"100,001" Replies (Wrestling Forum)

[Droford]

And AJ Styles

[Simple Fan]

Be cool if they both sigbed. AJ is a free agent after Wrestle Kingdom 10 I believe. AJs time in NJPW has done a lot of good for him. Aries would be a perfect guy for NXT and might even work out on the main roster. AJ could join the main roster right away but doubt he would. A Finn/AJ feud would be pretty great though.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Finn Balor vs. AJ Styles is my dream NXT feud. I'd like to see Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Tama Tonga come in with Styles, if that were the case. Bring in Kenny Omega and maybe The Young Bucks later.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw Thank you for Becky Lunch and Sasha.... Have an Emma in return....

Day complete.

Emma was awesome on NXT this week. I hope they put the Emma vs. Asuka match on the London Takeover show.

[drave]

Originally Posted by Shadrick There are basement dwelling virgins who say they wouldn't fuck her. lmaoooo

Wait.... what? Who? lmaoooo is right.


Truth be told, they probably wouldn't simply not knowing what to do with someone like Sasha.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Emma is getting hotter, right? Like it's not just her Evil Emma gimmick -- she actually just looks better.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Originally Posted by Mercenary I had sex with Emma

Pole dance from Mae

*PROJECTILE VOMITING*

[DAMN iNATOR]

Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon I have this station. WWE used to have their "Free for Alls on it." It was just the station that had the scrolling of what was on the other television stations.

It was TV Guide Network before the name/branding change...ya know, like the magazine?

[Vastardikai]

Originally Posted by Damian Rey Lol wtf was going there? And Jesus, I love Terry Funk.

In Texas, you don't put on another man's hat. That was second biggest transgression Phillips made.

[Damian Rey]

That beat down was amazing. Wish we would see that a little more often.

[Emperor Smeat]

Dirtsheets sponsored by Evil Bliss' dastardly attack on Bayley's lady balls:

Originally Posted by PWI POP TV currently airs Paragon Pro Wrestling from Las Vegas early on the weekends and there's talk that TNA may pay for their own timeslot, then make their money back by selling advertising ... PWInsider added that there is also a feeling within TNA that ROH was used by Destination America. This could be a valid concern or just paranoia but some in TNA feel that Destination America used ROH to prevent TNA Impact Wrestling from being renewed. Apparently when TNA signed a multi-year deal with Destination America, they had to hit a certain viewership mark in a certain amount of time in order for their 2-3 year automatic renewal to kick in. The feeling is that when TNA started to get close to that mark, the stories about Impact being canceled started coming out and then ROH was brought onto the network. The concern is that the rumors led to a drop in Impact viewers as fans saw it as a lame-duck product. Then ROH was signed and some people in TNA believe ROH was brought on to detract from TNA and to dilute the viewers, essentially preventing TNA from hitting that viewership mark and getting renewed.

The "TNA paying for their own time spot" rumor ended up being debunked by Pro Wrestling Sheet. Basis for the rumor regarded the channel itself being very heavy in infomercials and the spot TNA wanted being a prime time infomercial spot.

Originally Posted by ProWrestlingSheet.com TNA Wrestling‘s switch to Pop TV may have shocked some of their fans Thursday … but it was their wrestlers who were most surprised — Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned they were left in the dark. Multiple sources tell us the men and women in the locker room were first informed of the move to Pop TV when the announcement was made to the public … but surprisingly, most weren’t peeved. We’re told some of the top talents were aware TNA had been negotiating with both Pop TV and WGN, but didn’t know specifics on which one the company had chosen. Unclear why Dixie Carter picked one network over the other, but our sources tell us the affiliation with CBS was a huge upside.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE will be releasing a statement shortly regarding Monday night's show-closing angle involving Paige and Charlotte (Ashley Fliehr). The gist of the statement will be that the idea of the angle came from Ashley Fliehr, that it was taken out of the show, she was insistent that it be put in, and it was. However, the company did take responsibility for the angle since it was ultimately their decision to put it on the show. The angle involved Paige referencing the death of Charlotte's brother Reid, who passed away from an overdose on March 29, 2013, and saying clearly Reid didn't have a lot of fight in him. The angle has been the most-talked about story in pro-wrestling since it happened, virtually universally negative towards the company. It was done to set up a Divas Title match on Sunday between champion Charlotte and challenger Paige at the Survivor Series PPV. Neither Ric Flair nor Ashley's mother Elizabeth were alerted in advance about the angle. Elizabeth was furious and posted publicly on Twitter. Ric Flair on his Woo Nation podcast noted he was very upset when watching it, and indicated that Ashley didn't have the tenure to say no to any angles or storylines presented to her. Flair's co-host Conrad stated publicly that the rumors it was Ashley's idea were 100% false.

Dave Meltzer on the recent Observer Radio podcast completely trashed the WWE for this and their history when it comes to exploiting wrestlers death. Even thought the incident made ESPN look bad by association because Charlotte was the guest for this week's WWE segment.

Originally Posted by WWE “Subject matter this personal is only approved as a result of the strong advocacy of the talent themselves. Notwithstanding that, WWE is ultimately responsible for what airs in its programming.”

Basically WWE trying to deflect as much of the blame away from them for the backlash from the Divas contract signing segment. Also confirms Ric Flair and Charlotte's mom were telling the truth about not being told what was planned.

Originally Posted by Observer WWE has in the case of talent and front office employees, when names have come out, even without a positive test from the company, suspended active performers and fired those who are not active performers. WWE also at times fires people, like with Fit Finlay and Alberto Del Rio, expressly letting them know that once it blows over that if they keep quiet, they'll be brought back. Many feel that will be the case here, given that Gunn was almost universally liked by the developmental talent and management. But with the ESPN affiliation, the company pretty much has a zero tolerance policy for anything that could give the company bad publicity, and a trainer who was suspended for four years from a sport fits into that category.

Originally Posted by Observer The WWE has been more aggressive of late when it comes to contacting contracted talent in both ROH and Lucha Underground. All the names you'd expect they'd want that are great workers are being contacted, without the previously held "looks" and "size" limitations because the plan is to load up on NXT and they're looking to add lots of new top workers in early 2016 for more extensive touring with what would basically be a WWE branded and WWE production type of show but with ROH level main event matches. A key, as was explained to me, is that Vince McMahon didn't want ROH and TNA talent on the main roster if they were exposed on national cable first, and if they could be merchandised. The issue with ROH talent and is changing was ROH getting on Destination America, which blind sided WWE. But that is not an issue when it comes to that talent working in NXT, where there is more of an emphasis on it being a workrate promotion and the big issue of the ability of the wrestler to pass the background check.

Originally Posted by Observer Don't think this is a coincidence, but WWE sent out a questionnaire to Australian fans two days after the UFC show in Melbourne asking if they would attend a major event in Melbourne and talking about doing a Fan Axxess, so it sounds like they are interested in a major PPV from there. If they did a Monday at Noon show, it would be in the normal Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern PPV time. But with the network, it's not as important to start the PPVs at the usual time. They also could be looking at booking the stadium for a network special which could air on a Saturday night and use the Fan Axxess to make the event bigger, particularly if they are looking at filling a 56,000-seat stadium.

The Insane Championship Wrestling show on 11/15 at the SECC in Glasgow, Scotland, drew a sellout of 4,000 fans, which as noted, was the biggest crowd for a U.K. based promotion since 1982. ICW has been packing 1,500 seat buildings regularly, particularly after a BBC piece made a cult hero out of Grado.

Originally Posted by PWI Both TNA Impact and Ring of Honor will soon be gone from Destination America and it seems as if the fans are already wise to it. The 9 p.m. airing of Impact on 11/18 did 202,000 viewers, down from last week’s 277,000 viewers. The replay did 78,000 viewers, down from last week’s 78,000 viewers. Overall, they did 280,000 viewers, down from last week’s 374,000 viewers. ROH did 114,000 viewers, down from last week’s 172,000 viewers.

Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE announced this year's Slammy Awards episode of RAW will occur on December 21st.
• According to the Observer, Lana has a lot of backstage heat with the WWE at the moment and the recent Twitter Lana-Paige feud has pushed more towards the anti-Lana side.
• Observer also revealed AJ Style doesn't have an actual contract with ROH or NJPW at the moment and likely is just waiting till after Wrestle Kingdom 10 to make a decision on his future.
• WWE recently signed another big lucha wrestler named La Sombra for NXT. http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/manu...enter-28231747
• Recent article by WWE.com involved Dream Survivor Series team lead by certain current WWE wrestlers: http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorser...-2015-28201319
• Recent episode of TPWW's TLP podcast was released: http://tablesladderspodcast.podbean....st-130-181115/

[Droford]

The Phenomenal One AJ Styles vs The Phenom..The Undertaker

[Dark One]

KICKOUT AT--



--Nope. He's dead.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Loved those Paul London/Akio matches. They seriously progressed and told a really good story.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It's a shame that Paul London seems like such a stubborn guy, because he'd be great with a few shots down in NXT.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Briscoes would be over huge in WWE. War Machine would make great adversaries for The Wyatts. Just shooting off here.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I still sincerely do not want to meet Becky Lunch, because I feel I would start breathing all weird and profess my undying love.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've given watching Main Event a go again. I've actually thoroughly enjoyed the past two weeks. Well, the matches anyway.

* Adam Rose vs. Jack Swagger was a pretty good match. Rose can talk and work. My enthusiasm for the gimmick died basically as soon as he showed up on the main roster, but you can tell they don't want to give up on him. He's got something there. Swagger was pretty over in the UK for a guy doing an American super-patriot gimmick. The dude can work and has got good size, although he doesn't look "ripped" these days. He also needs to either commit to the beard or not. I think the guy could use a trip through the re-packaging machine. Even if they put him in black short tights and let him be more of a "bruiser" or something.

* Becky Lunch and Sasha Banks had a hidden gem of a match. My God, can Becky go. Banks came out to Naomi's theme, which was annoying, but hers played at the end. I kind of like that advanced presentation. Makes her feel like a more produced deal.

* Brad Maddox made his WWE return! He's good on the mic, but he sort of just danced around saying anything important (he insulted the fans' intelligence, said he dyed his hair because "identity crisis" and that he and Rose wear black because they're "pissed off emos", which actually seemed to get a reaction). In the ring, he really impressed me. He showed good intensity and worked like an old-school heel. I imagined he would be shitter for some reason. He and Rose worked organically as a team. I much preferred them to The Usos, who I feel aren't the hot injection for tag team wrestling that the WWE thinks they are right now. I would have put Beef Mode over. Let Sheamus & Barrett win the tag belts from New Day, turning New Day face, and then have The Usos win the belts from Bad News, setting up New Day to take the titles, since they are the most over team.

* Titus O'Neil vs. Heath Slater was a well put together match. Slater is really good at what he does, folks. No, he's not Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock, but he went out there and made Titus look great and got some shine himself. He looks a little loose around the gut these days, honestly, but I don't know enough about physiology to know if that's just a stage of something. If these were the old territory days, Slater would be a tremendous carpenter heel to put over your face acts and maybe even make some money on top himself. He's just been treated as a joke by WWE for so long that we've been conditioned to look past just how solid and valuable he is.

* They gave Titus a really interesting presentation. They had recordings of Batista talking up the guy. Weird stuff. He honestly doesn't come off as well-spoken to me, and his "funny" segment backstage with Renee and Darren Young was pretty ugly. Someone should take out Darren Young and Titus goes to war with them, avenging his tag partner's loss of health. Then bring back Darren Young as a heel that's embarrassed Titus thought he had a right to fight for him.

There's the potential to turn Main Event into its own microcosm of interesting storylines and important matches (relatively). Sort of like NXT Redemption when that thing suddenly became weirdly awesome.

[Droford]

Lol poor Johnny Mundo

[Seth82]

for you Hulkamaniacs out there here is a piece of history

Hogan's very first match. He replaced a no show Wolfman Smith to wrestle Don Serrano as Super Destroyer.

[Emperor Smeat]

[Innovator]

Way to post Mundo's address Melina

[Fignuts]

Jeeeeeezus melina is a cunt.

[Fignuts]

Like, I cannot think of a woman who has screwed over a guy as much as Melina has John Morisson over the years.

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems like a really odd thing to do unless something bad recently happened between the two.

[Shadrick]

She's deleted it, claiming it was an "accident."

[Rammsteinmad]

I'm not gonna deny, I don't really know what I'm actually looking at.

[Vastardikai]

Originally Posted by Seth82 for you Hulkamaniacs out there here is a piece of history Hogan's very first match. He replaced a no show Wolfman Smith to wrestle Don Serrano as Super Destroyer.

*Looks at drawing. Tries to avoid the obvious Pat Patterson joke.*

[Lock Jaw]

Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad I'm not gonna deny, I don't really know what I'm actually looking at.

If you are talking about the pills, Cialis is a boner pill.

[Lock Jaw]

Cape Kane is best Kane

Bring back Kane's Cape.

[Vastardikai]

Also, since it is "two members of the Wyatt Family," who is Harper's partner gonna be?

I say this for an obvious reason. Someone needs to do the work in this match. Bray likely won't wrestle. And of the remaining 2, who is the most obvious workhorse?

I'm guessing Braun, since that was the match in Mexico.

[The Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw Cape Kane is best Kane Bring back Kane's Cape.

I have never seen Kane with a cape. When's that from?

[Lock Jaw]

Don't think it was ever actually on TV. Pic from some house show or something.

Which is too bad....

Cape Kane definitely deserved to be on TV....

[Rammsteinmad]

lol.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by Fignuts HD Edition Jeeeeeezus melina is a cunt.

Yeah, it's a pretty low thing to do. She seems to have a lot of bitterness in her soul, and the publicized stories about her make her seem really self-centered. Morrison's push alongside Trish Stratus in 2011 or whenever that was, could have been a tremendous thing.

Looking the dude up on Wikipedia now. He's 36 years old. I don't know why, but that makes me feel sad, haha.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Here are some Undertaker facts, courtesy of the WWE:

1. While he officially debuted as “The Undertaker” during the 1990 Survivor Series, he competed as “Kane ‘The Undertaker’” in pre-taped matches prior to his live debut.

2. One of Undertaker’s original finishing moves was the Elbow Drop, where he would walk across the top rope and drop a brutal elbow on his opponent.

3. He appeared on the debut episode of Monday Night Raw and is the only Superstar from that episode who is still on the WWE roster.

4. When Undertaker debuted, the World Wide Web was one year away from being introduced to the public.

5. Despite leaving the WrestleMania ring as a champion several times, he never entered a WrestleMania match as a champion.

6. During his debut, he defeated not one, but two WWE Hall of Famers, Koko B. Ware and Dusty Rhodes, in a matter of minutes.

7. Since his debut, four United States Presidents have held office and 34 new countries have been founded.

8. Johnny Carson was still host of The Tonight Show when Undertaker debuted.

9. Seven Winter Olympics and six Summer Olympics have taken place since Undertaker debuted.

10. Throughout his career, Undertaker had 15 Championship reigns.

11. 160 men have tried, and failed, to defeat “The Phenom” during pay-per-view matches.

12. His longest one-on-one match was with WWE Superstar Triple H® and lasted 30 minutes and 52 seconds.

13. His shortest-ever televised match was against WWE Hall of Famer Iron Sheik™ and lasted just 18 seconds.

14. He holds the record for competing on more WWE television shows than any other WWE Superstar.

15. Undertaker is WWE’s first-ever World Champion with no last name.

16. He competed in the first-ever Hell in a Cell match in 1997 against Shawn Michaels.

17. Undertaker’s urn has been stolen by opponents seven times.

18. Undertaker is a five-time Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award-winner.

19. During the span of his career at WWE, Undertaker has competed against 41 Hall-of-Famers.

20. He has appeared in 17 Survivor Series matches, and won 12 of them.

21. Undertaker has been featured on 61 pay-per-view posters.

22. He has been on 16 video game covers, more than any other WWE Superstar with the exception of Triple H®.

23. Despite his record number of WrestleMania wins, he went a decade without winning a championship at WrestleMania – the longest amount of time for any Superstar in WrestleMania history.

24. He went head-to-head with Kane 19 times during pay-per-view events.

25. It has been over 9,100 days since Undertaker debuted 25 years ago.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I love the little ways the article puts over WWE Superstar Triple H®.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

WWE Network is now the 5th most popular Over-The-Top Video streaming service.

Netflix
Amazon Video
Hulu
MLB.TV
WWE Network
HBO Now
Crunchyroll
NFL Game Pass
The Blaze
SlingTV

[Mr. Nerfect]

Netflix is the holy grail for a wrestling promotion to get on at this point. Lucha Underground would be a great fit for them, in my opinion. Even if you just release them a season behind where current production is. But that might not be feasible or whatever.

[Mr. Nerfect]

For those curious, Money in the Bank 2016 will be held in Las Vegas. I think that's a wonderful place to hold that sort of show. The Money in the Bank gimmick lends itself to the Las Vegas sort of vibe. I hope they play that theme up heading into the show.