Poof! Little particles of the Wrestling Thread, go floating through the air!

[The Sage]

Fandango vs CM Punk on Smackdown is the best match Fandango's had since debuting. Likely due to wrestle Punk, but Fandango did more here than in his previous matches, IMO. Even the way it opened with the chain wrestling exchange made a difference. His Falcon Arrow should be his finisher, not the leg drop.

 

[sweetre15]

This backstage fallout segment seems to add a more paranoid distraught layer to AJ's character: http://youtu.be/L1BdrJz7CpI

Why dont they put these elements into the damn show?...Anyway I'm guessing Big E jumped off the crazy train too.

And once again on Backstage Fallout, Ziggler lays the groundwork for what the Summerslam match with Big E could be about: http://youtu.be/E5TmOPI9S-U

 

[The Sage]

You can't blame Layla for turning on Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn's had at least 4 or 5 title matches and has lost each of them.

So, she got with a winner. And I'm happy with her decision.

 

[Pink Ranger]

You can't blame Layla for turning on Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn's had at least 4 or 5 title matches and has lost each of them.

So, she got with a winner. And I'm happy with her decision.

You just want to see AJ and Layla hold hands and skip down to the ring together. Perv!

 

[Lobo]

Fandango vs CM Punk on Smackdown is the best match Fandango's had since debuting. Likely due to wrestle Punk, but Fandango did more here than in his previous matches, IMO. Even the way it opened with the chain wrestling exchange made a difference. His Falcon Arrow should be his finisher, not the leg drop.

Agreed on this whole paragraph. Especially about the finisher. Falcon Arrow would be MUCH better for Fandango. After this match with Punk, I am officially on the bandwagon. I'll be damned, I'm a Johnny Curtis fan. Who'da thunk it?

Now all I need is to see Kruger on the main roster.

 

[The Sage]

You just want to see AJ and Layla hold hands and skip down to the ring together. Perv!

I'm just following simple logic, good sir.

Agreed on this whole paragraph. Especially about the finisher. Falcon Arrow would be MUCH better for Fandango. After this match with Punk, I am officially on the bandwagon. I'll be damned, I'm a Johnny Curtis fan. Who'da thunk it?

Now all I need is to see Kruger on the main roster.

Not on the bandwagon yet. I need to see more from Fandango.

I'm starting to climb on the Big E bandwagon, or at least I've reserved a seat for myself on it. His work this week was good.

 

[Van Petrol]

No, I get them from a thread in the models/athletes section of Superiorpics.

Ah ha! I didn't realise Superiorpics was still around..

 

[Kaleb]

What does everyone think of Alex on commentry? personally I think he may have find his calling.

 

[The Sage]

What does everyone think of Alex on commentry? personally I think he may have find his calling.

Please tell me this is a real poster.

Riley was at home. He wasn't annoying and didn't sound out of place.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Riley did a good job on color last night.

However, I still would like to see him as a wrestler. Now that Miz is no longer anywhere near main event level, the two should be a full-fledged tag team this time. As roughly equals.

 

[chamber-music]

They should give Riley a fued with Curtis Axel for the IC belt or something.

 

[Lobo]

I thought I was the only one who wanted to see Riley as an active wrestler? I enjoyed him as a commentator, though.

 

[sweetre15]

Nickla Roberts, known as 'The Perfect 10' Baby Doll in the NWA alongside Tully Blanchard in the 1980's, joined Inside The Ropes this past Thursday. Here are some highlights:

Working with Tully against Dusty Rhodes:

"I was very fortunate because Dusty liked me and even though he didn't like Tully, we worked well together and I think that's why Dusty worked with us because Tully knew how to work against Dusty and not take anything away from him. Dusty was a phenomenal athlete. More than once he'd do a standing dropkick just to show people he could do it. Everyone talks about Ric Flair, but Dusty was as much if not more over than Flair was. Dusty was more of a man's man, son of the plumber. People just recognised with Dusty more than anyone else."

Thoughts on current crop of women in wrestling:

"I liked Trish Stratus. She took it to a different level back in the day. Now with the girls, I love AJ, I don't know what it is. But the look on her face and how she sells a match. I really am a big fan of hers. I like the Bellas. The Bellas are good. Really all the girls from Mickie James to ODB, Velvet Sky, there's not a girl that isn't a star. There's so many stars, there's really good opportunities for the girls too.

Thoughts on Dixie Carter running TNA compared to old school promoters like Fritz Von Erich & Bill Watts:

"She loves wrestling. I think she truly loves what she does even though she may not have a clue as to the right way to do it. She has that love and passion and I think overall she wants to have an excellent product. I'm just not a big fan of Hogan and I'm not a big fan of Bischoff just because of what their track record of business is. I mean Hogan's great in the ring, but business wise, he has a tendency to bring down promotions. With TNA, you kinda have to look at their numbers and look at their show... I want TNA to be successful.

"I wanna see newer guys. I love Bully Ray to death, but if I see him open up that show one more time saying 'Do you know who I am?' I don't care who you are, I wanna see someone new! I don't wanna see... and god bless him.... I don't wanna see a 50 year old Sting, I don't wanna see Hogan, I don't wanna see The Dudley Boyz. I saw those guys 20 years ago. I wanna see new guys, I wanna see Zema Ion, I wanna see the Joey Ryans, I wanna see the new guys coming up. I don't wanna see stuff that I saw 20 or 30 years ago. There's so many new stars that are out there, I don't wanna see Hogan anymore. I saw Hogan 30 years ago, I'm tired of seeing Hogan. And Brooke Hogan, god bless her, she's dumber than a bag of rocks. She could not do a promo to save her life. She can't even get 4 sentences out without goofing it up. They need to get someone else different in there, they really do because people are turning it off, they don't wanna see it anymore."

Pretty good interview if I must say so myself.


Read more: http://www.WrestlingInc.com/wi/news...a-problems-talks-trish-stratus/#ixzz2avjGk2GL

 

[Team Andino]

Please tell me this is a real poster.

I'm assuming it's fake, his hands are the Jokers gloved hands holding the Joker cards from the TDK posters. Doubt WWE would use that let alone have a poster this intense this day and age.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It certainly sounds like Baby Doll still follows the business fully, whether you agree with her views or not.

I think you could have used Farooq as the transitional champion rather than Sid. That's just my opinion though.

The thing was the NOD wasn't in a position for Farooq to face Taker at Mania 13, they were still a mid-card act feuding with Ahmed Johnson.

Up until the January of that year it was gonna be Bret vs Shawn for the title, so when Vince needed a back-up main event and decided Taker was going to win the WWF title, he needed a proven main eventer and Sid was that guy as he'd been the Champion only a month before and had been a long time draw in the business. On paper Taker vs Sid was a big match.

Fandango vs CM Punk on Smackdown is the best match Fandango's had since debuting. Likely due to wrestle Punk, but Fandango did more here than in his previous matches, IMO. Even the way it opened with the chain wrestling exchange made a difference. His Falcon Arrow should be his finisher, not the leg drop.

Agreed, he should save the Leg Drop off the top for when he's facing guys he can't use the Falcon Arrow on.

And once again on Backstage Fallout, Ziggler lays the groundwork for what the Summerslam match with Big E could be about: http://youtu.be/E5TmOPI9S-U

Good stuff, AJ suspended in a cage above the ring as opposed to Dolph and Big E wrestling in a cage, that should be fun.

Ah ha! I didn't realise Superiorpics was still around..

Oh yeah, still a gold mine.

What does everyone think of Alex on commentry? personally I think he may have find his calling.

Is that real?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Slushy's post earlier made me think about my top 10 Summerslam matches of all time, not in any order.

The Mega Powers vs The Mega Bucks (Summerslam 1988)
Rick Rude vs The Ultimate Warrior (Summerslam 1989)
Bret Hart vs Mr Perfect (Summerslam 1991)
Bret Hart vs The British Bulldog (Summerslam 1992)
Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - Cage Match (Summerslam 1994)
Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (Summerslam 1995)
The Rock vs Triple H - Ladder Match (Summerslam 1998)
Triple H vs Shawn Michaels - Unsanctioned (Summerslam 2002)
The Rock vs Brock Lesnar (Summerslam 2002)
CM Punk vs Jeff Hardy - TLC Match (Summerslam 2009)

Interesting to note that half the matches are Intercontinental title matches.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

It's a Deviantart poster, by the way.

 

[nite-owl]

 

[TX85]

Now that's a shuffle

 

[Hunter Rider]

Already got herself a Maxim photoshoot, Vince will be pleased.

 

[OnTheAir]

The future mother of my future children!!!

 

[TX85]

Looks like the red dye crosses onto her forehead But other than that..HOT!

 

[E-Man]

Watching the CM Punk documentary gets me more into the Brock/Punk match at Summerslam. I didn't realize that Heyman was such a big factor in him retaining his persona while he was in OVW. Just proof number 9,143 that Paul Heyman is a damn good wrestling mind.

 

[TX85]

I wonder what WWE would have turned Punk into IF Heyman wasn't involved at all

 

[NDX]

Tony Tattoo, a Chicago thug with an ugly mug. Who's addicted to drugs.