2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

EmbassyRow · Feb 18, 2009

KevinmH9 said:

I don't understand why Hogan can't just go away and never return. His knees barely allowed him to do anything for years on end and his hip is so bad there was talks he wouldn't even be able to do his leg drop when he last competed.

There's nothing left of this guy that we want to see.
Click to expand...

Fixed.

Claws for Concern · Feb 18, 2009

EmbassyRow said:

KevinmH9 said:

I don't understand why Hogan can't just go away and never return. His knees barely allowed him to do anything for years on end and his hip is so bad there was talks he wouldn't even be able to do his leg drop when he last competed.

There's nothing left of this guy that we want to see.
Click to expand...

Fixed.
Click to expand...

EmbassyRow speaks the truth!

KevinmH9 · Feb 18, 2009

bostonbred said:

Batman said:

bostonbred said:

I think Orton could be considered a tweener of sorts - he's obviously a heel, but he does get a sizeable amount of cheers and "RKO" signs and he sells a healthy amount of merch. The crowd is very much split, similiar to John Cena's reactions.

To me, Orton's beginning to live up to his potential that WWE rushed him into five or six years ago. I worry about his immaturity and anger issues, but he's definitely the most compelling wrestler of 2009 thus far. I would love to keep Cena and Orton away from each other for the next year and build up a WrestleMania 26 mega-match. Obviously, with so many PPVs on an annual basis, that seems unlikely.

On another note, Hulk Hogan is in talks with Vince McMahon about a WrestleMania match. I don't think Hogan has wrestled since he beat Orton at SummerSlam 2006 (I could be wrong) and he could probably use a payday after the divorce. I wouldn't mind seeing him lead the "legends" against Jericho.
Click to expand...

Shouldn't be too tough to keep Orton and Cena away from each other for a while, seeing as they've switched up the feuds. Cena-Edge and Triple H-Orton both have potential to run through the summer. Then you can give them some time off, throw guys like Mysterio, MVP, Kingston and Punk in the mix through the fall, and all of a sudden you're back into Royal Rumble season and can start the buildup to Cena-Orton.

As for Hogan's return...ugh. I hate it. Mainly because you know that 60-year0old sack of crap will be booked to win (probably with help from Piper, Flair, etc. al). I'd love to see Jericho bash his head in for 15 or 20 minutes.
Still, it's better than a Jericho-Mickey Rourke match.
Click to expand...

I think Jericho-Hogan feud could be decent (look how shockingly good Michaels vs. Hogan turned out to be in 2005) under one condition: Jericho needs to win. I doubt they'd let that happen, but in no way should Hulk win that match even if he gets help from other legends. Chris Jericho is in the prime of his career and I'd be very much against a broken down 55-year old beating him.
Click to expand...

At that point, Gutter would never return. ;D

Petrie · Feb 18, 2009

Claws for Concern said:

EmbassyRow said:

KevinmH9 said:

I don't understand why Hogan can't just go away and never return. His knees barely allowed him to do anything for years on end and his hip is so bad there was talks he wouldn't even be able to do his leg drop when he last competed.

There's nothing left of this guy that we want to see.
Click to expand...

Fixed.
Click to expand...

EmbassyRow speaks the truth!
Click to expand...

I wish to subscribe to EmbassyRow's wrestling newsletter...and Batman's. Love the idea of putting off Cena-Orton for a major PPV down the road.

Baron Scicluna · Feb 19, 2009

KevinmH9 said:

Claws for Concern said:

KevinmH9 said:

I don't understand why Hogan can't just hang it up. His knees barely allow him to do anything and his hip is so bad there was talks he wouldn't even be able to do his leg drop when he last competed.

There's nothing left for this guy to prove.
Click to expand...

There's a piped in-sound standing ovation for Hogan to hear and have them embellish on TV. :
Click to expand...

Just like when he went over to WCW?

I remember reading something about when Hogan went to WCW, he was getting boo'ed so loudly that WCW had to dub in soundtracks of cheers and standing ovations of him. Then came the nWo...
Click to expand...

Hogan even admitted in his book that when he made his first WCW entrance at Disney, that the company paid for people to cheer for him.

CitizenTino · Feb 19, 2009

bostonbred said:

Batman said:

bostonbred said:

I think Orton could be considered a tweener of sorts - he's obviously a heel, but he does get a sizeable amount of cheers and "RKO" signs and he sells a healthy amount of merch. The crowd is very much split, similiar to John Cena's reactions.

To me, Orton's beginning to live up to his potential that WWE rushed him into five or six years ago. I worry about his immaturity and anger issues, but he's definitely the most compelling wrestler of 2009 thus far. I would love to keep Cena and Orton away from each other for the next year and build up a WrestleMania 26 mega-match. Obviously, with so many PPVs on an annual basis, that seems unlikely.

On another note, Hulk Hogan is in talks with Vince McMahon about a WrestleMania match. I don't think Hogan has wrestled since he beat Orton at SummerSlam 2006 (I could be wrong) and he could probably use a payday after the divorce. I wouldn't mind seeing him lead the "legends" against Jericho.
Click to expand...

Shouldn't be too tough to keep Orton and Cena away from each other for a while, seeing as they've switched up the feuds. Cena-Edge and Triple H-Orton both have potential to run through the summer. Then you can give them some time off, throw guys like Mysterio, MVP, Kingston and Punk in the mix through the fall, and all of a sudden you're back into Royal Rumble season and can start the buildup to Cena-Orton.

As for Hogan's return...ugh. I hate it. Mainly because you know that 60-year0old sack of crap will be booked to win (probably with help from Piper, Flair, etc. al). I'd love to see Jericho bash his head in for 15 or 20 minutes.
Still, it's better than a Jericho-Mickey Rourke match.
Click to expand...

I think Jericho-Hogan feud could be decent (look how shockingly good Michaels vs. Hogan turned out to be in 2005) under one condition: Jericho needs to win. I doubt they'd let that happen, but in no way should Hulk win that match even if he gets help from other legends. Chris Jericho is in the prime of his career and I'd be very much against a broken down 55-year old beating him.
Click to expand...

The only reason that Michaels-Hogan match from '05 was watchable was Michaels comic overselling. I mean, Hogan put Michaels' head into the turnbuckle and he bounced HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING to sell it. Now I would never accuse a good Christian boy like HBK of doing such a thing, but it ALMOST seemed like he was doing it out of spite since he had to job to Hogan.

NDub · Feb 19, 2009

CitizenTino said:

bostonbred said:

Batman said:

bostonbred said:

I think Orton could be considered a tweener of sorts - he's obviously a heel, but he does get a sizeable amount of cheers and "RKO" signs and he sells a healthy amount of merch. The crowd is very much split, similiar to John Cena's reactions.

To me, Orton's beginning to live up to his potential that WWE rushed him into five or six years ago. I worry about his immaturity and anger issues, but he's definitely the most compelling wrestler of 2009 thus far. I would love to keep Cena and Orton away from each other for the next year and build up a WrestleMania 26 mega-match. Obviously, with so many PPVs on an annual basis, that seems unlikely.

On another note, Hulk Hogan is in talks with Vince McMahon about a WrestleMania match. I don't think Hogan has wrestled since he beat Orton at SummerSlam 2006 (I could be wrong) and he could probably use a payday after the divorce. I wouldn't mind seeing him lead the "legends" against Jericho.
Click to expand...

Shouldn't be too tough to keep Orton and Cena away from each other for a while, seeing as they've switched up the feuds. Cena-Edge and Triple H-Orton both have potential to run through the summer. Then you can give them some time off, throw guys like Mysterio, MVP, Kingston and Punk in the mix through the fall, and all of a sudden you're back into Royal Rumble season and can start the buildup to Cena-Orton.

As for Hogan's return...ugh. I hate it. Mainly because you know that 60-year0old sack of crap will be booked to win (probably with help from Piper, Flair, etc. al). I'd love to see Jericho bash his head in for 15 or 20 minutes.
Still, it's better than a Jericho-Mickey Rourke match.
Click to expand...

I think Jericho-Hogan feud could be decent (look how shockingly good Michaels vs. Hogan turned out to be in 2005) under one condition: Jericho needs to win. I doubt they'd let that happen, but in no way should Hulk win that match even if he gets help from other legends. Chris Jericho is in the prime of his career and I'd be very much against a broken down 55-year old beating him.
Click to expand...

The only reason that Michaels-Hogan match from '05 was watchable was Michaels comic overselling. I mean, Hogan put Michaels' head into the turnbuckle and he bounced HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING to sell it. Now I would never accuse a good Christian boy like HBK of doing such a thing, but it ALMOST seemed like he was doing it out of spite since he had to job to Hogan.
Click to expand...

I watched part of that on YouTube a few months ago. That was friggin hilarious. He oversold EVERYTHING.

KYSportsWriter · Feb 19, 2009

Didn't The Rock even job to Hogan?

NDub · Feb 19, 2009

Speaking of said comical overselling....

mpcincal · Feb 19, 2009

CitizenTino said:

bostonbred said:

Batman said:

bostonbred said:

I think Orton could be considered a tweener of sorts - he's obviously a heel, but he does get a sizeable amount of cheers and "RKO" signs and he sells a healthy amount of merch. The crowd is very much split, similiar to John Cena's reactions.

To me, Orton's beginning to live up to his potential that WWE rushed him into five or six years ago. I worry about his immaturity and anger issues, but he's definitely the most compelling wrestler of 2009 thus far. I would love to keep Cena and Orton away from each other for the next year and build up a WrestleMania 26 mega-match. Obviously, with so many PPVs on an annual basis, that seems unlikely.

On another note, Hulk Hogan is in talks with Vince McMahon about a WrestleMania match. I don't think Hogan has wrestled since he beat Orton at SummerSlam 2006 (I could be wrong) and he could probably use a payday after the divorce. I wouldn't mind seeing him lead the "legends" against Jericho.
Click to expand...

Shouldn't be too tough to keep Orton and Cena away from each other for a while, seeing as they've switched up the feuds. Cena-Edge and Triple H-Orton both have potential to run through the summer. Then you can give them some time off, throw guys like Mysterio, MVP, Kingston and Punk in the mix through the fall, and all of a sudden you're back into Royal Rumble season and can start the buildup to Cena-Orton.

As for Hogan's return...ugh. I hate it. Mainly because you know that 60-year0old sack of crap will be booked to win (probably with help from Piper, Flair, etc. al). I'd love to see Jericho bash his head in for 15 or 20 minutes.
Still, it's better than a Jericho-Mickey Rourke match.
Click to expand...

I think Jericho-Hogan feud could be decent (look how shockingly good Michaels vs. Hogan turned out to be in 2005) under one condition: Jericho needs to win. I doubt they'd let that happen, but in no way should Hulk win that match even if he gets help from other legends. Chris Jericho is in the prime of his career and I'd be very much against a broken down 55-year old beating him.
Click to expand...

The only reason that Michaels-Hogan match from '05 was watchable was Michaels comic overselling. I mean, Hogan put Michaels' head into the turnbuckle and he bounced HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING to sell it. Now I would never accuse a good Christian boy like HBK of doing such a thing, but it ALMOST seemed like he was doing it out of spite since he had to job to Hogan.
Click to expand...

No "ALMOST" about it. That's exactly what it was.

KevinmH9 · Feb 19, 2009

KIND OF excited for Impact tonight. For the first time in awhile, TNA has a decent feud going (Angle/Sting) and it's making for some intriguing television.

Last week's Impact had a pretty good promo between Angle and Sting. One of the better promo moments I can remember.

(Fast forward to exactly the 5:00 minute mark)

(Full clip)

Gutter · Feb 19, 2009

mpcincal said:

CitizenTino said:

bostonbred said:

Batman said:

bostonbred said:

I think Orton could be considered a tweener of sorts - he's obviously a heel, but he does get a sizeable amount of cheers and "RKO" signs and he sells a healthy amount of merch. The crowd is very much split, similiar to John Cena's reactions.

To me, Orton's beginning to live up to his potential that WWE rushed him into five or six years ago. I worry about his immaturity and anger issues, but he's definitely the most compelling wrestler of 2009 thus far. I would love to keep Cena and Orton away from each other for the next year and build up a WrestleMania 26 mega-match. Obviously, with so many PPVs on an annual basis, that seems unlikely.

On another note, Hulk Hogan is in talks with Vince McMahon about a WrestleMania match. I don't think Hogan has wrestled since he beat Orton at SummerSlam 2006 (I could be wrong) and he could probably use a payday after the divorce. I wouldn't mind seeing him lead the "legends" against Jericho.
Click to expand...

Shouldn't be too tough to keep Orton and Cena away from each other for a while, seeing as they've switched up the feuds. Cena-Edge and Triple H-Orton both have potential to run through the summer. Then you can give them some time off, throw guys like Mysterio, MVP, Kingston and Punk in the mix through the fall, and all of a sudden you're back into Royal Rumble season and can start the buildup to Cena-Orton.

As for Hogan's return...ugh. I hate it. Mainly because you know that 60-year0old sack of crap will be booked to win (probably with help from Piper, Flair, etc. al). I'd love to see Jericho bash his head in for 15 or 20 minutes.
Still, it's better than a Jericho-Mickey Rourke match.
Click to expand...

I think Jericho-Hogan feud could be decent (look how shockingly good Michaels vs. Hogan turned out to be in 2005) under one condition: Jericho needs to win. I doubt they'd let that happen, but in no way should Hulk win that match even if he gets help from other legends. Chris Jericho is in the prime of his career and I'd be very much against a broken down 55-year old beating him.
Click to expand...

The only reason that Michaels-Hogan match from '05 was watchable was Michaels comic overselling. I mean, Hogan put Michaels' head into the turnbuckle and he bounced HALFWAY ACROSS THE RING to sell it. Now I would never accuse a good Christian boy like HBK of doing such a thing, but it ALMOST seemed like he was doing it out of spite since he had to job to Hogan.
Click to expand...

No "ALMOST" about it. That's exactly what it was.
Click to expand...

What was even better was HBK's promo on Raw the next night.

Log in or Sign up

2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

EmbassyRow Active Member

Claws for Concern Active Member

KevinmH9 Active Member

Petrie Guest

Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

CitizenTino Active Member

NDub Guest

KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

NDub Guest

mpcincal Well-Known Member

KevinmH9 Active Member

Gutter Well-Known Member

Share This Page

Log in or Sign up

2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

EmbassyRow Active Member

Claws for Concern Active Member

KevinmH9 Active Member

Petrie Guest

Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

CitizenTino Active Member

NDub Guest

KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

NDub Guest

mpcincal Well-Known Member

KevinmH9 Active Member

Gutter Well-Known Member

Share This Page

Useful Searches