The Wrestling Thread

[Hawkingbird]

6 hours ago, HD-Man said:

Tony doesn't even know how to do damage control. Not only did Sammy NOT get sent home after the fight he most likely started, he pinned Garcia in the main event and closed the show standing tall

 

That sends a pretty bad message 

Like Grimm said in discord, Sammy is a stupider 90s Shawn Michaels

[zatalcon3]

I hope HHH can try to contact Kenta and bring him back for a massive run. 

 

Maybe it's something HHH needs to do to make up for banning Kenta from using his own moves because some fake ass tough guy scrub took em and they wanted to take care of him by making sure he stays at the top. That fake ass tough guy started whining and believing way too much in himself after that, he eventually talked mad shit about the company and made it look like he was some victim. Regardless of having long runs, permitted to steal moves, making the cover of various merchandise, and also getting copyrights to his theme.

Kenta deserves an apology that is greater than words. HHH should resign him and make it known that Kenta was robbed.

Edited October 6, 2022 by zatalcon3

[Maxx]

Kenta aint everrrr coming back unless its for a short stint. Wwe is cursed for Japanese. 

 

His bad run was partly wwe and partly him being injured a bunch

Edited October 6, 2022 by Maxx

[Darc_Requiem]

12 hours ago, HD-Man said:

Tony doesn't even know how to do damage control. Not only did Sammy NOT get sent home after the fight he most likely started, he pinned Garcia in the main event and closed the show standing tall

 

That sends a pretty bad message 

Yeah its ridiculous. Sammy is literally wilin out and he gets a free pass!? And he goes home to Tay Melo? Who'd this man sell his soul to?

[zatalcon3]

22 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Kenta aint everrrr coming back unless its for a short stint. Wwe is cursed for Japanese. 

 

His bad run was partly wwe and partly him being injured a bunch

I know but I understand. I wonder how it felt like working for a company that bans you from using your best shit and then watch some other guy use it, only for that guy to whine and moan about being mistreated and how he is too tough to respect any veterans?  That must have drained so much motivation out of kenta that he probably had to forcefully adjust to the bullshit which messed him in the ring. 

Edited October 6, 2022 by zatalcon3

[Grimmjow316]

7 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

Like Grimm said in discord, Sammy is a stupider 90s Shawn Michaels

He sure is, which is something considering after three years he really isn’t worth the time investing into making him a huge singles star. At this stage he’s upper mid, jobber to the stars status imo.

1 hour ago, Darc_Requiem said:

Yeah its ridiculous. Sammy is literally wilin out and he gets a free pass!? And he goes home to Tay Melo? Who'd this man sell his soul to?

It’s very telling how he can run his mouth but expects everyone to not touch upon the whole Pam to Tay relationship. Me personally I don’t care about his personal life but if he’s not respecting anything why should others in the locker room. Sammy is almost 30 and his lack of maturity is beyond a red flag at this stage but because he’s one of TK favorites who can you really bring your complaints to.

[Dragonfave723]

New WWE announce team

 

 

[Hawkingbird]

I would replace booker with Nigel.

[HD-Man]

Booker can stay, but only if he calls matches in his Black Snow or King Bookah persona 😂

[iStu X]

Can’t wait for Vic Joseph saying his signature catch phrase “to your point…” every other sentence. 

[Maxx]

4 hours ago, Dragonfave723 said:

New WWE announce team

 

 

Lmfaooo this is gonna be so bad. Imagine hbk giving him notes on indy orgs

[HD-Man]

To anybody wondering why they didn't use him, WWE just released Nigel McGuiness

[iStu X]

9 minutes ago, HD-Man said:

To anybody wondering why they didn't use him, WWE just released Nigel McGuiness

Which is a shame honestly. Im hoping it was a mutual decision and not him being future endeavored. Most reports are wording it like it was a mutual decision. So that’s what im hoping it was 

[HD-Man]

He could've brought some value to any program, I enjoyed his commentary, hope it was mutual too. 

[Hawkingbird]

[HD-Man]

Triple H accidentally told me before the show Monday. He screwed up and told me. He didn’t mean to. 

 

I go, “Hey, I just talked to Riddle, and he gave me this line about how he out-wrestled Jon Jones twice,” and Triple H goes, “Okay, cool. Give that note to Cole,” and I went, “why would I have to give that note to Cole if I’m calling the match on Saturday?” 

 

Oh. I’m not calling the match on Saturday. Oh, I’m probably fired. In about two seconds, my brain went, that’s okay, and I was like, all right. So I knew basically the whole show on Monday night that I wasn’t coming back, so when I got the call Tuesday, I was not particularly surprised.

 

- Jimmy Smith

 

Wow, that's a fucked up way to find out you're getting fired. Wonder if this happened to Nigel too

[Hawkingbird]

WTF, he's not in AEW anymore?

[Dragonfave723]

Thank you, Hunter.

 

[HD-Man]

Walt and Sheamus delivering another banger with ease. 

 

EDIT: Ending was kinda unnecessarily convoluted 

Edited October 8, 2022 by HD-Man

[Lantis]

So Bray is back to his classic gimmick now?

[zatalcon3]

That bray return was off the chart. They did a fantastic job building to it to the actual return. 

I thought the PLV was top notch, i loved everything about it including the build up to it.

[Hawkingbird]

14 hours ago, Lantis said:

So Bray is back to his classic gimmick now?

I dunno. He's still using the funhouse characters and the Fiend imagery is still present. 

[Dragonfave723]

There are reports that

Spoiler

Bo Dallas

will return to WWE to join Wyatt's new family.

[Lantis]

All you have to do is....

 

Spoiler

BO-LIEVE!!!

 

[HD-Man]

That line Punk made about trying to run a business makes sense now assuming this is true

https://stillrealtous.com/cm-punk-has-an-office-job-in-aew/

[zatalcon3]

Nothing about what Punk says should be taken at any value. That bum should fade away into obscurity and become completely forgotten.

[Hawkingbird]

Punk didn't say anything. Tony Khan revealed that Punk did work in the office. Read the article

[HD-Man]

Looks like the tag team cure for insomnia is headed back to WWE, Gallows and Anderson. Decent wrestlers that'll strengthen the tag division tho, I'm sure AJ is pumped

[iStu X]

That pop for Bray at extreme rules was fucking insane 

[Lantis]

1 hour ago, HD-Man said:

Looks like the tag team cure for insomnia is headed back to WWE, Gallows and Anderson. Decent wrestlers that'll strengthen the tag division tho, I'm sure AJ is pumped

Not a good look for Anderson though, who pretty much threw the company under the bus in past tweets. But as usual, $$$ heals all wounds LOL

[HD-Man]

Apparently Karl Anderson is still a champion over in NJPW and has an upcoming match for the title while being signed with WWE. I'm 99% he'll drop it and end his run there but what if he actually retains.....that'll be interesting going forward.

 

NJPW already retweeted RAW too, maybe they're coming close to a working relationship now that HHH is in charge. Eh, I'm probably just looking too much into it 

[zatalcon3]

6 hours ago, HD-Man said:

Apparently Karl Anderson is still a champion over in NJPW and has an upcoming match for the title while being signed with WWE. I'm 99% he'll drop it and end his run there but what if he actually retains.....that'll be interesting going forward.

 

NJPW already retweeted RAW too, maybe they're coming close to a working relationship now that HHH is in charge. Eh, I'm probably just looking too much into it 

I agree that would be interesting if Anderson doesn't drop and you are not the only one assuming something is being worked on. It would actually be freakin cool to see a new invasion or cross promotion storyline happening.

[iStu X]

This is going to be what? The good brothers 3rd or 4th run with the company at this point? Who cares honestly. 

[Psychoblue]

2 hours ago, iStu X said:

This is going to be what? The good brothers 3rd or 4th run with the company at this point? Who cares honestly. 

Only their second.  Gallows by himself will be on his 3rd. 4th if you count his disappearance after becoming Fake Kane

[iStu X]

50 minutes ago, Psychoblue said:

Only their second.  Gallows by himself will be on his 3rd. 4th if you count his disappearance after becoming Fake Kane

It’s feels like they’ve been hired and fired so many times now. How they still have any stock left in any company is wild to me. 

[Psychoblue]

3 hours ago, iStu X said:

It’s feels like they’ve been hired and fired so many times now. How they still have any stock left in any company is wild to me. 

Yeah, I agree. They offer nothing at this point especially when you have teams like the Viking Raiders for your powerhouse quota with way less baggage. 

[Hawkingbird]

18 hours ago, HD-Man said:

Apparently Karl Anderson is still a champion over in NJPW and has an upcoming match for the title while being signed with WWE. I'm 99% he'll drop it and end his run there but what if he actually retains.....that'll be interesting going forward.

 

NJPW already retweeted RAW too, maybe they're coming close to a working relationship now that HHH is in charge. Eh, I'm probably just looking too much into it 

If he doesn't drop I will assume WWE will let him honor all the dates he agreed to work. Historically WWE has been good about letting guys work bookings they agreed to before signing with them.

 

13 minutes ago, Psychoblue said:

Yeah, I agree. They offer nothing at this point especially when you have teams like the Viking Raiders for your powerhouse quota with way less baggage

One of the Vikings got a leg injury. It's why they haven't been around after they beat the New Day. They got a new vignette last week so hopefully they are ready to come back and be the War Raiders again.

 

I'm hoping that Papa H reaches out to AoP. They are a great hoss team.

[Psychoblue]

I also miss AoP, especially when they began doing solo interviews in their native language talking about how the brass were scared they'd hurt their draws before they joined up with Seth as his heavies.

 

 

[Hawkingbird]

Karl Anderson himself confirmed he's still going to work Wrestle Kingdom. If doesn't drop the drop next month he's definitely dropping it there

[Lantis]

Maaaaan I wasn't ready for Bray to bring in the feels in his first promo back, yet here we are....

[Hawkingbird]

 

[HD-Man]

Hangman took a nasty bump, had to remove the bottom rope and stretcher him out, 

[OrochiJ]

Holy shit that Hangman situation was scary as fuck. I don't know if it was the stiff clothesline or how he fell but damn that looked real bad.

[zatalcon3]

The clothesline didn't look like a botch. I don't think it was Mox' fault, but maybe Page's timing. 

[HD-Man]

Seemed like Hangman took it wrong, he sold it extra hard and mistimed the landing. Nobody's fault per say.

 

Not the biggest fan of him but I definitely hope he recovers from it, it looks SO bad in slow motion. This has been an awful year injury wise for wrestlers 

[Darc_Requiem]

Yeah when they cut to the announce table you could see Taz was shook up. Never seen a look in his eye like that. So far they are saying it's a concussion. I thought may have broken his neck. 

[zatalcon3]

I initially wanted to talk about the MJF/Regal promo until Page getting injured. 

Anyway, that was a great promo but am I the only one who is sick and tired of hearing the WWE in his promos? It's like he is putting them over, especially earlier tonight when he was quoting off regal's text as to how the WWE hires the best athletes, how it was his dream...  the WWE is being admitted to be at the top of the industry.  On the contrary, in one perspective i see, the whole promo was great because of it being true to life, but the WWE has been mentioned too much on that show.

The segment was the best of the night for me

Edited October 19, 2022 by zatalcon3

[Darc_Requiem]

 

[Hawkingbird]

What happened to Page was a freak accident. No one is at fault

[scorp]

16 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

What happened to Page was a freak accident. No one is at fault

Is what a normal person would say.

 

Not the virgin cultists though.