*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[Spikey]

Jericho's a gun, and killing the Styles Clash is inevitable. It isn't even that good a move to begin with; flying forearm/calf crusher are waaaaaaaay better finishers for Styles in the Nakamura Era (TM Athlai). And Yoshi Tatsu won't get his neck broken again.

Yoshi is currently making his comeback against Kenny and the Young Bucks and I'm looking forward to 20 minutes of teasing the Styles Clash

 

[Mike5181]

That was literally the first thing they tried to do in the match iirc haha.

 

[Spikey]

then they killed cody hall

njpw just briefly showed Benoit in a promo video.

***iest man in wrestling, Shibata, is on now

 

[Mike5181]

Yeah, Cody Hall looked legit dead.

Imagine an Elgin vs. Lesnar match.

 

[Spikey]

watching the Elgins of the world just makes me so much more impressed with how god damn quick Lesnar is

 

[Athlai]

Just watched Smackdown and it was great, and man does the KO-Zayn forever feud make me smile like a kid every time.

 

[Spikey]

https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/719527325075927040?s=09

These Syrian refugees have no respect for English culture or tables

 

[Mike5181]

Naito ftw

 

[sledger]

Bullet Clubbbbbbbbbb

 

[sledger]

Also, lol @ the trailer for Dolph Ziggler's new movie. Looks beyond bad.

 

[Athlai]

Also, lol @ the trailer for Dolph Ziggler's new movie. Looks beyond bad.

Rusev in character pulling a gun on a cop (played by Ziggler) pretty much means I have to watch this.

Also that Raw sounds pretty much perfect. Have they really made any big mistakes since the Raw after WM? Reigns booked great, tag team revolution has begun, women's division with stories forming that seem interesting, quality debuts and a few surprise ones, AJ, Zayn, KO, Cesaro and Bray all being pushed to the moon. The Ryder thing might be a bit rocky but Miz has looked fantastic. People might say Dean, but I like holding him back a little after a big loss like that, his appearance on Smackdown and the Y2J feud sparks seem like a cool direction.

How long does the good faith in WWE last? I'm optimistic and think I might be happy till as far as Survivor Series. (Rollins coming back to provide a second wind)

 

[indiaholic]

That raw was fun. No idea where they are going with the Wyatts and reigns thing.

 

[Spikey]

It's come at the cost of a lot of Wrestlemania meaning, like, nothing.

 

[Dan]

The Mundo/Taya + Cage + Cueto backstage segment. Brilliant.

 

[duffer]

Does Roman's "I'm the guy" gimmick do it for anyone else? Loving it and hope he continues to get nuclear heat from it as they plant the seeds of a heel turn along the line.

 

[sledger]

Does Roman's "I'm the guy" gimmick do it for anyone else? Loving it and hope he continues to get nuclear heat from it as they plant the seeds of a heel turn along the line.

Yeah, I think it's brill. Really good bit of creative.

 

[duffer]

From Meltzer:

"It appears his role on top will be different from John Cena. Cena would laugh and smile at people who booed him. Reigns is going to be more reactive it seems, including yelling back and swearing at the vocal ringsiders, so long as a camera isn’t there to capture it. His role is now the world champion and he’s not turning heel, but he’s the old-school champion like Dory Funk Jr., Jack Brisco or Lou Thesz in the sense they become heels because they defend against faces with the psychology fans want to see a title change. But they never behaved themselves like heels, and just did a few subtle things in the matches to play that role.

Reigns was mouthing stuff with his back to the camera at some ringside fans when they heckled him saying “I run this bitch.” He did something similar off camera at Mania, as ringsiders were booing him heavily as he was leaving the ring after the show, and he said, “This is my motherf***ing house, bitches.”

Love it, would be even better if they let him do it while on camera too. Definitely the way to go for him.

 

[Compton]

I find it utterly selfish that Triple H comes in, has a match at the mania and doesn't even have his rematch at the next PPV btw. Just let me main event Mania, hey. Usually that's okay where a legend goes like say Undertaker. However, in the case of Triple H, he had a title, main evented Mania and got out of more wrestling for the time being. They may spin it as it being necessary as so many top wrestlers were injured but meh.

1) Clearly Triple H is a legend, so I'm not sure why it's okay for Undertaker, Rock etc, but not for him.

2) Triple H was vocal backstage about not wanting his match to go last at Wrestlemania this year.

 

[Compton]

The fanboy in me wants Bullet Club to attack Ambrose next week, then align themselves with Styles for the title match.

Bullet Club continue to screw and outnumber Reigns and Ambrose before Rollins returns for Bullet Club-Shield at Summerslam.

 

[Jono]

2) Triple H was vocal backstage about not wanting his match to go last at Wrestlemania this year.

Out of curiosity, why?