2020 Pro Wrestling Thread

Jericho is entering some level of the GOAT discussion. Longevity, the sheer number of promotions he’s headlined, the constant reinvention... not too many guys in that stratosphere.

 

By my count, six of WWE's "corona cuts" appeared on Slammiversary last night (Slater, Young, EC3, Gallows, Anderson, Purazzo).

Wonder if we'll see anybody on Dynamite this week, unless it was taped last week. If anybody, I can picture Zack Ryder (and maybe Hawkins by association) because he's buds with Cody.

I can see Rusev there, too, once he shakes the virus.

 

I guess Gallows and Anderson have heat with the aew guys for backing out of a deal to debut on the first tv show with a big bullet club brawl. HHH paid ‘em so much money they had to take it.

Rusev would instantly be the best thing on dynamite, with the obligatory apologies to Moxley

 

I like the last chapter of tidbits from the Last Ride on the Network. Especially enjoyed the part when the still-Mark Calaway was afraid that he was going to be the one inside the Gobbledygooker's egg.

 

All this fuss and they didn't bother showing Rey's dangling eyeball? Just Seth throwing up apple sauce?

 

Yeah, I missed how Rollins supposedly got the eye out. He was setting up a move and then Rey just starts screaming and that’s it?

And what the heck was that Raw women’s title ending? How is Bayley a referee?

 

Supposedly, it happened as Seth was grinding Rey's eye against the corner of the ring steps, like he did the last "eye injury."

 

Dolph to Drew: "WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!?!"

 

I think these cinematic matches have officially jumped the shark.

Braun being attracted by the ghost of Alexa Bliss?!?!

 

To be fair, he's not the only one.
But yeah, that match was odd, and not in a good way. Bray should recruit Tozawa so he can have some ninjas for security at the compound, instead of random thugs.
Was the guy who caught fire supposed to be somebody? He kind of looked like Corey Graves, but not quite. Why did he go without a mask when everyone else was just random thugs Nos. 1-17.

 

The Mysterio ending was really really dumb.

Sasha and Asuska put on a hell of a match. The finish wasnt great. Like why cant the blind just do a 3 count after shenanigans? Still match of the night by a mile.

The swamp fight was OK. Better than the Randy Orton and New Day Wyatt compound deals. Not as good as funhouse. I didnt mind it, didnt love it. I like the Bliss thing, call back to that mixed match thing and they’ve alluded to it on raw a couple times

 

There was never going to be a good ending to an "eye-for-an-eye" match. Bad concept from the beginning. Whoever thought if it should be fired.

I agree that the Sasha-Asuka end didn't live up to the match. There are a ton of ways they could have gone that ended with Bayley cheating to get Sasha the win. The only thing I can think is that they wanted to give Sasha a "win" but have it overturned on Raw and Asuka given the title back.

I really wish they had given Nikki Cross a win. It's time for Bayley to drop the belt and help make someone.