2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

Observer from Nov. 28:

- McMahon always wanted Goldberg to go over Lesnar quickly, once it was clear that his return helped stem the Raw ratings slide. The shoulder injury Goldberg suffered on Raw a few weeks ago did not effect the booking.

Goldberg is on a huge per-match deal, so he was quite comfortable with agreeing to do more dates. He has also been a team player so far, and hasn’t been shy to do more appearances on Raws for free, or publicity for shows. A WWE Network special on his comeback is in production.

- Raw house show attendance is down 21 percent year to year. It’s down about 14 percent in ratings. Lucha Underground and TNA have similar ratings drops.

- Survivor Series got 66.9 percent thumbs up, 20.7 percent thumbs middle and 12.4 percent thumbs down from readers. Takeover got 98.1 percent thumbs up, 1.1 percent thumbs middle and 0.8 percent thumbs down.

- Mickie James is likely to get another main roster WWE run, since her NXT match was appearance.

- Styles vs. Undertaker has been pitched for the Rumble, but things are still in flux.

- Kota Ibushi turned down 2, 3, and 5-year WWE deals, because they restricted his outside bookings. He’s open to future one-shots though.

- Ryback is trying to do a supplement line, but WWE is blocking him trying to trademark “the big guy.”

 

Holy shit with that women's match. Never would've imagined that end move.

 

What a damn match, and what an ending.

 

Excellent Raw overall, and that ending was great.

If we were to compare Charlotte to her dad, then Sasha would be her Ricky Steamboat. They bring out the best in each other.

 

Great main event two weeks in a row. Great crowd spots, moonsAult off the table was awesome too.

 

FFS, I hope Axe and Smash come out and cost the New Day their "record tag title run" because I'm far beyond over it.

HOWEVER, that was a good match last night.

 

It'd be great if they did interfere, but I doubt it would happen. I think they were involved in one of the concussion lawsuits, so Vimce sure as heck isn't going to want them around.

 

With or without Barry Darsow if they can figure out a way to play the original Demolition theme song this whole New Day thing will have been somewhat worth it

 

Just for the hell of it:

 

It actually isn't the original song. They had some random guitar riff for a couple of months before they got the song we all know and love.

Another interesting thing is that Darsow wasn't an original member of Demolition. Bill Eadie (Ax) teamed up with Randy Colley, who was better known as Moondog Rex. It was actually Colley's idea for the Demolition gimmick and he was going to be Smash. Except when they first started, fans recognized Colley and kept yelling out that he was Rex. So the WWF brought in Barry Darsow.

 

Ah, The Moondogs.

 

We'll have to merge this and the SNL thread next weekend.

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