Official WWE/TNA Wrestling Thread

Jericho is returning to the WWE in November. Wouldn't be surprised if he returned as a heel as they are thin on the heel side of things. Although I wouldn't mind seeing a Jericho/Rollins, Jericho/Cesaro, Jericho/Brock or Jericho/Ambrose program.

 

Some of the rumored matches being discussed for WM31:

The Rock vs. Triple H or Triple H vs. Sting
John Cena vs. Rusev
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns

Personally why waste a match with The Rock and Triple H, we've seen it a million times already. Sting and Triple H wouldn't be horrible though.

 

The Rock versus Sting should be considered, IMO.

 

So guys.....I MIGHT be driving up to Philly for the Royal Rumble. The only ppv I've been to was Armageddon in the early 00's in Fort Lauderdale. I think it would be a blast live, and its the day after my sons birthday!

My wife is a ****in huge Daniel Bryan fan.....and she said if she got to "yes" with a huge crowd like that with him, it would literally be a bucket list type scenario. My cousin lives 10 miles from the arena. Tickets are like 75 bucks for lower level. I wanna try to sit on the "shield" side if Reigns or Ambrose will walk bye. I saw some great stuff live at that Armageddon.

Brock F-5 to big show....HHH/HBK 3 stages of hell match. Torrie Wilson making out with a chick (teenager boner alert).....it was awesome. I think the RR would be a fantastic to bring my son too. Hes been to smackdown once.....I think this would rule!

 

Agreed although I could see why the WWE would want Sting facing off against a heel.

 

The Rumble would be sweet to see live. Probably the best event to go to outside of WM and even going to a WM has its downfalls.

 

Yeah I was thinking that'd be a super friggin event to go to! And the Philly crowd is usually awesome.

 

Absolutely. Imagine if the fans aren't buying Roman Reigns still how the crowd will react to him. Pittsburgh was nuts about not having Bryan in the Rumble, in Philly they may riot.

 

Apparently Brock will be off TV until January. The WWE doesn't want to use him before then because they will have to pay him a lot and don't think they will earn that revenue back.

Also TNA apparently reached out to CM Punk to try and sign him. Punk still has no interest in wrestling. It would be funny as hell if Punk signed with TNA and the company continued to draw poorly.

 

Its a long shot, but Id go crazy if Rusev throws like 8 guys out, and he's all alone, lana slides in the Russian flag....hes flying it around...

5....4...3...2...1.......

KURT ANGELS MUSIC HITS!!!!!!!


It's true its damn true!

And hes from PA....so that'd be nuts.

 

Yeah that would certainly get a monster pop if it happened.

 

Hopefully they take the time with Brock gone to build up the prestige of the IC title. Can't wait till Barrett gets back.

 

FWIW TMZ has a video of The Rock saying he won't be wrestling at WM31. Of course that really doesn't mean anything one way or the other.

 

So, am I the only one who can't stop playing WWE SuperCard?

 

Batista is rumored to be getting a big part in the next James Bond film that starts filming in December. So yeah, don't expect him back for awhile, if at all.

 

Was it just me or was the crowd pretty dead last night? The main event got almost zero reaction.

 

They were dead for Deans opening promo too, which is weird. However, it was a good RAW imo. Better than some of the **** recently. Liked the backstage segments. And Ambrose doing the "you cant see me" as he grabbed the contract was golden.

Off topic.......we booked a hotel in Philadelphia for Royal Rumble last night, Tix go on sale 11/1. Really hoping we can make this work. It would be a ****in blast!

 

So some bad news for Daniel Bryan, he's still not able to regain strength in his arm and Tommy John surgery is very possible now and if he gets it he will be out anywhere between 6 to 12 months.

 

Hilarious:

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If you are a wrestling fan, you Must listen to Stone Cold's latest Podcast, where he "Calls" his match vs. the Rock at WM 17.

I suggest...turn on WWE Network, put the match on...and then sync it with Stone Cold's commentary. it is a great listen/watch.

 

Yeah I did that just now. Definitely a fun listen. Austin talked about doing one with Bret Hart for their WM13 match.

 

Hockey related/wrestling related....This has been happening after every Islanders goal this year at home....

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Sounds like Kurt Angle is going to stay with TNA. I think it's pretty clear if the WWE trusted him he would have signed with them by now but he's still extremely risky to them. As much as I'd love to see him back in the WWE, I can't really blame them for not going after him.

 

I can't blame them, but that is one shot to the heart as I was a HUGE Angle fan as a kid. Some dream matches with him and Bryan, or him with Ambrose or Rollins would be incredible! Shucks! * kicks rocks *

 

Agreed. Angle is definitely one of my top 10 all time workers. It's really a shame he had such personal issues that he had to leave/get fired by the WWE and join up with TNA where he basically wasted 6 or 7 years out of the spotlight. But yeah too much of a risk signing someone with Angle given his past.

 

I didn't see the HiTC PPV but heard mixed reviews. Really wish that they didn't do that screw job ending with Bray Wyatt and Ambrose. But I'm not going to complain about a Ambrose/Wyatt feud. Wish Orton beat Cena but you knew that wasn't going to happen but really does anyone care about yet another Cena/Lesnar match at the Rumble? Also good to see Cesaro get buried in 2 straight falls but I guess that's what happens when he does an interview saying he's bored of seeing Cena/Orton for the 500th time, so good for Vince and the WWE for showing him.

Some WWE news:

The Elimination Chamber will no longer be the Feb PPV, instead the new PPV name is apparently "Fast Lane". Yes it does sound both stupid and confusing. Apparently the WWE is moving Elimination Chamber to June/Julyish to help with the Summer Slam build. I'm happy that they're moving the EC because it never made sense to put it between the Rumble and WM. I really wish they would just have the Elimination Chamber match be the feature at Survivor Series ala Fall Brawl and War Games.

If I ran the WWE I'd have the Rumble, random Feb PPV, WM, random PPV for April and May, King of The Ring for June (best everyone loves tournaments and it could be a good selling point during the slow period between WM and SS), Money in the Bank PPV for July (or move that to September and put a random PPV in July), Summer Slam for August, random PPV in Sept & Oct, Survivor Series featuring Elimination Chamber and random December PPV. I would get rid of the gimmick PPVs like HiTC and TLC and just keep it to MiTB and Survivor Series/EC that way it does back the bookers into a corner having to have a HiTC match if there truly isn't a match that needs or requires it and they can save it for when a match does. Anyway just my 2 cents.

 

Watched the entire ppv.....I thought it was rock solid. The Ambrose/Rollins match did not disappoint. Wyatt coming in on Ambrose was awesome and unexpected. I love a feud between those two, it will be awesome!

Rollins/Orton feud will be great as well.

REALLY the worse match of the night was Cena/Orton....just boring. Bored of them. Wish Orton got to face Lesnar, however I feel he will get involved somehow....

Mizdow is incredible and really ****ing over with the crowd. I like how they made Ziggler look strong as hell winning 2-0 in his IC match. Good on them.

 

Ambrose never really got the Better of Rollins to Properly Finish that Fued now they are just going to move to Wyatt. I assume they will come back to that at a Later Date.

 

Yup it keeps it alive, which is good

 

Right now the plan is to run Ambrose/Rollins match at WM. Of course that's a long ways away.

The WWE is reportedly disappointed that house shows featuring a main event of Ambrose vs. Orton haven't really been selling well so I wonder if that will lead to the WWE to be lukewarm on Ambrose because that's typically how they operate.

 

You can't have Hell in a Cell without "Color". Too many High Spots, and "Brutal" offense for no color to be found.

Match of the night....the Main Event of course. Also liked Cesaro/DZ.

Disappointments: Paige/AJ was terrible.

Surprise: Brie/Nikki Bella was actually decent which is saying a ton for those two.

 

I'm definitely someone that doesn't really have an issue with the WWE being PG nowadays as the reason why the product stinks isn't because of the lack of blood, violence, etc but because the storylines are awful and Vince and company are out of touch with what the current wrestling fans want. However yeah I agree with you you can't have a match like HiTC and promote it to be this crazy gimmick match and then not have any color, it kind of takes away from the seriousness of it all. It's like having old War Game matches with none, it would be out of place. I get it's a health and image issue but just use it every once and awhile and use fake blood so there are no health risks involved.

Again not saying that the WWE needs to have blood in every match (because looking back at the Attitude era things got way out of hand with that stuff and chair shots as it seemed like it would happen at least once or twice per show so fans got use to it and it lessen the impact when it happened) but there are certain times when it's needed to help with the match/storyline. Can you imagine the WM13 match between Austin and Bret without that legendary shot of Austin in the sharpshooter with blood running down his face?

 

So the WWE announced at the Smackdown tapings that Daniel Bryan needs elbow surgery, no word on how long he'll be out for.

 

Really wish they would bring back the hardcore title.

 

I pray to all that is holy he returns at Royal Rumble while I am live in person.....I may orgasm right then and there.

 

That would certainly blow the roof off the arena.

 

Some WWE Network news, the number of subscribers is now 731k which is a 4% increase from June 30th, however it's viewed as a disappointment because they added the Network in 170 countries and only added 31k subscribers. Because of this the WWE is ending their 6 month commitment and it will be $9.99 each month, which I think is great news.

 

Now I don't have to pay for it when ****ing TLC rolls around, but can get it for RR and WM.....good news.

 

Yeah it forces the WWE to make every PPV meaningful now, or at least get them to try harder. I love the news because I really didn't watch a lot of the Network during the summer except for the PPVs, so it would be nice to pick and choose which months I want it for now. Definitely the Rumble, WM, and Summer Slam for sure.

 

Orton's last RAW for awhile is tonight then he's off to film a crappy WWE film. No word on if he'll be at the Survivor Series or not. I'm guessing Triple H will probably suspend him or something to get him off TV.