RIPPA Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 If I have to close it again - several of you won't be around to see February. 7
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 And I didn't see if this got mentioned in the NJPW thread or the NPJW Exodus thread, but Mauro's replacement on NJPW's AXS show is... Jim Ross
Raziel Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 And I didn't see if this got mentioned in the NJPW thread or the NPJW Exodus thread, but Mauro's replacement on NJPW's AXS show is... Jim Ross That's pretty damn cool.
cwoy2j Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I wish I knew how to embed tweets. But in any case, here's Kevin Owens: Kevin Owens ✔ @FightOwensFight To the kid who hit me in the arm tonight: I could beat up your dad in a second. To the dad: Raise your kid better. And I could beat you up. 10:58 PM - 9 Jan 2016 3
stro Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 And I didn't see if this got mentioned in the NJPW thread or the NPJW Exodus thread, but Mauro's replacement on NJPW's AXS show is... Jim Ross He's denying it on Twitter
Adam Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I have not watched TNA in a very long time, but i've just downloaded the last few episodes to see what's going on, I can't take this show seriously with Josh Mathews - What the hell happened to his voice? Or is he cosplaying as Joey Styles?
stro Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 Are they still doing the weird commentary from a garage with split screens to the action and announcers, with the graphics taking up about 1/3rd of the screen?
Ace Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I think they filmed all the recent stuff at ringside. And the reason Matthews sounds weird is because he blew his voice on the live show.
RIPPA Posted January 15, 2016 Author Posted January 15, 2016 They were at ringside for the show that aired on Tuesday - but that was also taped the same day as the "live" show. I guess we will know for sure next week
SirSmUgly Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I wish I knew how to embed tweets. But in any case, here's Kevin Owens: Kevin Owens ✔ @FightOwensFight To the kid who hit me in the arm tonight: I could beat up your dad in a second. To the dad: Raise your kid better. And I could beat you up. 10:58 PM - 9 Jan 2016 Ah, a little tap on the arm? At least he wasn't getting attacked by a septuagenarian with a knife. And let me assure you, Ole wouldn't run online to tweet about getting stabbed even if Twitter were around then. Toughen up, Kevvy. Maybe watch some Georgia Championship Wrestling and see how real burly toughmen did it back then, dammit. 4
ChrisM Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I'm gonna go ahead and call Henry winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at 'Mania, then retiring. That's actually the only thing I'm predicting for this year's WrestleMania,since it's nearly impossible to figure out what's going to happen on the rest of the show.
sydneybrown Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 And let me assure you, Ole wouldn't run online to tweet about getting stabbed even if Twitter were around then. What are you talking about? That's how we know old-school wrestlers got stabbed in the first place, because of all the times grizzled old vets kept bragging about how tough their lives were back in the day. 1
RIPPA Posted January 15, 2016 Author Posted January 15, 2016 I more have trouble believing the part where Ole wasn't going to complain about something 15
Lawful Metal Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I know this is a pipe dream and not likely at all, but it'd be a nice change of pace if the McMahons call out Bray Wyatt and company for not assisting in the beat down of Roman and / or Brock. And then Bray can stand up to him and look important for a change. And then Harper and Rowan can absorb the powers of the Undertaker and Kane and start doing choke slams and tombstones and they can important too. Wouldn't that nice? 1
The Nature Boy Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I more have trouble believing the part where Ole wasn't going to complain about something If Twitter had been around in the 80s, Ole would've probably had the most unbearable feed in the world. Old school wrestlers love bragging and bringing attention to themselves just as much (if not more than) the current generation. They would've been all over Twitter. And man, I wish that this could happen because Ric Flair circa 1985 would've been fun to follow.
steve Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 If social media had been around, Flair wouldn't have been able to be Flair. Or if he had tried, he'd have gotten sued/arrested a lot.
Phantom Lord Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 Piper's 1985 Twitter feed would have been amazing. Just him ripping on everyone in pop culture. Probably slipping one night and finally calling Hogan bald. Anyway I saw this on Reddit and I could say was that senile old bastard. "Regarding Tyler Breeze going from WWE NXT to the main roster, Triple H reportedly really wanted to protect Breeze and saw him as a heel on the level of Dolph Ziggler. Vince McMahon agreed and started Breeze at that level but then wasn't convinced and ended the push immediately." Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
The Nature Boy Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 Piper's 1985 Twitter feed would have been amazing. Just him ripping on everyone in pop culture. Probably slipping one night and finally calling Hogan bald. Anyway I saw this on Reddit and I could say was that senile old bastard. "Regarding Tyler Breeze going from WWE NXT to the main roster, Triple H reportedly really wanted to protect Breeze and saw him as a heel on the level of Dolph Ziggler. Vince McMahon agreed and started Breeze at that level but then wasn't convinced and ended the push immediately." Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Is "heel the level of Dolph Ziggler" really a compliment? That's not a knock on Dolph but a knock on his push.
stro Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 Piper's 1985 Twitter feed would have been amazing. Just him ripping on everyone in pop culture. Probably slipping one night and finally calling Hogan bald. Anyway I saw this on Reddit and I could say was that senile old bastard. "Regarding Tyler Breeze going from WWE NXT to the main roster, Triple H reportedly really wanted to protect Breeze and saw him as a heel on the level of Dolph Ziggler. Vince McMahon agreed and started Breeze at that level but then wasn't convinced and ended the push immediately." Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Breezus would still have a push if he started off against anyone but Ziggler. Ziggler is the feud where careers go to die. Tyler started with it.
RIPPA Posted January 15, 2016 Author Posted January 15, 2016 It also shows the flaw with Triple H's plan of "only calling NXT folks up when they have a good long term plan for them"
SirSmUgly Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 And let me assure you, Ole wouldn't run online to tweet about getting stabbed even if Twitter were around then. What are you talking about? That's how we know old-school wrestlers got stabbed in the first place, because of all the times grizzled old vets kept bragging about how tough their lives were back in the day. Yeah, but bragging about being stabbed to dudes in a bar over drinks is orders of magnitude cooler than giving parenting tips on Twitter. "I can beat up your dad" is the highlight of that tweet, though.
Zakk_Sabbath Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I just think the idea of a "long term plan" in today's WWE means something a lot different than it did years ago. Outside of Roman's big push and the year long Rock/Cena "build" I'm struggling to come up with any recent examples of long term planning.
SirSmUgly Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I like Breeze in that midcard spot that existed in the past WWF where he ends up as a three-time IC champion who has a couple of one-month feuds with the WWE champ as fillers between main event feuds. I wish that spot still existed. 3
Zakk_Sabbath Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 I think it *sort of* exists but because of the nature of the current booking and the additional hours of TV now, it manifests itself in the stop/start push bullshit. Razor or Perfect could've easily found themselves in the shoes of Dolph or a pre New Day Kofi if they were on TV 6 hours a week
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