2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

[Petrie]

Different company, but The Chairman would be outstanding:

Gimme these guys from WCW any day of the week.

 

[rmanfredi]

How about this?

This was a related video...and it seems like something Vince would've done in the early '90s. heck, he's got the name (character, not actor), the manager and the vignette already.

Aren't we about a half-step removed from Diesel there?

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Goldberg or Brock Lesnar.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Ladies and gentlemen, your new United States champion .... Santino.

 

[Petrie]

Ladies and gentlemen, your new United States champion .... Santino.

That looked like a Raw/Nitro match, circa '98. So match crap going on, then the comedy guy gets a belt.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

"Johnny Cena went to town.
Riding on a pony.
Rocky stuck a feather in his ass
and called him a jabroni"

Great stuff.

 

[Petrie]

"Johnny Cena went to town.
Riding on a pony.
Rocky stuck a feather in his ass
and called him a jabroni"

Great stuff.

Yeah, the teleprompter was money on that one.

 

[Petrie]

There's really no other way to put it right now...Cena is owning Johnson in this verbal battle. Was Dwayne's pre-recorded stuff great? Of course. It never hasn't been. But is he in Cena's league when they're face-to-face? No. It takes him 5 minutes to finish a sentence. Cena not only talks a lot more, but says a lot more...and doesn't need to stop for chants and catchphrases to do it.

Right now? Dwayne's not in Johnny's league. And, unless he's training a ton behind the scenes, he probably won't be in Johnny's league in the ring either...even if Cena does the job.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

At least they cut back on the Twitter references.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

There's really no other way to put it right now...Cena is owning Johnson in this verbal battle. Was Dwayne's pre-recorded stuff great? Of course. It never hasn't been. But is he in Cena's league when they're face-to-face? No. It takes him 5 minutes to finish a sentence. Cena not only talks a lot more, but says a lot more...and doesn't need to stop for chants and catchphrases to do it.

Right now? Dwayne's not in Johnny's league. And, unless he's training a ton behind the scenes, he probably won't be in Johnny's league in the ring either...even if Cena does the job.

Yeah, again, in the ring, Cena was much stronger on the mic. He looked like he was having a good time, even with the chants. Meanwhile Rock keeps stopping, and starting, and starting and stopping, and his delivery isn't that great.

That, plus Cena's been making very good points about how he needs the win. Rock keeps talking like he just wants to kick Cena's ass in the midst of his catchphrases, although he's tried to point out his family legacy.

What he should do is bring up his legacy, and say that Cena was crapping on the legacy his family built because of how the crowd disrespects him. That, or he should talk about wanting to come back to prove to himself that he could still hang with the biggest name in the business.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

At least they cut back on the Twitter references.

Rock and Cena? Yeah. The rest of the show, which included Cole reading off different tweets of different people during the actual matches .... uh, no.

Not to mention, it's annoying as shirt. Yeah, we get it, you want everyone to tweet during the show to get WWE as the top trending name. And 10 minutes later, a Kardasian will be the top trend. Quit cramming your airwaves with Twitter references and call the actual match.

 

[podunk press]

Things I learned tonight:

1. Zack Ryder is a fast healer.
2. Little Jimmy is confused by the fourth wall.
3. The U.S. men's soccer team beat Italy last week.
4. Santino won the United States title tonight.
5. This will not subdue the anger in the streets of Milan.
6. Eve's slutty character is hot.
7. John Cena is married.
8. Hope his wife wasn't watching during the Eve spot a few weeks ago.
9. Shawn Michaels can still get the biggest pop of the night.
10. I don't care about Rock-Cena.