2021 Pro Wrestling Thread

Goldberg might get the call for Oklahoma, but it really should be Mae Young or Bill Watts. Or Danny Hodge.

 

It's crazy, once you start looking up these states, how so many of these wrestlers that are almost synonymous with certain cities or states were actually born somewhere else. For example, I knew Ric Flair became forever linked with North Carolina because of his work there, but I thought he was born in Minnesota. He's actually from Memphis.
Same with Randy Orton. Grew up in St. Louis, but born in Knoxville.
Jericho, like you said, was born in New York while his dad was playing for the Rangers, even though he's Canadian through and through.
With some of the second-generation wrestlers, I guess they wound up being born in whatever territory their dad was working at the time.

 

The second half of that list:

411MANIA | Ask 411 Wrestling: Who is the Best Wrestler From Each US State? (Part 2)

I think the only state I may have an issue with is New York, where I might go with Jericho or Steamboat.

This reminds me of the double issue SI did for the turn of the century/millennium when they had the top 50 sports figures from every state.

 

Jericho doing his best Iron Sheik against the Grammys.



Forget the fact they had Eddie's guitar on a stand during the "in memoriam' and played a clip of a solo that lasted a good 10-15 seconds. You could only do so much for the guitarist short of maybe having Wolfie play his dad's guitar.

I liked the part where Jericho told the Grammys to not nominate Fozzy.

 

Sounds like theyve got a covid outbreak in nxt..... ugh

 

Looks like Miz isn't going anywhere just yet in regards to Lashley. Are they heading toward a fatal four-way at Wrestlemania with Miz, Lashley, Sheamus and Drew?

 

New Day wins the tag titles again, and Kofi joins the elite 20-championship club. He's one of only six people to win 20 major WWE championships (Intercontinental, U.S., and any of the tag or world championship belts).

 

Better than the Celtics in their 60s, 70s and 80s heydays, better than the Yankees ever were...

Congratulations to 50-time 24/7 champ R-Truth.

 

I think we just got our answer with Miz. Knowing WWE, I don't think they're going to want to end this Bad Bunny angle at a throwaway PPV like Fastlane.

However, I can see them going with a triple of Drew, Bobby and Sheamus.

 

Watching the Shane-Braun angle is seeing the 2021 Gooker Award winner unfold in real time.

 

I haven’t watched more than 20 minutes of Raw consecutively in the past year.

Sounds like I’m not missing much.

I commend anyone who can still watch Raw on a regular basis. You would surely handle any A Clockwork Orange-style aversion therapy with ease.

 

Nice save by Truth.



And as an aside, I don't know if Charly Caruso is leaving WWE to focus on ESPN, but this new guy (the local TV guy for Atlanta United) is as thrilling as a tree stump.