The Wrestling Thread Is The Only One Who Can Have Me - Part 226

[The Apocalypse]

I want to see the roast of John Cena.

 

[TheCommissioner]

that would be glorious

also, been watching some of the "Invasion" RAW and SDs, they were fun even though the storyline as a whole was underwhelming

will always love that "I need the Old Stone Cold" promo from Vince

 

[Wheels]

Al Snow
Gangrel
Val Venis
Jacqueline
Blue Meanie



What happened with the original Legends House?

Al Snow works for TNA.

X-Pac
Val Venis
Godfather
Rikishi
Gangrel
Ron Simmons
Hardcore Holly
D'Lo Brown

 

[Loki882]

I agree with the "they should do a female-centric show" idea that JabarR actually.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Al Snow works for TNA.

X-Pac
Val Venis
Godfather
Rikishi
Gangrel
Ron Simmons
Hardcore Holly
D'Lo Brown

Not sure if Val Venis, Hardcore Holly, Gangrel or D'Lo have good relations with WWE.

 

[nite-owl]

Isn't Val Venis Captain Cannibas on twitter now?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Plus Gangrel is directing adult films. I think it'll be:

X Pac
Ron Simmons
Godfather
Rikishi

 

[Dr. Evil]

So here's a bit of news locally in Dallas:

- KTXD Channel 47 is no longer showing Ring of Honor.

 

[Wheels]

Plus Gangrel is directing adult films. I think it'll be:

X Pac
Ron Simmons
Godfather
Rikishi

There were 8 people last time though. What about Mike Tyson? He's in the HOF, is a celebrity who isn't doing anything, and was a big part of WrestleMania 14.

 

[Dr. Evil]

There were 8 people last time though. What about Mike Tyson? He's in the HOF, is a celebrity who isn't doing anything, and was a big part of WrestleMania 14.

Perhaps. Just thinking of the ones who has great relations with the WWE from that era who aren't doing anything with the WWE or elsewhere currently. That's still just five though.

Unless they add Edge and Christian, I don't know how Legends House: Attitude Era is going to work with the four or five from that era who are currently in good terms in the WWE who are not doing anything currently. I look at the list of WWE Attitude Era guys who have good relations with the WWE and a large amount of them are busy, inside and outside of WWE. Then again, they aren't using Big Show, Kane or Mark Henry right now so maybe they add those three guys to the cast. So then the cast would be:

- X-Pac
- Ron Simmons
- Godfather
- Mike Tyson
- Rikishi
- Kane
- Big Show
- Mark Henry

Plus, three members of the Nation of Domination.

 

[Metallo]

Drink it With Flair

A weekly 30 minute program featuring Ric Flair getting hammered on different alcoholic beverages across the world.

I'd watch the hell out of that.

 

[MMMMM...Pancakes]

Remembering Chris Benoit

A weekly 30 minute program of static and dead air.

Drink it With Flair

A weekly 30 minute program featuring Ric Flair getting hammered on different alcoholic beverages across the world.

Gardening 101 with John Cena

A weekly 30 minute program with John Cena where he gives viewers tips on how to use shovels and effective ways of burying up and coming wrestl...i mean seeds

Grabbing a drink with Flair is on my bucket list.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Id like a "directors commentary" type show - a mix of MST3K and 30 for 30

Superstars watch some old matches and give insight

I think that would be cool

 

[RetroNaz]

That's the problem with these "special attraction" guys. I've always liked Lesnar and I still do, but giving him such strong booking and having him only appear every so often is bad for the product as a whole. Ambrose has the World Title right now, but they couldn't even let him go over Lesnar at Mania.

Lesnar losing that match at Wrestlemania would've done absolutely zero harm to his credibility, and it would have boosted Ambrose's through the roof. Lesnar is always going to be popular, he's always going to be over, and he's always going to be credible.

As it is, though, Lesnar shows up every few months and slows down the momentum of someone much younger than he is, then leaves. So as it stands right now the WWE Champion is of lesser stature than Lesnar.

They wonder why the TV shows are hitting record lows every few weeks. It's because the guys they're relying on to carry the shows on a week to week basis don't get to have the big wins over guys like Cena, Undertaker, or Lesnar. If someone beats Cena he usually wins the next 2-3 in a row over them, cleanly and decisively.

Cena could lose 30 big matches in a row and it wouldn't do a lick of harm to him, but WWE still chooses to use guys that are over with the "smart" crowd to try to get them behind Cena, who's already more than popular enough. Owens should have gone over Cena, Styles should go over Cena in this current feud, Ambrose should have gone over Lesnar at Mania, Styles should have gone over Jericho at Mania.

I would suggest that the issues are related to overall booking and direction rather than wins/losses.

There's nothing wrong with losing if they're booked to look like they delivered a competitive, hard fought fight. See Angle vs Be**** at the 2003 Royal Rumble for an example.

Lack of long term planning, big fight competitiveness and the lack of "sports" from sports entertainment has diluted WWE.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Titus O'Neil speaks about the recent police shootings (the interview took place before the shootings in Dallas):

http://rapzilla.com/rz/features/int...al&utm_source=***********&utm_campaign=buffer

Surprised that the WWE would allow him to talk about that stuff, since it may be a sensitive subject, something the WWE doesn't really want to talk about. Honestly, I don't see the WWE signing off allowing their African American superstars to wear "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts.

All I expect to see is a moment of silence for what happened in Dallas. Titus has been the only one in the WWE active in response to the shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas, outside of a tweet from Darren Young about the Alton Sterling murder.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I called it...(UFC)

Spoiler

Brock Lenar just beat Mark Hunt, I watched some of Hunt the other day and didn't see how the MMA snobs didn't think Brock had a chance, Hunt has one weapon and is slow and not all that mobile, as I figured Brock just took him down and pummeled him.

 

[Loki882]

I would suggest that the issues are related to overall booking and direction rather than wins/losses.

There's nothing wrong with losing if they're booked to look like they delivered a competitive, hard fought fight. See Angle vs Be**** at the 2003 Royal Rumble for an example.

Lack of long term planning, big fight competitiveness and the lack of "sports" from sports entertainment has diluted WWE.

As much as I think that it'd have made much more sense long-term for Ambrose to win at WM, he could have still lost and yet emerged looking good. If it'd have been more like Austin vs. Bret Hart at WM 13, where he loses but still looks really good in doing so and gave Lesnar one heck of a fight, then that could have worked (and both men leave looking good ultimately). But instead we got a glorified squash match, after one of the tamest street fights ever, that did neither of them any favors.

Jericho beating AJ, that was just a misfire all-around imo.

 

[Dr. Evil]

I called it...(UFC)

Spoiler

Brock Lenar just beat Mark Hunt, I watched some of Hunt the other day and didn't see how the MMA snobs didn't think Brock had a chance, Hunt has one weapon and is slow and not all that mobile, as I figured Brock just took him down and pummeled him.

Many people picked Hunt because of Lesnar's five year sabbatical from the UFC and he had dominated his last two fights, although they were against two washed up fighters.

 

[Dr. Evil]

 

[Slushy]

#WWE is either relieved that Brock's still strong going into Summerslam, or pissed that he now has more bargaining power than ever.

- Paul Lanzeby

 

[LoganGambit87]

 

[Loki882]

I've heard that Sasha is a Sailor Moon fan. And, I can buy that. The fact that she isn't Women's champion yet is pathetic.

 

[LoganGambit87]

^she sure is

 

[Loki882]

Now I love her even more, and I didn't think that that was possible.

 

[nite-owl]

Jushin "Thunder" Liger is the final entrant in PWG BOLA.