the most part. CM Punk and Claudio and Tyler Black and Moxley. Not sure about Danielson. But the WWE has done a better job of being an alternative to the WWE than TNA has, if that makes any sense. They've smartly scooped up a lot of historically non-WWE guys, and sprinkled them in seamlessly with their "entertainers" like Ryback and Orton.

The WWE tries to give alternatives...I gotta give them credit for it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Alvarez & Meltzer interview Mike Quackenbush

http://media001.f4wonline.com/free/020113quack.mp3

Show is free, link should work

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Alvarez & Meltzer interview Mike Quackenbush

http://media001.f4wonline.com/free/020113quack.mp3

Show is free, link should work

Listening to this now.

Alvarez starts things off with a National Pro Wrestling Day question, and after a brief answer, Quack & Melter go on a 10 minute All Japan Women & Michinoku Pro soliloquy/trip down memory lane.

Alvarez doesn't get to speak again until the 10:50 mark lol.

 

[SuperKevin]

Did they seriously split up Team Rhodes Scholars? Just get rid of the tag team division altogether now

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

A lot of people dislike Quack, and i've heard a lot of the stories about how quirky he is and some of the spats he's had with people, but I always find him fascinating to listen to, and I think he's a well spoken, intelligent guy.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Did they seriously split up Team Rhodes Scholars? Just get rid of the tag team division altogether now

And it looks like they could start a Swagger push as well........:nope:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Swagger looks like he hasn't been to a gym or a tanning booth since they last pushed him.

Do they keep these people in packing styrofoam in between pushes?

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Swagger looks like he hasn't been to a gym or a tanning booth since they last pushed him.

Do they keep these people in packing styrofoam in between pushes?

You might be correct, the only problem I see is the facial hair he's got going on, which they could have taken from Danielson. No one would ever know.

 

[SuperKevin]

They need to make Jack Swagger a super patriotic face and have him feud with Cesaro

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I hope this is not the case, but I've seen it rumored that Ziggler could get a WHC match or be in the Chamber and end up winning, then throwing away the briefcase saying he doesn't need it anymore. Then, Jericho comes into possession of the briefcase and takes the title from Zigger. That's as far as I've heard the rumor. Further speculation from me is that he drops the belt to The Ryback at Wrestlemania. Dumb to waste all of this time building Ziggler on that, but it's par for the course for WWE.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I hope this is not the case, but I've seen it rumored that Ziggler could get a WHC match or be in the Chamber and end up winning, then throwing away the briefcase saying he doesn't need it anymore. Then, Jericho comes into possession of the briefcase and takes the title from Zigger. That's as far as I've heard the rumor. Further speculation from me is that he drops the belt to The Ryback at Wrestlemania. Dumb to waste all of this time building Ziggler on that, but it's par for the course for WWE.

LOL, that was Pills fantasy booking a few pages back in this thread.

 

[SuperKevin]

I think Pills stole it from somewhere because some kid on my facebook fan group said the same thing

 

[ThomasTomasz]

LOL, that was Pills fantasy booking a few pages back in this thread.

I've seen it elsewhere. A friend of mine told me about it and I'll see if he can send me the source/link again

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

What's funny, and also sad, about TNA is that they had shots at all these Indy guys before WWE did for the most part. CM Punk and Claudio and Tyler Black and Moxley. Not sure about Danielson. But the WWE has done a better job of being an alternative to the WWE than TNA has, if that makes any sense. They've smartly scooped up a lot of historically non-WWE guys, and sprinkled them in seamlessly with their "entertainers" like Ryback and Orton.

They have very very bad scouting.

TNA should have scooped the majority of these Indy guys up a LONG time ago.

They should have Gargano, should have hired Generico, they should bring in Elgin, they should bring in the Briscoes, Adam Cole, Sami Callihan, hell...I'd bring in Steen, too, looking like shit or not. Bring in AR Fox, Uhaa Nation...

I mean, TNA should just be scooping guys up.

Instead they bring in Mike Knox, Wes Brisco, Tommy Mercer, and other bums with no upside to business.

TNA should embrace the Indie scene...be that bridge from Indies to the mainstream...bring your gimmick, too...no need to have a name change.