Professional Wrestling (WWE, TNA, ROH, etc)

[Andrew]

Read about Finlay's release on WNW. It's been suggested there's more to the story than the house show angle and that it's likely the final straw, which I'm inclined to agree with. Shame a similar fate didn't befall Michael Cole following his run-in with GLAAD, not long after they got upset over one of Cena's promos.

[JaoSming]

I read that the only reason he wasn't fired or suspended was because of the feud with Lawler coming up to WM. F that, just punish him for screwing up by making him miss WM and have Lawler beat Swagger. I can't be any worse than Vince vs Bret so F it.

[Andrew]

Or at the very least, job him out at Wrestlemania, take him off TV, bring back JR full time and be done with it.

[JaoSming]

now now, you dont want to make the fans too happy.

did anyone see the WM press conference? Cena got absolutely buried.

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[buzzy]

Quick Mania predictions without any reasons. Haven't really been following many of the feuds, especially not the midcard ones. Safe bets are Taker, Snooki and Lawler though.

Undertaker defeats HHH
Alberto Del Rio defeats Edge
The Miz defeats Cena
Randy Orton defeats CM Punk
Sheamus defeats Daniel Bryan
Rey Mysterio defeats Cody Rhodes
Lawler defeats Cole
Morrison, Trish & Snooke defeat Ziggler and Laycool
The Corre defeats Kane, Big Show, Santino & Kozlov

[JaoSming]

Taker over HHH w/ a side of scared HBK
Rio over Edge w/ a side of heel Christian
Mix over Cena w/ a side of Rock Bottom for Cena
Punk over Orton
Bryan over Sheamus
Rhodes over Mysterio with the debut of Mystico
Lawler waaaay over Cole
Some slut over the rest
"Faces" over Coore


not really a strong card IMO now that I typed it out.

[J@3]

I haven't watched Raw in weeks or read a recap or anything but I can see HHH looking like he's going to win, then HBK interfering and them having some sort of one match feud.

And yeah that's an awful card.

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Taker over HHH after HBK's failed interference
Del Rio over Edge w/ a side of heel Christian
Miz over Cena w/ a side of Rock Bottom for Cena
Punk over Orton
Bryan over Sheamus for the belt
Rhodes over Mysterio with the debut of Mystico
Lawler waaaay over Cole w/ a side of stunner & beer for cole
Some slut named snooki over the rest
"Faces" over Coore

it sucks they give us terrible matches for most of the year, then come back and try to get ppv buys by baiting fans with rock, stone cold, HBK, taker, HHH, trish, cole getting beat up, and snooki

[shadowgrin]

did anyone see the WM press conference? Cena got absolutely buried.

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Wow.
On the other hand, watch the official one/edited for the Rock. You could still hear the chants for him in the official vid. The noise/cheers for him must have been crazy in there. More noisier than the chants/boos against Cena.

[koberulz]

I think Ill be sticking with recaps this year. Interested in what might happen, but nothing I need to "see" really.

Perhaps. A download's free, though, so why not? Between not watching it and paying to watch it, I'd opt not to watch it, but since the download option is available, it seems as good an option as any.

That The Rock could come back and not entice me to purchase whatever PPV he happened to appear at would have seemed inconceivable to me even a few months ago. Be interesting to see how many people do opt for a purchase because of Rock.

Though McMahon's reaction upon this bombing is still guaranteed to be either 'We need more celebrities and/or combacks' or 'We should probably change the name and add a gimmick'. Just once I'd like him to look at the numbers and think 'hey, maybe I should put on a decent wrestling show'.

other stuff besides wrestlemania:

Dave Finlay Released
http://www.prowrestling.com/article/news/18122

RIP Divas division. Oh, wait...

[JaoSming]

lol, true

I might stream it now that I think about it, I dunno, I'm just not as amped for it as I was Monday after watching the "Real Wrestlemania" thing on netflix.

[koberulz]

Halfway through the first ROH event, it's already been well worth my money. Still another half today and a whole event tomorrow, and for ten bucks less than 'Mania.

[Andrew]

My predictions:

Undertaker vs Triple H: Undertaker
Alberto Del Rio vs Edge: Edge
John Cena vs The Miz: John Cena
Randy Orton vs CM Punk: Randy Orton
Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan: Sheamus
Rey Mysterio defeats Cody Rhodes: Cody Rhodes
Jerry Lawler vs Michael Cole: Jerry Lawler
John Morrison, Trish Status & Snooki vs Dolph Ziggler and LayCool: John Morrison, Trish Status & Snooki
The Corre vs Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov: The Corre

[deihatein]

Speaking of The Rock, seen this awesome promo of him and Chris Jericho.

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Taker over HHH after HBK's failed interference

i thought then that HBK would try to interfere and help HHH but i could he him superkicking HHH at the end to help taker since it's a no holds barred match

oh and Awesome Kong spotted on the plane to and at Hartsfield International

[shadowgrin]

Speaking of The Rock, seen this awesome promo of him and Chris Jericho.

Two guys with the best mic skills in wrestling.


Related links in the vid.

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NWOwned by the Rock. [/tears]


Masked Kane was awesome.

[jenroe962002]

lol at the masked kane, it doesn't matter if you are ready.

Wrestlemania stuff:
nice HOF really good and a little bit emotional
Oh wait,Vladimir Kozlov just got attacked in Wrestlemania Axxess maybe they put Kofi in his spot.

[Lean]

Yeah you won't get that much draw if you have Kozlov in the match. But hell, that could have been his first WrestleMania.

My predictions are same as you guys. Only draw is the world title matches. I bet Edge will retain and Cena will win it. But Rock being there to screw Cena would definitely make a difference. I am also guessing that HBK will interfere in the HHH-Taker match and cost Hunter the match.

With the mixed-tag match, I'll say it again: John Morisson might end up like Shelton Benjamin if he doesn't get a world title run this year. He facing Miz for the title makes much more sense than pitting Cena AGAIN.

[jenroe962002]

hate that mixed tag match.it's an insult to the Divas Division

[JaoSming]

The Divas division is an insult to women's wrestling.

Speaking of wrestling, it's official, World Wrestling Entertainment is dead, the word "wrestling" will not long be heard on any broadcast or seen in any press releases or products. They aren't wrestlers, they are superstars. Keep that in mind as we watch Wrestlemania.

IMO this is where TNA could scoop up some fans, by having a lot more wrestling and a lot less shitty story lines.

eh, on that note, enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INhHEWUUBeo#t=11m35

[koberulz]

Well there you go. iMPACT! is no longer on the air here, I've cancelled my series link of RAW and SmackDown...thank God for NWA On Fire (Sunday mornings on 7mate for any Aussies interested). Not that that's all that much better by the look of what little I've watched, but at least it's an hour that consists entirely of wrestling and nothing else.

[JaoSming]

Rock be killin it

what was that an unprotected chairshot?!

so that wasn't as great as I was hoping all around

Taker over HHH w/ a side of scared HBK
Right w/ a side of wrong.....I did NOT like how that ended with the submission and then the 10 minute "is he dead?" stuff after, killed the crowd's buzz and momentum of the show....hopefully next year they do it in HITC

Rio over Edge w/ a side of heel Christian
Wrong and wrong.....didn't like this one either, although the dive from Edge was nice

Mix over Cena w/ a side of Rock Bottom for Cena
Tee Hee, I was right, but again, poor execution with the restart

Punk over Orton
unfortunately wrong, stupid super orton.....he cant punt but can run the ropes back and forth?

Bryan over Sheamus
biggest sham of the show.....bullshit, this could have "stole" the show IMO

Rhodes over Mysterio with the debut of Mystico
Right w/ wrong, great match though, loved all the spots they did and the stuff with the braces, if Taker/HHH didn't get hardcore, this would have been my favorite match

Lawler waaaay over Cole
Waaaaay right, nice touches with the SCSA "porn" but crappy reversal of the decision which will hopefully lead to the end of this anon GM

Some slut over the rest
yup,

"Faces" over Coore
I missed it, seriously, I missed this match because I left to make dinner for 5 minutes.


Overall, decent show, not Wrestle.....excuse me ......MANIA worthly but it was decent.

[koberulz]

Apparently Bryan-Sheamus got turned into a dark match, then a lumberjack match, then a battle royal, then Khali won.

If there were any way I could further distance myself from this trash, I'd do it.

[J@3]

Jao:
When did Sin Cara/Mistico debut? I watched the match on youtube and I didn't see him and I can't find anything in the results about him either

[Lean]

He'll probably come out after WrestleMania.

Jon was talking about his predictions whether he called it right or wrong. He got the Rhodes-Mysterio "right with wrong" because he predicted Cody to win and Sin Cara to debut the same time.