2021 Pro Wrestling Thread

I must say that's some of the best in-ring work I've ever seen out of Braun.

 

CESARO IS A FUCKING MACHINE.

Never thought they'd switch the belt at a minor PPV, but part of me was hoping they'd give him maybe a one-month rental until the Cell.

 

Me too. And I always worry about guys like Cesaro, career mid-carders who could be so much more. Then they finally give them a nice push to build them up for a PPV title match, they lose, and then just as quickly they're shuffled back to mid-card purgatory and forgotten about. I really hope he doesn't wind up in a going-nowhere feud with Rollins.

 

Cesaro and Rollins could have a hell of a match inside the cell. I just dont know who faces Reigns if that’s the direction....but Reigns didn’t need interferecne to beat Cesaro either, so there’s not much reason to put them in the cell either....

 

Reigns looks like he's heading for a feud with Jimmy Uso. Either to break Jimmy and bring him into the fold like he did Jey, or as a war for Jey's soul.

 

ehh i hope not. Too much of a replay. Id love to see Jimmy just capitulate. Maybe if the Usos go after the tag titles somehow Roman goes vs Rey? Theyd have a great match. Not hot enough to get in the cell this fast though....

 

Do we know whether Lilly summoned the zombies?

I know I’m supposed to hate the zombie match but ... I didn’t mind it and thought it kind of funny. Put it around Halloween and far fewer people blink an eye. There have been far worse gimmicks, like the Bray (with Orton?) match where the mat turned into worms. Or AJ Styles being buried alive by the Undertaker in the boneyard match, only his hand visible above the ground. And hey, he’s come back to win tag team gold!

Yes, it will be weird to explain how the Miz survived. But given the Fiend and Alexa and other storylines of the past, I’m sure they’ll find the punchline, laugh about it, and quickly move on.

 

Also, put me down as someone who would love to see Uso vs. Uso as a possible build to Uso vs. Reigns or the Usos teaming up either for or against Reigns. Lots of options.

 

Nice little nugget they pointed out on Raw Talk ... not only are Natalya and Tamina second-generation stars holding the tag belt, they're the second generation of Hart/Anoa'i champs together.

 

The Miz apparently suffered a knee injury during Sunday's match. Guess one of the zombies took a big bite out of his ACL.

On the bright side, he can disappear for a while, maybe refresh the character, and pretend zombie bites fully heal in 8-10 months.

 

All in all, that sucks for Miz. He pretty much has been WWE's Cal Ripken -- barely missing any shows over the years (save for movie/TV shoots).

 

Interesting. Maybe it's more than just the bits with Cameron Grimes and plays into this Diamond Mine they've been promoting on NXT? Maybe Ted is a mentor to some of the newbies, like Paul Ellering was to AOP.