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Official Pro-Wrestling Thread (WWE, TNA, ROH etc.)

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33/3from3.3

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I think it's fine that Cena won the rumble. But the point of Wrestlemania is to have matches which haven't happened before. Cena has faced Edge for all of 2006 and Orton in 2007, so I'm pulling for either a title change before the rumble OR a triple threat. I suppose i won't mind as long as it's an interesting feud and a good match.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
- Yeah looking forward to a Cena-Kennedy feud after the Kennedy-Michaels feud which eventually leads to Kennedy winning the title. Think that he might be able to do it before the end of the year. Like how things are shaping up personally. The Kennedy-Michaels feud is building Kennedy up every day and it is only going to get him more over by the time he gets his title push.

- Think that Triple H has been out of the Mania spotlight as I think that he will face Ric Flair in Flair's final match at Mania for the end of Flair's career. Both share mutual respect and I don't see Flair going out to any one else or in a lesser event than Mania.

So the mania card so far for the bigger events looks like:

Cena v Orton - Cena wins

Triple H v Flair - Triple H wins

Michaels v Kennedy

Don't care too much about Smackdown or ECW at the moment but why was Shelton Benjamin so easily exited out of the Rumble? Seemed like WWE was pushing him a few weeks back.

Undertaker will probably feud with Snitsky after the Royal Rumble post bashing Taker gave Snitsky at No Way Out. Bleh.
I expect at mania it will be HBK vs JBL, kennedy will probs either get a match with Jericho or end up in money in the bank for a second time round. As for Shelton I expect his push will continue, he'll keep building up on ECW then jump to smackdown I expect and then go from there...
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I do think that JBL v Jericho and Michaels v Kennedy will continue. I expect JBL to say how what he said regarding Jericho being a coward was proven true with him attacking with the chair and all. Michaels was eliminated by Kennedy in the Rumble as well and some how I don't see this as being the end of the feud. Mania is a long way away though, so we never know.

Where does all this put Jeff Hardy though? He can compete for the title if it is a triple thread (not some thing I am a fan of after a guy wins a Rumble) and after how Jim Ross was saying one half of the Mania main event will be Cena as he has won the Rumble. Can't see how any feud will help him particularly at this point as he has had all the momentum. I am actually thinking that Hardy will win the money in the bank at Mania to give him more legitimacy and will continue with some feuds after the mania till the time is right to give him a title shot again.
 
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33/3from3.3

International Vice-Captain
I do think that JBL v Jericho and Michaels v Kennedy will continue. I expect JBL to say how what he said regarding Jericho being a coward was proven true with him attacking with the chair and all. Michaels was eliminated by Kennedy in the Rumble as well and some how I don't see this as being the end of the feud. Mania is a long way away though, so we never know.

Where does all this put Jeff Hardy though? He can compete for the title if it is a triple thread (not some thing I am a fan of after a gt wins a Rumble) and after how Jim Ross was saying one half of the Mania main event will be Cena as he has won the Rumble. Can't see how any feud will help him particularly at this point as he has had all the momentum. I am actually thinking that Hardy will win the money in the bank at Mania to give him more legitimacy and will continue with some feuds after the mania till the time is right to give him a title shot again.
Agree with this tbh.
 

sledger

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I do think that JBL v Jericho and Michaels v Kennedy will continue. I expect JBL to say how what he said regarding Jericho being a coward was proven true with him attacking with the chair and all. Michaels was eliminated by Kennedy in the Rumble as well and some how I don't see this as being the end of the feud. Mania is a long way away though, so we never know.

Where does all this put Jeff Hardy though? He can compete for the title if it is a triple thread (not some thing I am a fan of after a guy wins a Rumble) and after how Jim Ross was saying one half of the Mania main event will be Cena as he has won the Rumble. Can't see how any feud will help him particularly at this point as he has had all the momentum. I am actually thinking that Hardy will win the money in the bank at Mania to give him more legitimacy and will continue with some feuds after the mania till the time is right to give him a title shot again.
yeah agreed, unfortunately the one bad thing about the return of Cena (IMO) is the fact that hardy will be relegated back to the midcard.
 

sledger

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hmmm appears cena will get his title shot at no way out, and presumably will win, be very surprised if he doesnt, and then most likely HHH will win the elimination chamber and go on to challenge him at wrestlemania, not the best possible outcome, but i'd rather see that than HHH face Orton at Mania.....though ideally Y2J or Jeff Hardy will win the elimination chamber, unlikely as that may be.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
also noted that rey mysterio got booed at the rumble, no idea what that was about, unless for once the crowd wasnt full up with marks, mind you even if the crowd wasnt filled with marks its odd to see/hear rey getting booed.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
also noted that rey mysterio got booed at the rumble, no idea what that was about, unless for once the crowd wasnt full up with marks, mind you even if the crowd wasnt filled with marks its odd to see/hear rey getting booed.
Wow, that's weird. I can't think why that might be. Usually Rey gets a huge pop from the marks, and even if he doesn't get a pop from the smarks he gets respect. Why he'd get booed I have no idea. Maybe it was something the New York crowd in particular had against him? Any connection between New York and San Diego? I know the NFL season is finishing up ATM, maybe New York played San Diego at something and lost.
 

sledger

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Wow, that's weird. I can't think why that might be. Usually Rey gets a huge pop from the marks, and even if he doesn't get a pop from the smarks he gets respect. Why he'd get booed I have no idea. Maybe it was something the New York crowd in particular had against him? Any connection between New York and San Diego? I know the NFL season is finishing up ATM, maybe New York played San Diego at something and lost.
hmmm, from what I gather the crowd was just very pro edge for some reason, which is fair enough, but why that should mean boos for rey i'm not really sure,

plenty of boos for cena lol, though i dont care, i'm not his biggest fan by any means, but the mark in me enjoyed his return a hell of a lot tbh :ph34r:
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
hmmm, from what I gather the crowd was just very pro edge for some reason, which is fair enough, but why that should mean boos for rey i'm not really sure,

plenty of boos for cena lol, though i dont care, i'm not his biggest fan by any means, but the mark in me enjoyed his return a hell of a lot tbh :ph34r:
Haha, I'm quite looking forward to watching it when I can, TBH. What I like most about it is that the Raw roster going into WrestleMania is going to be immense. You've got guys like HBK or Y2J who might be relegated to the midcard by WM thanks to the strength of the main event, and that can only be a good thing. Beats Cena vs Khali, anyway.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Haha, I'm quite looking forward to watching it when I can, TBH. What I like most about it is that the Raw roster going into WrestleMania is going to be immense. You've got guys like HBK or Y2J who might be relegated to the midcard by WM thanks to the strength of the main event, and that can only be a good thing. Beats Cena vs Khali, anyway.
haha I think what was best about it, was the way that it was completely unexpected, and there had been no spoilers suggesting this anywhere, although the crowd reaction was about 2/3 big pop and 1/3 boos, there was a genuine shock about the crowd reaction which made it remind me of a wwe moment of old, credit to them for keeping the under wraps, wish they would do that more often tbh.

But the fact that it now seems that the winner of the royal rumble gets his title shot at no way out rather than the royal rumble is a bit...well....just not the done thing really, that said i'm looking forward to the elimination chamber, expecting a big spot from Jeff Hardy in this, Swanton/whistle in the wind off the top of one of the holding sections anyone?

but yeah RAW should be pretty good for the next few weeks at least, certainly will be watching.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
haha I think what was best about it, was the way that it was completely unexpected, and there had been no spoilers suggesting this anywhere, although the crowd reaction was about 2/3 big pop and 1/3 boos, there was a genuine shock about the crowd reaction which made it remind me of a wwe moment of old, credit to them for keeping the under wraps, wish they would do that more often tbh.

But the fact that it now seems that the winner of the royal rumble gets his title shot at no way out rather than the royal rumble is a bit...well....just not the done thing really, that said i'm looking forward to the elimination chamber, expecting a big spot from Jeff Hardy in this, Swanton/whistle in the wind off the top of one of the holding sections anyone?

but yeah RAW should be pretty good for the next few weeks at least, certainly will be watching.
Yeah, I'm not too keen on Cena getting his shot at NWO either, but as long as they make it clear that the winner of the Rumble can't just do whatever he wants and that this is a one-time-only thing, it'll be okay. I think they're building towards Orton-Cena-HHH or just Cena-HHH at WM, which'll be good.

As for Jeff in the Elimination Chamber, it'll be great. Also like that they've got Umaga in there, he's a really stiff worker so chances are there'll be some painful-looking spots, which is exactly what there should be in a Chamber match.

Like the fact that Kennedy is taking on Flair - hopefully that angle will continue on to WM and Ken will get the "career-ender" push he deserves. Would love to see those two wrestle in a gimmick match at WM - Hell, if they really wanted to give Ken a gigantic push they could make it an "I Quit" match, with Ken doing so much damage Flair ends up submitting after giving it his all.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Yeah, I'm not too keen on Cena getting his shot at NWO either, but as long as they make it clear that the winner of the Rumble can't just do whatever he wants and that this is a one-time-only thing, it'll be okay. I think they're building towards Orton-Cena-HHH or just Cena-HHH at WM, which'll be good.

As for Jeff in the Elimination Chamber, it'll be great. Also like that they've got Umaga in there, he's a really stiff worker so chances are there'll be some painful-looking spots, which is exactly what there should be in a Chamber match.

Like the fact that Kennedy is taking on Flair - hopefully that angle will continue on to WM and Ken will get the "career-ender" push he deserves. Would love to see those two wrestle in a gimmick match at WM - Hell, if they really wanted to give Ken a gigantic push they could make it an "I Quit" match, with Ken doing so much damage Flair ends up submitting after giving it his all.
Cena vs HHH could be good given a proper build up, the run up to their match at WM22 was pretty weak and turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax as a mainevent ( should have been rey vs orton vs angle ftw!), but if they build it up properly it could be a pretty good one to watch, although its hard to call, if Cena is the world champ its unlikely he will drop it after only holding it for a month, but yet HHH hasnt won a match at Wrestlemania for about 5 years now so its high time that changed really...

be happy to see Kennedy get that push tbh, flair getting almightily squashed lol, ken shuold get a new finisher, the downward spiral thing he uses now just doesnt look very good or create enough impact, and the green bay plunge (whilst good) is too dangerous by WWE standards to do on anyone heavier than a cruserweight...

with regards to the elimination chamber...as long as HHH doesnt win i'll be happy, but i'd bet that he will win.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Cena vs HHH could be good given a proper build up, the run up to their match at WM22 was pretty weak and turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax as a mainevent ( should have been rey vs orton vs angle ftw!), but if they build it up properly it could be a pretty good one to watch, although its hard to call, if Cena is the world champ its unlikely he will drop it after only holding it for a month, but yet HHH hasnt won a match at Wrestlemania for about 5 years now so its high time that changed really...

be happy to see Kennedy get that push tbh, flair getting almightily squashed lol, ken shuold get a new finisher, the downward spiral thing he uses now just doesnt look very good or create enough impact, and the green bay plunge (whilst good) is too dangerous by WWE standards to do on anyone heavier than a cruserweight...

with regards to the elimination chamber...as long as HHH doesnt win i'll be happy, but i'd bet that he will win.
Yeah, it's a good bet that HHH will win the Chamber. He usually does.

As for Kennedy, you're right about his new finisher, it's not brilliant - but having said that, Michaels has been selling it really well and making it look potent. Plus from what I hear it's actually based on a judo move that can break guys' jaws or noses if done right, so I've not really got much of an issue with guys using finishers that are actually dangerous in real life. Beats Hogan's leg drop any day.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Yeah, it's a good bet that HHH will win the Chamber. He usually does.

As for Kennedy, you're right about his new finisher, it's not brilliant - but having said that, Michaels has been selling it really well and making it look potent. Plus from what I hear it's actually based on a judo move that can break guys' jaws or noses if done right, so I've not really got much of an issue with guys using finishers that are actually dangerous in real life. Beats Hogan's leg drop any day.
haha yeah, the immortal leg drop, what a deadly move....and although the peoples elbow was great...its also pretty stupid if you think about it, still better than the hogan leg drop mind, mainly due to rock being able to pull it off well..

on the Subject of crap finishers though, i've got no idea what its name is, but MVPs finisher where he puts his leg over the back of his opponents head and spins them around has got to be one of the worst finishers I have ever seen, the one bad thing about MVP for mine lol.

Chris Kanyons "i'm better than you" was also a load of crap, pretty much looked like he was on the receiving end of a "rock bottom" every time he did it.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
also this has kind of been forgotten in the light of cenas return, but anyone expecting to see Big Show turn up on Smackdown this week? Doubt he will go to RAW with the roster being so strong there at the moment, maybe a short feud with edge is in the pipeline for a match at no way out?
 

Majin

International Debutant
on the Subject of crap finishers though, i've got no idea what its name is, but MVPs finisher where he puts his leg over the back of his opponents head and spins them around has got to be one of the worst finishers I have ever seen, the one bad thing about MVP for mine lol.
seriously, god damn. I have never understood how this move even got thought of as a good idea, let alone as a ****ing finishing move. Yeah, good call dude, rest your leg over the back of someones head then smash your own face into the floor. Devastating.
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
always thought the alleyoop was pretty crap as well, set them up for a powerbomb, but then push them up so they jump over your head, and you end up on your back, yeah real nice.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
Yeah, MVP's finisher is terrible. The Playmaker is a great name for it, but it's a terrible move. Apparently when he was wrestling in the indies his finisher was the Crippler Crossface, renamed the T.T.B. (Take it To the Bank/Tribute To Benoit), but obviously it'd be a bit difficult to have him do that now. They should give him a TKO or something, that's an awesome move and no-one since Marc Mero has used it IIRC.

I think the Playmaker as it currently looks is supposed to be like a neckbreaker, only done with the leg instead. Except he just rests his leg there and doesn't grip their head at all, so it looks awful.

As for Big Show, I can definitely see him showing up on SmackDown! soon. I originally thought he might be a mystery final entrant into the Chamber on Raw, but the Raw roster is just too stacked right now. Wouldn't be surprised at all if there was a Battle Royal for the title match at No Way Out on this week's SmackDown!, with Show turning up, winning and facing Edge for the title. Alternatively, I'd like to see a Rey vs Edge Ladder Match for the title. That'd kick arse.
 

Majin

International Debutant
That move Test used to do need to be brought back, where he got them for like a Twist of fate but then they both spun around violently and the recipient got totally faceplanted, that move was gnarly. Crap description I know but I can't think of how to describe it :laugh:
 
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