Pro Wrasslin' Thread

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:00 pm

Okay they've officially jumped the shark with Strowman. These people ruin everything

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:03 pm

THIS IS STUPID

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:25 pm

I'm on the fence with it. It's so over the top that you can't stop laughing, but after awhile its like "ok, we get it."

Postby **Spangler** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:33 am

WWE severely downplayed Paige's injury. I was shocked to see her come out to the ring as if nothing happened. Looks like she will just be a mouthpiece for that faction she's in.

Are they seriously using Matt Hardy's laugh in his entrance music?

Did he even do the laugh in TNA because that's not what I remember about his gimmick?

Postby **Morkle** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:04 pm

re: Strowman - wasn't that the second time he's flipped a truck? Why re-use the same gimmick to show he's strong? Why does he even need that gimmick again? I think people are smart enough to know he's a beast.

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:21 pm

Are they seriously using Matt Hardy's laugh in his entrance music?
Did he even do the laugh in TNA because that's not what I remember about his gimmick?

I think he did a laugh, but it wasn't as long and as drawn out as this one.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:45 pm

I liked that Braun (auuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnn!!) flipped a tracker trailer on its side then had difficulty dragging Michael Cole across the stage.

Postby **Cagsjr724** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:49 pm

Daniel Bryan now the favorite to win the rumble on all the smart money betting sites.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:06 pm

Daniel Bryan now the favorite to win the rumble on all the smart money betting sites.

He was also the “favorite” to win the 2014 and 2015 Rumble. Poor Rey Mysterio.

Postby **slappybrown** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:57 am

why is seemingly every title match they do at big PPVs more than two people (triple threat, etc)? how long has it been like this

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:07 am

It's even worse on the women's side. I can't remember the last time I saw a 1 on 1 women's match. All they do is multiple people matches anymore.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:12 am

It's a side effect of not having one major star. They've gone with 50/50 booking which has failed to produce one stand out star (aside from Roman, who the crowds hates). Because of this, they feel they have to have multiple wrestlers in a match in order for the fans to care. Nobody in their right mind would care about a Kane vs Lesnar match. But Kane vs Lesnar vs Braun? Sure. Though this match in particular maybe due more to the greenness of Braun. Sure he's improved greatly since his debut, but he's still green as grass and wouldn't be able to carry a Lesnar match on his own.

That said, multi-person matches were a staple of the Attitude Era as well, when they had plenty of stars to go around.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:16 am

Those 2 fatal fourways they had in Pittsburgh on RAW to determine who goes for the Universal Title were awesome. Two of the most fun matches I remember seeing live.

Postby **Spangler** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:31 am

At the house show in Pittsburgh last month about 80% of the matches were multiwrestler matches of some sort. Though I would chalk that up to giving the performers a lighter workload.

I watched the mixed tag match on Facebook because I was curious how it would work. The match wasn't bad at all, but the Facebook integration is awful. Anytime someone hits the like button (which is often), an icon floats across the screen. You can't even hide the terrible chat like you can on Twitch. Fortunately, if you switch to fullscreen mode, it will take away the chat window and not show the floaty icons.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:27 pm

Lana in a bikini milking a cow, if you're in to that sort of thing.

https://twitter.com/LanaWWE/status/953760694557700096

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:10 am

Lana in a bikini milking a cow, if you're in to that sort of thing.

https://twitter.com/LanaWWE/status/953760694557700096

Very unsafe to be wearing that sort of thing in that environment. Jeans and a long sleeve shirt would have been much more understandable.

Postby **Jim** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:45 am

I get my milk at Giant Eagle...

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:11 pm

Lana in a bikini milking a cow, if you're in to that sort of thing.

https://twitter.com/LanaWWE/status/953760694557700096
Very unsafe to be wearing that sort of thing in that environment. Jeans and a long sleeve shirt would have been much more understandable.

I ain't mad at it

Postby **dodint** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:34 pm

That is not the proper PPE. One or the other of them is leaving with an infection.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:57 pm

Saw this short rant in the Drew Magary column today, and it gave me a good laugh. I do miss that old-school campiness.

• Time for a second hot take! WWE wrestler names SUCK now. I grew up with Jake the Snake and Bret “Hitman” Hart and Adorable Adrian Adonis and the Fabulous Moolah. Look at this roster now. It reads like the **** UVA lacrosse team. Bo Dallas? Heath Slater? What the **** is this? I’m not watching any of these boringly named dadholes. These are jobber names. Bayley? GTFO. Seth Rollins’s real name Colby Lopez. Why’d he even bother to change it? Change your stage name to THE MURDERHUNTER, and maybe I’ll tune back in. The WWE has completely abandoned campiness and it makes me sad. MORE ANVILS FEWER BROCKS.

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 7:56 am

But Brock's real name is Brock.

Heath Slater? His real name is Heath... Miller? #HEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAATH!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Slater

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:30 am

I could have gone without knowing Seth Rollins' real name was "Colby." :\

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:00 am

Yeah! What happened to the cool wrestler names like Duke the Dumpster Droese or Isaac Yankem DDS or Bastian Booger or Aldo Montoya: The Portuguese Man of War?

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:04 am

That goes along with when wrestling was awesome also. When the guys all had other occupations.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:15 am

Yeah! What happened to the cool wrestler names like Duke the Dumpster Droese or Isaac Yankem DDS or Bastian Booger or Aldo Montoya: The Portuguese Man of War?

Come to think of it, are Kane and Golddulst the last two "gimmick" type wrestlers left in WWE? You have Velveteen Dream in NXT, but everyone has a real name.