Professional wrestling thread

I'm sorry, but if Joe and Angle only get 13 minutes to perform in a match tons of fans want to see, I'm upset. TNA does a few things well, but if it is going to be taken seriously, it needs to DELIVER. There's a reason its TV ratings are stagnant at 0.8 and 0.9 week after week (yes, I know the 2-hour show was a 1.0 overall and having it in primetime should help). A Joe-Angle match, one only TNA can do, should have DELIVERED. Sting loses his title on a DQ is SO weak that it defies all logic (then again, so is Jarrett as a world champ). To have the one match they gave ample time to, only to give it 13 minutes is absolutely WEAK, TNA!

Oh yeah, tag teams lose titles when they're pinned or submit. Threatening to burn a flag is not a reason. Except in Russo's world. Loser.

Robert Roode? Still waiting for the "hottest free agent" in wrestling to WIN a match on a PPV!!!

 

Vince Russo is a fucking idiot.

End. Of. Story.

 

What on earth do you mean?

 

Wow, that would be so cool to book him for something. (You can, if you e-mail him). I wonder if having Mrs. Claw with him costs extra.

 

I bought Genesis last night.

I wish I had purchased UFC 65 instead.

 

Perhaps he could be a special guest on the next SportsJournalists.com outing.

 

I'd like to see him put the brain claw on COCKDIAN, but he'd have nothing to grab for.

 

I watched UFC 65 at work. It was AWESOME (except for the heavyweight title fight). Every fight was action packed and had wince-worthy blows landed. I can't tell you how disappointed I am with TNA right now. They have awesome talent (Angle, Joe, Styles, Daniels, Homicide, Low Ki aka Sen-Shi, Sonjay Dutt, Abyss, Sabin and Shelly) and have an opportunity to offer something different than what WWE offers. Yet all they do is attempt to be WWE-lite.

 

For all you old-school junkies, via the Meltz:

--Names scheduled for the Ward Family All-American Pro Wrestling Fan Fair in Waynesboro, VA from 4/13 to 4/15 at the Best Western Inn & Suites Conference Center include Jim Cornette, Les Thatcher, Johnny Valiant, Jimmy Valiant, Road Warrior Animal, Paul Ellering, Ted DiBiase, Virgil, Bill Eadie, Barry Darsow, Mr. Fuji, Joanie Laurer, Steve Williams, Buddy Roberts, John Tatum, Corporal Kirchner, Scott Norton, Koko Ware, Jimmy Hart, DDP, Larry Hennig, Nora Greenwald, Bill Watts, Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey, J.J. Dillon, Joe Blanchard, Missing Link., Scandor Akbar, Jacques Rougeau, Harley Race, David Crockett, Sandy Scott, Luna Vachon, Lisa Moretti (Ivory), Missy Hyatt, Slick, Dennis Condrey, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, Lanny Poffo, Phil Hickerson, Ricky Morton and Bill Apter

 

There's a whole lot of 1980s history to be seen at that fan fair. Me? I'd want to talk to Apter and ask him how he feels now about making up stories for Pro Wrestling Illustrated and taking money from a young Claws at age 10. After that, I'd want to meet Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey and have him tell me some great Baron Von Raschke stories.

And finally, Corporal Kirchner's one guy who has certainly benefitted from faking his own death! Way to go, Corporal.

 

Phil Hickerson...lol...he used to plug his bars in Jackson, Tenn., during his interviews.

 

Harley Race was a legit bad-ass. You did not want to get on his bad side or blow a move so badly that it hurt him.