2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

Why do I feel like they're only bringing the Bullet Club in to feed them all to Roman?

Side note: Payback is turning into a pretty damn smarky card.

 

This is the first time in more than two months I actually wanted an ending to Raw that advanced the main event story. So that's good.

I can't make sense of it.....Gallows and Anderson are pretty clearly heel and turning AJ really doesn't make sense. Having Roman lose and begin another sympathetic face chase that hasn't worked twice before doesn't make a lot of sense. So something else has to be going on. Makes it feel unpredictable and exciting for the first time since pre-Rumble.

 

Is it me, or does it seem like Jericho is sticking around much longer this time around because he wants to work with the new talent on the roster(Zayn, Styles, Ambrose, Owens, Cesaro, ect.)?

 

I'm thinking they bring Balor in to screw Styles at the title match. Reigns stays above the fray, and a Balor/Styles feud ensues.

 

My assumption is we get Gallows and Anderson costing AJ at Payback. They all feud for a month or two. Cue debuting Balor as Bullet Club leader. AJ vs. Balor for Summerslam.

 

It would be pretty awesome if ultimately the MITB briefcase is tied to Finn somehow. I wonder if pulling the trigger on the Reigns/Gallows/Anderson Shield 2.0 makes the most sense.....he can beat AJ and then finally be taken down by a returning face Seth Rollins. Screws Balor over pretty badly though as he has no place in that. Maybe Balor is the new HHH guy and they fully embrace the HHH brings guys from Japan in story. I don't see how that'll get boo's from the crowd though.

I wonder if any of this is being rushed or re-done given the Wyatt situation.

 

Fave all-time for me has to be Foley. The man just put himself through hell. Glad he's starting to feel better now.

As for RAW, I was thinking that they have to have Finn come up soon to cost AJ/join Gallows/Anderson, especially after the way they played it.

Glad they're not crapping all over the Vaudevillains and have actually given them back their heel music. Hoping Dudley's screw Enzo/Cass and we get Vauds vs. New Day, with hopefully Vauds going over and doing some of the stuff that really got them over in NXT (old style vignettes etc.)

 

Pretty cryptic tweet from Adam Rose about his 60-day suspension.

411MANIA | Adam Rose Comments on WWE Suspension

 

It will be interesting to see what he and his doctor say about the tests.

I wouldn't put it past the E to get pissed off at him either way and either lengthen the suspension or fire him.

 

Wow.

Breaking News: Former WWE Star Chyna Reportedly Passes Away - Wrestlezone

 

Will be curious how or if they address it Monday, considering all the bad blood with Triple H and the McMahons.

EDIT: Steph and WWE.com have already tweeted it out, so there is some "let bygones be bygones" there.

 

I think a lot of it is going to depend on HOW she died, sad as it is to say that.

The WWE got super burned with Benoit's passing and I feel like they've been extra cautious since then.

I don't imagine we'll get a large tribute show (I can't remember what Savage got and while I wouldn't put her on this level the parallels are very interesting) but I'd be shocked if we didn't get a black card at the start of the show and a little montage with a couple of superstar quotes.

Big loss for the sport but, honestly, I don't know too many people who will be surprised. Hopefully this wakes Sunny up before we're discussing this very thing about her five months from now.