2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

People at Nitro Parties think Tout is lame.

 

Punk on commentary is always fantastic.

I don't much care for King anymore on the mic, but their back and forth has been pretty good.

 

You're a bad GM!

 

I thought he said, "You're batshit!"

 

That's what my boss thought, too.

He could've said "you're batshit crazy!" and they didn't censor or something.

 

Well, that's just it. I tend not to get into all the angst over how the WWE would be better if they just listened to the smark fantasy bookers.

Anytime you open with Punk on the mic, you are doing something right.
I enjoyed ADR's post-match theatrics
I thought Sheamus' little aside in the interview was good.
Two nearly worthless angles actually turned into something interesting when that Genius ripoff attacked the Cat ripoff and broke his necklace.
The Bryan-Punk match was really good.

Just stuff like that was fun to watch.

 

My one big complaint is that I got really excited last week when Bryan was talking to the men in white coats and they were teasing that he was going to marry her just to give him the power to legally commit her. Then they just completely ignored it the rest of the night, then they casually mentioned it tonight in passing. Very odd.

 

I really can't tell if they're burying Bryan, or, by making him look so outlandish, they're actually trying to push him.

If we see him get pinned cleanly by Charlie Sheen, then we'll know.

 

I think Daniel Bryan is in a bit of a holding pattern, probably as injury contingency for Smackdown. (i.e. If Alberto Del Rio gets hurt between now and Smackdown, you can have DB sub into that feud.) I don't think he's getting buried either, just that he's already feuded extensively with Punk and Sheamus, the two guys with the belts, over the past six months, so you need to have him doing something else for a while. I'm guessing he's either going to feud with Kane or Kofi and Truth.

I thought this Raw had more good than bad. The good was the wrestling, the bad was all the annoying non-wrestling shit in there. They showed the Triple H and Lesnar video package at least three times, and we do not ever, ever, ever need to see videos of fans. AJ the Psycho GM is a delight though. Her facial expressions simultaneously excite and worry me.

 

That's something else I don't get: why the hell did Kane jump Bryan backstage? I was working on something, turned around and saw the room was red and Kane walking out.

 

I'm guessing they're going to reveal that he still has affections or a crush for AJ. When Bryan was crying out for a doctor though, the thing that immediately sprung to mind was, "They should send Issac Yankem DDS down there."

 

He's Bryan's "anger management therapist." I hope that was just a joke. I dunno, might lead to some funny sketches. I almost missed how the Rorschack pics made a goat face. Funny stuff.

Lil Jimmy took a sick bump tonight, getting kicked in the face and flying over the top rope and down to the mat. Could have broken his neck. Definitely the spot of the night.

Yes, Tout is awful. Don't care how many times I type it. I'll keep typing it until it goes away.

No brainer that SummerSlam will have a triple threat for the WWE Championship. I would love to have Punk/SuperCena III, but get Big Show out of there. He's not compelling in the least right now. Tonight, Punk was telling Lawler a lot of the same things a lot of us are thinking.

And Sheamus-Del Rio again? Only way it gets interesting is if it's just a set up for Ziggerl to cash in.

Jericho getting a huge face pop tonight, and playing to the crowd. It's nice to have face Jericho back after a multi-year hiatus.