2016 Pro Wrestling Thread

"CAMERAS ARE ROLLING!!!!! BRAVES BASEBALL NEXT!!!!!"

 

WE'RE IN MINUTE NUMBER 2 OF OUR LOVEMAKING! (As fireworks get shot off during the session.)

I always thought it was stupid that they would shoot fireworks off during a match just because it magically became the second hour. They even did a countdown clock a couple of times.

 

Reading some dirt sheet stuff today, and WWE folks are apparently "shook up" over tonight's Raw. It's in Philly and they're worried Reigns will get booed out of the building.

Well, no shit.

 

He got pretty shit on in Pittsburgh. I just have no idea what they're doing there. OK, if you want him to be the Uber Face of the Company, the new Cena, then why is he not even on TV for a couple weeks for his facial surgery? Meanwhile, they're letting Dean Ambrose limp out there like he's Cal Ripken Jr. If the ultimately plan isn't the heel swerve at Mania, and they really are going to use him as a face champion, they've just done a horrible job of even keeping him sympathetic.

 

NOW they are worried? They should have thought of that before they booked the building for tonight.

If they want a pliable crowd before WM, they need to go in the South or Midwest (except for Chicago). Audiences there are more apt to cheer who they are told to cheer.

 

Your next Hall of Fame inductee: Stan Hansen.

Kind of surprised (not really) he's not in already.

 

I knew it was gonna be like this when I saw the lineup leading up to Mania. The surgery was a blessing in disguise, because it kept him off TV for a few weeks in, IIRC, Chicago and one other hotbed city.

 

Foley, Funk ... Who else do they trot out to support Ambrose?

Wouldn't happen, but you k now that if they start up "Enter Sandman" tonight, that arena would explode.

 

OK, he doesn't stand a chance, but Zack Ryder in a title match at Wrestlemania? He better thank Neville's broken ankle for that one.

 

Yeah, I was wondering that too for a minute. Zack Ryder. Ladder match at Wrestlemania? Yeesh.

 

Even when they try and make him look like a badass, the crowd still booed Reigns. There was almost no reaction when that garage door lifted to reveal -- in a shocking twist, no less -- that Reigns was standing behind it.

 

I'm thinking they've turned down the ringside microphones. The crowd noise seems like it's not as loud as it usually is, especially for a Philly crowd. I can still hear boos, but it's not as raucous.