2014 Pro Wrestling Thread

Missed the beginning, but the ending was excellent. Now we have the Shield pissed off at the Wyatts.

It was also fun to see Batista get booed again, and Del Rio lose his shit on JBL because the crowd was chanting John's name.

 

Del Rio telling JBL to sit down was hilarious.

 

I'm guessing that a fair share of workers are getting pissed at having their matches hijacked for announcer chants. And when does the locker room backlash against Bryan begin? Deep down, you know it's going to grate on some egos. See: Batista, Pittsburgh, Jan. 26, 2014.

 

Celebrating more bat-shit crazy moments from the Ultimate Warrior ...

Warrior on Arsenio before WM6:

Warrior on Regis & Kathy Lee before SummerSlam:

 

It won't grate on egos if Bryan proves to be a good draw and put money in everyone's pockets, i.e. Hogan and Austin.

If he doesn't put asses in the seats, and acts like an asshole, then yeah, he'll get heat. By most accounts, he's well-liked in the locker room.

 

I didn't think the ending to Raw was particularly that great.

Felt like they wasted the Wyatts' interference. Seemed like they almost got rushed on time and had to do a quick end.

Also, no Wyatt speech about beating Bryan and attacking Cena? That was a waste.

 

So if there's traditionally two Chamber matches at the PPV, one seems to be shaping up as Wyatts vs. Shield. Maybe put Ambrose's title on the line, since he hasn't defended it in about a year and a half.
The other, of course, is for the title with two spots (gotta be Lesnar and Batista, right) to be filled.
Of course, there's no reason for Batista to be in it, and they might leave Lesnar out so he can come down and dismantle the cage with his bare hands, use one of the chains to strangle Daniel Bryan, and have no one do more than say, "Hey! Brock! C'mon, maaaannnn ..."

 

Podunk brought up a great point, and one I noticed on RAW: People don't appear to be buying his merch. If they are, they're not wearing it. A lot of people doing the "YES!" chant are wearing somebody else's T-shirt. Hell, I think I saw more T-shirts of Savage, and he's been dead for 3 years and out of WWE for about 20. Considering how corporate- and money-driven WWE is, maybe more fans should literally put their money where their mouths are.

 

^nailed it.

If every person who got upset about Daniel Bryan's booking bought his t-shirt, then things would look different.

 

I'd buy a Daniel Bryan shirt but, man, his merchandise is horrendous. The 'Yes' shirts were great but the rest? Absolute crap.

 

I'm holding on to the tiny hope that Batista is not only in the Chamber but wins it through some nefarious means, pinning Bryan to win it and setting up Batista/Bryan for the title at Mania.

 

The DB merch is f'n awful. Look at that original "Everybody taps!" shirt they had for him. Looks like something from a really bad 1980s video game.