2014 Pro Wrestling Thread

Got the WWE Network yesterday.

First thing I watched: ECW One Night Stand 2005 (I think). The first one.

One of the matches in there: Benoit vs. Eddy G.

 

There is absolutely, positively, no way whatsoever that this Mania doesn't end with Bryan winning both his match against HHH and the title in the triple threat. They might take it off of him the next night but WMXXX ends with Bryan victorious, the crowd erupting and, perhaps, the entire locker room carrying him on their shoulders.

 

I agree

 

Yup. And the next night, Trips tries to strip him again, only this time, he fails, mostly because the post-WM crowd would riot.

Which then turns into the next storyline. Bryan is stripped, but refuses to give up the belt. Trips starts sending guys after him to get the belt, Stef tries to fire Bri Bella unless Bryan gives up the belt (Brie, in turn tells Stef to go to hell and quits) , and it goes on until Punk returns to win a tournament for a "fake" championship. Then we get Bryan and Punk.

 

That just sounds too similar to what happened with Punk when he left with the title.

 

The difference, though, is that Bryan doesn't actually leave. He comes into the ring with the belt each week. Somebody else tries to steal it from him. He escapes,week after week. He gets baned from the building, a la Austin, but still gets in with the belt.

 

Don't forget there's two belts. Would be a little awkward trying to fight a guy off holding two of them. But maybe.

 

Now that's what I call a championship belt!

 

A trophy would mean a lot more than a shot at the IC or US title. Who are we kidding, a stick of Dentyne would mean a lot more than a shot at the IC or US title.

First, having the Andre the Giant connection (and the Hulk stamp of approval) guarantees that it'll be treated like a relatively big deal (having Cena be the first to sign up for it, even if for only a couple of minutes, helps). Secondly, you can get good hay out of it going forward, depending on who wins. If a heel wins (Brodus Clay?), he can sell himself as the new Andre. If a good guy wins, then a bad guy breaks the trophy over his head immediately afterward or the next night on Raw, and starts a feud. I can't imagine it being a going concern at Wrestlemania, but it's a pretty nifty thing to do this year, at least on paper.

 

Most of the national championships on there are about as legitimate as a wrestling title, too.

 

STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

 

Belated Raw thoughts:

Occupy Raw is the greatest segment I've seen since Stone Cold and the beer truck.

We all know the only reason the WM30 main event is going to a triple threat is because Bootista needs more than three rest holds to finish the match.

If Daniel Bryan isn't champ two weeks after WM30 when I see Raw in person, I will be a one-man riot in Birmingham. I'm already disappointed I won't see Punk. I don't think I could handle additional disappointment.

Wyatt being creepy and Cena no-selling the promo is the norm for both men. The build is good, but I wonder if the match will deliver.

As seen on the Interwebs: "I don't need a translator because that Russian girl's legs are doing all the talking!"