The Wrestling Thread Has More Hype Than WrestleMania XXIX - - Part 92

[The Sage]

Looks like WWE has decided to air Foley's speech after all.

http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/15420/update-wwe-to-air-mick-foley-hof-speech

They received enough complaints.

Seriously, they were going to air Trump over Foley? No one cares about Trump going into the Hall of Fame.

 

[The Sage]

I guess if E-Man and Hunter are the biggest HBK marks here then I must be the biggest Austin one here.

I agree. I always wanted to see him and Austin go at it properly without the injuries each of them were carrying at the time when they wrestled at WM14.

They had a great match against each other at King of the Ring 1997 during their tag title.

 

[Van Petrol]

They had a great match against each other at King of the Ring 1997 during their tag title.

Indeed, though I wish there could have been more.

 

[E-Man]

Hunter ain't no bigger HBK mark than me! He doesn't think he's cute, or knows he's sexy, or got the looks to drive the girls wild!

 

[SpideyVille]

They had a great match against each other at King of the Ring 1997 during their tag title.

I just saw that match recently. I believe that's the one where Shawn kinda stopped the match to help some Special Olympics kid who fell over the railing. It was a good match but it sucked how it ended in a double DQ.

 

[SpideyVille]

They received enough complaints.

Seriously, they were going to air Trump over Foley? No one cares about Trump going into the Hall of Fame.

Yeah, I feel like the only reason they would keep Trump is for an ego/friendship boost.

 

[E-Man]

I want to see Booker T. as well, but I guess I'll have to find it when the DVD comes out.

 

[Wheels]

Mick Foley is one of the promo guys EVER and he's given us memorable moments in the ring as well. WWE were fools to exclude him in the first place.

 

[bullets]

If HBK came back to work with to Rock and Brock then jobbed to Punk, I'd be happy as a clam.

Him and Austin calling it quits never sat right with me as it didn't help the business.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. Shawn and Austin did a lot for the business. Austin was forced to retire after numerous surgeries and health scares. Shawn came back after never believing he would wrestle again and stole the show at numerous Wrestlemanias. The only difference between the two is that Shawn can still go. However he spent most of his life wrestling and wanted to retire. Shawn had nothing left to prove and he put over lots of wrestlers. I'm glad he walked away healthy. It would be nice if Shawn or Austin came out of retirement to face CM Punk , but they don't owe it to the fans.

Problem is, fellas, Ryback STILL sucks as a face. I mean his whole act and his skills in general. Feuding with Cena is not going to just easily change that. He still needs to learn how to cut a better promo if he wants to be a top babyface. All the top babyfaces had to. He's not even on Hogans level there and he's not badass enough to not talk the way Goldberg did.

He's nothing more than a knock off/hybrid of Goldberg and Warrior. You either have the it factor and the aura/mystique or you don't. Those guys had it. Ryc*ck doesn't. He's been around long enough to show us if he has it (even if he sucks in the ring) but he still hasn't. He's as bad or worse than Cena in terms of character the only difference is he hasn't been overexposed as long or as badly forced down peoples throats yet. Rysuck is still nothing more than a corporate creation. If anyone would benefit from a heel turn its him. That would at least lessen the comparisons to Goldberg and as a monster heel they could throw some agile faces at him to get him over.

There are plenty of other guys they could throw at a heel Cena. Bryan could really benefit from working with a heel Cena. Hell they could turn Ziggler face if they have to. He's got a lot more going for him than Ryclone.

Ryback really is a Goldberg clone whether they want to admit or not. Unfortunately he doesn't have that type of presence. It's kind of a let down. I can't see him ever replacing Cena and if he does it will backfire.
People would probably cheer a heel Cena going against Ryback. So I think we're screwed either way.

 

[SpideyVille]

Mick Foley is one of the promo guys EVER and he's given us memorable moments in the ring as well. WWE were fools to exclude him in the first place.

Yeah, I saw an awkward tweet where he broke the news to a fan that he wouldn't be able to see the speech on TV, but it was quickly deleted. I can't imagined how upset and offended he was with that idea.

 

[bullets]

Mick Foley is one of the promo guys EVER and he's given us memorable moments in the ring as well. WWE were fools to exclude him in the first place.

Not to mention a best selling author. He probably has a great speech planned.

 

[Slushy]

So I think its safe to say Owen Hart and Honky Tonk Man will be in HOF 2014 then?

I don't mind Ryback turning heel. Cena needs a new opponent to go over.

I used to hate the Prime Time Players because they were two randomly paired together, but I got used to them over time. The fact they finally got a tshirt now shows they're the real deal. Titus is like the lanky version of Terry Crews.

Back in TNA, Foley said his Last Man Standing match against Flair would be his last match. Its nice to see he kept his word after defeating The Nature Boy. WOO!

 

[Dr. Evil]

Seriously, they were going to air Trump over Foley? No one cares about Trump going into the Hall of Fame.

Trump does.

 

[Wheels]

Not to mention a best selling author. He probably has a great speech planned.

Yep he and Rock are the only #1 best-selling authors within wrestling., and Mick wrote his books by himself.

 

[SpideyVille]

Speaking of themes, I loved the instrumental one Triple H had between late 2000 and early 2001 before he got his Motorhead theme. To this day the E still haven't released it in instrumental form, only on the Anthology CD set with rapping over it.

You mean this one?

[YT]yIUrWqm5aDU[/YT]

 

[JabarR]

I knew Aces & Eights would call out AJ Styles for an invitation to join and I'll bet he'll turn it down cause he'll choose to walk alone.

 

[Metallo]

That shot of Velvet from the back! Oooooooooooooooooo!

I think this is the funniest I've ever found Joey Ryan.

 

[NDX]

Come on, Repo Man!

Still ******** a guy like Adam Pearce needs to participate in the farce.

 

[The Batman]

Whoever said Daniel Bryan should be feuding for the WWE title and whoever said he should be feuding against heel Cena are spot on.

If Punk is the new Austin/Savage and if Cena is the new Hogan, I think Bryan could be a Bret Hart type. He has gotten over despite WWE's crappy booking and he is obviously the best technical wrestler in the company.

I also agree with turning Ziggler face eventually. I have faith that he could pull it off. His moveset serves the face role perfectly as well.

Plus, if they get behind Ziggler as a face, Ziggler would actually win matches for once.

 

[Van Petrol]

You mean this one?

[YT]yIUrWqm5aDU[/YT]

Yes. The instrumental is awesome. I love that guitar riff in the middle. The lyrics over the top of it killed it for me though.

 

[Van Petrol]

To think we got all of these great moments, first WWE title wins and historic title reigns with the Spinner. Too bad it couldn't have been a more traditional and classy design that all of this history could have been associated with.

 

[Van Petrol]

I know it's been done countless times before, but who do you guys think the future face of the company will be when Cena is finally replaced?

I can't see Punk being an option as he's about the same age as Cena, and he's spoke about retiring in the next few years.

 

[Saint]

Whoever said Daniel Bryan should be feuding for the WWE title and whoever said he should be feuding against heel Cena are spot on.

If Punk is the new Austin/Savage and if Cena is the new Hogan, I think Bryan could be a Bret Hart type. He has gotten over despite WWE's crappy booking and he is obviously the best technical wrestler in the company.

I also agree with turning Ziggler face eventually. I have faith that he could pull it off. His moveset serves the face role perfectly as well.

Plus, if they get behind Ziggler as a face, Ziggler would actually win matches for once.

I agree that Ziggler can do a face turn, easy. He's got all the tools--the only piece of the puzzle that needs to fall into place, in my opinion, is the "My name isn't Dolph Ziggler, it's Nick Nemeth" promo.

 

[Wheels]

I know it's been done countless times before, but who do you guys think the future face of the company will be when Cena is finally replaced?

I can't see Punk being an option as he's about the same age as Cena, and he's spoke about retiring in the next few years.

Roman Reigns or Ryback seems likely to be WWE's pick.

 

[NDX]

How about running in NYC instead of all those backwater upstate NY ****holes?