2020 Pro Wrestling Thread

Good thing they don't have six hours of time to fill each week, forcing them to water things down worse than a Diet Coke at McDonald's.

Oh, wait.

 

There was a match on Raw many, many years ago where Big Show and Mick Foley literally put on a wrestling match. For about 10 minutes, these two guys who were not exactly known as mat technicians mostly exchanged holds, counters, and chain wrestled. It was absurdly brilliant. I kind of want to see Edge and Orton do something like that, just to play into the whole "better wrestler" idea.

 

Foley did something similar in ECW. The storyline was that he felt ECW fans were too bloodthirsty with the hardcore style (which he also legitimately thought so) so he would wrestle, instead of brawl. In his book, he said he had a match with a jobber where he won with a sunset flip, just to piss off the ECW fans.

 

Kane and Big Show also had a somewhat legendary one. The weird thing is that it somewhat makes sense, because they're big men:

Also! Big Show sure has had a strange career. He's one of those guys that probably would have been better if he just booked himself, a la Jericho, instead of letting WWE turn him constantly.

 

love this idea.

stand corrected saying raw lost reigns as he was on smackdown. Weird as Fridays have been a smooth, fun show even losing him whereas Raw feels like a barren waste land. Maybe its the 3rd hour

 

Getting awfully Rhodesy in here. Damn allergies.

 

Given that Becky wants to and can come back (God forbid, no complications like Kharma/Awesome Kong had with her pregnancy), and crowds are finally back in arenas, I can imagine Becky getting a massive pop whenever she returns. Presuming she's due around February, I can't believe she'd be in any shape for Mania 2021, but I could see her returning for Summerslam setup.

 

She did a secret People interview that got posted right after the announcement. She said she’s due in December.

So depending on when in December, and all other health factors, could be 3-7 weeks of recovery in time for a surprise Rumble appearance. Huge pop.

 

Maybe she can't make it to Mania, but the kid will team with Braun Strowman and beat all three members of New Day for the tag titles.

 

For what it's worth, Maria was six months past childbirth when she did the battle royal at Evolution. I think that would be more comparable to what Becky would need for a wrestling return, considering 2 months is typical maternity leave just for regular jobs.

 

Or … y’know … maternity leave.