Official WWE/TNA Wrestling Thread

Some Thursday morning WWE news:

RVD is going to return on the 4/7 RAW and work for the company for several months.

Jonathan Coachman is close to signing back with the WWE. The WWE wants him to do studio work for the WWE Network, like the pre and post RAW/Smackdown shows.

 

Awesome about RVD, wish he'd be a special entrant in the Andre battle royal at WM.....but that following Raw works.

I hope they keep Josh as the pre/post show host....he does good imo. Although I do like coach.

 

Yeah I think it's odd that they're saving RVD for the night after RAW too.

I like Coach a lot and he was really starting to get good as an announcer when he left for ESPN. I enjoy Josh Matthews too, it still blows my mind that this kid was in the original Tough Enough and still has a job in the WWE and is good at it.

 

So Jim Ross is writing for FOX Sports and has a really interesting and good article on the History of WM. It's a 3 Part series with the 2nd one coming out next Tuesday.

Here's the first part:

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-1

 

I remember Josh being insanely good at climbing the rock wall on tough enough.....wasnt Al Snow the coach? God that was a fun show. Maven and them going from learning to bump to being in PPVs....good stuff.

 

I actually loved the original series of Tough Enough on MTV, it only lasted 3 seasons. It was a weird mix of wrestling and the real world and it worked, at least from an entertainment standpoint. I really hope the WWE decides to bring it back now that it has the Network or in at the very last puts the old episodes up on the Network.

I do think that if Chris Nowinski didn't get those major concussions he probably would have had a nice WWE career. Maybe not a main eventer but probably would have been a multiple time IC/European title holder. Maven was just so boring and bland, I still can't believe he won over Chris.

Yeah the original trainers were Al Snow, Tazz, and Jackie. Not sure if that had someone else or not that was always there. But those were the 3 main trainers, although I don't think Tazz was always there.

 

There is a rumor going around that Sting has signed on with the WWE and will make his debut on RAW the next night. He will only wrestle one match for the company and it's expected that it will be him vs. The Undertaker at WM31 and that match will be announced on RAW with a 1 year build up to it.

Personally I'm kind of lukewarm on the idea. For fantasy purposes it sounds great but for match quality I'm not sure how good it will be and really how much appeal Sting will have with the young WWE crowd, especially if he's only going to wrestle 1 time.

 

I don't always buy wrestling T-Shirts..but I do own a Stone Cold and a Rock T-shirt.

I want to buy a Wyatt T-Shirt. I hate the selections. They gotta do better.

 

well..that was a pretty ****ty RAW for the last one before WM.

 

My RAW review:

Brock HAD to go over before WM on Taker at some point. I really wish they'd use the Brock destroying Taker at hell in a cell a few years ago to build this up. Taker looks sooooo slow and old.....if it wasnt for his "dead man, demon, warlock" schtick you couldnt have Helen Keller believe he'd go over on Brock.

2 Divas matches in one night......seriously Maggle?!?!?

Roman Reigns and Kane.....eh....

I fast forwarded the tag fiasco match thing....I hope they separate the real Americans soon, Cesaro really was building a nice following and now hes being squashed in a pre WM show tag battle with 49 guys!!!

I still mark out like crazy for Ziggler....dude is awesome

lol I just remembered Taker tripping walking up the steps to the ring...Someone get a boy scout to walk that old man across the street (just kidding dont kill me)

HHH is nuclear hot right now as a heel.....Bryan getting the upper hand at the last RAW scares me....but looking at all the gambling sites, there is no ****ing way Bryan is NOT walking out with the title Sunday......

and holy ****, that HHH burying video of pretty much all of TNAs main event roster was hilarious, sad, and made me miss Kurt Angle.

 

Usually the go home shows for PPVs are as most, if not all, of the matches are already set and not much else to do in terms of story telling. It's the RAW right after the PPVs that are usually the best.

 

Yeah I don't understand why they haven't mentioned that Brock beat The Undertaker already before as part of the storyline.

Bryan almost had to get the upper hand last night as he's consistently been beaten up by Triple H and his crew to put people in a good mood and want to make them buy the PPV. The crowd was losing their minds with Bryan attacking Triple H and "winning" the battle. The WWE and McMahon love making money, there's no money in Bryan not walking out of WM with the title to 70,000 plus fans chanting YES. Because again if Bryan doesn't win it will kill his character and he'll be labeled a choker.

 

You watching WM on the network? I am nervous about the streaming quality. I mean, my wife and I took off Monday for a vacation day, and are making Sunday like the super bowl....my son and I are having matches for his titles, we are making food, having drinks, having some friends over.....I really don't want to be sitting there with a buffering screen as Bryan is "yessing" the crowd!

Crossing my fingers!

 

And for everyone with the network, this week is awesome.....so much live footage, shows, wrestle mania legends round table, highlights etc!

Also, imagine if Kurt Angle (I know his contract with TNA is through September) came out and screwed HHH against Bryan !??!? People would lose their minds (But I want Bryan to go over clean)

 

Yeah I will probably start watching it around 8ish or so though because of my wife's birthday (damn her). As far as streaming goes, I think that's why they're having like a 2 hour pre show to try and get people to start streaming earlier instead of having everyone go on the app at exactly 7 pm and also work out any potential bugs. This is why they absolutely should have launched the Network in January or February to test the system beforehand.

 

CM Punk and AJ are reportedly engaged. AJ was seen wearing an engagement ring backstage last night. Apparently CM Punk cut off all ties to the WWE except for AJ and hasn't even talked to any of his friends since he left.

 

I just saw on the old school RAW page on the app, the WWE recently added episodes 33 & 34 of RAW (35 should be up soon), those were events that I attended way back in 1993, so I was 9 at the time, when they use to film like 3 or 4 episodes a night. It was awesome seeing over 4 hours of wrestling but I was burnt out by the time the dark matches started. Although nothing was worse than in 1991 sitting through a WWF Superstar TV taping where it was a 5 hour event and the main event was Hogan vs. The Undertaker that last no joke 30 seconds and ended in a DQ. Anyway I haven't watch them yet but I kind of remember a tag team match on the episode 33 being 1-2-3 Kid & a jobber vs. The Quebecers for the WWF tag team titles, Episode 34 was a battle royal with the last 2 guys in the ring would fight "the next week" for the IC title, because HBK was stripped of the belt. And episode 35, not up yet, was the IC title match in which Razor won it. I'm definitely pumped to see the battle royal since I've only seen it live. Can't wait for them to put up the RAW I went to in 1998 and the Smackdown I went to in 2002.

I do wonder what the hold up on putting Nitros on it though.

 

Yeah, I know..but there is always one last twist, and one great preview match. We got neither.

 

How can you hate on the match of the year candidate between Nattalya and Summer Rae ?!?!?!







btw, anyone else always have a mini hart (lol) attack when Natties music hits....then get real depressed when its NOT Bret Hart?!?

 

Cena showing up in a Wyatt sheep mask and attacking them wasn't enough of a twist for you? Haha.

I was actually thinking that last night how her music probably would lessen a Bret Hart surprise appearance on RAW, at least for the initial pop.

 

I know why the Undertaker keeps going because of the Streak, But the clothesline and the F5 Brock gave him last night couldn't have been any gentlier, Hell I think most people on this board could have taken those bumps Last Night. Sting and undertaker could be good if done the right way and not just have him walk out next week but actually do the vignette for a while and the crowd get's hot for whoever is saying they can do what no one else can do, But just don't do the stalking one again with diamond dallas page when he begged to be made famous, even thou that one could have worked if the Undertaker would have played along with it.

 

The AJ/Punk rumor has been out there for a couple of weeks now. It seems that the leaks are starting to catch on to it now.

RAW was okay. I was okay with the Brock/Taker build, but they should have had Brock "pin" taker with Heyman counting the three. Would have made for a great visual and a last bit of hype for a video montage at WM. Also, I agree with others who have said they should have leveraged the footage of Brock beating Taker in the past. I can see the promo and video for it now, actually. I consider that a missed opportunity.

Titus barking at Roddy Piper was about the funniest thing I may have ever seen. It was so random, yet worked well. At least with me.

It that poll is accurate about The Shield, it should put to rest on who will be the breakout star of the three. Personally I hope they stay together through the Summer. Ideally, I would want them to stay a unit until survivor series as that would mark the two year anniversary, but that is probably too far out to keep Roman away.

The promo by Bray last night may have been his best one. He continues to impress me, weekly. And the WWE has done a remarkable job of keeping him fresh and out of the ring. Part of that is due to injury, but the dude rarely wrestle a yet has gotten himself over big time. That is rare.

I get the feeling that Hogan and/or Vince will be involved on Sunday with regards to HHH/Bryan. Not sure how, but something tells me as such.

 

I've actually changed my stance on Sting/Undertaker and don't think the WWE should bother with it anymore. I just don't think at this stage in either guy's career that the match will be that good or that interesting. I think it will be very hard for the WWE to build up Sting as a worthy opponent if Sting is only planning on wrestling once and that match is against The Undertaker. And if he wrestles more than once he'll get exposed due to his age.

I really think The Undertaker's last match should be at next year's WM against Cena as it's the last big dream match and people honestly won't know whether or not Taker will win or not.

 

Also here's part 2 of the Jim Ross WM article:

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/wrestlemania-part-2

 

That Cena bit was the least surprising thing I have ever seen. I saw him standing there...and said "Oh goodie..Cena is gonna do his superman bit again."

and to top it off, he did a Mocking promo again of Bray Wyatt. I hate Cena.

 

I hate Cena's mocking and/or immature poo poo/pee pee promos. It drives me crazy because when he cuts serious promos like the ones about The Rock or Orton back in December/January they were pretty good. The non-serious promos just make you roll your eyes and get mad because the guy can deliver when he needs to instead of trying to seem cool to the 10 year olds in the crowd.

 

Yeah..but maybe he is trying to piss off the Bray Wyatt Marks (you and me?)

I'm telling you..when he started imitating Bray's voice, It made me think that he was working us.

 

Maybe it's possible. I mean it's obvious Triple H is working the internet marks with the way he says certain things like hijacking RAW or burying opponents etc.

 

"Do I have your attention now, children?!" *sadistic laugh*

I love Brays promos.

 

wwe network people....big night tonight: (4 hours of original content)

at 7pm: WM presser....
8pm: Main Event
9pm: Wrestlemania Rewind (HHH road to WM 18)
10pm: Countdown (top 10 greatest RAW moments)

 

This stream on sunday is gonna be an abortion.

Just a hunch.

 

I hate michael cole.

I think i have anger issues.

 

I like the countdown stuff but just wish it wasn't so WWE sided where newer/recent events are always higher on the list or wrestlers the WWE has issues with don't get the same respect other guys do etc.

 

Batista is killing this presser.

Why cant he be this guy on tv?

I would root for this guy.

 

Heel Batista is good. Face Batista shoved down the fan's throats is bad.

 

He was real funny. He even made a skinny jeans joke.


Now Cena is Cenaing.

 

Is the presser archived on the network? Wanna catch it tonight, had plans last night.

 

I'd be shocked if it wasn't. And yes it is, it's under the recommended section.

 

Yep..they also have it under PPV-Wrestlemania

 

Was it worth it to see Section? I'm assuming nothing major was said or done at the conference, just the wrestlers hyping up the event.