2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

Stuff on various sites noted that Orton broke character and went to Shane's kids at ringside to calm them down after seeing their dad crash and burn like that.

 

Fwiw that got caught in the tail end of a camera shot during the show, noticed it live. Hope he's ok, wonder if the shoulder up was unintentional from being on dream street.

 

Man, that main event was certainly surprising! It made me wonder... Any chance Goldberg is sticking around for more than one match? That's the only way it makes sense to me, since there wasn't a post-match beatdown or anything. I don't think the loss hurts Lesnar, because it actually makes his character more interesting in a way (how does he deal with the loss?), but I was shocked they put Goldberg over so strong. Seems really, really, really odd if he's not sticking around, since it's basically the same treatment The Rock gets now.

 

Reports are he's signed for more matches, including working the Rumble show.

I can see Heyman painting it as a fluke, and Brock being overconfident, so they want a rematch where Brock will take him more seriously. Heyman's promos could be a lot of fun.

 

PED punishment for Brock? I think so.

 

I was there last night and the end of the main event had the whole place stunned, as in "What the fuck? That's it???" I told Huggy Jr. it reminded me of all those nights I coughed up for Tyson pay per views when he would blow his opponent away in a round or two.

The 10-man elimination match was incredible, I think the crowd needed a breather after that one.

 

I had actually stepped away for a few minutes because it was only 10:15 or so and I figured that they would do some BS match or skit after the 10-man match and before the main event. I missed Lesnar's entrance, and was surprised it was starting so soon.

I didn't time it, but if I had to hazard a guess, Goldberg's entrance took longer than the actual match.

Still, it's something we'll be talking about for a long time. Which is, I guess, better than a ten-minute match that'll be forgotten about in six months.

 

Huggy Jr. filmed Goldberg's entrance, I believe it was longer than the match. Sure seemed like it, anyway.

I was also surprised the main event started so soon after the 10-man match, I looked up and Lesnar was coming down the ramp.

 

I’m not surprised at the time the event finished. I called that Survivor Series would end at 10:25 p.m. and it ended at 10:26 p.m.

 

It surprised me because they've been running long on their big PPVs lately. I tuned in late and wasn't keeping up with what had gone on and what hadn't, so even after Goldberg won I thought there was another match.
Nope. Goldberg's pudgy son strutting around shirtless, credits, Story Time, and cue the Nature Boy reminiscing about his in-flight Hawaiian orgy. It was a very jarring five minutes.

 

Even though we didn't get to see very much of it, I thought that was an incredible thing for him to do. And he got the action away from the ring as well, so the doctors could get Shane some help and get him out of the ring. Looked as if he gave some sort of signal to the others, and they moved toward the entrance.

Sites are saying the finish was his idea, so I doubt it.

The 10-man match was honestly better than I thought it would be, as was the 5-on-5 before Lesnar-Goldberg.

 

Agreed, it was pretty good, I should have been clearer, I was talking about the five-on-five match before the main event. Thinking about it after the fact, they knew the main event was going to end quickly so they needed to give people their money's worth beforehand.