Why Wrestling Thread? Why?! Why?!

[cabel]

Trust me, you don't want to end up a sweaty middle-aged man with a skullet and a bad suit having to go back to living with his parents.

.....voice of experience?

 

[Donnie Darko]

Regarding the $50K for NWA, you have to remember that is probably just for rights/assets, which would then make you also responsible for debts and payroll, so you would be a lot farther in the hole once you have to start paying out talent and all that.

 

[cabel]

Watching the latest Best of Super Juniors. I think Omega just killed Desperado.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal at Best In The World? Eh, I like heel Lethal, but that match is kinda there for me.

I was hoping for a fresh challenger like ACH, I know Taven hasn't gotten payback on Truth Martini yet but the same 3 guys have been circling the TV title for months now.

So now I assume Batista shows back up some time in August to make the save while Evolution is beating down Ambrose/Reigns. That's the biggest drawback of the whole situation.

By the time Summerslam rolls around Batista can simply swagger back in and play the Hollywood jackass, acting like his poo isn't pungent.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Watched ROH's 'Raising the Bar Night 2' tonight, one of the best wrestling shows I've seen this year. Steen vs Cedric Alexander was the best Steen match I've seen, the Young Bucks vs reDRagon was great and the 2 out of 3 falls main event between Cole and Hero was very good.

 

[sweetre15]

Ooh and on this Smackdown, Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler!!...promos included lol

I hope they actually feud

 

[Pink Ranger]

.....voice of experience?

Lol, not exactly.

 

[Van Petrol]

Ooh and on this Smackdown, Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler!!...promos included lol

I hope they actually feud

Spoiler

 

[Calavera]

please please please name the next wrestling thread: the wrestling thread got smacked by a twin and ran off with a stain on it's pants

 

[The Sage]

- The WWE Talent Relations department sent out letters this week to former contracted talents and referees to offer them financial planning assistance in a number of ways.

WWE is now offering, free of charge, financial planning and debt assistance services through a financial firm. Anyone who was ever under contract to WWE is able to receive the assistance.

WWE is also offering a $5,000 per semester scholarship to any former contracted talents who are looking to further their college education. Talents must enroll by August 1st to be eligible for the fall 2014 semester scholarship and must provide proof of enrollment to WWE.

Source: PWInsider

http://dailywrestlingnews.com/wwe-offering-huge-free-services-former-current-talents/

 

[sweetre15]

Spoiler

One of the few times it doesn't piss me off lol

 

[TheNextNolan22]

 

[NDX]

Catching up on RAW, Rollins beat Ambrose like he owed him money.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Ok, time for some pie in the sky type of stuff - since I've been on a New Japan kick for the last couple weeks & given some of the happenings in recent months/weeks/days even, I'm revisiting my two day WWE/NJPW dream card.

Day 1:
The Usos vs. The Young Bucks
Fandango vs. TAKA
Rusev vs. Togi Makabe
Adrian Neville vs. Tetsuya Naito
Cesaro vs. Katsuyori Shibata
-Intermission-
The Wyatt Family vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi)
Bad News Barrett vs. Minoru Suzuki
Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles
John Cena vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Day 2:
Adam Rose & 3MB vs. CHAOS (Toru Yano, Gedo, Jado, YOSHI-HASHI)
Sami Zayn vs. Kota Ibushi
Cody Rhodes/Goldust vs. Killer Elite Squad
Dolph Ziggler vs. Hirooki Goto
-Intermission-
Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns vs. Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows)
Sheamus vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Daniel Bryan vs. Kazuchika Okada

Nice. This card is similar to mine except a few things:
I have Cesaro going up against Ishii
Sheamus against Shibata
Big E vs. TAKA
Rusev vs. Naito
Rollins vs. Styles
Orton vs. Nakamura

 

[NDX]

- The WWE Talent Relations department sent out letters this week to former contracted talents and referees to offer them financial planning assistance in a number of ways.

WWE is now offering, free of charge, financial planning and debt assistance services through a financial firm. Anyone who was ever under contract to WWE is able to receive the assistance.

WWE is also offering a $5,000 per semester scholarship to any former contracted talents who are looking to further their college education. Talents must enroll by August 1st to be eligible for the fall 2014 semester scholarship and must provide proof of enrollment to WWE.

Source: PWInsider

http://dailywrestlingnews.com/wwe-offering-huge-free-services-former-current-talents/

That's actually really cool of them to do. Depending on where you go that's a free college degree.

 

[cabel]

Kobald's ring gear is available for auction

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kobald-Chikaras-Goblin-Wrestling-Outfit-/151318090441

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Kobald's ring gear is available for auction

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kobald-Chikaras-Goblin-Wrestling-Outfit-/151318090441

WHY ARE THEY PROFITING OFF OF HIS DEATH??!!

 

[Hunter Rider]

Looking at the WWE/NJPW cards I think Cena and Tanahashi are too similar, opposites make for better matches in my view. Same with The Usos and Young Bucks, both have very similar core offense.

 

[NDX]

Looking at the WWE/NJPW cards I think Cena and Tanahashi are too similar, opposites make for better matches in my view. Same with The Usos and Young Bucks, both have very similar core offense.

Agree with you there. I'd like to see how the Bucks handle Harper/Rowan and the Usos going title to title with Anderson and Gallows (and yes, that's because I am a Gallows mark).

 

[Hunter Rider]

Agree with you there. I'd like to see how the Bucks handle Harper/Rowan and the Usos going title to title with Anderson and Gallows (and yes, that's because I am a Gallows mark).

That is who I thought of to face the Young Bucks as well, if I was booking it before this weeks Raw I'd have went with this;

Cena vs Okada
Bryan vs Shibata
The Shield vs The Bullet Club (Styles/Gallows/Anderson)
Cesaro vs Tanahashi
Bray Wyatt vs Nakamura
The Young Bucks vs Harper & Rowan
Goto vs Ziggler
The Usos vs Kota & Liger

 

[cabel]

WHY ARE THEY PROFITING OFF OF HIS DEATH??!!

Maybe the profits are going to benefit the "victims of capture chokeslam backbreakers" fund.

 

[NDX]

That is who I thought of to face the Young Bucks as well, if I was booking it before this weeks Raw I'd have went with this;

Cena vs Okada

Cesaro vs Tanahashi

Bray Wyatt vs Nakamura

Yeah, that was tops on my list as well. Either that or, wait for it, Orton. Yeah, for some reason I want to see Orton vs Okada. Just something that dawned on me seeing him live last month.

But I HATE Tanahashi! How about Kushida instead? Just because?

Charisma overload!

 

[H.U.S.T.L.E.]

Interesting that you see guys see Tanahashi & Cena as too similar. I can understand the comparisons booking-wise, but Tanahashi has always reminded me more of Eddie Guerrero in the way he works (and the frog splash too). And Cena had great chemistry with Eddie, so I think he & Tanahashi would work well together.

 

[cabel]

Finally, Liger gets a win in the BOSJ.

So right now it looks like both TAKA and Taichi are leading in their respective blocks.

 

[JabarR]

*Spoilers* WWE SmackDown Tapings Results (Airing 6/6)

Spoiler

WWE taped the Friday’s June 6th edition of WWE SmackDown from the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Here are the results:


Dark Match
- Adam Rose defeated Damien Sandow, who was dressed as Pete Rose.


WWE SmackDown

- SmackDown opens with Triple H and Seth Rollins coming out to Evolution’s music. Rollins is still wearing his Shield gear. Fans mercilessly booed Rollins and chanted “You Sold Out.” Triple H bragged that he always wins. Rollins took the mic and said only he knows why he turned on The Shield.
Dolph Ziggler came out and interrupted Rollins and Triple H. Ziggler calls Rollins a sell out and Triple H booked a match between them.


- Seth Rollins defeated Dolph Ziggler in a solid back and forth match.


- Big Show approached Seth Rollins and Triple H backstage and called Rollins a sell out. Triple H announced Show vs. Randy Orton for later tonight.


- The Usos defeated Ryback and Curtis Axel in a non-title match.


- Rusev squashed Xavier Woods. Rusev had a big Russian flag hanging above the ring during the match.


- Bad News Barrett defeated Rob Van Dam and Cesaro in a 3-way match.


- Bray Wyatt returned – via a taped promo that aired on the big screen.


Bray talked about his loss to John Cena at Payback and said Sister Abigail warned him all this would happen.


- Natalya defeated Alicia Fox. After the match, Alicia went ballistic at ringside, trashing the announce table and screaming at the announcers and Lilian Garcia.


- Bo Dallas defeated Santino Marella. Emma was at ringside.


- Randy Orton vs. Big Show ended in a disqualification when Seth Rollins hit the ring and attacked Big Show with Orton. The show ended with Orton and Rollins posing while Big Show was laid out.