The Wrestling Thread Is A Victim Of Greatness

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

This is neat. Too bad it goes against his actual on-screen character.

Not anymore it doesn't

 

[Dr. Evil]

WWE announced on their official website the pre-show match for Sunday's Payback pay-per-view event.

"This Sunday, June 16, The Celtic Warrior battles “The Duke of Decency” in a collision of medieval nicknames worthy of “Game of Thrones.” Tune in to the free Kickoff to Payback when it streams live at 7:30 ET/4:30 PT to see heated rivals Sheamus and Damien Sandow settle their differences inside the squared circle!"

As of this writing, WWE has only announced four matches for Sunday's pay-per-view. Here is the updated card.

* WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs. Ryback - 3 Stages of Hell

* Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk

* Intercontinental Championship Match: Wade Barrett vs. Fandango vs. The Miz - Triple Threat Match

* Payback Pre-show: Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow

Check back this Sunday for exclusive play-by-play match coverage.

 

[Dr. Evil]

WWE.com recently published a "Breaking News" article discussing Fandango. The article is saying that Fandango suffered a concussion this past Friday on Smackdown in his match against Zack Ryder. The following is directly from the WWE.com website:

"Fandango passed his impact test, but has yet to pass further testing needed for clearance. There is speculation backstage at the Richmond Coliseum — the site of tonight’s Raw — as to how this will affect the scheduled Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match at WWE Payback this Sunday pitting the dancing Superstar and The Miz against reigning titleholder Wade Barrett."

 

[runawayboulder]

I had a feeling that he was going to win that match too. If he can't compete, I expect Miz to get the belt then drop it to Fandango when he comes back because a straight up heel vs heel match would be a little odd.

 

[sweetre15]

Ziggler apparently just cracked a joke at WWE Creative's expense: https://***********/heelziggler/status/344114451080937472

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Sheamus on the pre-show? Sheamus? Talk about directionless....

 

[Van Petrol]

Triple H lied. We're on the air and he ain't in the ring yet.

 

[Specter313]

WWE.com recently published a "Breaking News" article discussing Fandango. The article is saying that Fandango suffered a concussion this past Friday on Smackdown in his match against Zack Ryder. The following is directly from the WWE.com website:

"Fandango passed his impact test, but has yet to pass further testing needed for clearance. There is speculation backstage at the Richmond Coliseum — the site of tonight’s Raw — as to how this will affect the scheduled Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match at WWE Payback this Sunday pitting the dancing Superstar and The Miz against reigning titleholder Wade Barrett."

I had a feeling that he was going to win that match too. If he can't compete, I expect Miz to get the belt then drop it to Fandango when he comes back because a straight up heel vs heel match would be a little odd.

Well, it says he passed the impact test, which I think is the biggest one he has to clear, so he could still be in the match Sunday if he clears the other stuff beforehand.

 

[Van Petrol]

Glad they've gone back to the sort-of first rendition of Axel's new theme.

 

[Van Petrol]

Did Vince change his clothes from last week?

 

[The Sage]

I called Vince Montreal-ing HHH. And Axel getting nothing out of it all.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Oh here we go lol.

Lol. Yeah, I agree. I know I'm probably the lone voice in Drew's corner, but I do believe there is potential there that just needs to be utilised and tapped into correctly.

Big guy, good look, good athlete with decent technique, but I've always felt he was a charisma vortex. If they could find a way to reboot him with a manager then maybe he could make it, but the field of guys waiting is so long and he's behind several guys waiting for the same kind of repackaging.

 

[The Sage]

And now Steph will come out and stop the match.

At least have Axel getting upset because he doesn't want to win in such a cheap way.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

I have a feeling we might see an supersaturation of McMahon's all over the product ala 2003. Dark times are ahead...

 

[Van Petrol]

Big guy, good look, good athlete with decent technique, but I've always felt he was a charisma vortex. If they could find a way to reboot him with a manager then maybe he could make it, but the field of guys waiting is so long and he's behind several guys waiting for the same kind of repackaging.

Agreed. They thrust him into a position when he debuted when he was too young and too inexperienced to make it work effectively and efficiently, imo.

 

[Specter313]

So this is just going to be Vince and Hunter throwing their weight around?

Yeah, this really gets Axel over.

 

[OnTheAir]

This is pure comedy

 

[The Sage]

60 minute Iron Man match?

 

[Incrediblejeff]

This is hilarious

 

[TheNextNolan22]

And this puts Axel over how?

 

[Van Petrol]

Lol, Iron Man Match.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

You know, for a company that's really against anti-bullying, Justin Roberts got picked on a lot.

 

[Van Petrol]

Most embarassing moment of Haitch's career? Nah, WM12 was probably one of the worst, but also one of the most hillarious.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Vince is a crazy bastard for walking up and down that aisle as many times as he did knowing full well about his quad problems.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Most embarassing moment of Haitch's career? Nah, WM12 was probably one of the worst, but also one of the most hillarious.

The match with Eugene.