2013 Pro Wrestling Thread

Rampage and Angle got in each other's face, which apparently got the crowd all riled up. However, based on the spoilers I've read, suffice it to say that Week 2 of Rampage has TNA's fingerprints all over it.

 

I haven't seen Impact yet. SmackDown is getting better. I don't know if it's the absence of Booker T -- and I don't like to knock the man as he was one of my 36 fave fives back in WCW -- or perhaps that the writing team is doing something other than having a main event break down into chaos and then have someone turn it into a tag match. I haven't seen that recently, and it's such a welcome change. It has become so overdone.

Plus, SmackDown has plenty of time to continue building guys like Bryan and The Shield. I'm kind of wondering if we're getting a tease of a Bryan-Orton feud. How great would that be? Orton can put on a hell of a match when he wants, and I think having Bryan as an feud partner would give him a kick in the ass. I'd love if it could be a feud over the world title, but I think it's fair to give Dolph more time. He's been cheated out of a number of weeks because of Sthwagger's sloppy work. Maybe a program with Orton would tide over Bryan until he can work his way into the title hunt. I wouldn't complain.

 

Popular phrase in the Twitterverse: ROH match breaks out on Raw.

Daniel Bryan is so crazy good, and the crowd as usual is red hot for the guy.

 

I rather enjoyed that Cesaro-Sin Cara match. And no, I'm not kidding.

 

It was pretty good, but to me, the highlight was Michael Cole saying that Puerto Rico is a foreign country and getting blasted for it by JBL, Coulter and King.

Oh, and Bryan Danielson is a wrestling God.

 

Big E? Didn't see that coming.

 

Either Kaitlyn is a giant or Big E is really short.

... oh, that makes more sense.

 

These Cena/Opponent talking segments really kill the end of Raw. So boring.

 

I gave up on this after WM. Only time I stop while scanning is when Sandow talks or Paul Heyman. Everything else is horseshit. Even McMahon is a shell of the man he was on this.

 

Kaitlyn is billed at 5-6, and Big E is billed at 5-11.

And to show you how weak the storyline was, they could have actually had them tease a "relationship" for a couple of weeks, maybe have Big E go all Sexual Chocolate on her with poetry and such, maybe have Ziggler question what the hell he is doing, then have him help A.J. screw Kat out of the title.

Nope, poor segment that, for whatever reason, the Divas champ starts ... crying? Because some guy she never actually "dated" pretended to like her for a week? Sheesh.

And I'm sick of Cena ending the show with talking segments. Yay, a bunch of wrestlers broke the two of them up. Guess there were no rent-a-cops available. That really makes me want to order a PPV. Sad thing is, the match itself seems pretty intriguing, although it's predictable as hell that it'll go 3 falls.

 

Having Big E become a new Sexual Chocolate would have been great for him as well as the AJ/Kaitlyn feud. I mean, who knew the guy could talk? He didn't do too shabby in his segment. Plus, it could have built great heat for him, having him go from heel-by-association to face to heel. Now, he's still just Ziggler's accessory.

I'm not sure how awesome 3 Stages of Hell could be anyway. I mean, Cena doesn't have a reputation of putting his body on the line like the guys used to do, even if they were top draws. I remember Austin and Triple H's match and they beat the shit out of each other. I'll be highly surprised if Cena doesn't retain.

 

Eh, I think you can make a lot of valid criticisms of Cena, but I don't think him not willing to do a high spot is one of them. I mean, at the last PPV he got speared through a wall - While I'm sure it was padded under him and Ryback, it was still a pretty good drop. He's not at the Hardy Brothers level, but he's also not Hulk Hogan, and he did have that pectoral tear in the past three years or so that probably means he's past the "holy shit!" bump stage of his career.