*Official* Pro-Wrestling Thread II

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah pretty much where I thought, I probably shouldn't have said right in front haha. I was a section over but pretty much in front.

 

[wrongun]

Fair dinkum. Whether the ring product is better than it is now is very subjective I guess. The overall E product is really dire, but there is no doubting that the roster they have at the moment is far more talented (if less memorable) than that of 20 or so years ago.

I'd say that period was still more entertaining. At the moment the product is terrible. The writers dont have a clue and Vinnie Mac has lost it. Atleast back then we had great mike work and legendary in ring performers

 

[Athlai]

Speaking of the current product. Yesterdays Raw (the first with Heyman as the guy under Vince running it) was actually pretty interesting. Far better than Raw has been in a while though still plenty of things that are dire too.

Wonder if we will see notable differences in Smackdown too

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

back then we had great mike work

I agree, Mike Awesome was great.

 

[Athlai]

Smackdown didn't feel different outside having a good main event programme for once. But that is probably more just due to Samoa Joe than anything

 

[wrongun]

I agree, Mike Awesome was great.

Lolol good ol Mike Awesome....eh it said it in his name

 

[MrPrez]

Speaking of the current product. Yesterdays Raw (the first with Heyman as the guy under Vince running it) was actually pretty interesting. Far better than Raw has been in a while though still plenty of things that are dire too.

Wonder if we will see notable differences in Smackdown too

I liked the idea behind the Strowman/Lashley thing but wish it had not looked so ridiculously fake.

All of my WWE eggs are in the Bray Wyatt basket right now. Can they just let him into the ring ffs (haven't watched SD yet so this may be outdated). [EDIT: quick google and he wasn't on SD].

 

[Athlai]

Oh yeah I’m hype for Bray.

 

[sledger]

Speaking of the current product. Yesterdays Raw (the first with Heyman as the guy under Vince running it) was actually pretty interesting. Far better than Raw has been in a while though still plenty of things that are dire too.

Wonder if we will see notable differences in Smackdown too

Bischoff apparently not properly starting for a week or two, so probably no surprise that it was not that different this week.

But yeah, on the whole both weekly shows were more entertaining this week.

 

[sledger]

Lolol good ol Mike Awesome....eh it said it in his name

I can't think of Mike Awesome without thinking of the Joey Styles commentary from ONS 2005 where he says Awesome should commit suicide. And then he did commit suicide obviously.

 

[andmark]

Wrestlemania 9 had one of the best moves I've ever seen. There I said it. Skip to 2:41 of this video:

https://www.wwe.com/videos/the-steiner-brothers-vs-the-headshrinkers-wrestlemania-9

 

[Athlai]

Good G1 so far. I know a few blokes on here aren't too fond of him, but Ospreay is having an absolute stellar year in ring. It's all clicking.

 

[Athlai]

Meanwhile in WWE... they just made the most uninspired piece of pandering trash they possibly could. They will never ever make new stars when they make all the current “superstars” look up to them.

Thank God they at least had Wyatt murder Foley*

*this criticism does not include 24/7 title shenanigans, Drake Maverick is a god.

 

[MrPrez]

Meanwhile in WWE... they just made the most uninspired piece of pandering trash they possibly could. They will never ever make new stars when they make all the current “superstars” look up to them.

Thank God they at least had Wyatt murder Foley*

*this criticism does not include 24/7 title shenanigans, Drake Maverick is a god.

It's kinda telling when the best rivalry in the company right now is R-Truth vs Drake Maverick for a new gimmicky title that means nothing.

 

[MrPrez]

Absolutely gutted that the one week I take off from watching the WWE is the week that Bray Wyatt finally shows up in the ring.

 

[Athlai]

Youtube clips is really all that WWE warrants. And even those should be mostly ignored.

 

[sledger]

Meanwhile in WWE... they just made the most uninspired piece of pandering trash they possibly could. They will never ever make new stars when they make all the current “superstars” look up to them.

Thank God they at least had Wyatt murder Foley*

*this criticism does not include 24/7 title shenanigans, Drake Maverick is a god.

Yeah it absolutely sucked

 

[Jarquis]

I miss the days when only Raw was ****.

 

[Agent TBY]

Okada's first counter to the Storm Breaker was absolutely unbelievable.

He moved like the Okada of old in that match. So good to see.

 

[Athlai]

I miss the days when only Raw was ****.

Talking Smack era Smackdown was so solid. How has everything changed so terribly in a few years?