2017 Pro Wrestling Thread

Crushing. No parent should have to bury a child.

 

That was fucking amazing. That was top three of all of the 30 for 30s, if not the best.

Considering that final Raw and SmackDown are in Atlanta and Charlotte, I'd be stunned if they don't bring him in for one of those. And if they do, the roof will blow off the fuckin arena.

Now that I think of it, Charlotte will be wrestling for the belt IN Charlotte. Can't be that easy ... Charlotte wins the belt, the first notes of Zarathustra plays and there's not a dry eye in the house.

 

... and then, since they're in Charlotte and need to keep the tradition alive, Braun Strowman comes out and powerslams him through a table.

 

Anyone else get some satisfaction out of Hulk Hogan admitting that Flair was better than he was?

Also interesting to hear Triple H admitting he manipulated the company's wellness policy, in regards to Reid, as a favor to Ric.

 

They can have A.J. lose to Brock in a hard-fought match, then drop the belt back to Jinder on that Tuesday with the excuse that he was still beaten up from Brock.

 

Haven't watched it yet, but your second line could become quite interesting to the rest of the roster.

 

Theyre saying Sami and Ko were sent home for going off script last night. I dont remember any lines that seems out of bounds, seemed like typical same old promo. Work?

Altho on second thought it was a taped show so they couldve nuked whatever it was......

 

Details on Why Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens Were Sent Home from UK Tour

Apparently, they were supposed to take more of an offense from the New Day after Kevin went after Kofi following the bell, but they instead bailed.

 

Seems crazy. Im calling work.

 

20 years ago today ... The Montreal Screwjob.

Remember, back then wrestling was kinda still a bit secretive about a lot of stuff. You knew it was a show, of course, but how they worked the matches, and the backstage stuff, wasn't as much out in the open as it's become. When Foley wrote his first book, he even put in a disclaimer saying that if he wrote about injuries, that fans should take them as legitimate unless he told them otherwise. That was the wrestling world back then.

I remember going to my town's public library to hop on the Internet (not many homes had it at that time; my paper barely had email access on a couple of computers). I'd read some sites, and it'd take me a little while to realize that it was the legitimate backstage stories and not some storyline things. Then I got used to reading some backstage things, and found it quite interesting, since the industry had been so secretive when I was a kid.

Then, the Screwjob happened. I remember a bunch of sites (like Greg Oliver's Slam) went absolutely nuts over what happened, especially with Bret punching out Vince. There was talk of the wrestlers boycotting Raw that night. Needless to say, I tuned in, even though I was more a Nitro watcher at that point. However, nothing much really happened on Raw, as I recall. Kinda a letdown.

For a few months, it seemed like that night was going to spell the eventual end of the WWF, since WCW was so strong, and they just got one of Vince's top guys. Instead, that night ended up being the spark that saved the WWF and killed WCW.

Come to think of it, if ESPN did another wrestling 30 for 30, they could do it on the Screwjob. "What if I told you that 20 years ago ... pro wrestling became real for one night ..."

 

Just read Uber lost a bid to treat their drivers as self employed....cracks me up since Vince still can. Not really here or there but I found it funny