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2022 Pro Wrestling Thread

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by nietsroob17, Jan 1, 2022.

  1. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    Because WWE. From being around the top of the NXT card to being the mouthpiece for Mace.


     
  2. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    Dear God, they really are treating Butch like the second coming of Hornswoggle.
     
  3. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    Apparently, all the WWE name changes stem in part from all the old NXT stars who took their old names to AEW. Vince doesn't want the wrestlers to use any semblance of their given name.

    Hence, Kay Lee Ray now being known as Alba Fyre.
     
  4. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    And again tonight when she was walking in the back. She’s joining Edge and Priest.
     
  5. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    WWE pulling out all their old favorites: power-hungry authority figure, lie detector test, two weddings, an arm wrestling contest.

    And I have this sinking suspicion that Vince will do one of his favorite things next week: have the hometown star lose, and Sonya takes the belt from Bianca in Knoxville.
     
  6. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    I guess with Undertaker retired, the druids got sent down to NXT.
     
  7. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    Hmm. Both Punk and Dustin Rhodes entered through the heels' tunnel (left).
     
  8. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    You may be putting too much into which tunnel is which.
     
  9. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    NJPW and AEW doing a joint PPV? It might be the first wrestling PPV I order since the early 1990s.
     
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  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    I thought it changed from week-to-week. Heels out on the left last week, out on the right this week.
     
  11. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Was it just me, or did it look like Punk might have been legit injured at the end of his match with Dustin?
    He got Dustin up for the GTS, screamed, and then they clearly audibled to a finish where he was holding Dustin down with one arm for an awkward looking roll up. Right afterward he was holding his left arm kind of limp. Looked like he might have torn a bicep or elbow tendon.

    Also, if you appreciate the art of wrestling, that finishing sequence was a thing of beauty. Punk clearly had a problem. Dustin floats over him, on the fly, to switch to a different, unplanned finish and Punk is able to flow with it to get them home. It was sloppy and obviously looked weird, but two veterans and pros were able to land the plane safely without making a potentially bad situation worse.
     
    Last edited: Apr 20, 2022
  12. nietsroob17

    nietsroob17 Well-Known Member

    Heh ... I think Danhausen got Hook to crack a smile there. Gotta love how the thought of a Danhausen/Hook match got a bigger pop than the NJPW announcement.
     
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