The General Wrestling Thread

[JimLeavy59]

Why did Impact change AJ Styles theme?

 

[EmpireWF]

Why did Impact change AJ Styles theme?

He's emo AJ now

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

TNA needs to chill on having Aces and 8's interfere in so many damn matches or participate in post-match run-ins. God damn, its fucking terrible.

A year ago, TNA, right around the beginning of the BFG Series was CRUISING to perhaps their best product ever...at least since Angle's debut...a year later...its like, "c'mon!" ... just terrible overall booking kills TNA.

 

[SuperKevin]

While the booking is awful in TNA, the roster isn't making things any easier for the creative team. There's maybe a handful of guys on the entire roster that have even passable levels of charisma needed to make a good angle work. They need to blow the whole thing up and start from scratch

 

[EmpireWF]

While the booking is awful in TNA, the roster isn't making things any easier for the creative team. There's maybe a handful of guys on the entire roster that have even passable levels of charisma needed to make a good angle work. They need to blow the whole thing up and start from scratch

See what Heyman did with ECW and shit like that can be overcome.

 

[s@ppisgod]

While the booking is awful in TNA, the roster isn't making things any easier for the creative team. There's maybe a handful of guys on the entire roster that have even passable levels of charisma needed to make a good angle work. They need to blow the whole thing up and start from scratch

No, it really is the writers. They do add a lot of shit guys like Crimson who can't progress a storyline with mic work or mannerisms. But they have, and have had, a lot of guys with at least above average charisma. Daniels and Aries have unbelievable amounts of charisma alone. It all goes back to their lack of use of their guys. Their storylines are always shit and they never give guys anything of substance, nor do they let have fun with things.

It reminds me of the PCS, a long time ago. It was in the middle of the post-Joe/Styles/Angel X-division, and their whole division never got mic time. So each week we got a little segment with the help of Nash, and they pretty much all shined. Petey maybe not as much. But Sonjay did well, and I always thought he could play a decent goofball which goes great with his spot monkey skill set. Aries did awesome. Shelley did awesome, and has the most untapped charisma in wrestling. Lethal got the most out of it and eventually got a decent Black Machismo run out of it. Low Ki played the Dean Malenko straight-man. It all worked, and it was a group whose work outside the ring was their biggest question mark. All it needed was a little structure and a funny guy to work off of like Nash. They could absolutely re-create this success with a little creativity, but they've shown time and time again that they don't have that. They keep coming up with gang wars, fake pregnancies, and invasion angles. None of which gain any traction whatsoever.

 

[BigBiss]

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good friend of mine, just putting it out there for him

 

[JimLeavy59]

Muhammed Hassan was awesome.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

If BFG was booked like a Japanese tournament, we'd see a guy like Jay Bradley fight valiantly and go like 1-9 but get over in the process. #boomstick

 

[SuperKevin]

If BFG was booked like a Japanese tournament, we'd see a guy like Jay Bradley fight valiantly and go like 1-9 but get over in the process. #boomstick

Agree but instead all of his matches will take place at house shows save for one horrible squash to Joseph Park on Impact

 

[JimLeavy59]

Andrea Lynn was the name of Fandango's original dancer so yeah Larry can look her up and stalk her now. I will say this she seemed more natural in the role than Summer Rae who seems really stiff when "dancing" and wrestling(seen some NXT stuff). I bet she's real stiff in bed.

Looking at the card for Payback and even the Wyatt Family its funny to think that Impact could have some of those guys on their roster instead they keep seeing ex-WWE guys would couldn't draw a fucking dime or when they do sign "unknown" talent its Garret fucking Bischoff. Just awful money mangement by Impact, I mean does Angle even draw for them?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Agree but instead all of his matches will take place at house shows save for one horrible squash to Joseph Park on Impact

All kidding aside, I'd have him clothlesline eveyones head off and win the damn thing. And I'd do it on Impact every week and do the whole "This guy has come out of nowhere and gone from Gut Check to Bound For Glory!" routine. I'm talking glorified squashes with lariats for all comers.

Maybe he gets over big and they have something new & hot. Maybe not. Fuck, just try. It can't hurt.

#boomstick

 

[s@ppisgod]

All kidding aside, I'd have him clothlesline eveyones head off and win the damn thing. And I'd do it on Impact every week and do the whole "This guy has come out of nowhere and gone from Gut Check to Bound For Glory!" routine. I'm talking glorified squashes with lariats for all comers.

Maybe he gets over big and they have something new & hot. Maybe not. Fuck, just try. It can't hurt.

#boomstick

They've been around for like 11 years now, and have only been booked well for maybe 2-3 of those under D'Amore, when Jarrett was still playing his "I own the company" card to have him dominate the top. But they have had a number of guys involved like Russo, Mantel, Cornette, Bischoff, etc. Does that speak to a lack of solid bookers/writers in the industry as a whole?

 

[SuperKevin]

I just got my ticket to ROH Best in The World in the mail. The address was hand written on a plain white envelope. Classy company right there

 

[SuperKevin]

Speaking of Gut Check, did they officially kill it? Last Gut Check was the Thursday before Wrestlemania

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I just got my ticket to ROH Best in The World in the mail. The address was hand written on a plain white envelope. Classy company right there

Probably by Ernie Osiris.

If it were Evolve it'd been Caleb Konley.

 

[SuperKevin]

Probably by Ernie Osiris.

If it were Evolve it'd been Caleb Konley.

Person had chicken shit handwriting

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

They've been around for like 11 years now, and have only been booked well for maybe 2-3 of those under D'Amore, when Jarrett was still playing his "I own the company" card to have him dominate the top. But they have had a number of guys involved like Russo, Mantel, Cornette, Bischoff, etc. Does that speak to a lack of solid bookers/writers in the industry as a whole?

I think the larger issue is a lack of stars on the industry as a whole. Do you blame the bookers for that, or the talent? Chicken/egg.

Russo sucks. His ROH run proved that Cornette probably has no business booking a national company anymore. Bischoff had one good idea in his life when he came up with NWO after seeing it done in New Japan. Mantell was on a committee the entire time, but he's a brilliant mind.

Sapolsky has lost his touch. Only Rob Naylor can save wrestling. Only half kidding.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Delirious? Both times he took over ROH, the product improved from the previous booker.

However, SCUM is doing him no favors. Ugh.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Wrestling could use some new blood in terms of creative.