2019 Pro Wrestling thread

Inducted as Undertaker, yes. Accepting AS the Undertaker while in full dead man mode, no. No need to perpetuate the character when we all know he's really just a country boy from Texas. Just like Sting or Warrior weren't in face paint when they accepted.

But along those lines, I still wonder. Why was Hall inducted as Razor, but Nash inducted as himself? Hall was arguably had a bigger effect under his given name than Razor, but maybe it was because he was Hall during the downward spiral of his life, before DDP saved him.

 

Because Nash’s turn as Oz tipped the scales.

 

Breaking news: 26 Superstars added to the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania

No Hawkins or Ryder. Are they actually giving them the shot against the Revival?

 

That’s a hell of a promo.

 

So ... this could potentially be a big deal, at least for wrestling historians.

No, you are not seeing a cool photoshop of Kenny Omega against Bret Hart (would be a helluva match, though).

Instead, this is apparently a still photo of a legendary match from 1986 between Tom Magee and Bret. Hart wrote about it in his book, where he was told to put over Magee and make him look good because Vince and Co. were high on him. Supposedly, Magee was a rookie who couldn’t work and legend has it that Bret did one of the best carrying jobs in history to the point where Vince thought Magee could replace Hogan as his star.

There’s always been a debate as to whether footage exists of this match, since it was at a TV taping in Rochester, NY. There’s always rumors that the E has footage locked away because they were embarrassed that Magee never did anything. But now, at least from the tweeter, apparently she has the footage of the match. Now that the Last Battle of Atlanta (Rich vs. Sawyer) was found, this is one of those holy grail matches that we’ve always hoped would be discovered.

 

That was the exact thought that popped into my head as I was reading it. If he could have gotten in front of a camera and recited that, people all over the internet would be talking about it.

 

I need to see this damn match.

 

Outstanding promo.

 

Speaking of good promos fire between Cole and Gargano on nxt this week. Hyped for that match now.

 

That was Dusty's last tweet before he died.

 

A lot of older soundbites to get his point across (and nothing earth-shattering to this group), but worth 24 minutes of your time.