2015 Pro Wrestling Thread

I've always liked how Jesse would play it down the middle when he was with Gorilla, as opposed to how he was with Vince. I always thought it was a sign of respect because Monsoon was a former wrestler, while Vince wasn't.

 

"Oh, I get it McMahon, one of your heroes breaks the rules and it's OK!!!!"

 

The old wrestling legends panels are great to watch first time around on the Network. They were promo-ing one for black history month earlier today.

 

Watched that last night, it was really good.

 

Observer from Feb. 9:

- Ring of Honor isn’t in financial trouble, but Sinclair also hasn’t shown any interest in expanding the show’s budget, even though they got a pitch last week from ROH execs and some of the talent. The December PPV only did 8,000 buys, which was slightly under projections. Execs pitched to Sinclair the idea of making a push for the #2 spot with the downgrading of TNA, but Sinclair is happy with the product at its current level.

This is already having a bit of a domino effect, as the company is likely to lose Michael Bennett, Maria and Roderick Storm to other promotions (TNA, Lucha Underground, New Japan) at some point. ROH pays less than all three. They also won’t be using Alberto Del Rio past April, and there will be less AJ Styles dates this year.

- TNA has brought in Mickie James for a couple dates, and Drew Galloway (Drew McIntyre) has also been signed. The latter doesn’t have a TNA exclusive contract, and will still continue to work indies. And Mickie James, they wouldn’t meet her full price, so it’s just a “per date” deal.

Kurt Angle also re-signed with TNA. It’s believed to be a one-year deal that expires in December.

- It’s unknown what the heck they’re doing with Orton. He was advertised for shows on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2, but they chose not to use him. He’s been in radio ads for Feb. 16, but those ads are done months ahead of time and might not be correct.

- Hogan is training and wants to return to in-ring action.

- Contrary to rumor, Lesnar does not owe UFC any more fights from a 2011 contract. He’s free to sign with anyone when his WWE contract expires.

- When Reigns lost to Big Show in a singles match on Smackdown, it was his first singles loss in about two years.

- Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is being seriously negotiated for May 2, at the whopping price of $100 SD / $110 HD for PPV. The cheapest tickets would go for $1,000. The overall purse at those prices is estimated to be around $200M, and with the PPV price, it could hurt UFC and WWE PPV sales in April and May, the idea being that people will be reluctant to buy all of them.

- On Austin’s pod, Triple H said Chyna deserved to be in the Hall of Fame, but gave a kind of odd reasoning for why she wasn’t inducted. (i.e. If you Google her, the porn tape comes up.) It’s odd because Sean Waltman (X-Pac, Syxx) will be going in soon, either as part of the NWO or DX. He was also strongly in favor of her being in, when internally, he’s pushed against having Goldberg in because his peak was too short. But Goldberg’s peak was longer than Chyna’s, and he did way more business.

- Speaking of Goldberg, there hasn’t been much talk between him and the WWE on coming back. Even though he hasn’t wrestled since 2004 roughly, his DVD outsold Sting and the Ultimate Warrior’s.

- Flair was interviewed for the “I Hate Christian Laettner” 30 for 30 film coming out.

 

Heyman proves his awesomeness again with a promo that includes the word, "tuchus" and incorporates Brian Williams.

 

Rough night for Rollins...

 

Yeah, that's messed up. Was reading about that a minute ago. If it's a cheating thing, as it appears, it's hard to say he doesn't deserve it.

Also, could they have gotten a faker looking Sting?

 

I'm surprised Michael Cole didn't exclaim "#SethRollinsBoner is trending No. 1 worldwide right now!"

 

Just found a site that had, well, everything.

Oh my.

Seems that Rollins is quite a stiff worker.

 

Realized it wasn't the real Sting when the guy jumped in the ring as quickly as he did ...

And they apparently had more than one guy backstage dressed as Sting and ready to go.

 

I mean, it's not even close. And the wig looked even more awful on TV than it does here: