2023 Pro Wrestling Thread

Dwayne was on Pat McAfee's show today (Friday) and said he was supposed to be Roman's opponent at Mania in LA as early as the start of 2022, but it fell apart over various details. Dwayne then gave a heavy tease toward WM 40 in Philly.

 

No wrestlers cut (yet), but a big bloodletting at WWE HQ following the TKO merger. Most notable release: Dana Warrior.

 

Nice shocker opening for SmackDown. They just blew the freakin' roof off Denver's arena.

I guess we can thank Coach Prime for this, too.

 

Can't say I ever expected to see this face-to-face again.

 

Waller with the great dig toward the Colorado State coach.

 

So did we have heel turns by both Britt Baker and the Dark Order tonight?

 

Figures Reigns wasn’t in the building tonight for the obvious crossing of paths between cousins

 

Dark Order has been heeling it up for a good while -- just on the lesser shows. Showing a little more like their origin, pre-Brodie Lee.

I think Britt has always been more of a tweener, but always looking out for herself -- especially with Collision at her alma mater of Penn State.

 

Interesting breakdown of the Nia Jax-Rhea Ripley segment to close Raw.

 

A tag team of Orange and Hook. Just imagine the masterclass of promos.

 

Some Twitter traffic indicates that Lacey Evans' latest bit of gimmick infringement is of Mandy Rose ... and Sunny ... and Paige/Saraya ... and Chyna ...

 

I don’t think it’s that big of a deal - except to people who don’t like AEW. They gave the tickets sold number. Later the turnstile count came out. I sat in enough press boxes at “sold out” stadiums with a few thousand empty seats to not be bothered by the discrepancy.