The Wrestling Thread Says, "Wait Just A Second There, Playa!"

[Benstamania]

All this talk just makes me think about how much I really hate Cyclops.

 

[RKO]

I don't see where Trips' jealousy comes from. He's always been one of the big boys up there with Rock and Austin.

 

[brainchild81]

Nah. Not even close

 

[Slushy]

For the present, let's go with Hunter Hearst Helmsley-McMahon. Actually, he's a very good worker and studies the business. His promos are usually as exciting as a coma and last longer than this recession, but he has good matches. Problem is, as hard as he's been crammed down people's throats for the past 10 years, he should have surpassed Hogan, Austin, and Rock, but HHH is what is called in the business 'the guy that works with the guy that draws money.' He should be in there to have a good match and put the star over. Actually, he should have been fired in 1996 when he **** on the entire sport with the infamous 'curtain call' at MSG, but Vince, the guy with balls of steel, let HHH piss in his face and not only didn't do anything about it, but let him marry his daughter! And a sledgehammer? Jesus Christ, I wish he'd hit me in the head with it before he starts talking on TV. HHH will be the top guy in the WWE until he looks like **** the Bruiser in his final days working an Indiana county fair show, and if THAT'S not overrated, I don't know what is.

Hunter has always been bitter that he couldn't be the megastar that Austin and Maivia were or be respected by his fellow peers and a majority of the fans, but he shot himself in the foot on that part when he decided to pursue a relationship with Stephanie.

That's the thing though, everyone is looking to be Wolverine or Batman these days, but is it wrong to have Captain America and Superman? I'm meaning in personality as opposed to match booking.

The Attitude era fostered this notion that to be over you have to be a wiseass trash talker and badass, with a cynical and cocky outlook, this is why the WWE is now full of chicken**** heels, because Vince is worried that if they book a badass heel the fans will cheer him because it's "Cool".

It's because babyfaces are boring. You can only do the same old song and dance before people get tired of the act. Bret Hart got booed. Shawn Michaels got booed. The Rock got booed. Randy Orton got booed. Eventually, Hulk Hogan got booed.

Except when they got booed, they listened to the fans and turned heel, which made them better. Unfortunately, in Cena's case, Vince wants to go against the traditional formula and annoy fans by sticking to his guns.

If Cena turned heel, his character would be more fun to watch and he would cheered again, which is so frustrating because by doing that, Vince would get exactly what he wanted: Cena being over with the fans like all those years ago to begin with.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It's because babyfaces are boring. You can only do the same old song and dance before people get tired of the act. Bret Hart got booed. Shawn Michaels got booed. The Rock got booed. Randy Orton got booed. Eventually, Hulk Hogan got booed.

Except when they got booed, they listened to the fans and turned heel, which made them better. Unfortunately, in Cena's case, Vince wants to go against the traditional formula and annoy fans by sticking to his guns.

If Cena turned heel, his character would be more fun to watch and he would cheered again, which is so frustrating because by doing that, Vince would get exactly what he wanted: Cena being over with the fans like all those years ago to begin with.

Faces may be boring in your view but not in everyones view, I mean by this logic everyone should just be a heel and the whole concept of wrestling 101 should be thrown out of the window.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Cornette is amusing but often delusional and full of hot air and carny ******** and still wishes it was the territory era in the 70's.

Triple H's biggest problem is that he's never been as a big a star and Hogan, Austin or Rock, and was never among Savage, HBK and Flair as an elite worker, and I am sure that eats at him.

 

[RKO]

Nah. Not even close

I always saw him that way. But he never got more famous past the wrestling fandom.

 

[JabarR]

WWE Chief Marketing Officer Michelle Wilson says WWE is in late-stage negotiations with potential television partners for the WWE Network.
“There will be a WWE network in some shape or form,” Wilson told StamfordAdvocate.com. “Getting a distribution agreement for a cable network is not easy.”
Wilson disputed the New York Post‘s report earlier this month saying company is behind schedule in its plans to launch the network on April 1. She says there was never a deadline as the company is hiring staff to operate the network.
“We’ve filled 30 positions so far specifically for the network. They come with cable experience at ESPN, Viacom, Discovery and Warner Brothers TV,” said Wilson, who expects up to 120 new employees to be hired for the network.
Wilson declined to predict the network’s launched but would discuss planned programming.
“They just got done shooting a reality show, `Legends House,’ where eight of our superstar legends live together in a house in Palm Springs, California,” she said. “Another reality show will feature our WWE Divas. We did a lot of research on what our fans want to see. We’re developing new shows taking advantage of our amazing library.”
The full article is available here.

 

[Benstamania]

A Diva's show eh? Will it be called "Hour Long Pee Break"?

 

[RKO]

A Diva's show eh? Will it be called "Hour Long Pee Break"?

Oh you...

 

[Anno_Domini]

“Another reality show will feature our WWE Divas. We did a lot of research on what our fans want to see. We’re developing new shows taking advantage of our amazing library.”

And their research gave them numbers that people wanted to see a show just with the Divas?

Yah...maybe without clothes.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Brock's WWE theme playing loud during or after the match/pacing around the stage then run towards the ring/kick someone's a** at ring side and throwing them back into the ring as he backs up the ramp..Just like in WWE'12 Universe Mode would be a f'n total mark out moment for me for the whole night!

That just happened to me in my WWE '12 Universe mode tonight.

I was doing a match on Superstars as Zack Ryder. I won the match, and afterwords, Brock's music hit, he came down, beat the crap out of Ryder, and then walked off.

So I popped him on Smackdown, and gave him a match against Rey Mysterio and it was pretty much a squash match lol.

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[bullets]

Something tells me that Punk vs Rock is not gonna happen, it's two faces who are not different enough in the fanbase demographic for Vince to want to book it IMO, plus I wouldn't be surprised if Rock worked someone just a notch below who he would beat but get over at the same time, Ziggler would be ideal since Rock's "Humour" will get a full run out on poor Vickie.

Good point. I think Rocky is probably fed up with Cena making candid statements and might want to get away from that. Punk would only be worse and has more crowd support. At least with Ziggler , Rock can coast through the feud and Ziggler will look like a bigger star for being involved.

Credit to www.Pwinsider.com

WWE has been negotiating with Brock Lesnar on a return to the company. There's been some discussion that the two sides have been talking about Brock returning at Wrestlemania this Sunday and maybe getting involved with Cena and the Rock closing the show. The two sides are still talking and nothing set in stone

At least this confirms Brock will be back. I'm really looking forward to that but him showing up Sunday seems too random. Hopefully they come up with something better.

 

[Nightmare]

those fake?

 

[RKO]

those fake?

No, it seems to be real fur.

 

[spidey-dude]

For one thing you have no idea surrounding the circumstances of how the Undertaker even got his "powers." Or how he lost them. How can you even PROVE that he was resurrected from a corpse or that it wasn't just some dark magic/voodoo that made him zombie like while he as still alive? And yeah I know the tradition of the "zombi" going back to Haiti when it had nothing to do with being a literally resurrected corpse as well as Romero's fictional take inspired by Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" AND?

He was clearly a human being during the American badass/Big Evil years and not some zombie in the traditional sense. Like I said you're grasping here. Zombies feel no pain. Taker had no powers.

His origin was exactly the same. maybe you need to look up the word origin. At some point he just changed to a normal man.

As for "lawyered" thats still ridiculous. Stick to the subject at hand.

As for changing the argument you're the one who has tried to use ever excuse you can by claiming one thing is something else in a desperate attempt to not be wrong. You're the guy that started arguing the semantics of what Taker is or isn't. Grasping.

I will be leaving this cause it is quite frankly ridiculous, but I will point out that you were the one who started arguing the semantics of whether some wrestlers characters were fundamentally different or not. youve been grasping since the get go son. I havent used every excuse, I have maintained the whole time that there are successful characters who are fundamentally different to the real life person.

 

[Kaleb]

The true ''once in a lifetime'' moment.

 

[Slushy]

Maybe CM Punk can stop whining now.

 

[RKO]

I don't get why those pictures need to be in that terrible brown filter, but that seems to be a intense conversation.

 

[The Sage]

Is that security in the background?

I'd really like to know what was discussed considering how Punk feels.

Reminds me of the photo of Bret and HHH talking at Wrestlemania 26. You never thought it would happen.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Brock returning and destroying Rock and Cena would be a great way to end Mania. I would like to watch a fair match with an actual winner, but I would look passed the DQ if it were Brock who caused it.

 

[Kaleb]

If Brock does indeed come back,Punk and Brock should form a tag team and totally call themselves "Heymans guys"

 

[The Batman]

Maybe CM Punk can stop whining now.

This.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds Orton/Cena/Punk *****ing about The Rock completely stupid.

 

[spidey-dude]

This.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds Orton/Cena/Punk *****ing about The Rock completely stupid.

you're not don't worry - the Rock has clearly earned the right to come back, he gets the audience reaction he does when his music hits for a reason, he will be remembered as one of the very very best in WWE history

those photos have made me think about how well punk would fit ina future g.i joe movie as the crazy skinny loose cannon guy....