Arena Pro Wrestling Discussion

I hear Undertaker's knees are in bad shape. I've also heard he gave the approval to go at Wrestlemania. Time will tell.


http://wrestlingnews.co/vince-mcmahon-says-wwe-will-change-for-the-better-when-hes-gone/

So he sticks around because.......why?

http://wrestlingnews.co/nelson-fraziers-widow-files-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-wwe/

As part of a string of lawsuits against WWE that seem to be popping up, and WWE has pointed it out in there response it's all from the same lawyer.

Matt Hardy weighed in(language warning)

 

if they bring in Undertaker for WrestleMania i feel the same as last year. I don't know why they wait until 5 weeks beforehand to set it up.
Jake Roberts has talked about coming back. I'd love to see him come back and be revealed as the man behind Wyatt . That could be interesting.

 

Jake would make whatever he's given interesting. If he was given Wyatt, we might see a point emerge in all those rambling promos of his... Doubtful WWE would take the risk though, not just with Jake's drug problems but with his multiple cancers and health issues the guy could literally die on the job.

 

He wouldn't have to wrestle. I know Bray can talk, but being Bray's manager could be one angle worth purusing.

 

Bray would need a Paul Bearer-type manager, and since the Father of Destruction has passed on who is there to do it?

 

I could teally see Jake in that role. Just have him talk, and refer to him as Jake Roberts (drop "The Snake")... he could even bring Sister Abigail with him

 

A dream come true today! 20 years ago I lived and breathed pro-wrestling and HBK was my favorite.

 

Lots of wrasslin' to get through, which is nice.

Impact was excellent:
Grado vs Al Snow was somewhat predictable and spoiled by a) spoilers, b) Grado's theme tune and singalong being viciously overdubbed with the instrumental version, and c) Grado being very sloppy, even for grado. Loved the ICW chants though, that's got to be good for them. There was a bit of an unintentional gorefest when Drew Galloway ripped open Low-Ki behind the ear...

Snow did his job(s) as well as could be expected, he had to lose to Grado, obviously (loved the "if Grado loses, we riot" sign), but he had to demonstrate why TNA wouldn't sign him too. He wasn't that stiff with him, but he managed to highlight his in-ring shortcomings and lack of camera skills.

EY vs Tommy Dreamer was also a gorefest, I really hope Dreamer's been tested, that was quite disgusting. Dreamer effed up a table spot (or did he?), other than the ridiculous amounts of blood it was a damn good fight.

Bram had a decent segment with a returning Mickie James (Magnus's fiancée and mother to his child). He's quite the bastard.

A short Knockouts match to make way for the Kong/Kim feud rekindling. More Kong/Kim, please.

The 20 man 'gauntlet' was terrific. Crowd pleasing, a decent length, ongoing feuds addressed, decent Battle Royale action. Everyone came out of it well in terms of strengthening their characters, and there was quite an unpredictable result. Nitpicking, it was annoying how many people entered and got eliminated during the adverts, and Angle's cleanup at the end was weak enough for Taz to comment on it. Botches aside, this is how you do a rumble/BR. WWE take note.

On to Fastlane then...

Spoiler

Miz TV was a bit sloppy.

Diggler and co vs Big Slow and co, well it wasn't as bad as I expected. Orton showing up was fine.

Snooze-O's vs Brass Ring Club: Happened.

Tripple H Promo vs Sting Just Standing There: Awkward and predictable. Why won't they let Sting speak? A lone WCW chant (was that ever a thing?)... I'm hoping for a TNA chant at WM, or the Raw after.

Divas match: An opportunity to write up the show so far. Paige is utterly wasted in this promotion.

Barret vs Ambrose: Happened.

Flintstones trailer: AWESOME. Here's looking forward to the OSW Review!

The ****ing Undertaker? No, it's the rambling instant feud machine Wyatt. ZZZzzz... Well at least there's only going to be a month of this before it's over. Right?

Rusev vs Cena: Please don't let Cena win, please don't let Cena win, please don't let Cena win, please don't let Cena win...

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Cena loses, but only after 20 minutes of terrible wrestling. The crowd seemed into it, I cannot see why. Please no rematch at WM, please no rematch at WM....

Daniel Bryanson vs Reigns: "If Reigns wins, we go home" is either genius satire, or just quite dumb.

Did I just hear a Superdragon chant in amongst that Daniel Bryan chant? Mixed crowd. They're into it, but it took me about 10 minutes longer to warm to this match.

Bryan outclasses Reigns, but Reigns' stamina wins the day. Anyone else notice him favouring his crotch? A bit worrying if it's not a work... I must admit I was expecting a draw, but this was a decent way to get Reigns over with the DB fans. This was no Warrior vs Hogan though. Not even Brett vs Bulldog....

So I guess it's Bryan putting Ziggler over in a 'we'll make you care' match at WM? :/

Oh, at some point the Dust brothers had an okay match. Dusty looks like he's lost a few hundred pounds, which is hopefully a good sign and not a really really bad one. More make up on that forehead next time, please.

 

that is awesome s65horsey. HBK is in my top 2 favortie's of all time. i got to see his first world title win in anaheim.

 

Ric Flair and Andre The Giant would be mine. Then maybe (the British) Kendo Nagasaki... Beyond that it gets too complicated and changeable.

 

LOL!!! Apparently WWE have pissed off Lesnar. Supposidly walked out before the Smackdown taping. It's to do with the business side of things as opposed to creative.

My guess is WWE won't pay him what he wants, even though they have the money to pay him what he wants. Most over guy in the company next to Bryan, Most dominant WWE champ in forever, but he's kept off TV.

 

His knees have been bad for years. Along with his hips, as well.

 

lol , lesnar is not 'kept off tv' , he doesn't want to work. he's getting big bucks for a small schedule.

 

Well, Michelle McCool and Taker posted pics of them working out and he looks like he's doing well enough.


Also found this, made me laugh.




Also, apparently WWE has made an offer to Samoa Joe, but the story on it is so vague I'm not going to bother posting it, since it doesn't really have anything else to add other than "an offer is out there."

 

Reigns was in the ring monday for about 20 minutes and talked for about a minute and a half. that says everything.

 

BNB will defend his I.C. title at Wrestlemania in a ladder match

Spoiler

rumored participants are Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, R-Truth, and Daniel Bryan

 

Actually Lesnar has gone on record as saying he would like to work more dates, but Vince doesn't want to pay him.

 

* Konnan, Court Bauer and MSL recently discussed some of WWE's merchandise practices on MLW Radio. MSL noted that WWE would manipulate merchandise so that CM Punk never outsold John Cena.

When CM Punk was red hot and started to outsell the John Cena merchandise, I know people that work in the company in the merchandise department, I know people that work the arenas and sell the merchandise, and I can tell you exactly what WWE did: as soon as John Cena started getting outsold by CM Punk, they made 3 additional John Cena designs, they refused to make a second CM Punk design and they started undershipping the CM Punk design on purpose. For every CM Punk shirt they would ship to the arena, they would triple John Cena shirts and they would do 3 John Cena designs. So every 10 shirts in the arena, if 9 are Cena, only one is Punk. Punk is going to sell out right away because they didn't send enough and at the end of the night they're going "Oh John Cena quadrupled Punk's merchandise." Of course he did! Because you've purposely created a situation where it would be impossible for CM Punk to outsell John Cena.

We've told the story on the show before, years ago at Wrestlemania when WWE was struggling. It's Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart in the main event going 60 minutes, people are leaving during the main event, you can check the video tape. People are leaving during the main event of Wrestlemania, and Hall and Nash have both told me that Vince said that night that he would rather have a half full arena cheering for the guy that he says to cheer for than a full arena cheering for whoever they want.

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Doesn't surprise me in the slightest

 

i was at that WrestleMania and sure didn't notice people walking out.

 

Is it just me or was that a really good Raw?

I enjoyed that a lot more than usual. Even the Viagra bit. Even the Jon Stewart segment. Even the Divas match.

Admittedly I skipped the Snooze-O's match and HHH's promo, but I noticed they were shorter than usual... The business with the IC belt was a dumb contrivance but entertaining... The anti-Cena crowd was great, an excellent venue to put Cena down and tease a heel turn.

Another botched Paul E segment, but he made it fun to watch. I've been saying for years, stop dropping the mics! I suspect Paul was gripping them too hard and dislodged something; he was working himself up to a heart attack.

The main event wasn't spectacular but it was unpredictable, quite an achievement for WWE. I notice they were redoing/reiterating a lot of stuff from Smackdown, perhaps things are being shaken up in the writing department, maybe it's just a ripple effect from the missing Raw the other month, or maybe it's just because the weeks leading to WM are better planned in advance, whatever reason I like it.

 

Paul's promo was a masterpiece of mike work. Fired up and make every word stick.

 

that was a good RAW. tired of HHH's power trip and the evil-boss storyline that's been going on since 1998 though.
plus Cena squashing Axel was pretty tone deaf to the crowd.

 

I have not been watching for awhile. I used to catch reruns on MUN but now it is all dubbed over in Spanish and I do not speak the lingo. But I got curious and looke dup Sting/WWE and sure enough there he was. HHH vs Sting? Brilliant.

 

It really was a good RAW.

Also, has Vince keeled over and nobody's announced it yet? Macho Man, Madusa in the HOF... I keep expecting Rick Rude to be announced next.

 

Good Raw, but I think Hell's frozen over.

 

Got an email announcing this for the big local wrestling event they have every summer.

http://northeastwrestling.com/20150801.shtml



Del Rio, Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Young Bucks, Mickie James, Velvet Skye...Oh yeah, I am definitely going. I mean I was going anyway, but the more incentive the better.