Ace Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Jeff Jarrett just announced his resignation from TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Double J...out before the ship sinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Jeff Jarrett just announced his resignation from TNA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 To take an office position with AAA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Jeff showing up at the Rumble would be hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Double-J-Double-M.A. going for the streak would be funny too. The Rumble is at least plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 These are my best of/year end awards. Oooh, I'll play along BEST SHOW: WWE NXT. Gives me real late 80s/early 90s wrestling flashbacks in that you have one 1 hour show, various angles pushed forward, squash matches and interesting characters BEST WRESTLER: Daniel Bryan. That whole summer-long run with the ever-increasing crowd reaction building all the way to the Summerslam match was totally fascinating and entertaining with good matches every week. Even the Orton-Bryan run started out okay until WWE intentionally/accidentally made Big Show into the biggest star of the feud. BEST MATCH: I actually haven't bothered to get around to most of the consensus MOTY matches (Punk-Lesnar, Bryan-Cena, etc. etc.) but I'm not sure I enjoyed a match as much this year as I enjoyed Sami Zayn-Bo Dallas. What worked for me here, versus the other Zayn performances, is that the NXT crowd GENUINELY hates Bo Dallas. Not in a *winkwink* "We "hate" Antonio Cesaro...we reallly love him" way but in a Smark-rage-against-the-machine way and so every time it looked like Dallas was going to sneak out a win the crowd was just so worked up, then when it looked like Zayn was about to win, they were even more over-the-top insane. FAVOURITE CHARACTER: Enzo Amore and Big Cass (Or is it Kass?!). I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm not sure there's a guy in WWE outside of Cena and Rock who can work a crowd with such ease and have them hang on every word as Amore. If WWE brings these two in exactly as they are, gimmick and catchphrases and t-shirts intact, they could be really huge, provided they don't break them up too early. MOST IMPROVED: Bo Dallas. He was competent as bland fired-up babyface, but nothing special. But a funny thing happened when the NXT crowd turned on him and started booing him, he developed into one of the best characters in WWE-land. An obnoxious heel who thinks he's a face, and is completely oblivious to the fans booing him. In that regard, he reminds me a lot of early Paragon of Virtue Chris Jericho but not funny, so there's no danger of him turning himself face by accident. WORST SHOW: Impact. I tried to get into it. Lord help me, I tried. Once I got a DVR I started recording it but it just...does not work for me. I don't think the best wrestlers (Roode, Aries, Joe?) are all that great, I can't get into the angles, I out-and-out hate and cannot stand to watch a good number of folks (Anderson, ODB, Sabin) and I can't really tell any of the non-Gail Kim, ODB, Tapia knockouts apart. And they have the worst announcing team, by far, in professional wrestling. Yes, worse than when WWE teams up Tom Phillips (who basically seems to know nothing about wrestling) and Alex Riley. I stopped DVRing it...btw. WORST WRESTLER: Brodus Clay. I dunno, I just can't quite put the Miz here, though he's been justifiably shitty as he's been misused this year as the world's least convincing face, then turned, then turned back, and possibly turned again but I'm not quite sure. Brodus is kind of a blackhole of dancing and 3-4 same moves over and over. Brodus is just kinda shitty. Not the worst, but a guy they could replace tomorrow and no one would notice. WORST CHARACTER: ODB. I just cannot stand her. I don't like the way she bumps, I don't like any of her moves, I hate her character. She was part of one of the single dumbest spots I saw all year (Taking off her bra to choke somebody with and not being able to get it off and having another bra underneath...What the hell was that!?) and I've never enjoyed one of her matches. MOST UN-IMPROVED: (Is there an opposite of 'Most Improved', like guy who took the biggest step backward?) The Miz. The Miz looked like he was getting there: obnoxious and over-bearing on the mic, competent in the ring, good seller, lots of fun with an enjoyable moveset (The clothesline into the corner that leaves him sitting there looking smarmy and that awesome DDT-the-guy-from-his-knees move) and you really felt that as long as he's in there with someone better, he'd be a perfectly serviceable upper-tier heel for a long time. Then 2013 came and...oof. From the completely pointless face turn (I don't care how nice of a guy he is purportedly in real life, that guy is meant to be booed) to the misguided Ric Flair passing the torch to him angle, to his recent heel turn that wasn't really a heel turn because he had a movie coming out, it's just been a bad, bad year for him. He needs a complete repackaging before he turns into Billy Gunn: a perfectly acceptable wrestler who the fans just turn on and finds himself out of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Miz had his career match this year. That is a huge testament to the skill of Antonio Cesaro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Sorry, but his best was that post-Wrestlemania IC Title match with Barret. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I would go back and double check but it's a Miz match. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Miz never really recovered from when they teased making a super couple with him and Maryse only for the WWE to have Miz dump her on tv (it did give us that hilarious clip of Maryse with her fuck me eyes as he was doing it). The Miz is so much better as an obnoxious asshole. Right now I don't know what the hell they are doing with him. It was reported creative turned him heel but totally forgot he had the Christmas Bounty movie coming out at the same time. Miz's biggest problem is he needs someone to bounce off of. He would be great in a stable or at least in a tag team again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Sorry, but his best was that post-Wrestlemania IC Title match with Barret. Miz had his career match this year. That is a huge testament to the skill of Antonio Cesaro. Miz's career match was still the couple against Jerry Lawler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 To take an office position with AAA? My guess is that he'll be a prominent part of AAA when it premieres on the El Rey network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 RE Miz: So, Miz is only good in matches if he is going to job (or almost job) to people he should be losing to anyway? RE Jarrett: I wish the WWE would scoop him up to teach people how to be babyfaces. I am talking real likeabe, punch like its your last shot kinda babyfaces. Not this modern "The internet thinks I am cool, so I am going to do things the internet thinks is cool" bullshit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Here is my JJ fantasy booking. JJ does the MMA gimmick to bring legitimacy back to the WWE. Brock comes back and squashes him turning face in the process. Brock leaves for 5 months. JJ does some Shopzone commercials in the "Don West" role for the rest of his career. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 My top 10 Best things of the year in no particular order: The Rhodes Brothers Roman Reigns spear Antonio Cesaro Daniel Bryan Ishii vs. Shibata from the G1 The Steve Austin Show The Wyatts Grado / Colt Cabana videos from Scotland Post WM Raw Brock Lesnar Honorable mentions go to Konnan on the MLW podcast, Drake Younger in PWG and Bully Ray. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Yeah, I realize Undertaker did more than just the one match, but how cool would it be to work a total of about two weeks a year at your job and be done for the year? "Well, see you guys next year." I think he did do that in 2011 and 2012, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Sorry, but his best was that post-Wrestlemania IC Title match with Barret. Miz had his career match this year. That is a huge testament to the skill of Antonio Cesaro. Miz's career match was still the couple against Jerry Lawler. A case could be made for the US title matches against DB. Or was that the IC title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I don't know why, but I'm just so incredibly happy and entertained by this: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Sorry, but his best was that post-Wrestlemania IC Title match with Barret. Miz had his career match this year. That is a huge testament to the skill of Antonio Cesaro. Miz's career match was still the couple against Jerry Lawler. A case could be made for the US title matches against DB. Or was that the IC title? They were the US title, and honestly they weren't that memorable even in Miz's career, let alone Bryan's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overly Critical Man Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Honorable mentions go to Konnan on the MLW podcast, Drake Younger in PWG and Bully Ray. Drake Younger shook everyone's hand in line at PWG All Star Weekend and then he did a moonsault to the outside that almost broke the ceiling light again later that night. That man is good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dok Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Miz's career best performance was his I Quit match vs. Cena at Over The Limit 2011. Part of this was Cena being the inde-fucking-fatigable hero, but it wasn't a total carry job by any means. Miz and Riley had control for around 80% of the time and looked as if they enjoyed every inch of hurt that they laid at Cena's door. Miz even loses a battle of words with some little kid planted at ringside. It was a bit of a bullshit finish but that was no fault of his, that was a performance anyone could have been proud of. Top quality villainy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I remember really liking the one where DB won the title, but that might be why. It was one of Bryan's first showcase matches. I actually really like the post-WM Barrett match too. I was set on skipping over it at the time, but it drew me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKostka Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Is there still a chatroom people go into during Raws for this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I've been fantasy booking Rikishi returns since he left. Don't get excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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