2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

The WWE needs to book Roman Reigns into a hair match for WrestleMania. There's little more I would like to see, that they have to offer, than RR having his head shaved. And then the new look could maybe kick off a character reboot.

 

What work did you believe to be a shoot?
Kane really was Undertaker's brother and had started wrestling.
Ric Flair had an on-screen heart attack.
The Giant was Andre's son.

What shoot did you believe to be a work?
Lita fucked Edge.
Most anything Scott Steiner said on live TV from 1998-2001.

Work? Shoot? I still don't fucking know.
"Ow! It's not hot!" The temperature of the fountain in the Dungeon of Doom.

Go ahead, play along!

 

That would be a good idea.

One other idea that I saw from a Cageside Seats poster that could be awesome was to have a Sasha heel turn happen where she beats on Bayley, then cuts off her ponytail. Bayley mourns the ponytail's loss and loses for a bit, then makes an affirmation that she is about more than just the ponytail, goes to WM, beats Sasha for the belt and shaves Sasha's head.

 

Work believed to be shoot:

Not so much a shoot, but I thought Lesnar beating Taker at WM was a botch.

I wasn't too sure if Scott Hall's invasion of WCW was a part of the show. Remember, the Internet was in its infancy, and there wasn't much inside info back then.

Shoot believed to be work:

Brian Pillman getting himself fired from WCW.

Work? Shoot?

CM Punk winning the title on the last day of his contact. Apparently, the match with Cena was on the last day of his deal, and a new contract hadn't been decided yet. He said he was all set to leave, but he and Vince hammered out the deal during the day, kept it quiet, and used it for the storyline.

 

Work? Shoot?

Speaking of Scott Hall, I was never sure about him acting drunk on Nitro. First I thought he showed up in "no condition..." and they put him out there anyway, but I read later he was asked to do it to "play off his real-life issues."

 

Knew they had worked out a new contract as soon as he came out onto the ramp in a new T-shirt. Told my buddies watching the show with me, and they thought I was full of shit.

 

Ironman match was pretty good. The problem I had with it was that they never explained that a tied match would go into overtime, even though there is precedent for doing so (Bret-HBK).

So I'm hearing Cole screeching to Sasha about holding on while being up 2-1, I'm wondering why it's such a huge thing. I was half thinking it might just be a 2-2 draw.

Instead, they already should have had it 2-2 before the last couple of minute, which could create a shitload of drama, by Sasha needing to hold on, then have Sasha make a major comeback before losing. They could have had Sasha lose one fall with what they did, and the other when she banged her face in the steps.

Instead, they kinda made Sasha look weak, as she couldn't hold on at the end, then she tapped out a second time in overtime.

 

Is it a bad sign that I'm nearly falling asleep during this main event?

 

I know it was (seemingly) an accident, but when was the last time a woman bled in WWE? I don't remember it even with Lita.

 

Looking it up on the inter webs, it happened a few times in the 2000s, with Lita bleeding fairly heavily in a match against Ivory at Survivor Series 2000 as the one that seems to stand out the most.

 

My question is will Rollins help Reigns get back over or will Rollins end up with the yeah-boohoo syndrome.

Thought the last 15 min of the main event was really strong, basically from before the table frog splash on. Reigns is great at big spots in big matches, if they ever booked a decent character....

 

Wow, we're a sad rasslin' group. PPV last night and not a post. I went to Rogue One and caught it later at night. It was so-so. Saw the tag title change coming from a mile away. US title made irrelevant from Roman holding it, after that awesome year of the Cena Open Challenge. Didn't figure on a WWE AT&T Universal title change. Was disinterested in Rollins-Jericho. Enjoyed seeing Charlotte win again. But that feud needs to go away for awhile so it'll be awesome again in a few years.

Six weeks until the Rumble.