2024 Pro Wrestling Thread

Just caught up from last night's kickoff show ... I'm intrigued as to where they are going with this, especially after Paul/HHH talked back to Roman/Rock as they walked away. Board member Rock trying to bigfoot HHH?

However, they still haven't explained why Cody originally opted not to challenge Roman at WM and essentially handed his spot to Rock.

 

Somewhere, Goldberg breathes a sigh of relief that he's no longer the primary target.

Meanwhile, I love these "raw" videos WWE is now showing of people entering the arena, like an NBA or NFL pregame. The production levels have really improved since Kevin Dunn hit the bricks.

 

Yeah, I like those too. Makes it seem more important.

 

And Triple H just gets introduced on WWE TV with his real name. That’s got to be a first, other than when he was with WCW.

 

They've been easing into it the last few weeks -- especially as he's become the definitive face of the company corporately.

 

Triple H telling someone to "know their role" and "it doesn't matter" what they think. Nice.

 

Another great addition that they've "brought up" from NXT -- these on-location skits. Gimme some more from Pretty Deadly.

 

Tyler Bate is billed at 175 and he does a Cesaro/Claudio swing to Ciampa with Gargano on his shoulders. How the hell?

 

Yeah, that was great. Been watching wrestling for nearly 40 and even now, there are new things that I’ve never seen.

That match was absolute fire.

 

Since they're bolstering the tag ranks again, they desperately need to split the belts. DIY deserves a run as champs before they inevitably split them to give the 1-on-1 another go.

 

Wow. I can't see any chance they have Tiffany Stratton lose to Shotzi, so that's a big shot they're giving her right off the bat. Good for her.

 

Interesting that they’ve said the Chamber winner gets Rollins.

I was fairly convinced Night 1 was closing with Roman/Rock vs Rollins/Cody.

maybe Seth does double duty and the title match undercards night 2? Rock/Cody 1v1 on Night 1? But thats so wonky it cant have any stakes because Cody won the Rumble. Unlike Daniel Bryan, who had to win to get into the match at 30. Theres no reason Cody should need to win a match.