2015 Pro Wrestling Thread

I don't follow rap, so I'd never heard of Machine Gun Kelly.

So I look him up on Wikipedia, and find this gem at the bottom of his page.

"On the June 15th edition of Monday Night Raw on the USA Network, WWE Superstar Kevin Owens powerbombed MGK off the stage after a dispute between the two stars following a performance. MGK was removed from the area and taken to a local medical facility."

Oh yes, I'm sure he was just rushed to the hospital.

Exhibit A on why Wikipedia should always be taken with a grain of salt.

 

Rollins sold the shit out of being petrified at the sight of Lesnar. Great stuff.

(What are the odds they bring up an NXT diva or two or be Paige's buddy vs the Bellas? Is that angle even over enough to make it worth a debut?)

 

Because it's oddly interesting to speculate about the Divas division for me - It seems like they're going in that direction, since everyone on the main roster is rebuffing her. Although every time they do a group shot / backstage angle with the main roster divas, it reminds me of how many they have and do absolutely nothing with. Emma is back in NXT at least, but there was also Layla, Rosa, Summer Rae (in a horrible jean skirt thing) on TV Monday, along with the usuals of the Bella Twins, Paige, Tamina and Naomi.

 

I've got to imagine this is the spot in which Charlotte debuts. Honestly, if you watch NXT you know her call-up seemed like it was set up months ago when she dropped the title to Sasha Banks.
Ever since, she's been quasi involved in some weird angle with Bayley that seems to be going nowhere and it looks like they're just bidding their time with her until the main roster has something for her. I've been pretty much waiting for her music to hit for the past two weeks now and I think it's only a matter of time.
Plus, it makes logistical sense. Paige and Charlotte have the NXT connection and she's clearly ready for the main roster given how long they pushed her with that NXT strap.
I'd guess it happens next week to allow for enough time to set up a tag match at the next PPV.

 

I thought Nattie was going to make a save last night since she was strangely absent from that backstage thing and the Kiddaro team is on the shelf, but nothing. It feels like a nice spot to put Charlotte over but they way they book the divas is so weird

 

Same here, although he has done some stuff with WWE before. I think he sang Cena's entrance song at one of the recent Wrestlemanias.

 

If this doesn't involve Charlotte being brought up and Paige just basically telling the other Divas that they had their chance to rebel, thus forming a Divas stable of their own, then I don't know what the hell they're doing.

 

I think setting up an "NXT Divas vs. Main Roster Divas" thing would be a cool way to give the whole division some more time on TV. It only works if they're willing to give it time on TV though, like at least two 10-minute matches a week, like they do with NXT, where magically, the women are way more over. And magically, when TNA gave women more TV time, those segments got more ratings. But it seems tough to convince McMahon of that, and from most of the backstage stuff, he's the stickler when it comes to the "Divas feuds are just about girl problem bitching" stuff.

 

The thing that's amazing to me regarding how NXT treats its women wrestlers is that, by and large, there aren't any storylines per se. They're all treated like athletes and their ring work is all that's needed to get them over.
Take Becky Lynch, for example. A couple months ago, she was just another person on the roster. Then she goes and kills it in arguably the best women's match of the year, a fatal fourway with Sasha Banks, Charlotte and Bayley, and suddenly people know who she is. Then, a few months later, she puts on a clinic with Sasha Banks which was basically built around the idea of her proving herself as a wrestler and, bam, a star is born.
NXT is at a point where it treats its females like equal counterparts to the men and, honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if the next NXT takeover event is main evented by Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch or an equivalent. They're that over.

 

The Rock is awesome:

 

I mean, there was a post going around the other day on Twitter about the "4 Horsewomen" and it involved Charlotte, Sasha, Bayley and maybe Becky, but I can see them doing that starting with Paige, Charlotte and then moving Sasha up and pairing one more diva into it. I don't know who, Bayley is still too green to me to be up on the main roster.

For now though, I can definitely see them moving Charlotte up to help Paige with the Bella twins.

 

So here's a stupid question. If you're as famous as the Rock and you get involved in an accident and it goes viral, does your insurance company adjust your rate?
I mean, they have to KNOW he got into this accident right? It's not like this news didn't spread everywhere.
If you're the guy in charge of monitoring the Rock's progressive or Geico account, do you adjust his rate even though it was an unreported accident?
See? This is the shit I think about on deadline.