Ziggler gets a Wrestling Thread...It's About Damn Time!!!

[LuisTX85]

Great read!

[Incrediblejeff]

The Claire storyline is pretty ridiculous.

[Metallo]

Originally Posted by LuisTX85

Jericho&DB should be a tag-team!

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Originally Posted by Superark

TNA star A.J. Styles on dropping the Claire story, on the best TNA Champion in company history, resolving his differences with Hulk Hogan, the difference in going live

Jul 5, 2012 - 02:17 PM

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On if there was any thought to dropping the storyline with Dixie Carter after the appearance of Claire: "Absolutely. I thought, 'This did not go as planned and didn’t come out the way we wanted it to.' But there’s a backstory to it. It’s almost a blessing in disguise, and I wish I could tell you what hopefully is going to happen, and you’ll be a lot more excited about it because it’s more than you know. There’s so many unexpected things that are about to happen that you never would’ve thought A.J. Styles may have done."

On the storyline in general: "People can say what they want like, 'Oh this storyline sucked.' You watched it. And the thing is, trust me, there’s been a lot worse storylines than this one. At least these guys who are in it, and the women that are in it, are really into it. We believe it."

On Claire: "Here’s the problem: Nobody knows who Claire is. She’s not important to anybody. We’ve invested zero time in her, but that’s going to change. You will get to know her, as you should. Like I said, there’s a backstory to everything that’s going to happen and has happened. We’re not going to leave any holes. The only hole that I need to address is Serg punching me in the face, which is fine because he punches like a little girl, so I’m OK with that. We never did address that, the fact that it came out and I still haven’t received an apology from him on the phone, text, or anything like that. But like I’ve said, he might as well have hit me with a cotton ball."

On storylines having holes: "I think that was TNA’s biggest problem in the past; that we always left holes, we left doors wide open. Whatever happened to Samoa Joe and the abduction? There’s a lot of stuff like that that was left open, and that’s unacceptable. I think we’ve done things now to change that. That’s what’s so great about storylines. When you tell them the whole story and you leave nothing out, when it finally comes together at the end, it’s perfect. At least you have the answers to the questions."

On going live this summer: "Live has made a huge difference. When you go in to the Impact Zone, yeah it’s still the same Impact Zone, but it’s different. That’s what we needed. Honestly, I was getting to where I hated the Impact Zone because it was the same people who were coming who weren’t enjoying it. Or the fact that so many fans who didn’t know about Impact were just there on vacation and were like, 'Oh, I know Jeff Hardy.' There was no time invested in the characters that we’ve put so much time into and who’ve been here since the beginning. But now, it’s different."

On the biggest difference in TNA besides going live: "The communication between the higher-ups and the wrestlers has changed. There was a big deal between Hogan and I, and even Bischoff and I, but that’s all been squashed. That’s in the past. I am so grateful that I get to work with these guys now and understand where they’re coming from and can see this vision. It was just a growing process and getting to know each other and being able to talk to each other about what’s going on and what’s important. It’s a good relationship."

On resolving his conflict with Hulk Hogan: "We talked about it like men. We got it out of the way. At some point you have to grow up and say, 'Listen, we have to talk about this,' instead of avoiding each other, which did happen. A business can’t grow when there’s animosity and friction. We just went out there and worked and tried to make TNA what it is right now, a better company. I think it was a growing process. Did he know A.J. Styles very well? Probably not. And I think that had a lot to do with the problems that we were having in the beginning, because he didn’t know the talent very well. That’s all changed. I don’t want to say something now that will make Hogan think, 'Oh come on Styles.' I don’t want to do that. We have a great relationship right now, and I don’t want to do anything to ruin that. It’s a good thing right now."

On his tag team title match at Slammiversary: "With the talent in the ring at Slammiversary, you can’t go wrong. Kurt Angle suplexing everybody, I’m surprised he didn’t suplex me just for the fun of it! It was amazing, everybody was busting out stuff they haven’t done in a long time, including myself with the shooting star press. I haven’t done that in years, but that was the time to do it. I’m lucky I didn’t kill myself. It was such an awesome match.

"For the first time in a long time, when we were walking to the back, there were people standing up clapping. To get the respect from your peers and the people that you work with, it doesn’t get much better than that. I really enjoyed that match, it’s one of those matches where you’re involved in it, and it’s magic."

On if we could see him and Daniels back in the X Division vying for the title: "To tell you the truth, nope. I’m not saying it’s a lesser title, but it’s doubtful that you’ll see guys like that in the X Division. I hate to put these guys over, but it’s almost our Intercontinental Championship. A lot of the guys who are really great would wrestle with this belt and make it what it is, but then they’d move on to the heavyweight division and that’s where they’d stay. But I’m not saying it’s not an important title, because it will always be important to me. Being the first guy to win the X Division title, I take pride in that belt."

On Bobby Roode: "Bobby Roode is probably the best champion we’ve ever had. I think he looks the part, he acts the part, and he’s very good in the ring. He’s got everything you need to be a great champion, and he should be the longest-reigning world heavyweight champion. He does it well, and that belt is bigger than it has ever been because of Bobby Roode. That’s just my opinion, but I think he’s definitely the best world champion we’ve ever had. And don’t get me wrong, I was a world heavyweight champion; he’s good."

On how much longer he’ll be wrestling: "I would love to give you a specific date, but if I can make it five more years, I’ll be a happy man. I don’t know. My body’s really starting to feel it now. All those bumps and the bumps that I’m going to continue to take are taking their toll on me. Everybody talks about a 'bump card.' I’m getting close to the end of my 'bump card' but hopefully, I can keep it up for a little bit longer."

Great read. I agree with a lot of what he's saying. Hogan seems to have turned a corner in his views and ideas of a lot of things in TNA for the better. I still want STANG back as authority figure but Hogans been pretty good lately.

Hopefully this Claire thing gets better because it began terribly.

[Metallo]

Robert Roode...being a b*stard to Sabin. Good segment.

[cabel]

Originally Posted by LuisTX85

Jericho&DB should be a tag-team!

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The Yes We Can-Connection

[Superark]

I just got home from work, will be catching up on the first hr of Impact on the DVR later.

How's the show been so far

[The Sage]

I missed it, but did Kenny King join TNA?

[Metallo]

Shows been good for the most part.

I don't know if King joined TNA but he was there and just had a match.

[The Sage]

Originally Posted by Metallo

Shows been good for the most part.

I don't know if King joined TNA but he was there and just had a match.

It'd be cool if he joined TNA. He was one of the good workers from ROH in the last few years. He's like a complete Shelton Benjamin, with the athleticism but mic skills and better psychology to go along with it.

[Pink Ranger]

This is probably the first time I've watched Impact more 2 weeks in a row. Several factors behind that:

- Everybody here says it's gotten a lot better
- Nothing good is on TV in the summer
- My work friend's husbands a big TNA fan, so I have to watch so I can know what to talk about

[The Sage]

Originally Posted by Pink Ranger

This is probably the first time I've watched Impact more 2 weeks in a row. Several factors behind that:

- Everybody here says it's gotten a lot better
- Nothing good is on TV in the summer
- My work friend's husbands a big TNA fan, so I have to watch so I can know what to talk about

- That is true.
- That is a lie. I can name at least one show that I watch.
- Cool.

[Pink Ranger]

Originally Posted by The Sage

- Cool.

I actually rarely meet him, but his wife now asks me to explain how pro wrestling "works," so I have to know my stuff now!

[The Sage]

Anyone else think James Storm looks like HBK and Undertaker in a weird way?

[Pink Ranger]

Originally Posted by The Sage

Anyone else think James Storm looks like HBK and Undertaker in a weird way?

Illicit love child.

[Superark]

I love Daniel Bryan, but Austin Aries shutting up the Impact crowd's attempt at the YES! chants was

I hated Flip Casanova. That guy gave no thought to the safety of Darsow tonight and could have seriously injured him. Darsow is lucky he only ended up with a broken nose.

Flip is the textbook definition of an indy guy performing moves just because he thinks they look cool.

[Dr. Evil]

NXT was pretty good this week.

[MMMMM...Dounuts]

Originally Posted by The Sage

Anyone else think James Storm looks like HBK and Undertaker in a weird way?

I always thought Bobby Roode looked like if Triple H and Chris Benoit had a baby.

[Superark]

credit www.pwinsider.com


TNA-KENNY KING-ROH UPDATE
by Mike Johnson @ 11:25 PM on 7/5/2012

Don't expect Kenny King back in Ring of Honor anytime soon.

The word making the way around the wrestlers is that King was supposed to sign an extension of several months while negotiating a new ROH deal, but instead after saying he would verbally do so, went and worked TNA instead.

While the wrestlers I spoke with tonight noted that they understand that King has a daughter and needs to make money for his family so they are happy he got the shot with TNA, the flip side of that coin is that King left the promotion and his partner Rhett Titus in a bad position by exiting without dropping the belts.

PWInsider.com has requested comment from ROH regarding the situation as well as the status of their Tag Team belts. If and when we receive something, we'll update.


It was announced during the Impact Post Game show that Mike Tenay and Jeremy Borash would be handling the commentary for Sunday's PPV. I don't know 100% on this but one source believed Taz had a family commitment.

Dixie Carter announced via Twitter that all the X-Division wrestlers who lost qualifying matches would return at the PPV for a match where the winner gets the last slot in the tournament as a second chance to advance.

Bully Ray has joined Twitter at Twitter.com/REALBully5150.

Speaking of Twitter, an account for the group responsible for attacking Sting has been launched at this link. They showed the message sent to Hulk Hogan during Twitter, teasing that they would be returning next week. PWInsider.com has confirmed this Twitter account is part of their storyline.


Dakota Darsow broke his nose against Flip Casanova

[Superark]

ROH ANNOUNCES KENNY KING IS DONE WITH PROMOTION, THEIR SIDE OF KING'S DEPARTURE
by Mike Johnson @ 12:06 AM on 7/6/2012

Ring of Honor issued the following statement: ROH-KENNY KING UPDATE

The appearance of ROH wrestler Kenny King on another television wrestling program tonight has raised speculation on his future as well as how this appearance could occur.
The contract Kenny King signed in June 2011 expired 11 days ago. Before that expiration, an agreement was reached between Kenny and ROH management for an extension of that contract, with a provision to allow him to negotiate with any other promotions so that he could evaluate his options and any potential interest in him elsewhere. When that short extension concluded he would then be free to accept an offer elsewhere, or sign another long term contract with ROH. Under this agreement, Kenny was free to negotiate but not to wrestle for another organization without ROH's permission.

When Kenny was presented with the written extension reflecting this verbal and handshake agreement, he informed ROH he was unsure if other promotions would accept the negotiation clause. He was told he could take the document to be examined by his attorney or other interested parties before executing it to be reassured any other offers would not be viewed as contract tampering. He also informed ROH that he would keep us apprised of any developments.

He contacted ROH on Tuesday July 3 to inform us that he had a meeting in Orlando on Thursday, July 5, which was within the scope of the agreement he had made. Then, early morning on July 5, he contacted an ROH official to say he would be wrestling on the Orlando event that night. He was told he did not have permission to appear live on television as it violated the agreement that had been made. His response was that the deal he had shaken hands on and agreed to in principle "seemed fair at the time", but "others" had told him it was not, so he did not intend to honor it.

Ring of Honor is disappointed that Kenny has chosen to make this decision, after the company had agreed to and followed through on everything he had asked for at the time of our negotiation. However, we consider this breach of his verbal agreement unacceptable, and regardless of his future employment status with any other wrestling company, ROH will not be doing business with Kenny King going forward.

A statement from ROH will be forthcoming regarding the future of the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Co-holder Rhett Titus remains on the active ROH roster.

[Pink Ranger]

Originally Posted by MMMMM...Dounuts

I always thought Bobby Roode looked like if Triple H and Chris Benoit had a baby.

One way or another, that kid is getting buried.




What?! Too soon?

[Hunter Rider]

Originally Posted by Superark

On the storyline in general: "People can say what they want like, 'Oh this storyline sucked.' You watched it. And the thing is, trust me, there’s been a lot worse storylines than this one. At least these guys who are in it, and the women that are in it, are really into it. We believe it."

Not many that I can think of lol.

On Claire: "Here’s the problem: Nobody knows who Claire is. She’s not important to anybody. We’ve invested zero time in her, but that’s going to change. You will get to know her, as you should. Like I said, there’s a backstory to everything that’s going to happen and has happened. We’re not going to leave any holes. The only hole that I need to address is Serg punching me in the face, which is fine because he punches like a little girl, so I’m OK with that. We never did address that, the fact that it came out and I still haven’t received an apology from him on the phone, text, or anything like that. But like I’ve said, he might as well have hit me with a cotton ball."

What is weird here is that this seems to be a shoot interview, and yet the comments on Serge seem like a work.

On if we could see him and Daniels back in the X Division vying for the title: "To tell you the truth, nope. I’m not saying it’s a lesser title, but it’s doubtful that you’ll see guys like that in the X Division. I hate to put these guys over, but it’s almost our Intercontinental Championship. A lot of the guys who are really great would wrestle with this belt and make it what it is, but then they’d move on to the heavyweight division and that’s where they’d stay. But I’m not saying it’s not an important title, because it will always be important to me. Being the first guy to win the X Division title, I take pride in that belt."

[Superark]

Originally Posted by Hunter Rider

Not many that I can think of lol.

What is weird here is that this seems to be a shoot interview, and yet the comments on Serge seem like a work.

I've noticed in a lot of interviews with TNA wrestlers and some WWE workers, they go in between work and shoot comments. It kind of drives me nuts. Of course in some cases it is the guys wth their tongues planted firmly in their cheek. That isn't always picked up in type.

I know WWE and TNA want their workers to use their twitter accounts to push the storylines.

I believe the comment Styles made about putting these guys over was in reference to WWE. I think he was trying not to compare their TNA titles to theirs, thus putting them over.

[Lunar_Wolf]

Just catching up with Smackdown...Why do WWE throw the ****tiest/forced parties backstage?

[Lunar_Wolf]

[Hunter Rider]

Originally Posted by Superark

I've noticed in a lot of interviews with TNA wrestlers and some WWE workers, they go in between work and shoot comments. It kind of drives me nuts. Of course in some cases it is the guys wth their tongues planted firmly in their cheek. That isn't always picked up in type.

I know WWE and TNA want their workers to use their twitter accounts to push the storylines.

I believe the comment Styles made about putting these guys over was in reference to WWE. I think he was trying not to compare their TNA titles to theirs, thus putting them over.

It's times like this I miss kayfabe man, it was so much simpler back then.

Ugh Twitter, that thing is taking over world #grumpyoldhunter

Yeah I figured, just surprised he was reluctant to put over a belt that was worn by guys like himself, showcasing the best talent.