2023 Pro Wrestling Thread

MJF going for Muta Scale blood tonight.

 

I wasn't able to watch live, but saw the clips and tweets, and it looks like it was a five-star epic.

But who now? Can Cole be a face in light of his comeback story? Keith Lee after he's done with Swerve? Omega?

Do they go with one of the pillars of Darby or Jungle Boy? I think JB would get decimated by MJF on the mic, unfortunately.

 

What about Page? He finally put Mox down this has to be his best chance to get back to where he was at the zenith

 

I think all of them would be decimated by MJF on the mic.

 

I think we see a transitional feud or two with folks like Darby or Jungle Boy, guys who he can have a good match or two with but who he definitely won't be dropping the title too. Maybe he runs through the other "Four Pillars" to set himself up as the only pillar like he hinted at in his post-show press conference. (Yeah, it takes some of the shine off those guys, but if they are made to look like they can hold their own against him, they won't be hurt too much.) Meanwhile, he and Adam Cole will keep talking smack on social media, leading to them eventually facing off when MJF cuts a promo and rips Britt Baker.

 

The Bio on Chyna certainly did not smooth over any of the warts of her life story.

They had all the DX guys other than Billy. Trips' statements were minimal since he obviously wouldn't talk about sleeping around with Steph, but I give Waltman credit for getting involved, as dark as their lives were together.

A lot of involvement from Lita, Foley, Awesome Kong and Terri Runnels.

The input from the documentary people at the end was disgusting frankly, like it was in the Vice film. If anything, I think that schmuck just contributed to the final fall in her life.

Looks like next week is Kane, then Lawler and they'll close out with Dusty.

 

They will be and I dont think he’s losing anytime soon so I guess question is do you feed him a jobber-plus for now so as not to waste a Page or Cole or whomever, or do they need to let him stack credible opponents for a while?

More concerning is what they do with Bryan? I think I read hes 2-7-2 against championship level opponents? I think theyve blown the window to make him the face of the company and I dont know how long people will stay interested in his ‘great wrestler’ persona if he loses so often

 

That's just it. By this point in his career, especially knowing he's on borrowed time, I think he's more interested in "making" his opponents. He just wants to wrestle "his way" while he still can.

Fans will still support him because he's built that base over the years.

Same with Jericho. The only reason he was the first champ was because they needed a big crossover name to be the launching point for the new company.

Maybe Bryan takes some time off. Comes back and dabbles in the TNT belt. Or he goes to ROH. Could challenge Claudio -- especially since the other him and Yuta have been heeling it up more lately.

 

So apparently, not only did the little boy get splashed by MJF last night, but it wasn't water. It was straight TEQUILA and got into the kid's eyes.

 

I’m guessing MJF decided to go off script to get heat, grabbed the drink and doused the kid without knowing what was in the cup.

Slightly reminds me of a story Foley told where he was brawling around the ring with Kevin Sullivan when Sullivan grabbed a cup, without looking in it, splashed Foley in the face with tobacco juice. Foley said Sullivan apologized, but was laughing too.

 

Speaking of records, remember when AEW was going to use W/L to determine the No. 1 contender spot? I guess that’s out the window these days.

 

Punk's scrum had a bunch of muffins. MJF's scrum had a bunch of pickles.