2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

Oh my God!

The original ECW was the best promotion I ever saw.

We won't get started on how the McMahons have destroyed the name.

Here, go bust a chair:

 

He would be a fantastic addition to the SmackDown! roster...

 

Just noticed Kevin Thorn was released the other day.

And now the only member of the New Breed left on the active roster is CM Punk.

Also, Jack Swagger is the new ECW Champion.

 

It won't last. You know Vince isn't dumb enough to get rid of Jericho on the roster. I mean this guy just did have two separate title runs over the past several months.

With Vince coming back next week, you know he'll reinstate Jericho and do something about Stephanie. It has been said that Shane is also supposed to play some sort of role next week, too.

I don't see Jericho moving to Smackdown as I believe that'll disrupt the current storyline plan involving Christian Cage's re-debut, and I think WWE will want the spotlight on him over on Smackdown rather than the newly acquired Chris Jericho going to Smackdown and taking a back seat role.

 

Who in the hell is Jack Swagger?

 

Some kid over on ECW. One of WWE's big upcoming stars.

 

A little advance notice of SPOILERS would've been nice there since ECW airs TONIGHT!

And dammit! WWE Read my idea for Tommy Dreamer on here and give him a freaking title run!

 

True, but I thought I was the only one who watches ECW on a regular basis. My bad!

Also, the show tonight sets up a Dreamer title run, or one could think.

And I have a mancrush on Swagger. He is a terrific young star.

 

OK, I'm definitely watching this now! I usually have to go in to the paper and do a freelance shift but not tonight. So I'll actually get to watch ECW!

 

Hardy had already been rehired by the company when he started attacking Edge again on TV. The WWE was trying to make it seem like it was a shoot, even though the internet people knew that Hardy had been rehired.

It always seemed to me that the WWE dropped the ball on the feud (like so many other things). It always looked like the WWE just wasn't comfortable with this particular real-life situation ending up on TV. I always thought it could have been a feud that could have lasted a super long time (a year or more) with the way the fans were just chanting Hardy's name after he was fired and how they turned on Lita.

About last night's Raw: Cena/Michaels was terrific. I liked how JBL didn't blatantly push the ropes, but rather just leaned on them subtlely (is that a word?) so the ref wouldn't complain about it.

I was somewhat confused by why DiBiase wasn't attacking Orton after being put out of action by him. They explained it somewhat in the post-beatdown promo, but still, it seemed a little strange. Having said that, an Orton-DiBiase feud down the road could be huge. I like how they are going with the three-man legacy. Manu never really did anything for me, and Snuka had just changed from Deuce, so it was hard to take him seriously.

The women's attack in the entrance was pretty effective, as well. Nice surprise by the 'photog' to attack Melina, then Beth and Jillian's attack on the babyfaces worked well.

 

Sergeant Slaughter and Ron Simmons released.

 

DAMN!