2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

... and it just got worse.

 

Could have called that a mile away.

 

I may vomit.

 

I've only seen the second half of this show, but I'm completely dumbfounded as to how the 'E' plans on filling a three-hour show from here on out with their brainless writing team.

 

That about sums it up.

I was OK with the anonymous GM coming back for one episode, but Hornswoggle? Are you fucking kidding me?

The A.J./Punk/Bryan stuff was fine, although it did drag a little bit. I found it funny when Punk tried to high-five A.J., then she hugged him and Punk looked at his hand in the air, shrugged and pulled a DDP with a self-high five.

Backlund returning was fine, although I'm sure a lot of the crowd didn't know who he was, and the ones who did know didn't know whether to cheer him or boo him.

If they're going to bring back old Raw people, they should bring back Damien Demento and Max Moon. Shit, Demento acted so nuts on some Youtube videos they could have made him the anonymous GM and it would have made some strange sense.

And yeah, Eve basically buried Punk. Not good.

 

As soon as Santino said "under the ring" I knew it was trouble. Unless Curt Henig's fossilized poop was the GM, there was only one way that thing was going at that point.
At least now it can finally win the Gooker and die in peace.

The "Yes!" bit is starting to get really played out with everyone doing it. If you took a shot every time a different person said it, and another every time Cole called it "The Money in the Bank ladder match," you'd be passed out drunk by 9:30. Which, considering the resolution to the GM angle, might not have been a bad thing.

Looks like we have eight people in the Smackdown MITB match. That's a metric crap ton. I guess they're trying to go with two different styles of MITB match. One smaller, more star power, bigger guys. The other the young spot monkeys who are going to cause a 12-car pileup that makes the battle royal Barrett got hurt in a while back look like a first-day training class.

 

Speaking of self-high-five ... I bought DDP Yoga today. I got the mp3 version for the first package as a free download, and the DVDs will be here later this week. I watched the videos and read a lot of reviews, and it's looks like the right workout for me.

I'm still trying to get through the issues with my joints, herniated discs, etc. I can't do weights and walking is too jarring on my spine, so this might be the best option.

Sorry for the tangent, on with the bitching about a lame Raw ...

 

So, what happened after 10:45? We started playing our hockey dynasty at the office and didn't watch the end.

 

To me, it wasn't so much what Eve said, but how Punk reacted to it, getting visibly upset. In my mind, it was obvious Eve was just trying to get under his skins, and I think Punk's character is too smart for that. He should have just answered sarcastically "That's great psychology, why don't you say something about my mother?" (One of my favorite obscure lines from "Smokey and the Bandit.")

One thing I like about Punk is some of the subtle reactions to stuff, like tonight when AJ said she would be leaving the ring with her future husband, and you heard Punk immediately drop the mike in shock.

 

What a freaking train wreck of a RAW this was.

First off, while I have been clamoring for two years now to settle the GM angle, this was about the worst way they could have done it. Hornswoggle? Really? Really?

Good riddance to a shit angle.

If they really wanted to have fun with it, they should have brought John Laurinitis back for the night and say he was the anonymous GM the whole time. Lord knows he was always on his smart phone and it would have given him a great way to get one more night of power. Just lame.

And the AJ storyline has officially bored me. Marriage proposal? Really? Come on. We know she's supposed to be mentally unstable. You don't need to shove it down our throats.

Oh, and one more thing about the Anonymous GM thing. If you're going to bring the damn thing back, don't use a camera angle to show your announcers reading from the computer ... when the computer has its screen saver on and a script is clearly visible.

This was one of the worst Raws I've seen in a while. Shame.

 

From reading the recap and this thread, it seems I should be glad I missed the final 20 minutes.

 

Sadly, as long as Linda McMahon wants to play "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington," I think this is par for the course.