2022 Pro Wrestling Thread

He beat Umaga with the help of Lashley as an extension of the Vince/Trump WM angle. I don't know if I'd really count that as high as Andretti, because Santino was already on the WWE payroll as an OVW prospect (where he was infamously slapped by Jim Cornette, while Corny was one of the top guys down there).

I'd put Santino closer to Paige beating AJ Lee for the Divas belt right out the gate, though I know Paige was already more well-known at that point.

 

Fandango beating Jericho clean at Wrestlemania.

Undertaker jobbing to Maven.

 

Did James Ellsworth beat somebody?

Blue Pants over Carmella

 

I think Ellsworth had some shenanigan wins for Styles, with help from Ambrose.

When Blue Pants (Leva Bates) beat Carmella, that didn't really have as much luster because Carmella was still more a valet for Enzo and Cass than she was the future champion.

 

Barry Horowitz beating Skip.

They had been mentioning on TV for weeks that Horowitz hadn’t beaten anyone ever, although longtime fans knew he’d beaten one or two jobbers on Prime Time and had won a couple of matches in the Global Wrestling Federation. And Candido had been getting a push with Tammy.

You figured Horowitz was going to get a win at some point, but beating Candido was quite the surprise.

 

Man, that is a deep pull. Give yourself a pat on the back.

 

Some good insight from Sean Waltman himself:

 

Can't argue with this kind of press. An NYT story on AEW's Satnam Singh.

He Used to Post Up. Now He Throws Down.

 

Well, I know what's leading off Botchamania next week. That Top Dolla flip over the top rope ... wow.

 

Nice dive, Top Dolla. Don’t ever fucking do it again.

 

Somehow, it gets worse from a different angle.



One of the popular rumors over the past week was that Trips and the other higher ups were disappointed in the performance of at least one of the rehired acts.

If that's true, I think I have a good notion which one.

It was fun for a small pop when Hit Row returned, but their whole attraction the first time around was Swerve, the far superior wrestler. He's what Escobar is to Legado.

Top Dolla's limit is probably on the mic (he was pretty good as host of that WWE Treasures series), Ashanti never got past the low card of NXT as a singles act, and B-Fab is greener than grass.

 

For the record.
Not sure what's worse, the dive or that all of the other wrestlers in the match sold the dive anyway.