odessasteps Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I don’t remember WM8 being blacked out. Of course a) Bloomington may have been far enough away to avoid a blackout and b) we were there live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Dog said: But accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 4 hours ago, L_W_P said: https://itrwrestling.com/word-rumble/ Awesome Got it in 4, but damn that's a tough one for people unfamiliar to the concept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Soon it's May the 5th, WWE Q1 financials day. If there are no cuts during or after that day then they're done doing main roster cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Thinking about the Bullet Club turning nine over the weekend, which five names come to your mind when you think of the stable? To me the five biggest are: Prince Devitt who came up with the name and was the first leader. AJ Styles who became the new leader when Devitt joined WWE. Kenny Omega who led the group when Styles left for WWE. The Young Bucks. I'd say the Bullet Club was at its peak critically and commercially with Omega/Young Bucks as the Elite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Nah I wanna know who's the worst member. It's gotta be Cody Hall, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Nah I wanna know who's the worst member. It's gotta be Cody Hall, right? Or Bone Soldier Edited May 3, 2022 by Nice Guy Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 1 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Speaking of rosters, I decided to see how the numbers compared between AEW and WWE. I'm basing this on wikipedia so it may not be accurate, and includes people who are injured or barely work. WWE main roster - 62 men, 24 women AEW - 98 men, 25 women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 1 hour ago, zendragon said: Drunk Jeff Jarrett was still not as awkward moving around the ring as Cody Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 29 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said: Drunk Jeff Jarrett was still not as awkward moving around the ring as Cody Hall Jeff Jarrett is like a fine wine. Better with age and a higher alcohol content. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 1 hour ago, HumanChessgame said: Speaking of rosters, I decided to see how the numbers compared between AEW and WWE. I'm basing this on wikipedia so it may not be accurate, and includes people who are injured or barely work. WWE main roster - 62 men, 24 women AEW - 98 men, 25 women WHY DOES WWE HOARD ALL THE WRESTLERS?~! Joking aside - at least the AEW number is close to accurate. On their website - I think it lists 98-100 folks for the men but they also include Brodie Lee, Brodie Lee Jr, folks injured (Kenny Omega, Miro) and folks like Mark Henry and Paul Wight. The WWE number obviously grows if you include, at a minimum, the NXT 2.0 roster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Bullet Club has also touched NJPW, ROH, Impact, AEW and unofficially WWE. Not many groups can lay claim to that. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Got to hear Dr Tom and Beau tell stories, so it was a good day. Tom introduced me to one of his students as Jack Pfeffer's great grandson and to another as Paul Pershmann. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I can’t be the only one who took advantage of the Pro Wrestling Tees Bullet Club sale? I bought 4 damn shirts today and that’s with already having the original shirt, KENTA’s Orlando Go2Sleep Club, Stephen Amell’s Vigilante Club, & the Jay White shirt that says KING with images inside the letters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 20 hours ago, TheVileOne said: But accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 We've had the 20th anniversary of the main roster debut of Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton and Batista's is upcoming next week. Batista's best match was vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania 23, it should have gone on last and I felt that way before the show. 'Taker going for his second world title at a WrestleMania 10 years after his first. The MOTN and one of the best feuds ever in 2007 at WrestleMania 23, Backlash, Post Backlash Smackdown, Cyber Sunday and Survivor Series. After that, Batista's heel work in 2010, still remember this line: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, zendragon said: Haku/Meng is the worst BC member... ...Just kidding, Haku/Meng. Edited May 4, 2022 by The Natural 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I was watching last night's Young Rock episode & Colt Cabana guest starred as the Brooklyn Brawler when Rock got his WWE Dark Match! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kropotkin's Beard Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 13 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Nah I wanna know who's the worst member. It's gotta be Cody Hall, right? Cody Hall, a man so untalented AND unpleasant to work with he's burned bridges with New Japan, NOAH & DDT. God knows he kept getting chances and simply was not worth them. But I guess that name & a decent look buy you more chances than if you're just a bloke. On 5/2/2022 at 3:32 PM, The Natural said: Who do we have for Wrestler of the Year, Match of the Year and Show of the Year so far? WOTY I'd currently have CM Punk for his two ***** matches with MJF on AEW Dynamite, 2nd February and at AEW Revolution, 6th March. MJF gets a honourable mention for that joining Bryan Danielson, Dax Harwood, Jon Moxley and Kazuchika Okada. March of the Year is still Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson on AEW Dynamite way back on the 6th January. Honourable mentions: The two MJF/CM Punk matches I referred to, #FTR vs. Young Bucks on AEW Dynamite (6th April), Briscoe Brothers vs. #FTR at ROH Supercard of Honour and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii at NJPW Wrestle Dontaku. Gave all *****. Show of the Year is definitely AEW Revolution thanks to CM Punk vs. MJF, Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson and Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho. Wrestler of the Year so far is probably Kazuchika Okada. He's had more matches over **** than anyone else on my spreadsheet, although Go Shiozaki is 1 behind and has more highs. So it's very close between them as my #1 & #2, with a group of guys breathing down their neck including Shingo, ZSJ, Takuya Nomura & Katsuhiko Nakajima. And Arisa Nakajima is in the conversation, less on quantity than on hit-rate. Cagematch has her wrestling 19 times this year, I've seen just her SEAdLINNNG stuff but that's 6 matches and the lowest rated is still "this is real good and more than worth your time". Have to love that consistency. Honourable mention to T-Hawk too who is rarely doing matches I have below ***½. Danielson obviously rules but a) I'm a month behind on AEW right now because there is too much wrestling I want to watch & b) he doesn't have quite the same volume as the names I've mentioned before. Still a great year. Match of the Year is still Go vs Nakajima from NOAH 1/1. I love both guys, I love the current big match NOAH Heavyweight style when old immobile dudes aren't involved, it's made for me. The other ***** match I have this year is the Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Arisa Nakajima match from SEAdLINNNG 29/4, Tag partners, friends, go to war in their last SEAd outing before Fujimoto goes on hiatus to enjoy her recent marriage. Beyond that I've 8 matches at ****¾, Mike Bailey vs Bandido from Wrestlecon is top of those as a near perfect example of current absolutely over the top indy high flying nonsense. But Kenoh vs Kiyomiya, Muscle Venus vs Hoshi & Makoto, Takagi vs ZSJ, Page vs Danielson, Jericho vs Kingston, Takagi vs Ishii & Syuri vs Giulia are the others. And honourable mentions to Takuya Nomura vs Yuma Aoyagi, my fave sub 10 minute match, and Jun Kasai vs Daisuke Masaoka, Deathmatch of the Year to date. Show of the Year is NOAH's The New Year 2022 from 1/1, Go vs Nak, Kenoh vs Kaito, Mutoh & Marufuji vs Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka, and Inaba, Kitamiya & Inamura vs KENTA, Sugiura & Sakuraba were all great, and the Junior Tag with Aleja & Haoh vs Yoshioka & Susumu was very enjoyable too. Have to shout out SEAdLINNNG as promotion of the year, 6 shows, 1 *****, 1 ****½, 5 ****¼, 3 ****, 5 ***¾. No one else is that consistently great among the promotions I watch regularly. Though All Japan have had an under-rated year, and NJPW have the volume but also have some of the worst matches from this year I've seen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 6 hours ago, Kropotkin's Beard said: Cody Hall, a man so untalented AND unpleasant to work with he's burned bridges with New Japan, NOAH & DDT. God knows he kept getting chances and simply was not worth them. But I guess that name & a decent look buy you more chances than if you're just a bloke. Wrestler of the Year so far is probably Kazuchika Okada. He's had more matches over **** than anyone else on my spreadsheet, although Go Shiozaki is 1 behind and has more highs. So it's very close between them as my #1 & #2, with a group of guys breathing down their neck including Shingo, ZSJ, Takuya Nomura & Katsuhiko Nakajima. And Arisa Nakajima is in the conversation, less on quantity than on hit-rate. Cagematch has her wrestling 19 times this year, I've seen just her SEAdLINNNG stuff but that's 6 matches and the lowest rated is still "this is real good and more than worth your time". Have to love that consistency. Honourable mention to T-Hawk too who is rarely doing matches I have below ***½. Danielson obviously rules but a) I'm a month behind on AEW right now because there is too much wrestling I want to watch & b) he doesn't have quite the same volume as the names I've mentioned before. Still a great year. Match of the Year is still Go vs Nakajima from NOAH 1/1. I love both guys, I love the current big match NOAH Heavyweight style when old immobile dudes aren't involved, it's made for me. The other ***** match I have this year is the Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Arisa Nakajima match from SEAdLINNNG 29/4, Tag partners, friends, go to war in their last SEAd outing before Fujimoto goes on hiatus to enjoy her recent marriage. Beyond that I've 8 matches at ****¾, Mike Bailey vs Bandido from Wrestlecon is top of those as a near perfect example of current absolutely over the top indy high flying nonsense. But Kenoh vs Kiyomiya, Muscle Venus vs Hoshi & Makoto, Takagi vs ZSJ, Page vs Danielson, Jericho vs Kingston, Takagi vs Ishii & Syuri vs Giulia are the others. And honourable mentions to Takuya Nomura vs Yuma Aoyagi, my fave sub 10 minute match, and Jun Kasai vs Daisuke Masaoka, Deathmatch of the Year to date. Show of the Year is NOAH's The New Year 2022 from 1/1, Go vs Nak, Kenoh vs Kaito, Mutoh & Marufuji vs Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Tanaka, and Inaba, Kitamiya & Inamura vs KENTA, Sugiura & Sakuraba were all great, and the Junior Tag with Aleja & Haoh vs Yoshioka & Susumu was very enjoyable too. Have to shout out SEAdLINNNG as promotion of the year, 6 shows, 1 *****, 1 ****½, 5 ****¼, 3 ****, 5 ***¾. No one else is that consistently great among the promotions I watch regularly. Though All Japan have had an under-rated year, and NJPW have the volume but also have some of the worst matches from this year I've seen. Cheers for the post and recommendations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 For the UK and USA posters. Check out Randy Orton and Riddle's shirts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Freddie Prinze Jr says he will be starting a wrestling promotion in the next 18 months https://www.f4wonline.com/news/other-wrestling/freddie-prinze-jr-reveals-plan-to-start-wrestling-promotion-in-next-18-months Some notes - Goal is starting with the next 18 months. Could be sooner but said that we require him to move to Australia for 3 months (it sounds like if he accepted a specific role being filmed in Australia it would really boost the available money for the project) - The company could theoretically run for up to 3 years without making a profit. (Ideally he wants to be making a profit within 2 but Scooby Doo made him a lot of money) - It looking for a full time location that the promotion would run out of - Wants it to be a 2 hour TV show but knows he probably won't get a TV deal at the start - Wants all the wrestlers to join SAG so they would get benefits that way 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I'm interested if it's a) a highly-stylized episodic show, a la LU, or b) a total Southern wrestling throwback where half the wrestlers talk like they're from somewhere in Georgia or ARE from somewhere in Georgia, it's a studio show, and there is at least one ruthless heel stable always scheming across multiple storylines. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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