2014 Pro Wrestling Thread

We're getting the next wave of talent coming up.

Rusev, Dallas, Rose.

Rusev will burn out and become another Kozlov.

Dallas already has me hooked as the motivational speaker gone way too over the top.

Rose just looks like it could really be fun (like NXT).

Paige screwed up the finish. I would've preferred if they had let her do her finisher.

If not for the WWE Network, we wouldn't be getting so many fresh promos/teasers already.

And lest we forget, RVD came back last night. That was good. He even did some old school RVD stuff (the leg drop from the apron onto Sandow who was draped over the railing/barrier).

Great RAW but I kinda thought the ending was given away WAY too early.

 

I get where they were going with Paige (it looks like AJ may not have been in the right position for the move, but they may both share fault for the botch). That HAD been her finisher in NXT, and a very strongly protected one until Emma kicked out of it at Arrival, forcing her to break out the Scorpion Crosslock. I've never been a fan of Turn the Paige, because it doesn't look especially high impact. I suspect we get a longer rematch, and perhaps Paige goes to the Crosslock then.

Do any of the Divas, outside of Tamina and her high kick, have an impact finisher? AJ, Emma and Paige have complicated submissions. Summer Rae has that inverted Famouser thing, but that doesn't look impressive. I guess the Bellas' facebuster would fit, if they could ever hit it right. Aksana has a spinebuster, but when the hell does she ever get to use it?

I'm worried about Rose a little bit, but maybe that's because I'm still bitter that they couldn't or wouldn't get the rights to World Gone Wild (woo!). His current song is like going from real-sugar Coke to HFCS Coke.

Batista and Orton as the A+ Players could do wonders for the tag team division, even if they only occasionally dabbled in it. Sporadic starpower is better than no starpower, and it'd help lift up the Usos.

As for Jarrett's new promotion: In spite of myself, I'm a little hopeful. We could use an honest to goodness No. 2 promotion, even if it never comes close to challenging WWE, and it's obvious TNA will never work out. Allegedly ROH is making some sort of major announcement this week, but I can't see them ever getting the traction to even pass a dying TNA at this point.

 

And might I add that crowd was awesome.

the "JOHN CENA SUCKS" chant to his theme song had better stick around - Along the lines of Kurt Angle's "YOU SUCK" theme.

Loved the "Bray is gonna kill you!" chant when he did the spider walk.

Crowd even went along with Emma's dance. They need to explain that though or it'll get lost really quick.

Yeah, the theme issue with Rose is worrisome. It loses something without that theme. They jumped the gun and got bit on that one.

 

I'd say that Nikki's Torture Rack with the drop is fairly impactful. I just never bought the Torture Rack as a submission finisher. It always looked ridiculous, and I've watched way too much WCW recently to form any other opinion on that.

And speaking of the finish of the WM Divas match, I'm watching the show again and can clarify the issue of AJ forcing the Funkadactyl to tap (I forget who is who). AJ has the right arm, but the left arm was tapping unassisted.

 

Ah, I had that question, thanks. I thought maybe they were going to make something out of that, but it's clear from Monday that they're going in a different direction. Might have just been an odd angle then that I was paying attention to.

 

Just got done watching Daniel Bryan's "Journey to Wrestlemania" on the Network. Wow, so well done. He and Brie get more likeable every day.

Cool to see candid comments from Seth Rollins and The Miz.

 

RIP Ultimate Warrior? What the f**k?

http://www.wwe.com/inside/ultimate-warrior-passes-away-26223975

 

Still not sure I'm sold. Need a source before I say RIP. But damn, if that is true ... so sad.

 

You don't trust WWE.com to confirm this story before reporting it?

 

Not sure. That leads me to believe it is true, but it is hard to believe when something like this goes viral so quickly. HHH's Twitter could easily have been hacked, and WWE for that matter I suppose. Maybe I just don't WANT to believe it. Watched last night in large part to see him. Just surreal.

 

Yeah but you would need someone to hack HHH's Twitter feed, Stephanie's Twitter feed and the WWE main site at the same time and that person would need to know exactly how to run the main page. Not to mention I'm 100 percent sure HHH, Stephanie and Vince's phones are all BLOWING UP right now. They would know within seconds if this was a hoax and immediately put it to rest.
I wish it weren't true but I think it is.

 

Yeah, it's hard to say, but it wouldn't be the first time he was rumored to be dead. But it would definitely be put to rest pretty quickly, I would think. Still holding out hope.