2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

It's all Hogan's fault. The last time he had any sort of storyline, he an Axel were the Metapowers. But then Hogan got fired and they had to strike out any memory of him.

When all else fails, blame Hulk Hogan.

 

Losing Sandow and Barrett sucks, but the others really aren't big losses.

Barrett and the E mutually agreed to part ways a few weeks before his contract was up, but we all knew that was coming. Not sure if the same thing happened with Sandow, though it wouldn't shock me.

Cameron put the nail in her coffin by siding with The Big Guy.

Hornswoggle -- or however it's spelled -- hasn't done anything in what seems like ages, and Santino's in-ring career ended a year or so ago because of (IIRC) a neck injury. I liked Riley on commentary, but his character was going nowhere in NXT.

 

Riley can rage all he wants now.

 

Rob Feinstein claimed that there was a holy-shit release coming on Friday, but thus far nothing. There was a hot rumor that Randy Orton was gone because his WWE.com profile went missing, but that was apparently a technical glitch and now it's back in its rightful place.

Talk had been that there could be as many as 12 releases in sum, so there could be more on the way. There's plenty of deadwood still to be pruned that wouldn't be noticed by most fans. Jack Swagger's phone presumably is on airplane mode.

 

When they released Riley, I wonder if they said it to his face?

 

I'm giving you a ground-rule double on that one.

 

I'll take it.

 

The WWE has come down to this. A potted plant is getting more cheers than the top champion.

 

To be fair, it does have more charisma and cuts a better promo.

 

Big Cass solo in the main event? Steph suddenly caring about what the fans want?

Are they leading up to Steph leading an NXT takeover of the main roster, perhaps with Triple H back?

Maybe I'm looking too far into it, or maybe I'm just sleep deprived.

 

The plant needs to branch out and sprout some technical skills.

 

He's a little green, that's for sure.