The Wrestling Thread Can Wrestle MICHAEL COLE If It Wants To!! - Part 106

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Why doesn't Shelton Benjamin ever learn?
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With this many years in the biz, you'd think he would have figured it out by now and stopped trying the outside-in springboard...hasn't ended too well for him on a couple of occasions! lol

Seriously, though...the original spot with HBK is a classic moment from one of my all-time favorite Monday Night Raw matches. I love the amazed look Shawn was giving him after the match as if to say "this kid is going to be something special"...and if I recall correctly, he actually said something to that effect in a promo the following week.

Sadly, Shelton (who I am a total mark for) never reached the level that someone of his talent should have. His WWE run wasn't terrible...great matches as part of the Smackdown Six, tag champ, IC champ, US champ...even pinned Triple H multiple times. That's not bad at all. But, it could have been more.

It was always my opinion that the MVP gimmick should have been given to Shelton. The original concept was a rip on the highly talented, yet overly-entitled Terrell Owens type of athlete...I felt Shelton had the athletic prowess to pull that off. If he had a "sports agent" (Heyman?) to do his talking for him, I really think he could have ran with the gimmick.

I know he's older now (38, I think), but I hope he gets another run in WWE at some point. Hell, I'd even be ok with a TNA run.
 
- WWE published an article on their website noting that Randy Orton suffered a cervical strain and cervical neuropraxia at Tuesday's WWE SmackDown tapings. They wrote:

"At Tuesday night’s SmackDown television taping, Mr. Money in the Bank Randy Orton was injured during his match against World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio.

According to WWE medical personnel, the nine-time World Champion suffered a cervical strain and cervical neuropraxia."


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I too would prefer Vickie as a manager, but I think maybe the WWE is a bit too full of stables right now (Shield + Wyatts + Real Americans + 3MB). Vickie is probably needed where she is, as a heat machine in an authority position to give the heroes something to struggle against.

Here I am, actually deferring to the WWE's judgment on a creative issue. What the hell is going on?!?!

I agree that my preference for Vickie would be for her to take on a managerial role at this point, as opposed to being a GM. Same for Teddy. I don't mind multiple stables...that was commonplace in the era that I grew up in (80s). But I, like Hunter Rider and a few others on this board, have an appreciation for some of Vickie's, um, "attributes"...so whatever puts her on my tv is fine with me! :)

Also, I think she's developed quite a character for herself, which I've read is FAR from her actual personality (It's been said that she's a sweetheart in real life). Good for her...to enter this industry after her husband's passing and create her own niche!
 
Same here. I stopped watching consistently around 2007, watch a few times in 2008 before stopping cold turkey later that year except for the night Bret Hart came back. Then I stopped watching again and didn't fully watch again until late last year because of the Daniel Bryan-Kane therapy segments.

The reason I stopped was because I wasn't really a fan of their midcard and it didn't really feel like anyone new I liked was gonna come up and challenge for the World championships. I felt like their midcard was pretty weak at the time and their women's division was getting more increasingly stale.

But damn, I must say these Batista videos are highly entertaining and it's nice to see that Batista managed to improve his mic skills to be even more entertaining.
 
- WWE published an article on their website noting that Randy Orton suffered a cervical strain and cervical neuropraxia at Tuesday's WWE SmackDown tapings. They wrote:

"At Tuesday night’s SmackDown television taping, Mr. Money in the Bank Randy Orton was injured during his match against World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio.

According to WWE medical personnel, the nine-time World Champion suffered a cervical strain and cervical neuropraxia."


http://www.pwpix.net/pwpixnews/headlines/376069260.php

Wasn't this debunked by Orton himself?
 
Really sucks about Orton IF true

I remember reading an interview with Orton basically saying that he doenst like taking too many risks (no chairshots or moves from the top rope ect ect) in the ring so he can prolong his wrestling career and be able to continue to supper his wife and child (at the time he was still married)

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Heel Batista was pure gold...we didn't have him on our tv screens nearly long enough. Damn you, Dave, for leaving us wanting more!!! :argh:
 
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What's the deal with Cody Rhodes and that stache? He trying to do his best Oscar Isaac or Freddie Mercury impression?
 
Orton debunked the injury rumor on his Twitter page today.
 
This WWE legend will appear in an upcoming episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia:

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Glad Orton's not injured, but could still use time away from him.
 
Glad Orton's not injured, but could still use time away from him.

..Switch the channel when he's on then!:o,I would've agreed though 2 months ago
 
I'm watching the Cena vs Ryback three stages of hell match . It's funny that Ryback did a spot where he punched through a glass window. I remember Goldberg had an issue with that. :hehe:


I'm just waiting for Orton to turn heel . They've been teasing it for months now.
 
Am I the only one who thinks it makes no sense to have Bryan and Cenas relationships with the Bellas on TV?
Its fine for the reality show I guess, but in terms of storyline it makes no sense to have your two biggest faces dating the biggest heels in the diva division. Totally goes against Cenas character to be with one of them. "Hustle, loyalty, respect, BE A START... unless youre really hot, then you can be a bully and a ***** and I'll date you."
 
Am I the only one who thinks it makes no sense to have Bryan and Cenas relationships with the Bellas on TV?
Its fine for the reality show I guess, but in terms of storyline it makes no sense to have your two biggest faces dating the biggest heels in the diva division. Totally goes against Cenas character to be with one of them. "Hustle, loyalty, respect, BE A START... unless youre really hot, then you can be a bully and a ***** and I'll date you."

Completely agree
 
They should do their best to keep the reality show separate from in ring story-lines. If would be more interesting to focus on the behind the scenes.
 
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Does anyone agree with this Wrestlezone editorial regarding TNA's current situation:

TNA Wrestling needs to start showing its work. Rumors are flying around, people are getting released left and right, and the numbers just aren't adding up. If Impact Wrestling was a publicly traded name, their stocks would have gone under this month.

Dixie Carter treats TNA like an indy company. She goes out of her way to attend live shows, meet with the fans and uses her Twitter account to announce the company's week-to-week activities. Cary Silken used to be at damn near every Ring of Honor show. Gabe Sapolsky is the most socially active promoter I've ever seen. When was the last time Vince McMahon showed up to a live event and did a meet-and-greet?

It doesn't actually matter how active Dixie is with the fans. She can go to shows and tweet whatever she wants to. She can attend major PPV events and talk about how great they are doing, and how happy she is to be in Texas. It shows she's a kind person who cares about her business. But I'd much rather see her in board meetings, discussing TNA's annual earnings and sharing with people that matter A) where the company is going, and B) what changes they are making to see that happen. Dixie Carter is the president of an internationally televised sports entertainment company. There are other more suitable people who can cheerlead for Impact. Hulk Hogan, for instance.

Wrestling fans - or at least the vocal minority - aren't feeling too great about the stability of TNA's product. Everyone was delighted to see them leave Orlando and branch out to the rest of the United States, but we all know that comes at a cost. It's cheap to record at the Impact Zone; that's why they did it for so many years. Mommy and daddy are having issues, and the kids are getting scared (in this instance, "mommy" is the TNA product, and "daddy" is the Carter family trust fund).

People like myself and Mark Madden are going to keep criticizing the company until they show their work. You can't cut eight shows a year, pay your performers half the money for road performances, and fire a dozen people without, at some point, being accountable to your fan base.

Matt Morgan's release was requested by him, but it probably wouldn't have been granted if TNA didn't desperately need to cut the budget. What about Christian York? He was the only Gut Check star besides Joey Ryan that TNA had invested any time into. Not that it matters; Ryan is gone too. Impact Wrestling is sending a mixed message, and it's forcing me to lose interest in their product. Here are some of the frustratingly backwards things they are saying:

--We want to use Matt Morgan in a huge way, so we're going to give him a program with Hulk Hogan and Sting. Just kidding, instead we'll have him on TV once out of every two months, have him lose clean to Sting, and then release him. Don't worry, he can keep the old fart's robe, it was fake anyways.

--We are super proud of our X-Division, and will be striving hard to once again make it a focal point of our weekly programming. But first, let's get rid of Christian York, the only Gut Check star we've invested any time in. Then lets bring a bunch of names from the past in for one or two weeks, film a few on-demand shows and hope they don't see the difference. Also, remember the X-Division title is expendable, and only a stepping stone to our more popular world heavyweight title.

--Look how awesome our Knockouts are! Don't you just love how much better we treat women than WWE? In fact, here's two amazing matches between Taryn Terrell and Gail Kim, two women were were "mistreated" and "never properly used" in WWE. While you're fixed on that, we're going to get rid of Madison Rayne; don't worry, she's pregnant. If you don't mind, we'll also fire Taeler Hendrix from developmental, and release the most talented woman in the company, Lisa Marie Varon, because we can't afford her contract.

TNA is down to two active X-Division performers - Chris Sabin and Suicide. Why do you think Austin Aries was brought in to try and steal a world title shot? Why do you think Sabin is currently working Bully Ray, instead of building his own division?

TNA is down to ten recognizable women. Two of them are ring crew. One of them is a referee. One hasn't been seen on television for several months. One of them is Dixie Carter, another Brooke Hogan. Effectively, their entire active female roster is now Gail Kim, Mickie James, and Taryn Tarrell.

There are more people in Aces & Eights than the Knockouts and X-Division combined. Hulk Hogan gets paid more than all of them.
 
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