The Wrestling Thread Invented Canada! - - - Part 48

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I'm surprised at the Briscoes story because I thought ROH had an understanding with their talent that if WWE came calling they'd let them go.

I think that was before new management. The new owners, Sinclair Broadcasting want ROH to be signed to contracts like WWE and TNA so that they can sell a steady roster to future TV stations that they acquire. Unfortunately, Sinclair has no top ten markets nor do they own a network, so its a major disadvantage and they need to make the most of it and in order to do that, they need a steady roster.
 


I think that was before new management. The new owners, Sinclair Broadcasting want ROH to be signed to contracts like WWE and TNA so that they can sell a steady roster to future TV stations that they acquire. Unfortunately, Sinclair has no top ten markets nor do they own a network, so its a major disadvantage and they need to make the most of it and in order to do that, they need a steady roster.

Ah I see, that could hurt ROH in the long run unless they can offer decent money well above the standard indie circuit payday, because guys are not going to tie themselves to an indie that blocks a WWE move.

Nah I found it on tumblr, I wish I did. lol

Heh, it really is fantastic.
 
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Ah I see, that could hurt ROH in the long run unless they can offer decent money well above the standard indie circuit payday, because guys are not going to tie themselves to an indie that blocks a WWE move.

This is true. With the WWE and TNA, they both have the backing of major TV with Comcast (parent company of USA Network and SyFy) and Viacom (parent company of Spike TV). ROH has to start somewhere, and Sinclair was probably the only other option (besides HDNET). IF ROH grows a TNA like following, more legit networks could be interested, which could mean more revenue for ROH.
 
Seems like Eve is really going to benefit from this. I read an idea for a storyline. She could try to steal Daniel Bryan from AJ. Lots of storyline potential with this one.
As good as its been for her to have an actual character and separates her from the other divas from being bland there's one issue. Creative is probably going to drop the ball with this and before you know it she'll be a generic heel with little to nothing to do.
 
Your probably right , creative is notorious for dropping the ball , especially in the diva's division. In a month she could be farting or accompanying Hornswoggle to the ring.

Although I like what they are doing with Tamina and Kharma should be recovered soon , there might be hope. Also I think ti would of been a good idea to have Natalya turn on Beth at some point
 
I've been thinking about the 2013 Hall of Fame class.

Here's my dream choices:

1) Triple H

2) The Rock

3) The Undertaker

4) Mick Foley

and

5) In a perfect world, The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Brian Pillman, Jimmy Hart.)

It would be arguably the best HOF class ever.
 
thoughts on Kane's attacks...could be leading to the MIB match...destroys Kofi/Truth/Ziggz/Swagger/Orton...all part of possible WM match. Just sprinkle in Christian and ADR.
 
thoughts on Kane's attacks...could be leading to the MIB match...destroys Kofi/Truth/Ziggz/Swagger/Orton...all part of possible WM match. Just sprinkle in Christian and ADR.

Yeah.

With
Cody Rhodes vs Big Show for the Intercontinental Title at WM28 being made yesterday on Smackdown,

I expect a Money in the Bank match and a Divas title match to be added to the card to finish things out.

7 matches are fine for WrestleMania, considering that 3 of them hold alot of prestige and each deserve at least an half an hour to 40 minutes for the match. Though I wouldn't object to an 8th and 9th match on the card. One match for the Tag titles and the Other being Kane vs Zack Ryder.

Just swap out Kane for Wade Barrett in the MITB.
 
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I've been thinking about the 2013 Hall of Fame class.

Here's my dream choices:

1) Triple H

2) The Rock

3) The Undertaker

4) Mick Foley

and

5) In a perfect world, The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Brian Pillman, Jimmy Hart.)

It would be arguably the best HOF class ever.



All those people will go into the Hall of Fame but the WWE wouldn't induct them in the same year. They need headliners for the foreseeable future.
I thought the Rock was a top candidate this year but it makes sense why they held off. They can bring him in a year he's not actively competing and it will sell HOF tickets.

I think Yokozuna is being inducted by the Rock this year but not sure if it's been made official.

I want to see Owen go in but we'll probably have to wait until his kids grow up. Also Macho man is long overdue.
 
thoughts on Kane's attacks...could be leading to the MIB match...destroys Kofi/Truth/Ziggz/Swagger/Orton...all part of possible WM match. Just sprinkle in Christian and ADR.

Orton is a bit too big for MITB IMO. He doesn't need it to get a title shot. The WWE can just shoehorn him into a title match at any time.
 
So aparently Brian Kendrick is looking to return to the wwe.personally I dont see it happening since he left on bad terms,but stranger things have happened.
 
Could always use another jobber to the stars.
 
true, he should debut on NXT.
 


This is true. With the WWE and TNA, they both have the backing of major TV with Comcast (parent company of USA Network and SyFy) and Viacom (parent company of Spike TV). ROH has to start somewhere, and Sinclair was probably the only other option (besides HDNET). IF ROH grows a TNA like following, more legit networks could be interested, which could mean more revenue for ROH.

It's tricky for ROH though as if they don't pay a lot more than the other indie feds then talent is not going to want to get locked down to a contract that blocks their WWE shot, and if ROH insists on going the cotract route under that circumstance I think many will opt to not sign.

Seems like Eve is really going to benefit from this. I read an idea for a storyline. She could try to steal Daniel Bryan from AJ. Lots of storyline potential with this one.

That could work as Bryan and Eve are both proving to be users so they'd be a mutually beneficial pairing and it could springboard an in ring face push for AJ.

So aparently Brian Kendrick is looking to return to the wwe.personally I dont see it happening since he left on bad terms,but stranger things have happened.

He's a good talent and WWE seem to be investing more time in smaller guys, but his reliability is an issue.
 




It's tricky for ROH though as if they don't pay a lot more than the other indie feds then talent is not going to want to get locked down to a contract that blocks their WWE shot, and if ROH insists on going the cotract route under that circumstance I think many will opt to not sign.



That could work as Bryan and Eve are both proving to be users so they'd be a mutually beneficial pairing and it could springboard an in ring face push for AJ.



He's a good talent and WWE seem to be investing more time in smaller guys, but his reliability is an issue.

he claims to have kicked his drug habbit,and says he feels much better now.
 
Cena is going out of his way to be a *****ebag in this feud so I hope The Rock kicks his ass at Wrestlemania.

As for the Wrestlemania 29, its predictable and such a waste. I'd rather see The Rock wrestle - you know somebody else on the roster.

Yeah Cena's a *****ebag for getting some payback on the guy that cost him the WWE title. :whatever: Cena's only been doing what other faces and heels have been doing for years. In the Attitude Era what he did couldn't even be considered *****e it'd be normal. Even the Rock made a career out of that kind of running down of people.

*Looks at Booker* "Who are you?"



It became apparent that Rock would be competing in a match in Summerslam of this year and in WrestleMania 29, but I'm not saying the "best of three" is still on the list, even though it was rumored a while back ago but also scrapped, so who knows, so I'm just guessing about Rock and Cena going at it for the other next two PPVs. And the way I can see it happening is Rock winning at his hometown, and putting Cena over in the next two. For WM 29, with Rock and Cena both having a win, I could see them even adding a stipulation just to end "all questions" on who's better and that is where Rock "officially" passes the torch to Cena even when Cena pretty much had the torch many years beforehand.

Hogan had the torch for years at WM3 but that doesn't mean Andre doing the job didn't cement Hogans status on some level. That was also a sort of symbolic passing of the torch.



That would be pretty cool actually. Laryngitis would have his 4-man team of yes-men go against Long's team of Santino, Kingston, Jackson and a "mystery partner" at WM. Then, we hear "Aaaah, what a rush!" and then Animal comes out as Long's 4th guy. That would totally pop.

Great idea. It would also go a long way to even things up for the face team. hell even if he was just in their corner it would be cool.



I had no idea Triple H pronounced his last name "la-VES-cue." I thought it was the French pronounciation of "la-VECK."

I've always wondered about that. I assumed it was the french pronunciation too. Sherri Martel pronounced it 'la-Veck."



- WWE.com has posted a new article noting that as of February 28, 2012, Cody Rhodes has held the Intercontinental Title for 200 days. Rhodes joins the likes of The Rock, Pedro Morales and Shawn Michaels, all of whom held the title for the same amount of time.

- Concerning a possible return to WWE, former Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield posted the following on Twitter: "Sorry, WWE has never asked about coming back more than a one off- happy coaching kids in Bermuda! Gotta make a difference-or try at least!"


I'd rather he come back on commentary. They REALLY need him there. Raw or Smackdown. It doesn't matter.



I honestly don't think Lita can do the stuff she did that got her so over, she could work with most and had a high flying style, when she retired 5 years ago she was a shell of that performer.

Between her neck injury on Dark Angel and her knee injury she was never quite the same as she was before. Even when she wrestled women of various sizes.

The knee surgery took a while to recover from but even though she didn't break her neck in the ring I'm pretty sure that terrified her. That took a while to recover from and she easily could have done it wrestling.

Oddly enough if you look at Edge thats a prime example of the risk she would have been taking with the high flying style and a broken neck and he wasn't even much of a high flyer later on.

I think it was mostly fear that really kept her from doing the old stuff and a little bit of her body just not being able to. The bumps just added up but with that kind of injury the risks were even higher.




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So apparently Brian Kendrick is looking to return to the wwe.personally I dont see it happening since he left on bad terms,but stranger things have happened.

Unless he wants to be fired again he'd better be ready to cut out his extra curricular activities. I'm not against it but WWE is. Evan Bourne is the new Brian Kendrick in that department.



I've been thinking about the 2013 Hall of Fame class.

Here's my dream choices:

1) Triple H

2) The Rock

3) The Undertaker

4) Mick Foley

and

5) In a perfect world, The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Brian Pillman, Jimmy Hart.)

It would be arguably the best HOF class ever.

I agree with bullets. They all deserve it but it'd be short sighted to induct so many big name stars into the HOF all at once. Any one of those guys could headline a class.

At the time I felt it was great when Hogan and Piper were inducted in 2005 but now I think they should have spread those two inductions out.



I think that was before new management. The new owners, Sinclair Broadcasting want ROH to be signed to contracts like WWE and TNA so that they can sell a steady roster to future TV stations that they acquire. Unfortunately, Sinclair has no top ten markets nor do they own a network, so its a major disadvantage and they need to make the most of it and in order to do that, they need a steady roster.

If they can ever offer their homegrown talent more money they'd be smart to lock the guys they've invested a lot in into contracts. Otherwise its not worth it to the wrestlers.



That certainly puts some doubt in the idea that Rock scribbled on his arm this one time just to give Cena something to use against him.
 
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he claims to have kicked his drug habbit,and says he feels much better now.

That's good news but then why are TNA letting him go when they have a division primed for him?
 
Strangely enough, I can see them getting along very well.

he claims to have kicked his drug habbit,and says he feels much better now.

I would hope so, because even though he's pretty much a tall midget, he was getting the push of a lifetime before he decided to **** up over and over and over. He could have been in the same position Ziggler was a few months back if he stayed clean and clear.
 
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Everyone recall Triple H's entrance at last years Mania?





Well I just watched an interview with Steph where she talks about the plans to take the Skull King character and market it in as many ways as possible including comics, animated movies and maybe even a live action movie, they already sell the mask.



The sad truth. :csad:

If not for that, and him getting his mic skills together, he might've been a semi main-eventer right now along with Dolph.

I still think he'll be back later this year, otherwise he'd already be in TNA.
 
UPDATE: Below are the full quarter-hour ratings for Raw:

Q1: 3.2 rating - C.M. Punk and Chris Jericho verbal exchange
Q2: 3.0 rating - CM Punk and Chris Jericho continued, first half of CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan
Q3: 3.4 rating - Second half of CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, Jericho attacks Punk on the stage, Josh Mathews update on Punk, Undertaker and Triple H video
Q4: 2.8 rating - Kelly Kelly vs. Nikki Bella, John Cena and Miz entrance, Miz promo
Q5: 3.1 rating - John Cena vs. The Miz, Rock backstage look, first half of Primo and Epico vs. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler
Q6: 2.9 rating - Second half of tag team match w/Kane attack, John Laurinaitis argues with Teddy Long backstage
Q7: 3.1 rating - Eve promo, Divas backstage segment, Bending the Rules trailer, ring intros for the tag match
Q8: 3.1 rating - Cody Rhodes mocks Big Show, Sheamus and Big Show vs. Mark Henry and Cody Rhodes, The Rock kicks off his promo
Overrun 1: 3.5 rating - The Rock continuation, John Cena's interruption
Overrun 2: 3.3 rating - Rock and Cena, Rock wraps up the promo

Credit: Prowrestling.net


ORIGINAL: Here is some more information of Monday's Raw ratings…

* There is concern that the ratings did not go up more, due to the advertised return of the Rock. When the Rock returned last year, following his long absence, Raw hovered near a 4.00 rating over the next few weeks leading to WrestleMania 27. It was the first time the show had done those numbers since 2009.

* Due to weather, WWE Raw had unexpected competition with the Daytona 500.

* The Rock's promo, which also featured John Cena, was contained to the show's overrun. The first part of the segment did a 3.53 rating and the final portion of the over-run, starting with Cena's interruption, scored a 3.30 rating. Cena did not appear until 15-minutes into the segment, which is well past the regular overrun period.

* The opening segment scored a 3.22, and featuring the promo exchange between Chris Jericho and C.M. Punk.

* The first hour peaked with a 3.38 rating during the third quarter-hour. This featured the second-half of Punk vs. Daniel Bryan and the Triple H-Undertaker video package.

* The second hour started with a 3.09 rating for the top-of-the-second-hour main event of John Cena vs. The Miz. It also contained the first part of the triple threat match for the tag team titles.

* The second hour saw a gradual build to a 3.53 rating for the Rock's promo.

* Compared to the February 14, 2011 episode when Rock made his return, that episode scored the same 3.14 rating as this week's episode. The over-run for Rock's 20-minute promo scored a 3.76 rating

* The following week, the show scored a 3.85 rating, which was also the 2.21.11 reveal.

* Shawn Michaels is advertised for next week.

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/227176
 
Everyone recall Triple H's entrance at last years Mania?





Well I just watched an interview with Steph where she talks about the plans to take the Skull King character and market it in as many ways as possible including comics, animated movies and maybe even a live action movie, they already sell the mask.

Okay, I want that.
 
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