2019 Pro Wrestling thread

So I mean was it Samoa Joe on the scaffold or are we getting a real mystery?

What if it was Rikishi? What if he did it for da Rock?

 

Some are saying it could've been Buddy Murphy (yes, Buddy Murphy), because he could be seen walking away.

 

Braun ain't thru with him yet. It would help explain the weird snarl on Monday.

 

I mean.....its better than what hes doing, I guess, but at this point the only thing missing from his Big Show face/heel yo-yo is a commitment from Netflix for a sitcom to run in 2034

 

I came up with another one: Little Jimmy.

Maria is strutting around with the belt backstage. Truth and Carmella show up with a ref. Maria pulls the pregnancy card, laughs, lies down and dares them to pin her. Truth tells her that he and Carmella won’t pin her.

Instead, it’s Little Jimmy, who’s pinning her right now even though Maria doesn’t realize it. Truth orders the confused ref to count, who does. Ref gives an unsure look, then raises an imaginary hand and declares Little Jimmy the winner. Truth then simulates a roll-up and yells at the ref to count again. He does, and Truth pins Little Jimmy. Truth grabs the belt, apologizes to Little Jimmy, and runs away while a confused Carmella wonders what the hell is going on.

 

Amazingly, because this is wrestling, its already been done before! Stumble across this title the other week while looking up the 24/7 Title: Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship - Wikipedia - Some "highlight" winners include a ladder, an indivisible wrestler, two wrestlers with 230+ title reigns because they just purposely swapped the belt back and forth, and the belt itself was the 1,000th winner.

 

Most of these were quite entertaining.

This one features a wrestler taking on a doll as well as an invisible man.

The Craziest Wrestling in Japan

 

Dammit, we lost Handsome Harley Race today. The greatest wrestler on God's green earth.

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I started a thread in Sports and News, but anyway:

 

Even though Harley's greatest notoriety was elsewhere in places other than the WWF/E, does he get the full 10-bell salute with the locker room on stage before Raw on Monday? Or just an "in memory of" screen and tribute video?

 

Absolutely, he does. Was recognized as a world champion when he and Superstar Billy Graham and Bob Backlund did "champion v. champion" matches for Vince Sr., and VKM seemed to grasp King Harley's contributions to the sport (that's right, SPORT) in his tweet today.

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Race was also in the first WWE Hall of Fame class when they turned it into an annual thing back in 2004 and, near as I can tell, is viewed as an almost mythical figure by everyone in the business. Everybody has a story about Harley Race beating the shit out of someone. Gotta imagine they go all out for somebody like that.