2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

Best Big Show match in how many years? 10? 15? 20?

 

Strowman is growing on me. Nice touch tonight showing that he can actually wrestle a bit and not just smash little guys like Ellsworth.

 

After Raw tonight. Rock was there producing the new film WWE is doing based on Paige's life, and they were about to shoot a match based on Paige vs. AJ.

 

So uhhh how pissed is Vince gonna be about this
The Rock called CM Punk after Raw went off the air

 

That's awesome.

And Vince ain't saying shit to Dwayne.

 

Who, according to you, is the best wrestler to have never won a world title?

Me, personally, I know what most people will answer, but I'll say Arn Anderson. He pretty much won every tag team titles there is and several singles titles except for the big one. Some might say he was in the shadow of Ric Flair but truth be told, there was no one that could have The Enforcer the way that he was.

 

I'd say Roddy Piper, followed by Jesse Ventura. Maybe not the greatest technicians—especially Ventura—but their star power dwarfs so many others who have held world titles.

 

Observer from Feb. 20:

- Elimination Chamber got 59.7 percent thumbs up (123), 33.5 percent thumbs middle and 6.8 percent thumbs down. Chamber match got 141 votes for best match, with Orton-Harper getting the other 41 cast. Worst was Calisto and Crews vs. Ziggler (96), followed by Nikki vs. Natayla (40).

- Lesnar officially retired from MMA. He would have to unretire for the remaining five months of his suspension to be served. Lesnar has also been scheduled for every Raw between now and Mania, although they haven’t been using him at all of them even when he’s in the building.

- The plan for now is Shane McMahon vs. AJ Styles at Mania. Shane has been added to the March 13 MSG show.

- Donovan Dijak wrestled his farewell match with ROH on Feb. 11 or 12. He’s headed to WWE developmental.

- TNA will be taping from March 2 to March 5. The Hardys and Drew Galloway aren’t under long-term contract, but they’re signed for those dates.

- The plan for Angle is for him to do some wrestling in WWE at some point, as a part-timer, as long as he can pass a physical. That is not a guarantee.

- Cena is off all of the advertising for Smackdown past Mania. It’s unknown if this is because of an angle, or just because his schedule is really busy

- Wrestling With My Family, the WWF Films and Rock production, got a $17.5M bid for the worldwide distribution rights from MGM. The cast is good, with Rock, Vince Vaughn and some others attached. Tessa Blanchard is working as a stunt double for the Paige-like character, who’s played by Florence Pugh. It’s based on Paige’s family.

- Rosa Mendes formally announced her retirement on her baby’s first birthday. She hasn’t wrestled since she was pregnant, around Spring of 2015.

- Legends with JBL on the Network has been cancelled. The last episode will be one with Jimmy Hart.

- Kelly Kelly and Victoria were both backstage at shows recently. They’ve been contacting divas / women wrestlers of the past for an angle at Mania, and both are believed to be on board.

- The Emmalina gimmick was dropped because they felt she couldn’t pull off the “sex kitten” type of character, which was supposed to be a throwback to Sable or The Kat. They kept delaying it to give her more time to work on it, but after it was clear she wasn’t going to be able to do it, they just had her drop it and go back to being Heel Emma.

 

Roddy Piper. Curt Hennig. Scott Hall.

 

That's the short list, right there, although there's a few others in the discussion.
Ted Dibiase is one. You could make a case for Jake Roberts, maybe not as a great wrestler but a great character who might have gotten a title run in a different era.

 

Ted DiBiase, not counting the unofficial title reign of a few days after the Andre/Hogan two referees thing where he wore the belt and had a couple title defenses before Tunney stripped him. Would have been a fine NWA champion traveling around, and, if Vince had been inclined to have a long-term heel champion, would have been very credible with his gimmick.