2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

She has had some non-wrestling health issues, and, as I recall, he did have some drug issues prior to wrestling.

(I learned this by watching Total Divas. I have now stopped watching it. Don't shoot me.)

 

Found a pretty good story in GQ about the Four Horsewomen

The Four Women Saving Wrestling

 

Takeover was kind of.......not amazing. Nice B or B minus show but hard to live to the A plus that was last year I guess.

 

Holy shit. Did John Cena just lose a feud for the first time ever?

 

Match of the night by a huge margin so far. What was up with the armband at the end?

Oddly paced show so far.....world title goes on before BOTH Raw titles? Womens titles on second?

Rumors running wild about a Sasha Banks legit injury or suspension. I'm guessing they booked a storyline injury to give her time off for a honeymoon. She had a huge wedding ring on at the NXT show.

 

Balor doing his entrance looks like he should be on Stage 2 next to Savannah at Juicy Lucy's Gentleman's Club.

 

Did WWE get a volume discount on their championship belts? Universal belt looks just like the other two.

 

The last two matches on the second-biggest PPV of the year both go to no-contests? Really?

Did Orton blade himself a little deeper than he was supposed to? That cut on his forehead looked pretty nasty.

 

What a strange ending. Strange show overall.

Not bad. Just odd.

Balor should've closed the show.

 

Well, that was strange, in kinda a good way.

Orton either over bladed, got hit while he was blading, or was hit a little too hardway. Having a large pool of blood on the canvas isn't very PG. Interesting ending that protects both guys.

Couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on with the US title match. The whole thing was kinda screwy, although, if you're looking for something unpredictable, I guess that was it.

Cena/Styles was terrific. Cena is supposed to be taking some more time off, so maybe his little gesture at the end was representative of that. Or maybe, dare we say it, the first little seed in a heel turn.

I liked the ending of the women's title match. How many times do we see someone in a headlock or something like that turn the opponent into a pin and nothing happens? This time, something did. A different ending than either the finishing love, or a roll-up.

Ambrose/Ziggler was fine for what it was.

Thought Miz should have cheated to win (brief Maryse interference that was really nothing aside). Crews shouldn't be pinned cleanly at this time.

Tag title match = meh

Balor/Rollins was good. Didn't really matter which guy won.

Sheamus vs. Cesaro on pre-show was quite good.

 

Match of the Night: The Colonel goes over the Clucker.

You guys would be stupid idiots not to give that 5 stars.

Edit to add: Higher on the card than either world title.

 

They missed a real opportunity there. Instead of a goofy throwaway commercial, they should have started it in the pre-show, and then just occasionally cut back to it spilling all over New York, creating more and more chaos as they make their way to the arena. Finally, in the final hour, they have the finish in the ring. Basically, a live-action version of a Peter Griffin vs. Giant Chicken fight.