hammerva Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) Never thought I would see this but the WWE is officially part of the indie wrestling Collective for WM weekend in an actual show https://x.com/WWEID/status/1901785431089254814 Edited March 18 by hammerva
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 The worst part of the Internet Wrestling Community is people learning terms and then using them completely incorrectly: 1 1
peterien Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) To me Cody came off looking like the biggest fucking dork- he gets his ass handed to him at Chamber, spends 2 weeks on Raw and SD calling out/looking for Cena then finally is in the same building as him and all he does is do his full entrance while all smiles calls Cena a bitch and leaves. Edit- I know the live crowd ate it up but take away THAT atmosphere and it just doesn’t add up. Edited March 18 by peterien 3
NoFistsJustFlips Posted March 18 Posted March 18 It makes perfect sense to me. It's Rocky 3. Cody feels untouchable. He gave an over confident heel promo in a baby face wrapper. Now when Cena beats him he can do some introspection and realize he lost the eye of the tiger. Then he spends the year getting that fire back and beating Cena in his retirement match and getting the belt back for the next Mania season. I loved Cena's promo. I thought he struck a pretty perfect balance. I know people wanted cool heel Cena like nWo Hogan. But this is a much better motivation to tell stories with. I respect the hel out of him being willing to canabalize his merch sales by shit talking people wearing his shirts too. Good touch. 2
NikoBaltimore Posted March 18 Posted March 18 For a heel turn promo from a guy that nobody expected ever would after all these years it just didn't work for me. It lacked the bit it needed but with them on Netflix they could have done something to drive things home. In my head I'm picturing Cena for the first 2/3 not caring about them saying stuff like "Shut the fuck up!" But as he goes on it starts to become too much and if let's say they said that again he should have gone "No, you shut the fuck up!" Give that response all the hate it could and could have had one helluva impact. Or if that's somehow too much for them he could have gong around the front row and looked a kid or two in the eye and said some heel shit. It feels cruel and I don't think Cena would have done it but it would have made for one helluva visual when doing recaps and historical packages down the line. I dunno, these are just two half-baked ideas I thought of two minutes ago. Regardless it lacked the bite that it needed to make it an all-timer but it wasn't horrible by any means.
Cobra Commander Posted March 18 Posted March 18 John Cena and the singer of "Land Down Under" are the two people who have experienced the anxiety of dealing with Belgians 1
Cliff Hanger Posted March 19 Posted March 19 5 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: John Cena and the singer of "Land Down Under" are the two people who have experienced the anxiety of dealing with Belgians If Colin Hay thinks it's a reason for anxiety, I'm disinclined to doubt him. The writer of "Waiting For My Real Life" would not steer us wrong.
Ziggy Posted March 19 Posted March 19 On 3/17/2025 at 10:19 PM, odessasteps said: What is there for Rhea to do? Go back to something with Liv and/or Raquel? I would have had Rhea vs Stratton instead of Charlotte. I don't doubt Bianca vs Io vs Rhea will be good but 3 ways and 4 ways is always lazy booking for WrestleMania. Rhea is still over as fuck but they made her look so lame on Monday. I'm sure that won't be the only multiple person match at Mania too
Eivion Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Chelsea/Sol was pretty solid. Not sure if Sol screwed up that springboard or not, but it ended up working out quite well within the context of the match. Vaquer's segment setting up Jaida as the next challenger was fine. As was Fallon finally getting her rematch confirmed backstage. Slightly surprised to see them already teasing Vaquer overextending herself with two title matches on one night for next week. Hank & Tank vs. Briggs/Inamura was good. The Culling vs. D'Angelo Family was solid. Dug how heated it felt from the beginning to end. The finish with Tony getting attacked backstage was unexpected but a decent way to give the Culling the win and protect the Family from more losses. The Retribution/Shield/Nexus/etc. group finally stating a purpose and name was good to see though it feels 3-4 weeks late. Karmen/Jacy was fine. Feels weird to see them already pushing Karmen and Ashante to break up. Ricky/Ridge was solid. Trick/Eddy was fun while it lasted but nothing special. Ended up being far more about the post match with Trick calling out Oba, Je'Von & Dark State's appearances, and the ensuing chaos that followed. The wrestling was generally solid though nothing stood out super strongly. Same story wise though its always good to see NXT moving forward with its various feuds and relationships. Chelsea/Sol was probably MOTN for me. Pretty decent show though a bit weaker than expected after Roadblock. 3
worldcupfever Posted March 19 Posted March 19 I'm sure this has been mentioned before but it really makes it hard to take Hank and Tank seriously when they look so much like WCW-era Public Enemy. Maybe that's intentional.
HumanChessgame Posted March 19 Posted March 19 10 hours ago, worldcupfever said: I'm sure this has been mentioned before but it really makes it hard to take Hank and Tank seriously when they look so much like WCW-era Public Enemy. Maybe that's intentional. I was half paying attention when I looked up to see their segment and flat out thought it had switched to some archived replay of WCW Worldwide with PE doing a bit.
Ziggy Posted March 20 Posted March 20 I was hoping for a Shaemus vs Breaker match at Mania for the IC title but it looks like Penta will be getting a shot at Mania. I know Penta is broken down at this point but I haven't seen much of his AEW run so I still get much enjoyment watching him in AEW. If they do go with he vs Bron then that means Rey Fenix will probably be on Smackdown. It's probably a better choice to keep them on separate brands until after WrestleMania. As much as I dont want Bron to drop the title anytime soon, Penta is still pretty over right now. Maybe not at over as he was the first few weeks but he's still over and I wouldn't blame them if they put the IC belt on him. He'll probably lose and then they can put the Lucha bros together. I don't think Rey Fenix will be as big of a deal as Penta but I think they should promote him like the Smackdown equivalent of Penta and keep him exclusive to Smackdown until they decide to put them together
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 20 Posted March 20 There was a Fenix teaser video on Smackdown last week https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1jbde03/smackdown_spoilers_teaser_for_a_new_addition_to/
The Natural Posted March 20 Posted March 20 13 hours ago, Ziggy said: I was hoping for a Shaemus vs Breaker match at Mania for the IC title but it looks like Penta will be getting a shot at Mania. I know Penta is broken down at this point but I haven't seen much of his AEW run so I still get much enjoyment watching him in AEW. If they do go with he vs Bron then that means Rey Fenix will probably be on Smackdown. It's probably a better choice to keep them on separate brands until after WrestleMania. As much as I dont want Bron to drop the title anytime soon, Penta is still pretty over right now. Maybe not at over as he was the first few weeks but he's still over and I wouldn't blame them if they put the IC belt on him. He'll probably lose and then they can put the Lucha bros together. I don't think Rey Fenix will be as big of a deal as Penta but I think they should promote him like the Smackdown equivalent of Penta and keep him exclusive to Smackdown until they decide to put them together I'm disappointed it's not Bron Breakker vs. Sheamus as Sheamus deserves to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time on the biggest stage of all and I can't fucking stand Penta. 1
Shartnado Posted March 20 Posted March 20 1 hour ago, The Natural said: and I can't fucking stand Penta. Wait, what? Since when? Wow, learn something new every, huh? 2
Cliff Hanger Posted March 20 Posted March 20 I think the most important piece of information from last night's Evolve is that Brinley Reece's finish is called Reece's to Pieces. 3 1 3
Ziggy Posted March 21 Posted March 21 13 hours ago, The Natural said: I'm disappointed it's not Bron Breakker vs. Sheamus as Sheamus deserves to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time on the biggest stage of all and I can't fucking stand Penta. I like Pentagon personally but I feel Sheamus is a much better opponent and will have a much better match. I wouldn't even care if Sheamus lost. I think he'll finally win it eventually 1
Eivion Posted March 21 Posted March 21 The thing is Sheamus/Bron is already covered ground so it makes sense why they aren't going that direction, especially if Sheamus isn't winning.
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 21 Posted March 21 On 3/20/2025 at 11:24 AM, The Natural said: Sheamus deserves to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the first time There's a Smackdown TV episode happening in Dublin this August - that's where you do Sheamus winning the IC belt (sure you have to transfer the belt over to SD) but it's so blindingly obvious - they won't do it. 3
Curt McGirt Posted March 21 Posted March 21 On 3/18/2025 at 9:01 PM, Cliff Hanger said: Dark State is my least favorite TSOL record. NOT Hit and Run? Or does that not count?
Curt McGirt Posted March 22 Posted March 22 (edited) Holy crap, if you're not watching, Smackdown is in Bologna, Italy and they have a freakin' futbol crowd. They sang EVERY LYRIC of Randy Orton's theme song at top volume and they just let it run for awhile. The chanting is louddddddd. EDIT: My other two takeaways from tonight were 1. McIntyre absolutely unloading on Priest with 3/4 Legit punches and even rabbit punching him 2. Heyman showing up in the nicest, slimming black suit that he probably picked up for an enormous amount of money at an Italian boutique while Rollins showed up in something that looked like a deflated pool floaty turned into clothing. Hey, maybe he got it from... Spoiler UPHOLSTERY MANNNNNNNNNN Edited March 22 by Curt McGirt 1
Eivion Posted March 22 Posted March 22 The opening with Orton and Owens was fun. Kind of love the idea that Legend Killer Orton is the one guy who can make even KO nervous enough to finally cut down some of his bs. Also dug Orton about to make a normal entrance walk only to slow it down when he realized the crowd was wanting to sing. Drew/Shinsuke vs. Damian/Jimmy was decent. Braun/Jacob was solid up until the dq via Solo/Tama interference. Nice little seeds of dissent sowed with Solo and Tama costing Jacob a title shot. The Charlotte/Tiffany segment was interesting. Didn't think Tiffany came out of it all that well. She tried to talk over Charlotte too much and didn't really have much conviction behind her words. This feud is really kind of showing that Tiffany may just not be ready for that top spot though they also had little choice with how over she is. Would help if they could at least push her as a heel, but we already saw that wasn't going to work either. Honestly this is a bit of their own fault as Stratton was pulled from NXT at least a year early, but its still a shame to see. Still hoping she at least beats Charlotte because a Charlotte win would probably only hurt both. Zelina/Piper built into something solid by the end. I particularly dug the finishing stretch which also seemed to draw decent interest form the crowd. Still neither woman really has much momentum at the moment. Liv/Jade was a bit looser than I would have liked but pretty decent by the end. Italy might not have been the best place to have this one if only because Liv was noticeably more liked than Jade though at least Jade didn't get hated or anything. Was nice to see Naomi get involved and cause Jade the loss. Naomi is definitely embracing the heeldom though I still think she will need backup at some point to make this turn work. Her outfit looked awesome so I hope its not a one off. The new Street Profits theme sounds good though also feels 2 years too late and not the direction they should have headed with Profits as face champs again. Their segment with Legado was decent and did a decent job setting up Street Profits vs. Los Garzas. Said match was good, easily the MOTN with both teams looking grat an a wonderful moment for Ford when he landing on his feet from los Garzas toss. Final segment with Roman, Punk, and Seth oddly felt a bit on the short side, but said everything it really needed to say so I dug it. Not the best night wrestling wise with the impromptu Garzas/Profits match being the only match to fully deliver, but the wrestling itself was still generally decent. Not too standout segment wise aside from the opening and closing though there was some solid building for Wrestlemania. Decent show but they have done better. 2
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