2024 Pro Wrestling Thread

Cody-AJ Part II definitely reeks of stopgap before SummerSlam. And they're not going to be able to replicate that atomic crowd from France.

From there, we'll get one of two options: Orton if he's healthy, or Solo. Hoping for option A because Cody against his mentor would be a great build, especially if Randy gets back to his diabolical ways.

 

Henry's was so believable, it was one of the greatest swerves in WWE history. Just how it was so believable with Henry just speaking off the cuff (reacting to Mae Young chants, plugging his son's Twitter).

 

Heyman’s promo was pretty damn good

Altho I dont see what good Owens saying out loud that its “Solo and two guys” does for anyone

 

It sets up Roman's return with the Uso brothers, which sets up Summerslam.

 

Thinking about it now, Orton would have been the better guy to pull off Fake Retirement II, Electric Booglaoo. He just came back from time off, so it’s more realistic if he finds himself in too much pain to come back. And you have the old Legacy tie-in. And wanting more more chance to go after Flair’s/Cena’s record.

Otherwise, the crowd is still too happy to see Orton back, so a fake retirement would be helpful in getting him heat.

 

had the same thought, but I didnt think that was happening so fast. Maybe War Games?

Its gonna be interesting how it goes for Roman. The We Want Roman chants when Solos on screen are the loudest things on the show right now. Is he gonna overtake Cody as No 1 face immediately?

 

I really enjoyed this Adam Copeland interview from a few weeks ago. It’s an hour and a half, but moves along quickly and he even drops the name of an SJer.

 

JDV?

 

Elliott Friedman

 

Watching the Steamboat doc on A&E. He’s telling some great stories about his parents so far.

 

Their reaction to one of his early matches against Ernie Ladd was epic.

It was a great Biography. Ricky was a legend, but not one where his whole story was already out there.

Two things I noticed they omitted: the horrible DDT from Jake on the concrete (which I was surprised, since Jake was one of the interview subjects), and his son's own wrestling career with FCW/NXT (maybe there's some touchy subjects there, since Richie wasn't part of the Bio).

 

Yeah, I noticed that too with the DDT on the floor.