2023 Pro Wrestling Thread

A year ago, LA Knight was a manager for Mace and Mansoor. Now, he's rubbing shoulders and holding his own with Roman, Heyman and Cena.

This is bordering on a Ringmaster > Stone Cold transition. LA is atomically hot right now.

 

If ever there was an argument for getting Vince’s nose out of the book, it’s this. “Max Dupri” was on his way to being fired like Mace and Mansoor were a month ago. Now? On his way to the stratosphere. Most over man in the company.

 

And thus begins the turf wars between Raw and SD.

 

When someone pays for a wax statue of the Rock and gets Maven instead.

 

Cockroaches, Twinkies and TNA/Impact Wrestling — three things that will survive the coming apocalypse.

 

Say what you want about TNA, but my favorite match of all time (Styles-Daniels-Joe) took place there.

And, circa 2004-05, they didn’t really have a weakness on that entire roster.

 

There was definitely a period where they had a ton of talent, maybe even better as a whole than WWE had at the time. That was before NXT and the Performance Center got going and WWE gobbled up most of the promising indy talent that TNA was using to its advantage.
Remember back in 2010, when TNA decided to make its big push to compete with WWE? They started running house shows and moved Impact to Monday nights, head to head against Raw. That was probably TNA's high water mark, and it was a spectacular disaster.

https://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/the-new-monday-night-wars/

 

LOL. I’ll never forget the image of Homicide cursing under his breath while he tried to figure out how to get the hell out of that dumb cage. And I’ve never seen anyone kill heat like they did when RVD debuted to a huge pop and then got his ass kicked for what seemed like the next hour.

I don’t know what they expected when Hogan and Bischoff came in and got rid of everything that made TNA a viable alternative product. Plus Hogan insulting the fans for liking the six-sided ring.

The absolute worst was AJ Styles as Ric Flair Jr.

 

Yeah, but Jay Lethal’s Flair and Black Machismo impressions are an all-time highlight.

I remember when Hogan came in and thinking to myself how the hell TNA were going to balance having a star in his late 50s who could barely move and have him make an impact (no pun intended) without having him overshadow their young talent. And I remember thinking that if Hogan started bringing in Brutus Beefcake and his pals that TNA was going to be toast.

It’s sad, really, because their young talent, the six-sided ring, and their Knockouts division made for an entertaining niche show.

 

Tozawa with the greatest chop in wrestling history.

 

Everybody hating Dom was a blast before, but the fake boos are really annoying.

 

If you like women's wrestling, tonight is your night. Five of the seven advertised matches on NXT are involving the ladies.