2021 Pro Wrestling Thread

I hate going to dentists because I have a terrible gag reflex. But I might be able to be persuaded if the dentist was a star wrestler.

 

My dentist was a man in his 60s. Would probably help if my dentist

Also probably doesn't hurt that she's an attractive woman in her late 20s/early 30s.

 

Rumbling is tonight was Johnny Gargano's NXT farewell -- especially with the return of the Rebel Heart theme, and him running wild with Ciampa for old DIY's sake. If so, that's going to be a big change to see him anywhere but down there.

However, the potential matches he could have in AEW are absolutely mouthwatering.

 

I read somewhere that he extended his contract one week to get through the PPV.
If he leaves, it makes you wonder what the point of NXT ever was? If it was supposed to be a developmental promotion, they've let a bunch of guys (Gargano, Ciampa, Cole, Kross, etc.) rot on the vine when they've been long since ready for the main roster. If it was to be a standalone third brand, then they've let those same cornerstones walk away.
These guys should have been the next generation of stars, born and raised in the WWE system. Instead, they're letting them all go do it somewhere else and helping turn an upstart rival into a genuine threat in the process.

 

KOR throwing up the UE signal after Von tried to attack him.

Too much of a red herring?

 

Gear’s awesome if its some combination of all his Takeover gimmicks from before



I mean, if he’s gonna be on TV Tuesday its a work right?

 

Maybe he re-signed? Or maybe that's his sendoff. If he stayed on through the PPV to wrap up a storyline then it would make sense to do one more TV show to say goodbye or be written off rather than just disappearing. As long as he's been with NXT, he's earned that.

 

I'm kind of surprised they let him do it, if he is indeed leaving for AEW or another promotion. When it comes to NXT, they had success with a wide variety of good workers or people who got over in the smaller building, but ultimately it didn't matter if Vince didn't believe in them on the main roster. I believe that's why they had the management reshuffle a couple of months ago, in addition to Triple H having some health issues.

 

Ugh. Not again.

 

Huge Gargano mark…. But I dont know, I do a little devil’s advocate in that the guys from the Golden Age of NXT haven’t been box office on the main roster.

Now this is the fault of bad booking, but WWE never blames itself, so I can see how Vince’s yes men think they got more stars (Roman and Seth and even Wyatt) from the hokey, FCW ish pre black and gold NXT days than they did from the 5-star match Takeover era.

So if Bronn Breaker and Carmelo Hayes are the next Roman and Seth….which honestly they looked like last night….I mean I love NXT and this direction kinda sucks….but I get it

Also if nothing else the point of NXT was the 4 horsewomen and the end of divas wrestling

 

I mean, there's a lot of NXT talent on the main roster now, even if some of it didn't hit. A lot of it was pre-Black and Gold era, but there's plenty that came from that period, too. I think it's worked as a developmental territory when you look at the sheer percentage of their talent that has been through it.

RAW
-- Angelo Dawkins
-- Apollo Crews
-- Austin Theory
-- Big E
-- Chad Gable
-- Damian Priest
-- Finn Balor
-- Kevin Owens
-- Montez Ford
-- Otis
-- Don't-Call-Him-Matt Riddle
--Robert Roode
-- Seth Rollins
-- T-Bar
-- Almost every female wrestler on Raw

Smackdown
-- Angel Garza
-- Cesaro
-- Drew Gulak
-- Drew McIntyre
-- The Viking Raiders
-- Baron Corbin
-- Humberto Carillo
-- Jinder Mahal
-- King Woods
--Riddick Moss
-- Mustafa Ali
-- Rick Boogs
-- Ricochet
-- Ridge Holland
-- Roman Reigns
-- Sami Zayn
-- Shinsuke Nakamura
-- And again, almost every female wrestler on the roster

 

They should do an angle where the Uso's no-show their tag title match at the Day One pay per view. Then Adam Pearce grills them about it on Smackdown and they explain that they showed up on Jan. 2 because thought it was called Day Oneish.