2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

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Presenting John Cena: An Illustrated History ... of his Fruity Pebbles T-shirts.

I admit, I bought the NES 8-bit shirt.

 

Found out my former employer wants mediation to avoid a lawsuit. Should I walk in and do the Primetime Players' dance?

Millions of dollas! Millions of dollas!

 

Do the Cryme Time chant: Money, money, yeah, yeah.

 

I'd love to see video of that.

 

So tempting. Maybe after they sign a fat check to me and I endorse it.

 

Looks like Beth Phoenix is leaving WWE:

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/261469-report-top-wwe-diva-leaving-the-company

I know Divas matches are pretty much an automatic bathroom break for most of us, but I am disappointed at her departure. At the beginning, I thought she had a chance to elevate the position somewhat: She's a real good worker, decent talker and, despite what some may say, I find her rather attractive.

The story above mentioned part of the reason she's been stagnant is because the feud with Kharma never materialized, but I figured they could at least give a Phoenix-Natalya feud a try (unless they already have and I missed it.)

 

I'm pretty sure they did it before they teamed up, but never made a big deal of it afterward once they broke up. (I think maybe just a blow-off match or two.) Ever since the Undertaker's old lady left, I don't really think they've put much emphasis on the division at all, and it's somewhat telling that the one breakout woman performer they have - AJ - hasn't been wrestling for about a year.

 

It also didn't help that the Kong-Beth feud never got a chance to get going.

Natalya and Beth feuded a few times before they teamed together, but nothing major.

 

Thoughts on SmackDown ... Kane/Daniel Bryan is comedy gold. I loved the massive beatdown at the end of the show.

Raw so far ... the cold opening with Heyman and Punk wasn't going anywhere until AJ showed up. Wow, talk about uncomfortable.

Edit to add: I almost forgot about the dig at the NFL and the replacement ref debacle.

Speaking off, anybody else put off by The E showing a picture of Lawler getting CPR and The E's continual whoring out of this like it was some kind of storyline? VKM is whistling while walking past the graveyard with this one, not that he probably gives a shit.

 

I'm imagining a scenario in which a fan man wants to buy a Ryback T-shirt at Raw, only to realize it says "Feed me more." Poor fat bastard.

 

Par for the course for Vince. After all, we're talking about the same guy that had Brian Pillman's wife on national TV the day after her husband died and exploited Eddy Guerrero's death for all it was worth.

I'm kinda unsure about the pic. The journalist in me sees it as a pretty compelling pic, and it's not like announcers have heart attacks every week. Yet, I can understand if others feel differently.

Besides that, the Kane/Bryan stuff has been great again, with Kane claiming his name is Gerald and the spoof of When Harry Met Sally with Mae Young in the other customer role.

 

*VKMvoice* He's gonna puke! HE'S GONNA PUKE!