This May Be Your Show, But This Is MY Wrestling Thread! - Part 242

[Dr. Evil]

I doubt anyone in here (or out there in IWC land) plan on putting away the 'JBL is a bad guy' pitchforks

I've heard that the "J" in JBL stands for Jackarse.

 

[TheCommissioner]

I've heard that the "J" in JBL stands for Jackarse.

possibly

 

[Wheels]

Can we just kill the term IWC when talking about die-hards? Internet wrestling talk goes beyond us now.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Can we just kill the term IWC when talking about die-hards? Internet wrestling talk goes beyond us now.

Ill stop using it when the terms mark, kayfabe, heel, and so on stop being used

 

[famicommander]

Crazzy Steve without Abyss and Rosemary? I can't see that being good anywhere. He was probably the worst overall act on the roster before Decay.

And call me crazy, but I would keep Abyss and Rosemary together as a tag team. Rosemary has already worked matches with men on the roster, including in hardcore matches. And other women such as Gail Kim, ODB, and Awesome Kong have also worked multiple matches with the men.

Of course you keep her as a singles competitor in the Knockouts division, but I really think a beauty and the beast tag team with her and Abyss would get over.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Crazzy Steve without Abyss and Rosemary? I can't see that being good anywhere. He was probably the worst overall act on the roster before Decay.

And call me crazy, but I would keep Abyss and Rosemary together as a tag team. Rosemary has already worked matches with men on the roster, including in hardcore matches. And other women such as Gail Kim, ODB, and Awesome Kong have also worked multiple matches with the men.

Of course you keep her as a singles competitor in the Knockouts division, but I really think a beauty and the beast tag team with her and Abyss would get over.

It seems to me though that Abyss is moving on to the next phase: working as a producer/creative team member for Impact. I can see him moving that way as more tapings come in the future and the character of Abyss gets phased out in Impact. The position of "big guy who can move in the ring" now belongs to Moose.

I think Impact has a nice future, if Jeff Jarrett remains behind the scenes and Josh Matthews moves away from the announce team.

Cody Rhodes said recently that he's going to make a decision on where to call his home base promotion, so it's either ROH or Impact. Impact really doesn't need him at this point, but I could see him choosing Impact because he may want to be in the same company as his wife. Then again, ROH needs him more, especially in light of the recent departures. Not sure if he can do both once he makes that decision.

I don't think the Alberto el Patron/Impact relationship is going to end well, but that's based on his history.

Spoiler

Surprised that ROH did not sign Matt Sydal. Very surprised by that.

 

[Dr. Evil]

 

[famicommander]

Cody Rhodes has already been confirmed for the G1 Climax so it's very likely he is signing with ROH/NJPW/CMLL

I don't think they "need" him more than Impact, though. It's true that ROH has had a talent drain lately but the fact of the matter is they're still doing extremely well. With ROH it's as much the brand name that draws as the talent. And they still have some legitimate major stars in Jay Lethal, the Briscoes, and Daniels.

As for Abyss, there's no reason he can't continue wrestling with his backstage work. Madison Rayne is doing it in Impact and both BJ Whitmer and Christopher Daniels are doing it in ROH.

 

[S. Grundy]

Yeah. And Daniels is older than Abyss, but Abyss' body is way more beat up and broken down.

 

[S. Grundy]

No! Let Allie go after Rosemary (or the other way around) for the TNA Knockouts' title.

This is how I'd book Allie/Rosemary.

Spoiler

Sienna has the GFW title and is currently feuding with Allie.
So, they have Allie/Sienna for the GFW belt at Slammiversary where Allie wins it. Then they begin a program with Rosemary/Allie, which can be a nice change up of their feud on the indys, given how different a character Allie is from Cherry Bomb. You build that feud up until Bound for Glory, where they have Allie be the first to defeat Rosemary and unify the Knockouts and GFW title.

 

[JabarR]

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[nite-owl]

 

[Dr. Evil]

 

[Serpico Jones]

Dave Meltzer says Jinder Mahal may indeed beat Randy Orton for the title. The Raw champion is out in a forest somewhere shooting deer and the smackdown champion is Jinder ****ing Mahal. No wonder WWE has record low ratings.

 

[famicommander]

Botch a forearm and knock Balor out?

You get a title reign!

 

[Dr. Evil]

Honestly, I think Jinder will end up getting the Ryback treatment.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Dave Meltzer says Jinder Mahal may indeed beat Randy Orton for the title. The Raw champion is out in a forest somewhere shooting deer and the smackdown champion is Jinder ****ing Mahal. No wonder WWE has record low ratings.

my thought is that with the WWE's upcoming expansion into India, putting the belt on Jinder (if that happens) is a business decision, an investment in the WWEs desired future in India

 

[Mani-Man]

Dave Meltzer says Jinder Mahal may indeed beat Randy Orton for the title. The Raw champion is out in a forest somewhere shooting deer and the smackdown champion is Jinder ****ing Mahal. No wonder WWE has record low ratings.

I can see the appeal of it, mahal as champion would be something completely new, something unexpected that throws everything around.

But smackdown would still have a boring champion either way.
Mahal needs to give 200% in the following weeks to surprise a lot of people...im not sure he can do it.

However, it would piss me off extremely...because it would make Wyatts loss feel even more like a slap into his face.(yes, im still feaking bitter about that)

 

[NDX]

Wyatt never really should have won it in the first place.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Jinders promo on Talking Smack had some instances of "ok I get it"

referring to himself as an immigrant and the new American dream

 

[Pink Ranger]

Jinders promo on Talking Smack had some instances of "ok I get it"

referring to himself as an immigrant and the new American dream

Lol, he's really from Calgary. Like Lance Storm calling himself an immigrant.

 

[TheCommissioner]

Lol, he's really from Calgary. Like Lance Storm calling himself an immigrant.

I know that, I was thinking in terms of the storyline they are going with

the Bollywood Boys are also from Canada

 

[aNarcHy2day]

As an Indian, I don't really get how simply putting the belt on Jinder would help business. I consider myself to be a somewhat knowledgeable fan and understand he has not 'earned' it yet and there are many many other people who'd make sense before him. At least when Khali won it, he had his freak size and somewhat positive booking going for him.

And a casual would probably be attracted to a face anyway. So, him being heel doesn't do WWE any favours in that respect.

Ya, may be the news and media would probably catch on but again, I don't see any long term effects, which I assume is the purpose.

 

[Fans of Reilly]

Good Good I hope Jinder Perhaps this is the only way When a heel wins a belt he gets a heel reaction not you deserve it chant

 

[JabarR]

Smart way to go is putting the GFW Women's Championship on Allie, so they can do a unification feud and introduce new title belts.

As for Allie vs. Rosemary, well:

Spoiler

It looks like Sienna vs. Rosemary is likely due to Sienna winning the GFW Women's Championship.

From last night and tonight's tapings:

Spoiler

Knockouts Champion Rosemary beat GFW Women’s Champion Sienna (w/KM). Rosemary won with the Black Wedding.

Allie had to stop Laurel from kissing Shera. This lead to Allie hitting a Crossbody on Laurel & Sienna.

Impact: KM & Kongo Kong(w/ Laurel Van Ness & Sienna) defeated Braxton Sutter & Mahabali Shera. Everyone brawled to the back save the Knockouts. Sienna & Laurel had a 2 on 1 on Allie until Rosemary made the save misting Sienna.