2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

Sid!

 

Sid still looks in pretty good shape.

 

Looked like he could barely move, to me.
Of course, considering he went through this, it's a miracle he was ever even able to walk again:

 

Yep, the obligatory leg-breaking scene.

What do you expect from a guy who's on one leg?

 

He looked pretty good for someone who's been through what he has. But he could've sold Slater's punches a bit more.

 

Is Russo on Vince's payroll again?

Let's see. You have a title match contract on a pole match in which ends up with ... no one wins ... and they both get the title match in a triple threat match. As the Miz would say .... REALLY?

Crissakes WWE, you just blew a chance to put Ziggler over even more.

 

... And we got our obligatory Divas match that lasts two minutes and features a dozen women.

And they wonder why fans could care less about them except for one thing.

 

This could be a really good match, even if it only gets 10 minutes -- and one big ass commercial break at the start. I hate when they do that.

 

... or not.

 

I don't think the booking would help them. I think Lita and Trish were the last legitimately over in-ring women they had. None of the others do much for anyone. They're just not that interesting. I can't think of one Diva who truly didn't get a chance to shine. Mickie James was fine but she was never going to get over to the level of Lita, Trish, Sunny and Sable. Gail Kim never seemed to care her second time with WWE. The rest? They Diva it up for a while, and sometimes the force of the WWE marketing machine and their bazongas gets them some legitimate publicity, which they then use as a launching pad for an entertainment career.

Except more often than not, it doesn't work because they're pretty ordinary outside of the squared circus. Stacy Kiebler left after Dancing With The Stars. I can't think of anything big she's done since. Kelly Kelly is apparently getting pitched for TV and movies. Would anyone care if she left? Would anyone be surprised if she came back because she failed miserably? Maria had high hopes and now she's the valet for some mid-card donkey in ROH. Does anyone pine for Maryse? The Bellas? Candace Michelle? There's just not that much there but silicone, hairspray and delusions. Even Lita and Trish, the crown princesses of the Attitude Era, didn't aim that high. Lita wanted her band, Trish wanted her yoga studio. Their dreams were within reach, they left on happy terms and grabbed them. Good for them, but they didn't become massive stars outside wrestling either.

The flaw with WWE isn't in their use of divas, it's in their recruiting. None of them can act for shit. Most of them are useless in the ring. There's nobody that makes you want to see her again and again for years. Kharma is the only one I can think of, but she doesn't seem very interested in coming back. The rest? I'm not going to sign a petition demanding to see more of them on Raw. They don't have it.

 

Only current one I could see as breaking out would be Beth,with Natalya as a possiblity. Even then, I see Beth as Chyna-lite.

 

Yeah, but it was a financial bomb.