2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

"Soccer Mom Haircut...You're on The List!"

 

There was an interview Jericho just gave on some website that escapes me at the moment, where he pointed out to Vince that The List is more over than half the roster, and that Vince agreed and said that it was too bad The List couldn't wrestle.

It was a pretty good interview, and Jericho also told how The List came into being, and how as a heel, he cannot always just do it because he's not supposed to get fans cheering for him.

He said during a house show circuit, he put Wayne Gretzky and Edmonton on The List, then the next night in Calgary, he ripped on the Harts and the fans, and was about to put them on The List, and then decided not to do it and told them Edmonton was on The List to get them to boo him.

 

I thought he called him "Chins McMahon" at first and then I remembered. NO CHIN MUSIC! lol

 

It was Chins McMahon, and they apparently edited that part out on the Hulu version.

 

Somehow, the booking of the last few weeks has gotten me excited for Survivor Series: Raw v SmackDown Live: Dawn of Justice: Fantasy Warfare Becomes Reality: This is Totally Not Bragging Rights.

I...I've always been a Goldberg mark, but I still have a feeling that it'll be the drizzling shits. A 49-year-old man who hasn't rassled in more than a decade against a guy who won't work too hard because he doesn't want to get hurt in case be wants to have another MMA fight one day.

When I first saw the new gimmick for Fandango and Breeze, dressing as cops and handing out little papers .... I thought it was a strip-o-gram gimmick. Took me a while to get that they are Fashion Police. I'm talking a good 10 minutes to get that joke. I am not a smart man (but I do know what love is).

Talking Smack continues to be highly entertaining.

Having 205 Live or whatever right after SmackDown on the NetWWErk and pushing Talking Smack back kind of telegraphs that the Cruiserweights are going Blue. I see Mauro doing 2 hours of SD and then being joined by Bryan for the new show. Then Bryan does Talking Smack. Kinda sucks for the talent that has to wait another hour before getting to hit the road.

If the IC title goes to Raw, SmackDown carries out Bischoff's old adage of "One show, one (men's singles) champion."

 

So uhhh.....full-time Undertaker?

 

What's he going to do? Work once a month, tops? There's a commissioner, a general manager.... is he supposed to be SmackDown Sheriff?

 

Saw this on the Facebook:

Spoiler

"It’s reported that The Undertaker’s next feud will be whoever/if someone loses the match for team SmackDown, The Deadman will target them.
It’s now being reported & rumored that The Undertaker is expected to be WWE Champion heading into WrestleMania.
The UnderTaker will now be working a new, more weekly schedule heading into 2017 and heading into WrestleMania.
So it looks like we may have the AJ Styles vs UnderTaker feud for the royal rumble at the alamo dome.
Plans then call for John Cena to face him for the championship at WM!"

If true, this could be good.

 

Yeah that would be incredible. Taker/Styles would be arguably the best non-Mania program the company's run in five years.

 

It could be good. The problem is predictability. A.J. ain't beating Taker for the title, and everyone knows the E wants Cena to win his 16th title, and he would end up doing it at Wrestlemania.

If anything, I'd rather Cena beat A.J. for the title at the Rumble, get the 16th thing out of the way, then have Undertaker win the Rumble and be Cena's challenger. They could promote it as the old guy who gets his one final chance at the title at the show that he has always dominated against the star champion.

And while on the subject, the E's obsession lately with having the current stars tie and/or break title reign records is getting out of hand. Doing it once a decade is fine. Having it happen three times in roughly a year (Nikki, New Day and eventually Cena) is overdoing it.

 

I know it's just "plans" but SPOILERS DUDE.

 

411MANIA | Update on James Ellsworth’s WWE Status: No Longer Taking Independent Bookings

If it's true that he's signed full-time with WWE, I'm interested to see where it leads. Sure, he may fade into the mid or low card, but when was the last time some random jobber has taken on such a prominent role?