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

[Jono]

Cornette unfortunately never left the 80s.

 

[GIMH]

I love a lot of the things Cornette says, unfortunately he's also a bit crazy

 

[sledger]

That shoot promo of his you sent me a while back was great. Can't find it on youtube now though.

 

[Manee]

The WCW one?

 

[GIMH]

Used to have a spot on raw called 'My Opinion'

 

[sledger]

The WCW one?

Could quite possibly have been. All I really remember is that it included a big rant about the kliq and said what a gun Mick Foley was. WAG. Shame he is a nutcase.

 

[sledger]

Will be interesting to see what happens with RAW tomorrow night, given that the Roster is stuck in Europe due to the volcanic ash problem.

 

[GIMH]

Apparently the Smackdown roster have a good chance of making it back. So we might get a Monday Night Smackdown of sorts. If that is the case, Jericho will surely cut a promo that is all kinds of awesome about how he made it back because he's superior to the Raw roster.

 

[masterblaster]

It looks like Edge vs Chris Jericho has been announced for Extreme Rules. These two don't need a title match to steal the show and it's pretty clear that WWE had to put Randy Orton in a title match with the reactions he's been getting.

TNA Lockdown is tomorrow apparently. I'm not posting predictions because I haven't watched TNA in a few weeks and don't really know what's going on in that promotion. The card itself doesn't look to great so I'm probably going to give it a miss.

I'm excited about the draft next week and it'll be interesting to see how WWE shuffles their brands. I think Edge has to be coming to Raw. After almost three years on Smackdown, he needs a change in scenery. I think MVP, Sheamus and Kofi Kingston can potentially go to Smackdown as well. Randy Orton is a potential to be going to Smackdown as well as it'll provide plenty of fresh match ups.

Here would be my top five draft picks for each brand:

Raw:

Edge
Batista
Kane
Mike Knox
Mickie James

Smackdown:

Randy Orton
Kofi Kingston
MVP
Sheamus
Gail Kim

I think Kofi Kingston and MVP need a new platform with some fresh opponents. I also think that a Randy Orton vs Chris Jericho feud would be really something good. I also think that Sheamus could go to Smackdown and there's some great possibilities for some fresh match ups there as well.

 

[GIMH]

Edge V Jericho can't go wrong, wonder what stip they'll give it

Also, looks like Raw's guys will still be stuck in Europe tonight and so tomorrow's Raw will feature the Smackdown guys. Awesome

 

[sledger]

Source(s): TNAWrestlingNews.com & The Wrestling Observer

There is much internal concern regarding the state of Jeff Hardy. Many feel his work since coming to TNA has been lackluster not to mention that his promos are rambling and sometimes virtually incoherent. Several people are comparing his current state to his previous run in the company, which occurred as a result of his termination from World Wrestling Entertainment for erratic behavior, drug use, refusal to enter rehab and deteriorating ring performance.

Kevin Nash received a concussion as a result of Hardy during their cage match two weeks ago on iMPACT! as he landed on his head while performing The Swanton.

Oh dear, sounds incredibly ominous imo.

 

[Jono]

**** Nash would have been furious.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

To be fair, I don't know why a guy of Nash's age would be trying to perform a Swanton...

 

[sledger]

Shooting Star Press imo.

 

[Jono]

 

[sledger]

Source(s): TNAWrestlingNews.com & PWInsider.com

It was announced during the TNA Lockdown pay-per-view that Sean Waltman would not appear as advertised.

Taz said over commentary that Waltman did not show up at the 1:00 p.m. ET arrival time.

"Syxx-Pac no-showed, not here," he said. "I guess it's a case of Syxx-Pac being Syxx-Pac."

Kevin Nash announced following his victory over Eric Young that he would replace Sean Waltman as Scott Hall's tag team partner against Team 3D later in the show.

It should be noted that Waltman never arrived in St. Louis for the Lockdown event. We're being told that he worked an independent date Saturday night in Wisconsin last night and according to one source, was telling those at the show he wasn't going to the event. Reportedly, he refused to "job" due to the amount of money TNA is paying him.

TNAWrestlingNews.com is reporting that although he was advertised to appear at Saturday's Lockdown Fan Interaction, Waltman also no-showed that event. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, however, appeared as advertised.

A Waltman release is likely forthcoming obviously. As of now, there is no heat on Scott Hall who arrived on-time and worked the event.

And so it begins.

 

[GIMH]

- Raw tapes tonight at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ.

- The following Raw talents are stuck in Europe as of now: Big Show, Batista, Randy Orton, John Cena, Sheamus, Bret Hart, Miz, Mark Henry, Eve Torres, Maryse, Chavo Guerrero, Evan Bourne, Chris Masters, Hornswoggle, MVP, Kelly Kelly, Kofi Kingston, Ted DiBiase, Big Show and "several referees."

- Unless things change, the dark match between Batista and John Cena will not happen. Also, the angle with Bret Hart announcing that the Miz and Big Show are the best tag team of all time is off.

- The Smackdown roster, along with Raw talent not on the tour (including HHH) will fill out tonight's Raw taping. The NXT crew is also available, which is the usual as they are at all TNA tapings.

- There will likely be a lot of pre-taped segments from Europe and video packages to help fill out the show.

Assume the 'TNA' thing there should read Smackdown

Don't really see why any time will need to be filled, can just run a normal Smackdown and do the Raw stuff Friday night. Be a nice change getting Jericho earlier in the week. Apparently him and Edge at Extreme Rules set to be the blow-off with Edge going back to Raw. Think his old tag team partner will be going the other way, Randy, not Christian, so Orton can feud as face with jericho, Punk, oooooh awesome stuff

Also means Edge & Christian will be on the same show so things could happen there

Of coruse, draft rumours are often wrong so...

 

[sledger]

Haha, funny if the NXT rookies were at every TNA taping. Might give us a reason to actually watch Impact I suppose

 

[duffer]

Oh dear, sounds incredibly ominous imo.

**** Nash would have been furious.

To be fair, I don't know why a guy of Nash's age would be trying to perform a Swanton...

Shooting Star Press imo.

That's an incredible sequence. If only there was video of that. Would be up there in the Greatest Moments in Proffessional Wrestling

 

[sledger]

Have just sent off my application for the role of head booker of TNA tbh.