2023 Pro Wrestling Thread

They were one of the main cities in Mid-Atlantic Wrestling and WCW frequently ran shows there, so they have a long history.

Still, a great pop.

 

Oh, I know the history with the old Deep South feds, but I just meant it's never really been a hot place for WWE/F.

Either way, it's Sami's world now, and we're just living in it.

 

Its been since Steve Austin in 2000 that anyone’s worked on the level Roman Reigns is workin on right now

 

Fun episode of Young Rock tonight. The origin stories of Dwayne's greatest mentors: his grandfather, Pat Patterson and Andre.

They did a shot for shot remake of Peter Maivia's fight scene with Sean Connery in the Bond movie, touched on Pat's thoughts for what would become the Royal Rumble and met Andre before he was "the Giant."

 

Any chance we can get Jey vs. Jimmy at WrestleMania? Not sure how we get there — do they drop the straps before then? Would it be because they lost or because they vacated them? — but that would be one way to make sure it’s Sami settling.

 

Thinking about it now, there’s at least one way where the Bloodline storyline can go on and be satisfying.

Sami wins by DQ in Montreal due to Bloodline interference. Jey tries to interfere, but it’s unclear who he is helping. KO makes the save for Sami and they stand tall.

Next few weeks are Sami/KO challenging the Bloodline and everyone else continuing the “whose side is Jey on?” story.

KO and Sami beat the Usos at WM for the tag belts due to Usos’ dissension.

Roman beats Cody at WM due to more Bloodline interference. Not ideal, but they sell it as another step in Cody’s journey.

Usos officially break up the next night on Raw. Jimmy and Jey have their blowoff at the next PPV/PLE. Jey wins.

Cody gets a rematch, still loses (another step in the journey!), then Jey goes after Roman in the spring and early summer while KO/Sami defend against Jimmy/Solo, who finally win.

Sami gets his rematch with Roman at Summerslam. Wins. Then Roman takes some time off and KO decides to challenge Sami. Sami defends against KO, then loses to Roman at next year’s Rumble. Cody wins the Rumble again (the journey!), then beats Roman at next year’s WM. Brock then challenges Cody.

 

I still dont really buy and KO and Sami team. Sami would be an idiot to trust him again

The myriad possibilities with the Jey/Jimmy story is the most intersting thing about this right now. There are so many directions…. Jey sides with Sami, does a solo run vs Solo, maybe his brother, then Roman….. Jey does that but with Jimmy as a face too…Jey teams WITH Sami vs Jimmy and Solo… . Jey swerves Sami and its the tag thing…. Its endless

 

Every time I watch one of his matches I think he's one move away from breaking his neck

 

He does so many moves that just look like they hurt a ton. And he does multiple ones in just one match.

Foley wrote in his first book about how early in his career, he did what he called the Nestea Plunge where he took a back bump off the apron to the floor. He did it in Memphis to a lot of praise , and they tried to have him do it around the loop. After a couple of times, he told his opponent, Robert Fuller, that he really was in pain and not wanting to do it. Fuller agreed and advised him to save the bump for when he can make some money with it.

Darby, on the other hand, does these bumps at random and for little reason. His style just screams out “short career.”

 

Jericho has talked about that some. Not specifically Darby Allin, but a lot of the younger guys in AEW who don't fully understand the weekly grind of TV wrestling. They come in and try to have these five-star bangers every time out instead of saving the big spots for the big money matches, and they're getting hurt doing something in a five-minute throwaway match in the third segment of Dynamite. They need to learn how to work a bit differently and preserve their bodies.
That's probably not who Darby Allin is, though. All you can hope is that when his body inevitably starts to break down in a few years that he's either banked enough money to retire early, or he's learned enough about the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling to be able to slow down and do those big spots once every couple of months instead of every week.

 

Good to see NXT back in the big arenas. Looking forward to see how the "kids" do outside of the PC and the rec halls of Florida.