2014 Pro Wrestling Thread

McMahon's Million Dollar Money Giveaway. Yeah, not sure I buy that as No. 1. But the whole episode is hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard in a while. The Scott Steiner and Sid promos alone are worth the watch if you haven't caught them in a while.

 

The countdown episode on most controversial screwjobs or shocking turns (can't remember what it was titled) was surprisingly well done. I'll have to check that out.
Speaking of the Network, anyone know when Legends House is going to debut?

 

I haven't read anything about Legends House in a while. Obviously, it's in the can because of the clips, but it's odd that there's no premiere date. The only other thing I'm really looking forward to is episodes of Smoky Mountain Wrestling.

 

They might have had to do some reshoots and heavy editing on Legends House, because I believe they filmed it years ago - February 2012, according to Wiki. Its premiere date was announced as April 10 at CES by the WWE.

 

2. The four-way tag was announced for the pre-show last night. I assume that means it'll go on about 5:30 EST. Hope they don't randomly plop it into the first hour, because it should actually be an entertaining match based on last night's eight-man. None of those guys are really stiffs when it comes to work rate.

3. The No DQ match was fun. Much more brutal than I thought it'd be, which played nicely into the storyline of Trips trying to push their buttons to ramp up the intensity.

 

I will say there is no way in hell, at this point, that Daniel Bryan is not in the championship match. He might get there and lose in some screwy fashion, but if that match is Triple H-Batista-Orton, the fans might re-enact the weekly NWO garbage toss scene circa 1996.

 

Couple thoughts on some stuff from above:

1. Yes, the Shield is awesome. I want them to stay together and dominate for years to come. I feel the same way about the Wyatts. Those two factions (and DB) are the best things the E has going right now.
2. I watched a little bit of Total Divas the other night and while I have no idea the backstory, Natalya strikes me as a real b*tch.

 

From what I've read, they want Paige to mature a bit first. Not because of any behavior issues, but literally mature -- she's 21 until August, and it sounds like they don't want her on the road so young. From an in-ring perspective, she's the best they've got, and it'd be kinda cool to AJ retain the title at WM, declare that there's nobody left for her to beat on the next night's raw, then have a debuting Paige stretch her to the point that she's as tall as a regular Diva.

 

That was the first thing I watched last night once I subscribed. And yes, Ambrose has an awesome Dusty impression. Cody was great in these interviews as well.

 

Ambrose cracked me up.

I had completely forgotten how bad Sid and Scott Steiner were on the mic, and Ambrose had a blast with it.

Was it him who said something about Sid, and then said "Don't tell him, because he'll probably kill me."?

 

To me, Steiner was just a dumb ass. Sid was a glorious display of performance art.

 

Is there a reason why Wade Barrett isn't wrestling? I don't recall him being injured.