Light Tubes Is Not A Wrestling Thread! - - - Part 57

[The Sage]

The Brosnar new attire link doesn't seem to be working, so here it is in case anyone hasn't seen it yet:

Spoiler

Thanks.

That does look awkward. I prefer the wrestling briefs look.

With the wardrobe change, I wonder how much of a difference will there be in his wrestling style?

 

[Project862006]

- Fit Finlay will face ROH Television champion Roderick Strong in his debut match for the promotion. The two will face off at "Border Wars" in Toronto on May 12th.

 

[Nemi]

Even to this day, the Swanton bomb makes me cringe. It's like "Hey, if I'm jumping off the top rope, what part of my body could I use as a blunt weapon that would do the most damage to my opponent, but the least damage to me? Hmm ... I wait, I know! I'll hit him WITH THE BASE OF MY NECK! THE PART OF MY BODY WHERE MY HEAD CONNECTS TO MY SPINE! That's brilliant!"

 

[The Sage]

WWE Raw Tapings Results from London, England

Spoiler

Reader Craig Rigden, Stephen Campbell, Rah Ra and Fabio Marinello are at the site of tonight's WWE Raw Supershow event at the O2 Arena in London, England. Here are the complete results sent in.

Dark Match

* Dean Ambrose defeated Alex Riley after executing a knee to head after pulling down his knee pad.

WWE Raw Supershow (Airing on USA

* Lilian Garcia Sang "God Save The Queen"

* Mark Henry comes out to open the show. The No DQ, No Count Out WWE Title Match with Henry and CM Punk is up first. They have a good solid match and brawl outside the ring a lot. Punk uses a chair and other stuff. Punk ends up getting the win to retain the WWE Title after hitting an elbow drop from the top with a steel chair.

* Chris Jericho promo is up next. Jericho vs. Punk for the WWE Title in a Chicago Street Fight is announced for Extreme Rules. Jericho taunts Punk and shows footage from earlier today of Punk entering a local bar/pub. Jericho wonders if Punk is drunk. Punk tell him to come find out and then says he was having fish and chips with his friends. Jericho says it's no longer about being the best - it's about beating Punk's ass.

* Santino Marella defeated David Otunga to retain the WWE United States Title. Santino wins a quick match with the Cobra.

* Josh Mathews is backstage with Lord Tensai. Tensai talks in Japanese and says something about knowing what to fear and fearing the unknown.

WWE flashes a graphic touting WrestleMania 28's 1.3 million pay-per-view buys.

* Brock Lesnar promo on the big screen. Lesnar says he isn't a WWE Superstar, he's an ass kicker. Lesnar says he doesn't care about anyone and isn't here for a feel good moment. WWE needs someone to legitimize it and he's the real deal to do it. Lesnar calls John Cena fake and says everyone is tired of his ********. They keep bleeping him out. He says Cena is pissing and ****ting himself. Lesnar says beating Cena up in the Extreme Rules match at Extreme Rules will make him happy.

* Kane defeated Zack Ryder after KO'ing him with a chokeslam. Kane talked about Randy Orton and what happened on SmackDown with Cowboy Bob Orton. They played Kane's old Man on Fire music as he left.

* Backstage segment with AJ Lee and Kofi Kingston when Daniel Bryan walks up. Lots of YES chants from the crowd. He's re-named the LaBell Lock the Yes Lock.

* John Cena comes to the ring. He talks about how WrestleMania 28 could have been the end of his era and about how John Laurinaitis wants to replace him. Cena talks about Lesnar and Extreme Rules. Cena says Lesnar is right - he is afraid but he will still fight. Out comes Laurinaitis. He says it's the beginning of the People Power Era. Laurinaitis announces an Extreme Rules match for Cena tonight but won't name the opponent. He also announces a contract singing for next week's 3 hour RAW with Cena and Lesnar.

* Backstage comedy segment with Hornswoggle and R-Truth, dressed as Sherlock Holmes.

* Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan is up next. Huge YES chants for Bryan. Bryan wins after a good back and forth match with the Yes Lock, formerly the LaBell Lock. The crowd goes nuts for Bryan. Bryan re-applied the hold after the match until Sheamus came out. Bryan dodged a Brogue Kick and left as the crowd was still chanting.

* Brodus Clay beat Dolph Ziggler by DQ when Jack Swagger interfered. Vickie Guerrero got into it at ringside with one of Clay's dancers. Clay and his dancers dance in the ring to end it.

* A video for the late Chief Jay Strongbow airs.

* Big Show and The Great Khali vs. Epico and Primo is up next. Abraham Washington watches the match from up on the ramp. Show and Khali get the win after a double choke slam.

* John Cena comes out for his Extreme Rules match against a mystery man. That mystery man is none other than Lord Tensai. Laurinaitis comes out and watches Tensai dominate Cena. Cena finally makes a comeback but Sakamoto attacks him. David Otunga also got involved at one point. Tensai spit the green mist into Cena's face to get the surprising win and end RAW.

http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/336610463.php

 

[Wheels]

Thanks.

That does look awkward. I prefer the wrestling briefs look.

With the wardrobe change, I wonder how much of a difference will there be in his wrestling style?

It might be more mat based, like his matches from Japan.

 

[Darkness Falls]

r-truth dressed as sherlock holmes ? haha

 

[Dr. Evil]

So will Tensai get a reaction this week?

 

[Van Petrol]

WWE Raw Tapings Results from London, England

Spoiler

Reader Craig Rigden, Stephen Campbell, Rah Ra and Fabio Marinello are at the site of tonight's WWE Raw Supershow event at the O2 Arena in London, England. Here are the complete results sent in.

Dark Match

* Dean Ambrose defeated Alex Riley after executing a knee to head after pulling down his knee pad.

WWE Raw Supershow (Airing on USA

* Lilian Garcia Sang "God Save The Queen"

* Mark Henry comes out to open the show. The No DQ, No Count Out WWE Title Match with Henry and CM Punk is up first. They have a good solid match and brawl outside the ring a lot. Punk uses a chair and other stuff. Punk ends up getting the win to retain the WWE Title after hitting an elbow drop from the top with a steel chair.

* Chris Jericho promo is up next. Jericho vs. Punk for the WWE Title in a Chicago Street Fight is announced for Extreme Rules. Jericho taunts Punk and shows footage from earlier today of Punk entering a local bar/pub. Jericho wonders if Punk is drunk. Punk tell him to come find out and then says he was having fish and chips with his friends. Jericho says it's no longer about being the best - it's about beating Punk's ass.

* Santino Marella defeated David Otunga to retain the WWE United States Title. Santino wins a quick match with the Cobra.

* Josh Mathews is backstage with Lord Tensai. Tensai talks in Japanese and says something about knowing what to fear and fearing the unknown.

WWE flashes a graphic touting WrestleMania 28's 1.3 million pay-per-view buys.

* Brock Lesnar promo on the big screen. Lesnar says he isn't a WWE Superstar, he's an ass kicker. Lesnar says he doesn't care about anyone and isn't here for a feel good moment. WWE needs someone to legitimize it and he's the real deal to do it. Lesnar calls John Cena fake and says everyone is tired of his ********. They keep bleeping him out. He says Cena is pissing and ****ting himself. Lesnar says beating Cena up in the Extreme Rules match at Extreme Rules will make him happy.

* Kane defeated Zack Ryder after KO'ing him with a chokeslam. Kane talked about Randy Orton and what happened on SmackDown with Cowboy Bob Orton. They played Kane's old Man on Fire music as he left.

* Backstage segment with AJ Lee and Kofi Kingston when Daniel Bryan walks up. Lots of YES chants from the crowd. He's re-named the LaBell Lock the Yes Lock.

* John Cena comes to the ring. He talks about how WrestleMania 28 could have been the end of his era and about how John Laurinaitis wants to replace him. Cena talks about Lesnar and Extreme Rules. Cena says Lesnar is right - he is afraid but he will still fight. Out comes Laurinaitis. He says it's the beginning of the People Power Era. Laurinaitis announces an Extreme Rules match for Cena tonight but won't name the opponent. He also announces a contract singing for next week's 3 hour RAW with Cena and Lesnar.

* Backstage comedy segment with Hornswoggle and R-Truth, dressed as Sherlock Holmes.

* Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan is up next. Huge YES chants for Bryan. Bryan wins after a good back and forth match with the Yes Lock, formerly the LaBell Lock. The crowd goes nuts for Bryan. Bryan re-applied the hold after the match until Sheamus came out. Bryan dodged a Brogue Kick and left as the crowd was still chanting.

* Brodus Clay beat Dolph Ziggler by DQ when Jack Swagger interfered. Vickie Guerrero got into it at ringside with one of Clay's dancers. Clay and his dancers dance in the ring to end it.

* A video for the late Chief Jay Strongbow airs.

* Big Show and The Great Khali vs. Epico and Primo is up next. Abraham Washington watches the match from up on the ramp. Show and Khali get the win after a double choke slam.

* John Cena comes out for his Extreme Rules match against a mystery man. That mystery man is none other than Lord Tensai. Laurinaitis comes out and watches Tensai dominate Cena. Cena finally makes a comeback but Sakamoto attacks him. David Otunga also got involved at one point. Tensai spit the green mist into Cena's face to get the surprising win and end RAW.

http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/336610463.php

Spoiler

The 'Yes Lock'. I like it! t:

 

[LOBO3315a]

So will Tensai get a reaction this week?

Sure, it'll go something like "A-TRAIN! A-TRAIN! A-TRAIN!!! Prince Albert!!!"

 

[Darkness Falls]

i wonder why brock is bringing his ufc attire to wwe
seems a tad odd, unless he's changing his wrestling style to more like that style

judging by his take down on cena last week i'm assuming he's adapted his ufc style to wrestling

 

[LOBO3315a]

I've found my Entrance Music! [YT]tczU6OWoUkI[/YT]

 

[Metallo]

It was the wrong place and wrong venue to have Storm lose. Under different circumstances I would have been OK with it. It's very much like the BFG issue with Roode and Angle.

I think they are drawing it out since this is the first big PPV match between the two in this particular second feud. I think they know they can get one or two more matches out of it. Like someone else said Storm can still win the title at Slammiversary which is a bigger show. Even though Storm Lost Roode has been doing solid work despite some spotty booking so its not a big negative.

I watched the show, some of the matches were hindered by the cage, like the tag title match. The Lethal Lockdown match was so predictably booked and dull, I skipped Morgan/Crimson, ODB & EY vs Sexy salsa and Devon/Robbie D but Gail did a great job with Velvet, getting probably the best match out of Velvet I've seen anyone get.

Angle vs Jeff was like all their matches and suffered from the usual finisher kick out stuff they always do together. It was obvious before the match even started that Jeff would win with a Swanton off the top.

Roode vs Storm was good but the cuts to Storm's wife were a bad idea as she had the same dazed smile on her face regardless. I also thought the crowd was poor, I expected them to be behind Storm like Chicago was behind Punk last year at MITB, but they were fairly subdued.

Roode is arguably the best in the business right now and while I thought Storm would win in his hometown I get the feeling he just isn't over enough, he's certainly not as over as Hardy sadly and I think TNA want to keep Roode's molten heat in tact, thus the finish which you could see coming a mile off.

I haven't watched the show yet either. I was actually more surprised that Sky lost than Storm. I figured they must be building Gail Kim up to put Velvet over. She may go over eventually but if she doesn't I don't have a clue why they are pushing Gail so hard.

WWE reveals Brock's ring attire.

http://m.wrestlezone.com/news/253187-wwe-reveals-brock-lesnars-new-ring-gear

It looks a little odd. I think its the combination of the wrestling boots and gloves and trunks. I think going more MMA suits the evolution of his character though. They just need to make the overall look gel better.

WWE adds stipulation to Brock vs. Cena.

http://m.wrestlezone.com/news/25319...to-brock-lesnar-vs-john-cena-at-extreme-rules

This might actually work to protect Cena. Brock could do all kinds of underhanded stuff (So could Ace) and it would be legal.

i wonder why brock is bringing his ufc attire to wwe
seems a tad odd, unless he's changing his wrestling style to more like that style

judging by his take down on cena last week i'm assuming he's adapted his ufc style to wrestling

I think the MMA gear is to play off his current character direction of feeling like he a is a legitimate fighter and athlete due to his UFC success. It may be used to make him look like a bigger heel if he looks down his nose at wrestling.

As a buisnessman Heyman was no better, he did financially drive ECW into the ground. I think the guy who ran ECW before Heyman could of did a good job running wCw.

Plus I don't think Heyman EVER would have worked FOR Bischoff in any capacity. Especially not at that period. He's been willing to work around him but never for him.

 

[LOBO3315a]

Didn't take them long to add Borck's face to the beginning of the show.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Not live?

 

[SpideyInATree]

Damn opening right up with the CM Punk/Mark Henry match.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Not live?

it would end at like 3am there if it was live

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

After missing Raw last week, I actually get to watch live this week! w00t!!!

But why exactly are we opening with a WWE Championship match, and why is the challenger, Mark Henry, getting the jobber's entrance?

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Mark Henry got a squashee intro

 

[LOBO3315a]

I'm seeing Internet Meme faces in the crowd. BRILLIANT!

[YT]NBh895KdXAU[/YT]

 

[SpideyInATree]

CM Punk is super over in England. t:

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

it would end at like 3am there if it was live

It ends 4am here, every week

 

[venom892]

Sexual Chocolate chant!

 

[Wheels]

Excerpt from Foley's blog on Ambrose:

Sports-entertainment has to involve a certain ammount of respect and trust. It's pretty obvious Dean Ambrose doesn't have the slightest ammount of respect for me, and therefore I can't place the slightest ammount of trust in him.

http://mickfoley.typepad.com/mickfo...what-i-had-to-say-1-looks-like-the-new-w.html

 

[Trainwreck2100]

that sexual chocolate chant, me gusta london

 

[The Sage]

Match is going well so far.