*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[OverratedSanity]

It also had one of the most hilariously botched finishes to a women's match I've ever seen, a dud of a match between rvd and anderson which ended in a ridiculous double countout and a first blood match that ended when one guy squeezed ketchup on the other guy's chest, () and literally dozens of other awful botches across the PPV. TNA had to offer their TNA library for free for six months as compensation for the **** PPV.

 

[Dan]

Heroes of Wrestling, IMO.

Jake Roberts at his drug-riddled nadir, The Bushwackers vs. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff in a match given a rating of "minus more stars than there are stars in the universe, and the universe is infinite" etc.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Heroes of Wrestling, IMO.

Jake Roberts at his drug-riddled nadir, The Bushwackers vs. Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff in a match given a rating of "minus more stars than there are stars in the universe, and the universe is infinite" etc.

Oh yeah forgot this, definitely the worst.

 

[GIMH]

The one which had Jeff Hardy show up completely wasted and Sting had to hold him down and pin him in 10 seconds to avoid further embarassment.

Didn't realise that was in 2011 but yeah it's a contender. And tbf Souled Out has the mexican jumping bean intro for Guerrero in its favour.

 

[GIMH]

What device do y'all watch the network on

 

[Dan]

What device do y'all watch the network on

Laptop. Primarily watching NXT on it at the moment.

Also, they seriously need to get Hideo/Balor onto the main roster as a tag team. Imagine them vs. Cesaro and Kidd, before splintering off into bigger and better things. Both of them seem ridiculously over (plus teaming with Balor means that you can hide him on the mic).

Zayn also seems ready to move up IMO. The new Daniel Bryan -- has this weird ability to connect with fans no matter what.

 

[Spikey]

Neville being on the brink of beating Cena for the us title and then Owens debuting and stopping will happen right

 

[GIMH]

Who do we think will win MITB this year

 

[Dan]

Ambrose, maybe?

 

[GIMH]

Yeah was thinking him unless they go left field

They really need to elevate a heel though IMO

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ambrose heel turn then?

 

[Spikey]

 

[Manee]

I'm going to win it??

 

[Dan]

They really need to elevate a heel though IMO

Yeah, agreed. Given the way they've fast-tracked Owens in NXT so far, it wouldn't surprise me if they got him up on the main roster quickly to help fill that upper-midcard heel gap, as Rusev (hopefully) steps up the card to the ME level.

He's such a natural dick heel. He's been immense so far in NXT.

 

[GIMH]

Apparently Joe is due to debut in a couple of months. I know they won't but I hope they bypass NXT and have him debut in the MITB match

 

[Manee]

Apparently Joe is due to debut in a couple of months. I know they won't but I hope they bypass NXT and have him debut in the MITB match

I'm very interested to see Samoa Joe in WWE, what they change and what they keep the same.

 

[GIMH]

I wonder what his name will be

 

[Spikey]

I'm very interested to see Samoa Joe in WWE, what they change and what they keep the same.

American Samoa Joey

 

[Dan]

I can't help but think that face/heel divisions are dying somewhat these days. Crowds are hitching their support to guys based on their workrate, irrespective of disposition (see: Bryan; Lesnar & Rollins recently; iirc Ambrose & Ziggler not long ago, CM Punk). Unless you've got a really strong heel gimmick (Rusev), are naturally a brilliant dick heel, or have been shoved down everyone's throats (Cena/Reigns), you're probably going to be cheered if you're genuinely good in the ring. And most of the guys coming up are genuinely good in the ring.

Maybe that's because I've been watching a lot of NXT recently and the fans there are generally the, shall we say, more knowledgable crowd than Raw or Smackdown. I don't know, it strikes me that the fans are less likely to just accept the face/heel divide as they have tended to in the past.

 

[GIMH]

I can't help but think that face/heel divisions are dying somewhat these days. Crowds are hitching their support to guys based on their workrate, irrespective of disposition (see: Bryan; Lesnar & Rollins recently; iirc Ambrose & Ziggler not long ago, CM Punk). Unless you've got a really strong heel gimmick (Rusev), are naturally a brilliant dick heel, or have been shoved down everyone's throats (Cena/Reigns), you're probably going to be cheered if you're genuinely good in the ring. And most of the guys coming up are genuinely good in the ring.

Maybe that's because I've been watching a lot of NXT recently and the fans there are generally the, shall we say, more knowledgable crowd than Raw or Smackdown. I don't know, it strikes me that the fans are less likely to just accept the face/heel divide as they have tended to in the past.

Kids will always cheer the faces and boo the heels. Always.

Edit - sorry I was meant to write more on that point but I'm too distracted. Maybe later, your point certainly not completely invalid but