2014 Pro Wrestling Thread

The Benoit kid has disaster written all over it. Sounds like he's got a lot of the wrong people in his ear.

Now that I've got time to get back into things, I'm back on my WCW PPV watching schedule. Last night: WCW New Blood Rising. The Judy Bagwell on a Forklift Match (featuring an appearance by former WCW World Heavyweight Champion, called "one of the greats" by Mark Madden, makes an appearance) negates any part of the card that was remotely positive. How has this not made one of those Network "Worst Matches/Gimmicks" shows?

 

Sorry if I missed seeing this, but I remember Lee during the heydays of WCW. RIP


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Marshall_%28announcer%29

 

Was watching ECW Hardcore TV on the WWE Network the other night and they showed the tag team title change between Public Enemy and Cacuts Jack/Mikey Whipwreck. Not a classic by any means but it was really well done in terms of making Mikey look like the longshot that paid off.

But the real interesting match was one that involved a very young Chris Benoit from 1994 I think. Didn't remember him being that damn bulky coming up. It was weird to see.

I know he maintained his muscular features throughout his career but he was really muscle-bound in this match.

 

Awesome story from John E. Hoover on Jim Ross. Had never heard the story about his dad, a bag of inbred puppies and a hammer from when he was a kid. Definitely worth a read.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/johnehoover/john-e-hoover-jim-ross-legendary-announcer-and-sooner-fan/article_fc6c6424-d3cb-5f4a-bfc9-d1d3cc591d24.html

 

Add Big E to the list. And the burial of Big E continues.

 

Bryan neck injury looks like a worked shoot. They're hoping he won't be out long term?

 

As far as I understand, it's not as serious as they're leading on. He is definitely avoiding any kind of physical activity this week though, as you could see him helping Kane drag him out with his foot, probably so Kane wouldn't be yanking him across the stage by his shoulder.

 

Wanna know why Rusev keeps targeting black guys? Blame Putin. And Donald Sterling.

http://uproxx.com/sports/2014/05/on-russia-racism-and-why-rusev-only-seems-to-squash-black-wrestlers/

 

Xavier Woods RT an old picture of the Nation of Domination tonight, so hopefully they're not making some sort of angle out of this.

The scuttlebutt among the dirt sheets and Twitter tonight is that Bryan's injury is legit, and he'll be getting neck surgery on Thursday, which certainly doesn't sound good.

 

Was texting with Tommy_Dreamer during Raw. We both thought it was a work, but now I'm not so sure. Been reading some of the dirt sheet sites and they all say it's legit.

 

Dirt sheets are saying it's legit, but not as serious, relatively speaking, as the other neck injuries sustained by guys like Austin, Edge, etc. they think he might be back in a few weeks, which is why they're not taking the belt away yet.

Either that, or they'll make Brie defend the title as a replacement. Ugh.

 

Thing is, if it's a work, do they really want to start the precedent of coming out and saying "I'm injured" and then really not being?

I took it for legit because of what they did with Cena the last time when his elbow was jacked.

I was skeptical at first, as always with the E, but the more it played out the more I thought he could be out for a while.

Also, you guys hear the guys booing D. Bry at ringside? Pretty funny