2020 Pro Wrestling Thread

Miz allegedly showed up sick at the WM taping.

 

That ladder match was a lot of fun. I liked the ending.

Becky-Shayna was pretty good, but the finish was anti-climatic. Why doesn’t Shayna just release the hold.

IC match was fine. Sami was fun as the whiny heel.

 

Now THAT'S a stunt we'd never see at a typical Mania with the sign 100 feet in the air. Great bump by KO.

 

Nikki Cross is what the world needs.

 

This AJ/Taker thing has actually been pretty freakin' sweet. The return of biker Taker is long overdue, as much as he's broken character in interviews recently.

 

Yeah, I thought that'd be pretty bad. A lot of those pre-taped matches are. But that was fun. It was like the last big fight scene of an action movie.

 

As bad as that Orton/Wyatt thing was a couple years ago, this was that brilliant. Much better than the Hardy/Wyatt and New Day/Wyatt film pieces.

Cena/Wyatt tomorrow (also off site) is going to have A LOT to live up to.

 

OK, given the circumstances, I was quite entertained. KO/Seth had a satisfying ending and Biker Taker/A.J. was one of those so cheesy bad, it’s good moments. I would have liked to have seen Kane or Aleister help Taker out, though.

 

Black has his own deal with Lashley tomorrow, but I agree with Kane, or maybe a hologram of Paul Bearer.

Obviously, though, Glenn Jacobs I'm sure couldn't justify taking time to do it with the world in crisis.

 

Yeah, good point on Mayor Kane.

 

Watching the Boneyard Match makes me think about how far we've come from that Piper/Goldust Backlot Brawl, with the spliced in OJ chase footage.

Looking toward what we have left:
- Brock/Drew
- Charlotte/Ripley
- 5-way for SD women
- Edge/Orton
- Profits/Garza & Theory
- Black/Lashley
- Cena/Wyatt
- Otis/Ziggler
- Liv/Natalya on the preshow

I can't really see how Day 2 can come close to matching Day 1. Edge/Orton should be great, and Charlotte/Ripley could be good if they let Rhea shine, but a lot of it seems either paint by numbers or total filler.

All else I want is Otis to win and get the Dirty Dancing/Time of Your Life moment with Mandy.