2023 Pro Wrestling Thread

Speaking of which, the announce team bringing up the Banger Bros./Bang Bros. connection on several occasions was pretty funny, too.

 

Loved Cole’s response when Graves was telling him to watch the action in the ring (paraphrasing here)

“I’ve been screamed at for 25 years to watch my monitor!”

Cole, Graves and McAfee sounded like they were having an absolute blast. As it should be.

 

Oh, absolutely. The commentary has been SO much better without Vince yelling in their ears and micromanaging every syllable.

The fact that they're addressing the Triple H re-hires' NXT past, actually using the "released" word for Emma's introduction -- or actually mentioning other promotions like Pro Wrestling Guerilla with some of the rivalries, or actually giving Jay Briscoe's death a mention on all the shows.

 

It showed! Ha. I didn't think they were that great together, but it's definitely better than the announcing from a couple years ago.

 

I'll be curious to see if they just go with a 3-man booth on SmackDown with Cole, Pat and Wade, or if Wade goes back to NXT and Booker goes back to making his "hot" takes on podcasts.

I'm afraid Wade would be more of a third wheel (the Byron Saxton) of a three-man table where Cole/Pat are the two buds, but it helps having a heel-ish ex-wrestler as the color guy.

 

Looks like the Elimination Chamber match will be for the U.S. title on the men's side. That seems to be pointing toward Roman vs. Sami as the main event, because there's no way they'd have a Montreal show without Sami.

 

Huge, shocking news that the Rumble winner would kick off Raw!!!

 

The graphic listing Chad Gable's notables during his entrance included "Has a master's degree from Full Sail University."
That's like bragging about a degree from DeVry or University of Phoenix, right?

 

Or the Smoking Gunns being graduates of the Sam Houston Institute of Technology.

 

Rhea vs. Charlotte. They can't let Rhea lose again, can they? This has to be where they solidify her as one of the pillars of the women's division.

Who does Bianca get? Short of running it back with a pure evil Bliss once she fully caves to Bray, maybe the new dark Asuka. Or they use the Chamber to determine the opponent?

Seems like Becky and Bayley are on a path to their own grudge match, unless it's a triple threat with Bianca.

 

It's the father vs. son battle we've been waiting for: Gargano and Theory as part of the Chamber.