2011 Pro Wrestling Thread

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Barrett showed up at this weeks smackdown taping to cost Bg show his #1 contender match which Ziggler ended up winning.

 

I usually fast-forward through the wrestling parts. No wonder it went so fast.

 

Shit. Leave it to the WWE to ruin a good thing. I was hoping they'd continue the Barrett/Nexus storyline rather than just blow it off.

They'll probably come up with some sort of "Anonymous GM trades Barrett to Smackdown for a rubber hand to be named later," crap.

 

Update from 2010 thread: Del Rio is growing on me. The personal announcer cracks me up.

 

Yeah, I like the announcer, too. It's kinda an homage to the Lucha Libre tradition when the announcer calls out Del Rio's name.

And dare I say it, but the anonymous GM gimmick as grown on me as well. I thought it was just going to be this stupid little gimmick, and it is. But Cole's heel turn has turned it into something that I almost look forward to.

 

I'm wondering why they'd put Del Rio in a random match on Raw. I missed the opening of the match and only watched for snippets during, so I'm assuming they addressed/explained it for the audience, but from a backstage standpoint, why do that unless you're about to elevate him (Royal Rumble winner?) or introduce him to the Raw audience to set up a potential move.

I'm not sure him winning the Rumble makes sense as it really wouldn't fit with past winners. Most have already been established main-eventers (granted I wasn't following in 03-06, so I couldn't tell you if Lesner, Benoit, Batista and Mysterio were actually main eventers then). But perhaps a swap with Barrett to Smackdown and Del Rio to Raw? I don't see what it accomplishes, but that's never stopped the WWE before.

 

One of my co-workers has that same e-mail chime they use for the Raw GM (I guess it's a Windows default thing), and whenever I hear it I want someone in the newsroom to step up to a podium and make an announcement.

 

Lesnar was pretty much a main eventer from when he first debuted, so it wasn't that much of a surprise.

Benoit had always been on the cusp of the main event in the WWE, although you always wondered if Vince would ever give in and give him the belt, so it wasn't a huge surprise. Mysterio was a bit of a surprise, but they had been giving him a pretty good push beforehand.

Batista was probably the biggest shock. He was the muscle of Evolution at the time. HHH was the leader, and Orton was the future, while Flair did his share of talking and taking bumps. Batista was just the big quiet guy who went out and destroyed anyone who got into Hunter's path. Winning the Rumble was his first real big break.

 

My iPhone has a text message alert sound just like it as well.

 

Does the co-worker's e-mail or your iphone also make the lights go on and off? That'd be awesome.

 

Light switch is all the way at the other end of the newsroom, so no.

 

Can you program it to say "You've got the crazy eyes, Edge!"